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Forum: Armchair-GM7 hours ago
Thread: Learned a lot about this team this year changes need to be made
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>bhavikp27</b></div><div>Agreed with lots of things except:
-Marchand is a 2LW, which is correct... But Lindholm is a 1C? Totally disagree. If you sign a player to a 5+ years deal, it's gotta be a top line player or one who's 29yo or younger. Lindholm isn't either and neither is Teravainen, they're both 2nd liners and 30 next season.
-Poitras has 33 games, I'll wait before saying he's close to being a 2C.
-Lohrei struggled most of the regular season and while he has been fine thru a short sample size in the playoffs, it's still a big bet. This doesn't factor injuries so they definitely need another legit 2nd pair LD.
-Can't work with $215K, there will be injuries and callups; preferably, we don't use LTIR.</div></div>

All valid points. Lindholm isn't a 1c, but he's the best you'll find, so he kinda has to be. I see him as a pretty good 2c, who's good enough to get us more out of Pasta, who will carry that line. Lindholm contract I'm ok with because it's not too much of an overpay for a 2c or winger if we do happen to find a better center, assuming his game doesn't regress more than anticipated with aging.

Lohrei I'm pretty comfortable with, of course a younger dman but the rest of the group is pretty solid defensively that I'm comfortable with it, especially since he's the only one with true offensive upside.

Poitras I get what you're saying, that might not stick, but worth a shot, and it worked alright this year until his injury.
Forum: Armchair-GM7 hours ago
Thread: Learned a lot about this team this year changes need to be made
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Celtics21</b></div><div>1. Just remove Ryan Mast. That kid wasn’t ready for Providence much less Boston. Regula or Mitchell might be an option

2. I think I’d rather have Freddy on the top 3 line and move Geekie to the 4th line. I don’t think he’s too good for it. If anything, this series should show we have shortcomings there.

3. Poitras isn’t good enough to beat out Coyle and the way they used him actually is how they use Marchand for the most part. Can’t put them on the same line</div></div>

Yeah the Ryan Mast thing was just a random sub, he's not ready. Insert random 7d there. Getting rid of Geekie would be necessary for cap reasons in this situation, I should've said he's more of an overpay for a fourth liner on this roster.

Poitras had Coyle beat for this season until his injury started catching up to him, so I wouldn't be shocked to see them go for a Krejci type pure offense line. Either way, I'd want to see him get good minutes.
Forum: Armchair-GMSat. at 10:04 p.m.
Thread: Game 4 lineup
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>princessTom</b></div><div>Agree with everything in the description. Dont think too much was expected of them going into the year, but after seeing how they performed for the first chunk of the szn, definitely felt like 2nd round was achievable. Now theyre showing that they are clearly not one of the top dogs in the NHL this szn and they cant compete with the high end teams

Id go Heinen over JVR if hes healthy and move Lauko to 4th line. Those 6 Dmen you have in are the only option IMO, Forbort, Griz and Shatty just cant keep up with the pace and physicality

Hopefully big improvements are made this summer</div></div>

I just made a 2024-25 ideal offseason team, it's pretty wild what they could do, fairly realistically. That includes resigning Debrusk and swayman to 5 and 7m deals, and signing E Lindholm, guentzel, and even trading for Rossi. All that happening is probably unrealistic, but it's not out of the question
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 4 at 10:27 a.m.
Thread: Game 7 lineup with everything on the line
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SharkTank</b></div><div>I picked Leafs in 7 before the series started.

I didn't see Matthews missing so much time. 😬

Leafs just seem to want it more.

Bruins pop gun offense isn't good enough.

Leafs 2, Bruins 1 again tonight.</div></div>

Same, I actually predicted the bruins would go up 2 or 3 games to 1 and Woll would come in and win the series for the leafs in 7. As much as I hate that it's becoming reality, that's a pretty cool bragging right :tearsofjoy

The bruins offense is their downfall. Yes they lack talent, we all know that, but they really have no killer instinct and that's the real issue. Getting sick of Coyle and Zacha, Geekie, etc... They need a major change this offseason and nobody is untouchable for me, coaches included, outside of swayman/pasta maybe mcavoy.

A legit hockey trade is needed, and I do trust Sweeney more than any I would new GM who's gonna be too conservative with their moves.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 3 at 4:19 p.m.
Thread: What Id consider for game 6
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Leafsfan98</b></div><div>Lol... But PTSD has been with me for 20+ years... You've only got 1 year 😂...

Swayman's been awesome... Really happy he's found his game as I've always liked him...

Hoping you are right... But the leafs love to ripped any hope I have, then give me a little bit, only to rip out more hope... So I've got Bs in 7, Bs in 6 is the next most likely thing... Leafs are 1-8 in their last 9 home games</div></div>

Looking good for the leafs at this point, they're shutting down any chance boston gets and they're keeping them to the outside. Woll leads the playoffs in save % and GAA, and I think that's far more reflective of the team than it is him. Of course he's played well, but the bruins haven't gotten any good looks, in large part to the leafs defense.

Swaymans playing out of his mind, but nobody else is even close to his level of compete/urgency

The most overlooked reason why the leafs are winning now is the fast that they instantly cleaned up their game penalty wise. 2 penalties in the last 2 games is incredibly disciplined. They realized Boston was winning off of power play goals, and when you take that away you see what the bruins really are.

Will be an interesting game 7, I'm going Leafs 4-1, knies/nylander/domi/marner the goal scorers

Although is it possible to pick both teams to lose? :tearsofjoy
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 3 at 4:07 p.m.
Thread: What Id consider for game 6
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bcarlo25</b></div><div>you might be the most reactionary person on the internet.

first off, carlo is fine.
go back to the same lineup from game 4. done. sheesh.</div></div>

Geekie centering Pastrnak halfway through the game. What they're doing clearly has not been working, so it's logical to try something new.

The real issue here is the bruins have been exposed for relying too heavily on the power play. Now they're not getting calls, and sure enough the offense has completely dried up. You can call it reactionary but just about everything I've posted about has come to fruition. Luckily I was wrong about the Carlo injury haha.

But literally every game my lineup predictions end up being mostly correct. I guess Montgomery is reactionary too, whether it's for better or worse who knows.