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Forum: Armchair-GM30 nov. 2022 à 14 h 55
Sujet: wondering thoughts of avs fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BlastnyFromThePastny</b></div><div>Agreed, why restart a process when chemistry between Toews and Makar is so perfectly synced. I believe Toews has a better offensive upside than Slavin at over a million lower in cap hit. Not a shot at him, he's an outstanding defenseman and if the Canes win a cup, he'll be a big reason why.

I believe Byram has a higher ceiling than Dobson. Byram also has a strong and growing physical game which I haven't watched Dobson enough to know if he possesses that as well. Again, he has chemistry with the team and he's our homegrown talent. Plus I doubt we add an RHD with Makar and Manson locked in for the top 2 RHD positions.</div></div>

Byram might have the higher ceiling (barely), but with his injuries there's no guarantees he gets there. Dobson is already an elite top pair RHD. Dobson isn't overly physical , he's more of an Alex pietrangelo style of defenseman.
Forum: Armchair-GM16 nov. 2022 à 13 h 51
Sujet: Potential Horvat trade destinations
Isles already have a high-end 2C in Brock Nelson so it wouldn't make a ton of sense for them to spend this much on another - you're literally asking for their top prospect, a 22 year old LHD they just traded 13OA for 4 months ago, and a 2023 1st.

And while you're right that high-end 2Cs don't get traded that often, there's a pretty similar player traded the offseason before last who can play 2C in Sam Reinhart. Reinhart isn't as strong defensively as Horvat, especially on the dot, but his offensive production pre-trade literally matches Horvat's to date at 0.65 PPG. Florida had to give him a new contract before he hit the ice with them, so that's gonna hamper his value a bit, but it still only cost them a 2022 1st and Devon Levi's rights (Levi was a 7th round pick in 2020 whose 2020-21 season consisted solely of a 7 game run at World Juniors.)

I can concede that Horvat's value is higher than Reinhart's defensively, but Reinhart had RFA rights for all of 2021-22 and whoever gets Horvat will have him for 25ish games before needing to pay him or walk on. I can't see his value being worth as much as you're asking here, though. - if anything, maybe a team adds a 2nd rounder or a younger roster player/close to NHL-ready prospect, but these asks are bordering on the Eichel package.