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Forum: Armchair-GMTue. at 8:45 a.m.
Thread: Habs offseason if Demidov drops to 5
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AStovetop</b></div><div>Are you talking about Zetterlund? lol I'd recommend actually watching him because he's very consistent in his play, he was traded (once) because he was literally too good for the role he was in and was seen as a good asset, yet expendable to bring in a similar style player, and he played 82 games and has one injury record back in 2019

Ask any NJ fan what they think of him. He's a fantastic player</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AStovetop</b></div><div>Are you talking about Zetterlund? lol I'd recommend actually watching him because he's very consistent in his play, he was traded (once) because he was literally too good for the role he was in and was seen as a good asset, yet expendable to bring in a similar style player, and he played 82 games and has one injury record back in 2019

Ask any NJ fan what they think of him. He's a fantastic player</div></div>

i believe you believe that
Issue is MTL has no interest in him at all
We got better people to gamble on
His PP time boost some advanced metrics but not enough
WAR% is 51% calling him a defensive winger even though he's not trusted on PK units until SJS where he put up Caufield like numbers on PK(not good)

Id much rather just invest the time we'd need to develop Zetterlund into a younger forward
Florian Xhekaj plays a similar role on as a top PK guy on his team who also lead 2nd PP unit
He's big ,fast , and while he has similar strengths , he's not prone to the same weaknesses
He's still young at 20 and has a lot of room to grow but most important is playing for a Defense First AHL coach who can polish his strengths before he debuts in MTL.
He turned Josh Roy into one of MSL most trusted players by years end despite having huge holes in his defensive game before turning Pro.
Working with Florian shouldnt be nearly as hard

Florian is not only here thriving but Alex Tuch and him clicked right away which is fortuitous
Tuch-F.Xhekaj-Pezzetta would be a high impact line on 4th in the NHL
Forum: Armchair-GMTue. at 8:25 a.m.
Thread: Your 25-26 CH
No one here can replace Wifi's 107mph Slapshot , his Grit or his Impact
Not when Adam Engstrom is a Right Defensman in the top League outside North America and for Team Sweden Even
He plays RD cause his Skating is so smooth it makes PK Subban look like he's Jordan Subban (huge difference in skating levels)

You move him back to LD after spending his junior and pro career on RD at all levels really since he was 16
Then you're most likely to have troubles

Xhekaj-Mailloux are the Twin Terrors and a top 10 AHL Pairing in their time together in Laval. The Perfect Pairing and only one we got.
Reinbacher fits Hutsons needs and Barron fits Guhle's needs until Enstrom or Captain Kony comes over trom the KHL.
Dobson isnt needed as Drafting/Developing Defense is like MTL's only Strength the last decade, trading for Defensman makes no sense unless its a Matheson situation.(something for nothing)

Overall i like the build i just think you got carried away with un needed trades
Wifi-Mailloux will be making fans crazy happy in like 9 months maximum
Guhle-Barron havent been lucky enough to play together much as 1 or the other is injured or in another league or they are both playing RD due to too many LD.
Give those 2 real time together and you'll see Size, Speed, Skill and players capable of 22+ minutes a night while contributing on the PP.

Engstrom could jump ahead in the RD rotation

Overall if we kept our bulk youth and just sold the Mathesons, Harris's , Struble's, ext who are going to be UFA's in 1-2 years or arent Waiver Exempt anymore but arent an NHL lock either in our deep system with 4 players in their final years of Waiver Exempt status beside them. We need to move out players and make sure the minutes are there to highlight pending ufa's for max value while also creating space gradually over a season for younger players rather then running them 16 minutes as a standard then 20-22 mins after that like we did Matheson with mixed results

Guhle-Barron
Xhekaj-Mailloux
Hutson-Reinbacher(when ready they'll flip with 2nd pair )
Engstrom or Konyuskov aka Captain Kony the 22 year old KHL stud D who will be joining us around then

Thats before we consider the bond 6'4 AHL Joel Edmudnson equivelant Paquette-Bisson and his chemistry with Reinbacher
We cant forget Houle and our AHL systems been finding us guys like Arber Xhekaj as well as developing us players who actually make the NHL unlike years past .
Some like Perrick Dube leave for other teams but some like Paquette-Bisson stay hoping to continue their growth
MTL on Defense has so many options that acquiring one makes no sense
Forum: Armchair-GMTue. at 7:34 a.m.
Thread: Caps
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Logicalicesports</b></div><div>He doesn't want to be traded. He came out and said that after the playoff loss. Personally if he wanted to go to a different team for his final years (if the package were in the Caps favor) I would do it for him. But he literally just said he wants to finish his NHL career with the Capitals and then play a season in Russia for the Dynamo.

