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Forum: Armchair-GM8 févr. 2019 à 12 h 31
Forum: Armchair-GM8 févr. 2019 à 11 h 51
Sujet: My New Lines Preference
It's hard to argue with success

If Tampa makes a trade, I'd bet on dumping Callahan's salary
* he's playing 10 minutes a night when in the lineup
* he's 33 with 1 more season left, earning $5.8 million
* Tampa has multiple key D going UFA, and RFAs getting big raises

by sending him to to a Pacific or NY team
* he has a 16 team trade list
* contenders won't want him, so he'll have to choose the best work environment / family situation

and bolstering their D at the same time
* Tampa can't come closer to being ready
* they have been active at past deadlines, and D is the one rumour they've been long attached to
* Stralman, Cobourn, Rutta are UFA after this season and too old for long term deals that could lower their cap hit

Something like 1st Rd 2019 + Sergachev or Foote (1st Rd D in 2016 and 2017) + Katchouk or Raddysh (2nd Rd W in 2016)
in exchange for the best available D who currently plays 20+ minutes that fits under the cap this season, and ideally is under contract for 2-3 more seasons
Forum: Armchair-GM7 févr. 2019 à 20 h 11
Sujet: Isles fans
I don't even think Zaitsev is overpaid today. He's just on the high end of comparables because he came in as a mature UFA. The contract was fair, the mistake would be not trading him at the point of maximum benefit.

For the Leafs, I don't like him because he is the most overpaid on the team today. If he declines from top-4 quality, he becomes a big overpayment and the Leafs are tied down by term + NTC right at the moment when the cap is squeezing the hardest against the Cup window. It's just happens to be that with Zaitsev we can do something about it and get ahead of the problem.

No one would choose Marleau over Nylander, but we are stuck with Marleau so all eyes are on Nylander instead.
Same thing with wanting to trade Gardiner if we can't afford to keep him. An in-house rental isn't free, it comes at the cost of blocking a younger kid (see Jokiharju in Chicago stealing a spot that was up for grabs)


I'd shut up and be happy if NYI dealt with us, but they're over the moon with their improvement from last year and won't see the need to make any changes.
Forum: Armchair-GM6 févr. 2019 à 18 h 55
Sujet: Dealing for Nyquist and Glendening
Detroit probably isn't aiming to make the playoffs before 2021, which is also the Seattle expansion draft year

They got burned by every 6+ year contract they signed to players who would be in their 30s when it finished.

I'm not a Detroit fan, but their one clear option is to tread water while they suffer the weight of their own contracts. Come 2021 they could have a stellar prospect pool and the most cap space in the league to add vets with.

They probably don't value bringing in anyone older than 22 today
Melker = 28
Ryan = 25
Gregor = 20, 111th overall / 4th round pick in 2016
2019 2nd Rd FLA = 18

I'd say yes for DET to take that high 2nd for one of Glendening or Nyquist, but I don't know about what they need to maintain a positive locker room and avoid Oilers disease.
Gregor might be equivalent value to an average result for a 2nd/3rd draft pick, but I can't vouch for that.


Seems fair, definitely an honest trade attempt with some effort. No idea if that's the high bid this year, but DET won't need to bluff or guess to get that.
I love to see SJS go all-in, they've already committed so much to winning the Stanley Cup this year. There's no refunds and no turning back now.
Forum: Armchair-GM6 févr. 2019 à 14 h 13
Sujet: BIG trades bringing in Oreilly and stone
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>rja40</b></div><div>If the Blues were to actually consider trading ROR (which I highly doubt would happen), they are not going to send him to Calgary for that package. There are a lot of other teams that can provide a much better return that what this trade offers the Blues in return for their best player.</div></div>

I absolutely agree with that. No team is interested in quantity over quality. It's the opposite, you only get 50 NHL contracts, and you need to see a possible role filled for every one granted.

I only recognize Kylington + 1st + 2nd. The picks are in 2020 which is not STL's preference. There's nobody who expects those 3 assets will play more minutes for STL than ROR alone. In terms of quality, he is proven to be #4 in faceoffs won and the top FO%, and whatever is expected of Kylington is obviously less.

If you want STL to lose today, they have to have a *hope* of winning the trade in the long term.
Bigger deals are easier in the summer, and STL isn't on a deadline with an expiring contract. They will and should play out the season.
Other teams will send out playoff rentals or be forced to make cap dumps, because they have limited time and choices.