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Forum: Armchair-GM13 juill. à 10 h 47
Sujet: Laff
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mvp13</b></div><div>They just named Trouba captain. How is buying him out and leaving the RD in shambles "addition by subtraction"? Luckily the Sather years are gone. There's no way they will buy him out. Really none of the other buyouts have any relevant cost savings right now. Trading Goodrow is the only move.

By "block" I meant "match", same thing...

Lindgren will definitely be re-signed to a 4-4.5mil contract next year</div></div>

Captain doesn't mean anything. This is a multibillion dollar industry. You're not keeping from making an essential decision because your last coach had a C sewn into his jersey.

Paying Lindgren 4.4x6 is dumb AF and you should have someone else pay that, not NYR. He's not Carlo, Marino or Severson. He's good, but he's not irreplaceable and not worth paying market value for.
Forum: Armchair-GM11 juill. à 14 h 1
Sujet: Lafreniere trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gretzkyghosts</b></div><div>Oh so close to the facts.
Most of Buffalo's other forwards are young or play a defensive role.
You left out Tuch and while Olofsson has only 40 ESG v Lafreniere's 44, Victor has 14 more total goals over that same period.
While Alex most likely has a higher ceiling than Victor, it is a bad trade for Buffalo as they also have to take on Goodrows cap for the next four years.

Too many people forget how good Olofsson is at scoring goals.
Only 17 NHL forwards scored goals faster than his 1.6/60 min last year.
He has more goals then Boeser over the last four years, playing in fewer games.
He had one more goal than DeBrincat last year with a much better +/- -23 v -33
One would never presume he would fetch an early first and a 20 goal forward as Alex did, but there will be NHL GM's who covet his goal scoring prowess.

Put him on a line with Goodrow and Victor would find the open spaces to score goals while Barkley would cover Olofsson's defensive short comings.</div></div>

You're right, Lafreniere (21) is not young. Tuch (42 ESG) has more ESG than Lafreniere (43 ESG). Olofsson is a 28yo scoring winger who is on an expiring deal prior to UFA. Look at what they've been going for. Reilly Smith went for a 3rd with years left on a similarly priced deal, and he plays a solid 2 way game.

Olofsson is not worthless but he's not desirable. Lafreniere isn't even underperforming, the internet just makes stuff up and goes with it. I wouldn't do Lafreniere for Cozens 1 for 1, because maybe Cozens will outperform his contract in 3 seasons but Lafreneire WILL out perform this next deal pretty much no matter what.

The Goodrow contract isn't bad enough to do whatever this deal is. Even with him on our 4th line, most nights Buffalo's 4th line will still cost more.
Forum: Armchair-GM29 juin à 16 h 44
Sujet: stl trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NYR1983</b></div><div>Ya, he’s a top 5 guy when it comes to scoring. Not sure any team puts a top 20/30/40/50 guy on the 3rd line but maybe it works. He’s been stuck on lines with guys like Strome, Copp, senko and trochek. Maybe playing with Zibby and kreider will be better. They are elite compared to the others. *proper 1C who could use the proper support on his wing and one of the best breakaway and tip in guys in the league. Marner and rantanen are both guys that are similar to bread… doubt they ever see the 3rd line. They are elite linemates</div></div>

Rantanen is nothing like Panarin lol. The situation with Marner is the same as this one. it locks up Toronto and they would benefit from the same approach, as they are also lacking depth and run out of effective options when their crutches get disabled in the playoffs.

I personally advocate for bread to move to the right to give Lafreniere top 6 minutes. But if they bring someone else in, or he refuses to move to the right, I think it's a better move for the team for them to make it to the playoffs without relying on top line bread because he won't be as impactful in the playoffs.