Additionally, keeping our firsts and seconds is not tanking. Selling the guys over 25 and getting futures is tanking so you are not correct with saying the capitals are tanking by being smart with their future options for when Ovi does indeed retire.</div></div>

Im sure he did cause i doubt they're willing to give up building
Leonard looked NHL ready like a Men among Boys in the NCAA

Dowd trade cancelled out Van Riemsdyk trade with a 2nd going out and coming in
WSH would be giving up a 1st in this scenario when WSH would trade down from a 13th OA pick in round 1 for a 17th OA pick in the 3rd round.
So they'd be dropping 2 rounds and 4 picks

WSH in this scenario seems to be Trading down vs trading away.
Dowd can be replaced by Monahan among a plethora of others and you have 7m to play with to do it.
Trevor Van Riemsdyk can also be replaced via free agency but really is being upgraded to Barron.

Barrons NHL numbers were no different then Harris, Struble,Xhekaj or Kovacevic
He went down cause laval needed RD not LD after an injury to Bowey i believe it was?
Harris and Kovacevic wasnt Waiver Exempt
That left Struble, Xhekaj or Barron. Struble's basically David Savard 2.0 so we needed him blocking shots.
Xhekaj was playing good hockey after his return from a slow start after his AHL call up so sending him back down wouldnt work.
Barron went down cause for the first time everyone was healthy on our blue line and he had the most flexibility but would also play the biggest role in AHL filling a need after an injury.

Fans on here maybe gave up on him
But MSL nor Coach Houle seem to be counting Barron out at all.

Personally i'd rather just trade you Mike Matheson for a 1st and Sutter straight up(Sutter's a good AHL leader, i want Bourque replaced)
Give WSH their boost on the back end and the Power Play so if nothing else he helps Ovi become the NHL's All Time Goal Scorer doing it all in WSH
I'd much rather keep Barron who was can build into a Matheson in time rather then just give barron away to trade up 2 rounds
Forum: Armchair-GMSat. at 10:19 p.m.
Thread: DRAFT IGINLA PLUS TRADE UP FOR EISERMAN
You'd have to give up Matheson ,Barron, WPG's first and COL 2nd i think
That would fill the holes they need on Defense giving them 2 picks in the 23rd-62nd OA range likely 1 at the higher end and 1 at the lower end.

Matheson makes them Competitive
Barron isnt as far off as people pretend he's just had the most Waiver Flexibility
Harris was done his Exempt Status at Christmas, Struble is done his in 13 games? Xhekaj had 90 some as did Guhle
Barron had 114 Waiver Exempt games left to start the season
His stats were on par with Guhle, Xhekaj,Struble and Harris
TBH if Kovacevic wasnt the defensive Anchor last year as Savard with Matheson has been activated a lot more offensively then years past.
Then i think Kovacevic woulda been moved out to make room for Barron but the 6'5 Kovacevic was the only thing keeping MTL games to 1 goal most nights but i digress.
Barron certainly has the highest upside on PP of anyone but Matheson and Hutson in our system lets not forget. He's a guy defined by PP minutes like Matheson was for years.
It wasnt until MTL gave Matheson 6 more minutes on average that his game grew leaps and bounds. Which is what you'll likely see from Barron the next 3 seasons just the same before rising up.

