You forgot to increase the salary cap, although it's kind of amusing it works without doing so anyway. Cap should be 87.7mil, just so you know.

I can't imagine NYI does that trade. Dobson should be near untouchable for them. I'd also be mildly surprised if Marner waives to go to that dump.

Playing center is about way more than face offs and domi isnt even good at them, hell, he's worse than tavares at them

Yo that's crazy I will keep that in mind for future ACGM's lol - maybe to sweeten the pot on Isles trade I add Robertson and then just sign Bertuzzi to term? Also I figured Marner wants a big market and he'd get to play with Barzal, but this is mostly a pipe dream ngl

Tavares is useless as a LW. Why don't people see this? He was also 59% in faceoffs which is close to #1 in the league.

I think he's fine at LW with a good C, but domi is the opposite of that

I think with practice Domi could get closer to Tavares level on the draw... the problem is that as a center, Tavares' defensive responsibilities leave him without a motor by the time they get to the O zone. He's most effective down low and with his short bursts of speed/puck protected drives, which will only be successful on a full tank. Worth a shot imo, if it doesn't work just go back to normal.

Dobson is untouchable and while Marner would be nice with Barzal and Horvat, rather have him, also you want Varlamov and a 2nd? Yea no

Maybe, but the thing about faceoffs is that they really arnt super important, and the difference between a good face off man and a meh one is like half a faceoff win a game on average.
As for the rest of the playing C bit, well domi just doesn't excel at those either, his positional awarness is bad, he's abysmal defensivly, terrible at back pressure or controlling the zone and he doesnt have the vision to set plays.
He's above average at one thing, passing the puck, and he's probably not even better than Tavares at that

Tavares was 59% in the faceoffs in the regular season. what are u talking about? lmao. Domi was 66% in the playoffs. Which are both very good especially to have on the same team. quit trolling

I highly doubt Marner considers wishing for the Islanders as long as Lou is there. He’s the one that lied to Marner about the rookie bonuses in the first place that didn’t sit well with Marner’s camp. Players don’t forget that kinda stuff

Can you just let me live in my delusions please (I totally forgot about that Lou nonsense)

Domi took about 450 regular season faceoffs and won exactly half 42 face offs in the playoffs and won 28
Tavares took over 1300 face offs in the regular season and won over 800 and took 147 in the playoffs and won 82 of them.
Sample size means a lot. This isnt trolling, this is apples to cans of bud lite comparison

lol.

A lot of guys are worse than Tavares at faceoffs.. Tavares was like 2nd or 3rd in the league this year.

FWIW.. Domi still won 50% of his faceoffs in the regular season and 66% during the playoffs. Meanwhile Tavares only won 55% during the playoffs. So saying Domi is worse is a bit of a stretch considering he improved all year.. but yet again, here you are.

I think taking something special away from a slow player, struggling to shoot accurately and play defensively would be wrong. Wingers should be fast and be able to forecheck/carry the puck. Tavares is good at winning puck battles around the net and taking faceoffs. Obviously, his game is a little better than what I'm making it seem but he's always played center, and doesn't make sense to change it especially when he's 34. Come on guys be realistic.

Well, he is worse than tavares at faceoffs, and him doing better in such a small sample size compared to literally their entire career doesnt change that.
But yet again...here you are

So players don’t progress and develop in parts of their game and get better at it? They’re always stuck in the past stats that define them?

Good to know coach! 😂

Sure, i like tavares better as a C too, but I think he'd be fine on the wing with a good C and that domi is not that guy. Say, by some miracle, the leafs got Mark Stone or someone who plays like that, even a danault from LA who plays a slow the game down type way.
And likewise he wouldn't work with a burner like william karlsson etc

Yeah, they do but winning 4 face offs a game over 7 games instead of 11.7 isnt impressive. Sample sizes are very important

So you can discredit Domi’s improvement in faceoffs because it’s a smaller sample size but can’t give the same credit to Tavares’ lower numbers?

Wow. Just keep digging that hole kid. 😂

You’re not worth my time anymore. Welcome to the ignore list for good.

You just repeated what I said with more info on their stats. lmao, you've definitely been touching the Bud Lite.

Im discrediting it because 7 games literally means nothing when it comes to development, and if you think it does you're even worse at this than i thought. Just a hilarious attempt at analysis

Danault had 1 point in the playoffs. Stone is injury-prone. come on dude

Yes, because when you are talking about a sample size as small as max domis 66% it literally means nothing because it was such a small sample.
If Robertson took four faceoffs over the series and won 3 of them does that mean he's the best faceoff man on the team? Of all time? Of course not because the variable and randomness means such a little amount of faceoffs means nothing other than he won those three faceoffs. Domi is simply a slightly larger version of that.

I'm talking about play style, come on dude