la_scaloneta

Member Since

Mar. 22, 2022

Forum Posts

1078

Posts per Day

1.4

Forum: Armchair-GMThu. at 10:49 a.m.

Thread: Offseason repairs and upgrades

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JayTea</b></div><div>They need Brodin more than they need a center. Assuming no trades, they have JEEK, Rossi, Khusnutdinov, Gaudreau, and Hartman as options at center. They don't have anyone remotely capable of playing Brodin's role on defense.</div></div>

Maybe if Ryan Graves is the centerpiece of the return from PIT, would that work for MIN?

Forum: Armchair-GMThu. at 7:39 a.m.

Thread: Offseason repairs and upgrades

Honestly that is a really good team but I don’t think Minnesota accepts, IDK why but I feel they need a Center.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 20 at 1:31 p.m.

Thread: Pens 2024-2025

Vrana with all his health problems hasn’t done anything to warrant this contract right now.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 20 at 1:31 p.m.

Thread: Pens 2024-2025

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SNipeSHowInc</b></div><div>Pretty easy pass, especially with retention on Marner</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DeclanLovesHockey</b></div><div>Pens delusion is contagious I see</div></div>

Tbh there is still 10 million in cap space, PIT could easily do it without the retention.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 18 at 10:01 p.m.

Thread: What If We Were Bold After 2nd Cup

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JaredOfLondon</b></div><div>lol, that Kypreos trade was so awful and unrealistic as hell you might as well be using a hockey buzz rumour</div></div>

Tbh I think Lou would be all over it, he loves players with cup pedigree and Toronto badly needed a DFD at that time.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 14 at 11:42 a.m.

Thread: 2 Meek Players As Crosby Linemates

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JuanDamienNebraska</b></div><div>As much as I’d love to have Nugent-Hopkins and Marner for those prices, there’s just not a world where EDM or TOR would move them for what you’ve offered. They decline those trades in a million different universes lol.</div></div>

Fair enough. It seems to me that both teams are looking for something different, for EDM they want more physical players, whereas Toronto wants cap space.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 14 at 11:42 a.m.

Thread: 2 Meek Players As Crosby Linemates

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TJTwolf</b></div><div>Acciari is probably too expensive for the Avs bottom 6 going forward. Next year's bottom 3 for the Avs likely consists of ELC & league min contracts vets, and Acciari would likely be in that bottom 3. I've no idea how Puljujarvi looked for you guys but he could be a possibility as a reclamation project (am surprised the Avs didn't look at him last year tbh). No idea how he's valued in Pittsburgh though. Would make it only a minimal cap add for the Avs which is about as much as they could afford.</div></div>

Yeah absolutely I wouldn’t mind sending you Puljujarvi. He’d be a good player for Colorado’s bottom 6, honestly.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 13 at 7:41 p.m.

Thread: 2 Meek Players As Crosby Linemates

<a href="/users/juandamiennebraska" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@juandamiennebraska</a> Thoughts on this team?

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 13 at 7:41 p.m.

Thread: 2 Meek Players As Crosby Linemates

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TJTwolf</b></div><div>Don't think it would be a lot. Bottom end roster player, low end prospect, low end pick or pick swap maybe, something like that.</div></div>

That’s fair. What about Acciari? He’s coming off a bad season but maybe the type of bottom 6 guy you guys may want?

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 13 at 6:11 p.m.

Thread: 2 Meek Players As Crosby Linemates

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TJTwolf</b></div><div>I wouldn't be opposed to it as a potential framework from the Avs PoV but the Pens would still need to add imo.</div></div>

Fair enough, I guess Girard is a few years younger anyway.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 13 at 5:50 p.m.

Thread: 2 Meek Players As Crosby Linemates

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jfkst1</b></div><div>Rutherford drafted almost no one of value. Kapanen and Sprong were decent depth forwards, but also neither were especially late picks. Shero left a much better than rated prospect pool that consistently was ranked in the bottom 10 or 15 in the league yet yielded a lot of quality: Guentzel, Maatta, Dumoulin, Rust, Sheary, Murray, etc. was easily a top 10 prospect pool. Those players helped tremendously with winning the two SCs.</div></div>

Exactly, one of my followers said that although he left in a disgraced manner, Ray Shero & John Hynes had a very important role in the Penguins back-to-back cup runs. They didn't have many firsts besides the Maatta & Pouliot picks, but they found so many lower picks that turned out to be really important contributors.

I'd say that is one thing that caused PIT to slip post 2017. The first was they started to trade first round picks for players not worth that value such as Reaves, Kapanen & others, but they also didn't draft well, or at least not many young players have been incorporated into the team like in 2015. A lot of the prospects from 2015-2019 should be contributing with the first team now, but they're not.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 13 at 2:29 p.m.