WPG pick can net you a Cole Hutson at worst and a Liam Greentree at best.
COL pick can grab them a Project player likely a Goalie

It fixes ARZ/Utah's immediate issues on the Blue Line
While adding a 4th pick in the 2nd round this year
They trade down lets say 17 spots but the cost of trading up for 20-32nd overall picks wont be that high by comparison
Forum: Armchair-GMSat. at 9:47 p.m.
Thread: PLD not happy
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>I don't think that any Los Angeles fan believes that right now, DuBois is worth more than the unproductive cap dump and the Calgary-to-be-the-Florida first.

The article suggests that the best course of action for Los Angeles is to trade DuBois. DuBois himself, in an interview this week, has said that he's unhappy with himself, not with Los Angeles. There's a significant difference.</div></div>

Pass
Andersons Buyout is super cheap after next year
He's just as inconsistent as PLD just at a lower level for his ceiling and floor.
But both were developed in CBJ at the same time and both have big holes in their games
If we were talking Gally i might feel different but Andersons Buyout is ideal for us when we need it.

Anderson may be struggling but he's a positive in the locker room and backs the Captain 100%
PLD cant say that
Forum: Armchair-GMSat. at 9:36 p.m.
Thread: PLD not happy
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Shaun80</b></div><div>Huge over pay for the Canadians. Dubois wasn't happy in Columbus, Dubois wasn't happy in Winnipeg, Dubois isn't happy in LA. Next it'll be Dubois isn't happy in Montreal.</div></div>

Unless LAK 1st this year with PLD im not taking that Capdump with a Full NMC the next what 6-7 years?
Frig that all the way as Andersons just hitting the point where his contracts in the final 3 years and after next year his Buyout is 8m over 4 years with almost half that coming in the 2nd of 4 years
It would give us cap relief of of 4m , 2m , 4m and 4m the final 4 years

So why in the F*** would we bend over and spread both cheeks for LAK to Sodomize us like that ?
I sincerely dont get it given PLD buyout is insane and LAK are talking about doing it according to the media at 27m over 14 years . . . .
He's making double what he's worth consistently and being paid to play like a guy he only ever becomes once every 3 years followed by a decline each and every single time without exception
Then comes him crying and asking for a trade as all his teammates slowly begin to resent having someone around who isnt All In.

They'd have to take Gallagher and Anderson BOTH to even START a Conversation about taking PLD
I'd much rather buy low on Kotkanemi as he is consistent even in his inconsistencies with his biggest issue being his dad tries coaching him contradicting his Coaches.
Unlike Lars Ellers Dad who respects the Position Too Much to do that KK's dad was an issue for Claude Julien who felt KK wasnt listening a lot of the time with him and KK butting heads
But thats a problem i think MSL can address head on a lot easier then he can get the Great French Hype PLD to become a consistent player and positive Leadership Player in MTL.

There's a 100 French Players i'd take over PLD
3 teams , 3 times he's been the problem , 3 times now they'll have to have moved him.
No bigger Problem Child in the Entire League
Forum: Armchair-GMSat. at 9:18 p.m.
Thread: Need your thoughts - MTL NYI TBL CAR BOS NSH OTT Fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Habs_22_14_20</b></div><div>Not reading all this
I don't think MTL management consider Kaliyev as part of the puzzle</div></div>

Dont just reply with a lie that you refuse to back up that Contradicts Managements Direction since Marc Bergavin was Fired.
If you are Unable to hold up your side of the Democratic Debate then say so, dont just lie based on nothing .
Anyone who listened to Hughes Speak ever knows what you're saying isnt true.
He's highlighted 2 straight drafts by trading for players like this on the cheap and has said he'll continue to make moves like that.

I get it , you loved Marc Bergavin but he's in LAK now
Hughes has been the complete opposite with a buy low , sell high Mantra.

Plus he deals with Kaliyevs Agent for multiple Habs
Forum: Armchair-GMSat. at 5:50 p.m.
Thread: Habs management dream scenario
We dont Rush Prospects anymore
Slaf was ready and it was best he learned at this level
But overall we usually wait as we did with Suzuki,Guhle, Xhekaj in Junior an extra year
We waited on Hutson,Engstrom and Reinbacher this year, who all will be staying in either MTL or Laval
Caufield even we waited an extra year despite his Center Alex Turcotte turning pro after his rookie season in the NCAA
He ended up bonding with Dylan Holloway and winning the Hobey Baker that year

Overall the theme is we wait unless they're Really Massive even in comparison to NHL Heavyweights.
If we took Lindstrom then maybe i buy it but Iginla will grow quite a bit in the next 2 years and his game will become much more complete.
Until then its about patience.

Barron nor Arber are Arbitration eligible and both have Waiver Exempt games left
Only reason you'd give them over the 1-1.1m you would have to is if Arber signs a Alex Vlasic like 6 year deal at 4.5m
Barron i'd just give the 1.1m x 1 year and move him out if he cant crack the line up at camp

Reinbacher isnt ready for the NHL yet
Defensively he's fine but the Transition and offensive side of his game hasnt clicked yet.
Mailloux could play in the NHL on bottom pair but if you're serious about him being top 4 he needs to stay in Laval.
Struble only has 13 waiver exempt games left and i dont see us keeping him up to lose Harris instead or to send down Guhle or Xhekaj

Struble-Mailloux
Bisson-Reinbacher
Engstrom-Barron
Sobolev (Suzuki and Florian Xhekaj's version of a Junior Alexi Emelin)

NHL play the regulars boosting their value
Then sell Savard at the TDL with Harris and Kovacevic

Matheson-Guhle
Hutson-Savard
Xhekaj-Kovacevic
Harris
Forum: Armchair-GMSat. at 5:31 p.m.
Thread: Need your thoughts - MTL NYI TBL CAR BOS NSH OTT Fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>bliker</b></div><div>FWIW, Kaliyev is American in all but birth. Born in Uzbekistan but moved to Long Island when he was a toddler and grew up in NY.</div></div>

Same with Galchenyuk
Did mean Claude Julien treated him differently then Markov, Radulov, Nesterov , Emelin, Scherbak, hell even Sergachev got traded about 3 months after Claude was hired.
IF a Coach feels Canadians and Americans are the way to go they'll focus largely on those guys filling 70-80% of the roster.

With LAK they seem to be leaning heavily into Canadian and American born players
Doesnt mean he's Anti Russia like Claude but it does mean he has his preference which might like Kaliyev on the outside looking in
Kaliyev's got 11-12 mins and scored 34 goals over 3 seasons with a Defensive Metrics similar to Danaults right now in LAK
Maybe its just the case of misuse like Claude and Ducharme did with Lehkonen but when Lehky hit COL he took off as a 200ft player in his own right.

Regardless at the cost of Harris the Return is worth the cost and the Gamble for both sides IMO
Forum: Armchair-GMSat. at 5:18 p.m.
Thread: Need your thoughts - MTL NYI TBL CAR BOS NSH OTT Fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Habs_22_14_20</b></div><div>He has skating issue
Wouldn’t fit going forward</div></div>

6'2 and 209lbs thats not his game
Not saying it cant be added as Suzuki was Slow as Molasses when we got him
He trained 2 summers with London Knights with a Speed Skating Coach the Hunters employ for their Junior players in the summer.
Marner and Suzuki were there the summer before he joined MTL full time

Its not impossible to add that to Kaliyev's game as his Speed isnt bad he just takes time to build up momentum
I'd be far more interested in having him play that Physical game he avoids right now.
If we did bring him in i'd tell him up front whether or not he's extended depends on whether or not he's improved significantly in his skating or his Physical game.
TBH at his size and given our need i'd much rather a Physical Goal Scorer then a Speedy Goal Scorer.

Plus his advanced Stats are ahead of basically everyone but Suzuki in MTL right now.
His Defensive Play is vastly underrated and on par with the stats Danault holds

I dunno this is buy low on the 1st pick in the 2nd round of the 2019 Draft Hughes loves plucking talent from.
If he was 190lbs or something like that i would have no interest but at 209lbs he's got muscled packed on and a good solid foundation to build on
He has 2 glaring weaknesses we could address. I mean if MSL can make Slaf a 20 goal and 50 point scorer after the start he had to his sophomore season
Then working with Kaliyev shouldnt be that big of an issue.