Thread: Pens 24-25

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>penguinsman</b></div><div>Now I see why Pens fans get a bad rap. Add a first and maybe it goes through</div></div>

I think the Leafs would want Graves as the Center piece, otherwise they’d just be happy to have cap space.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 13 at 2:27 p.m.

Thread: 2 Meek Players As Crosby Linemates

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jfkst1</b></div><div>Sutter for Bonino might have been the best deal. Schultz was a great value trade. Cole for Bortuzzo ended up good. Even Lovejoy for Despres was great because Despres LTIRetired not long after.</div></div>

Yes exactly, but what stood out to me during those years was we seldom gave up top prospects & picks, unless it was to acquire a star player like Kessel who still went for less than his usual worth.

Most of the time, we were picking up under-the-radar or underperforming players but they worked with us cuz they fit our vision.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 13 at 2:12 p.m.

Thread: 2 Meek Players As Crosby Linemates

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>swissmontana</b></div><div>excellent then doesn't mean he's good now, as you know intimately.</div></div>

The guy is only 28, he’s still in his prime. PIT wasn’t the right fit cuz of their system and the players around him, but he could easily turn the corner going back to COL like Jack Johnson did

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 13 at 1:28 p.m.

Thread: 2 Meek Players As Crosby Linemates

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jfkst1</b></div><div>Even between June 2015 to March 2017, Rutherford made almost 100% perfect moves and he wasn't robbing teams this blind. Either you are trolling or you have a poor grasp on the trade market.</div></div>

Remember the Scuderi for Daley trade? That was a pure robbery from the moment it happened.

The Kessel trade, well, he has a full NMC so the return was limited, but we didn’t give up much for him either. So to get Marner from TOR would be the same type of story.

The Rakell + Acciari trade would be the same kind of idea as Hagelin for Perron.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 13 at 1:16 p.m.

Thread: 2 Meek Players As Crosby Linemates

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tkecanuck341</b></div><div>No one is taking Jarry's contract without significant salary retention.</div></div>

Well then we might as well keep Jarry then as there is still 6 million available.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 13 at 1:13 p.m.

Thread: Marner trade

I don't think the Sabres should trade Power, he's only in his D+2 season.

The guy that should be dealt is Jokiharju.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 13 at 12:37 p.m.

Thread: 2 Meek Players As Crosby Linemates

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>LuckyMoneyPuck</b></div><div>Nice troll job.
Really like those TOR and EDM moves. I'm sure their fan bases will totally agree with you on here.
Keep smoking, eventually you'll see Jesus or forget the wifi password. Either or really.</div></div>

I feel Edmonton needs a change because, they want players who are suitable for the playoffs and most TOR fans told me they would just be content with getting cap space for 16.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 13 at 12:34 p.m.

Thread: 2 Meek Players As Crosby Linemates

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jfkst1</b></div><div>My thoughts are that most of these trades are pure delusion in favor of PIT.</div></div>

I feel these are the kinds of moves you have to make though if you want to win, buying low on other teams' unwanted pieces and signing a bunch of unqualified RFAs.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 13 at 12:28 p.m.

Thread: 2 Meek Players As Crosby Linemates

Thoughts on this team? There's still 6 million to add a starting goaltender, if you want.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 13 at 12:26 p.m.

Thread: 2 Meek Players As Crosby Linemates

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>swissmontana</b></div><div>so why would colorado take in a defenseman who is worse at defense and offense?</div></div>

Graves was excellent during his time in Colorado, don't you recall?

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 12 at 8:31 p.m.

Thread: Imagine if Hextall Didnt Ruin The Team

So Malkin is not on the team but somehow Jeff Cartee is?

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 12 at 7:07 p.m.

Thread: Maximizing Dubas Vision While Selling High And Buying Low

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>draft_em_sign_em_trade_em</b></div><div>Wait I thought Dubas preaches sell low buy high.</div></div>

That was his motto in Toronto.

But he didn’t have many options, he was forced to go all in at every deadline.

Hopefully in PIT he will be allowed to use more patience, I haven’t seen it.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 12 at 7:03 p.m.

Thread: Maximizing Dubas Vision While Selling High And Buying Low

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>GMBL</b></div><div>Why does PITT need a more offensive D when they have Karlsson and Letang?</div></div>

For Dubas and Sullivan’s philosophy, they want all 6 defencemen and all 12 forwards to be finesse players & capable of contributing offensively.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 12 at 7:02 p.m.

Thread: Maximizing Dubas Vision While Selling High And Buying Low

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>leafs101</b></div><div>Marner for future considerations? Get a grip</div></div>

A lot of Leaf fans on Twitter say they would just be happy to get the cap space for Mitch.

12 Next

Page 1

DISPLAY SETTING

BETTING ODDS

LOCALE

ARCHIVE

CBA

CALCULATORS

FANTASY HOCKEY TOOLS

TOOLS

PLAYERS

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

INTERACTIVE FEATURES

la_scaloneta

Member Since

Forum Posts

Posts per Day