If it works out imagine where we'll be ?
If it doesnt we just dont re-sign him
Either way what we're giving up is gonna be lost anyways
LAK lost a few players they liked for nothing in Anderson-Dolan and Bjornfot former 1st and 2nd round picks
Thats after having to sell low on Grans and Durzi because their log jam got too out of control

Same will be said of Harris and Struble as better players enter our crowded Dcore in NHL and AHL levels
Even if Kaliyev gamble fails we have a great chance of him succeeding then any 3rd round pick and a B Prospect that Harris will command today as is.

https://hockeyroyalty.com/2024/03/22/la-kings-the-curious-case-of-arthur-kaliyev/
Forum: Armchair-GMFri. at 4:47 p.m.
Thread: Need your thoughts - MTL NYI TBL CAR BOS NSH OTT Fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Habs_22_14_20</b></div><div>MTL management wouldn't be interesting in Kaliyev at all</div></div>

Based on What Factual Statement or Logic?
Kaliyev and Savard share Agents and Kent has dealt with him on Ylonen and Stephens deals.
He fits and is from that 2019 Draft Hughes has targeted since arriving

Personally i like Kaliyev and what he brings.
I mean its easy to write him off but lets remember Racist Coach Claude Julien inherited a team with 9 Russian and in 16 months had 0
He took Radulov off the top line putting Gallagher up top and demoted Chucky to 3rd line LW right out the gate replacing them with Canadians
Its not unheard of and if you look at LAK Roster since Jim Hiller was promoted from Assistant to a Coach the LAK leaned harder into North American Players Big Time

Kaliyev isnt some crap player no one likes
He's a 22 year old 4th year Pro who put up 14-15 goals a year before Hiller
Clearly Hiller for him is the issue here even though Hiller brings out the best in others he screws Kaliyev
Easy solution? Trade LAK a North American Player like Harris or someone else in a trade deal either 1 for 1 or in a bundle.
Forum: Armchair-GMFri. at 4:18 p.m.
Thread: Take 2
If i pay that for Mercer he better be playing 2nd Center
Thats a steep Cost for a Winger in my books
That said Newhook-Mercer-Roy is a line that can grow together like Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky has.

Besides Dach and Anderson played well together
Infact any Production Anderson had last year was by Dach really.
Since Dach went down Andersons been a ghost.
Farrels a good fit for them though as he's an Elite Level playmaker with Vision who lacks size but thats after TDL until then Dach plays Dvo's wing
Armia-Evans-Gallagher would be a good option until TDL when Armia and Evans will be traded as well IMO


Downside about this year is its all about Defensive Structure and about 4 Dmen's futures relying on their play.
There will be a lot of forwards playing for new contracts and for contenders to invest in them but after the TDL the youth will get their shot.
Laval is over crowded with talent so i doubt you'll see us re-invest in RHP or Ylonen who will be waiver bound at best and moved out for nothing at worst.
That said the addition of Mercer would help speed all that along quite nicely
Forum: Armchair-GMFri. at 3:23 p.m.
Thread: Blockbuster deal with LA - Dubois
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>Sometimes, the pleasure of saying "I told you so" isn't worth the pain of getting there.

Acquiring DuBois never made sense to me because there <strong>was</strong> no hole between two top-6 forwards that needed filling. As a result, DuBois has played with youngsters on his wings who may never develop into top-6 personnel, and Los Angeles doesn't have the cap space to re-sign Viktor Arvidsson (who is the only King who has made DuBois look tenable) and add a LW so that DuBois becomes a productive member of society. So unless Alex Turcotte and Alex LaFerriere (or maybe Akil Thomas) <strong>both</strong> have the kind of breakthrough year that Quint Byfield had this past season, the situation isn't going to improve.</div></div>

You might get lucky
A team like in a bad situation might consider
Lets say Dubois for Huberdeau with RS to match
So both would have 7 years x 8.5 on both sides
Huberdeau's more productive in a down year is only 8 pts behind PLD best year
Kadri is the type to Humble a guy like PLD or make him waive his NMC more liberally to leave if need be

Huberdeau in LAK is actually kinda Scary as Kopitar is that Elite Center he's used to playing with
PLD is a Power Center at a time CGY could use it and opens up more room on Wing for their Youth to Grow.
It creates more room for Kadri to Flex with Backlund and PLD to take bulk faceoffs it allows Kadri more OZ time

That said its still just exchanging big ass contracts lol
Forum: Armchair-GMFri. at 8:05 a.m.
Thread: David Perron Wants to Come Home
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>habs_trade_churner_50</b></div><div>How much would you give up for Kaliyev?

How much would you sign Monahan for?</div></div>

Monahan 3 years x 5m

Kaliyev i wouldnt give up a 1st for but a Prospect, a 2nd and a later pick? sure
Given LAK Cap i dont think theyll be ridiculous given he didnt play a single Playoff game and doesnt seem to fit with Coach or teams direction it seems.
Strube , 2nd round pick and a 5th for Kaliyev to me would be something i can live with but in reality he'll go for likely less the same way Durzi did


I'd move Harris and Dvorak's final year for someone a team is looking to get rid of like Kotkanemi
If they ask for more for KK offer them Savard instead and Ylonen but nothing more as soon they'll have to pay to dump him as he's back in the same position he left MTL over.
But KK is a Capdump that i think could rebound under MSL to at least earn his contract and MTL has the space plus we're the 5th most injured team since 2015 so adding him helps

KK IF MSL can rebound him make Kent Hughes look like the most Saavy GM MTL had since Pollock built Dynasty's.

Kaliyev , Monahan and KK could be great for a 3 year window
The last 3 years of KK's Contract could work out great or need to be moved later
But given how much the youth here responded to Monahan to the point Slafkovsky until the last game did their pre game handshake by himself make believing Monahan was there with him.
Suzuki in his transition to Captaincy was really aided by Monahan and Suzuki took big steps forward from a defensive standpoint since Monahan joined. Jake Evans became a reliable defensive Center,ext
Forum: Armchair-GMFri. at 7:07 a.m.
Thread: David Perron Wants to Come Home
Had the chance twice, We wont play that game anymore
Perron is a good player but he gave an interview after signing with PIT about his desire to avoid the MTL Media.
The Pressures that come along with it "not being for everybody" and i remember hearing that and going "dodged a bullet"

MTL is great but the Media here SUCKS !!!!!!
Im a New York Yankee's fan which is the MTL of Baseball basically in terms of Historical Relevance and Impact.
The Media is no where near as Brutal in New York by comparison.

Like Phil Danault touched out his first LAK Interview "Nice to do one of these in English for a change"
Before Elaborating that being 1 of 2-3 French guys the media in MTL interviews in Bulk can get Demoralizing Quick
Even Caufield a Rookie had to defend Danault in the Media after MTL lost in the SCF.
The year end interviews a Reporter was basically trying to lay the loss at Danaults Feet
Caufield piped up and put that reporter in his place and got the Fist Bump from Phil for doing it lol

Some French Players love it
Like Lafreniere would thrive and According to his Roommate Josh Roy he keeps an eye on MTL still.
He'd be someone i'd be willing to give up a top 5 pick +++ to land this year and Sign Monahan
We'd be in Prime Position

But given AL isnt an option most likely
I really do like Kaliyev A LOT as he fits
I'd likely target him and still sign Monahan
Forum: Armchair-GMFri. at 6:44 a.m.
Thread: Blockbuster deal with LA - Dubois
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bigphil</b></div><div>What history ?</div></div>

Always giving up on his teams
Whether its Columbus , or WPG or LAK
After 3 seasons he always taps out

You figure he'd learn cause he builds up over 3 years finishing with his best season
Then when he finally has it all working out for him , he changes teams and starts all over again.
Really and truly i dont want him, never have as the cost is too much and TBH i'd rather have Danault back if im overpaying for a Center to Produce 40 pts why not a Defensive Stalwart ? But honestly im a Monahan guy and want to re-sign him this summer to a 15m dollar deal in whatever term like 5x3m,4x 3.75, 3x 5m, or 2x 7m even as the 2 year deal lets us possibly get a third 1st round pick from a trade with Monahan if lets say we get injured missing the playoffs (5th most man games lost since 2015 due to injury)