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Forum: Armchair-GM7 hours ago
Thread: Stars
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Forum: Armchair-GMFri. at 1:08 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 8 at 2:31 p.m.
Thread: Fun thought
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dopplsan</b></div><div>Yup. Elvis' sitatuion is a run-of-the-mill "change of scenery" issue. Maybe he finds motivation in a new spot and plays great, even if only for a year. Or maybe he is a bust. If the latter, you're at least only paying him $2.7, so take that or enjoy the super-diminished buy-out.

To squashmaple 's point, no need to retain on Ville, and I have no issue retaining on Elvis (better than the alternative of a buy-out). CBJ's goaltending duo of the near future looks to be Greaves and Tarasov, and we just need a one-year stop-gap so Greaves can use his last year of being waivers-exempt.</div></div>

Yep that was part of my thought on this too. You're goalie pipeline is looking solid but not quite there yet and I think a year of a healthy Husso can be beneficial for those two young goalies.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 8 at 1:39 p.m.
Thread: Fun thought
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SharkTank</b></div><div>That's making it worse.

You only have 1 year left of of injury prone Husso and then he's off the books.

Why do you want 3 years of Elvis?

Is he any better?

Well at least he plays. LOL

Yzerman will try to find a bridge to Cossa who's not far away from being NHL ready.

The UFA goalie market is trash and teams who have goalies who are supposedly available want King's Ransom prices.</div></div>

I don't see this making the situation worse. He'd only be making 2.74 which is pretty cheap when you take into account Lyon's contract next season and Cossa's ELC the two years after that. So with this, you get a guy who can split starts with Lyon this year and then help ease Cossa the next year, and then back up cossa the year after. Then he's gone. Worst case scenario, it doesn't work out and Detroit retains on a trade halfway through year two and you eat a mill worth of cap for one season. Best case scenario he gets back to close to his best play and you have a decent goalie tandem for 3 years. I'd rather do this than have a revolving door of goalies for 3 years with nobody to help Cossa transition. And you move a 4th to a 3rd.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 8 at 1:33 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 7 at 3:25 p.m.
Thread: Big off season s-wings Holtz
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>Holtz is tricky one to evaluate since Lindy stuck him on 4th line with wither away. But his scoring rates, even without much PP time or playing with Hughes or Hischier, were still promising. The shot is nasty. The play-making has its moments, but not consistent. There are still some wrinkles to iron out, such as puck protection in transition. But with another year on ELC, there is no pressing need to move him.

NJD only trade Holtz if it returns (a) an upgrade on blueline; (b) a goalie; (c) anyone named Moritz; in no particular order.</div></div>

Totally a fair assessment and I appreciate it! You can't have mortiz tho aha

I felt odd throwing Cleveland in there because obviously you guys have Nemec Hughes and Hamilton on the backend and that's unreal. I put him in there moreso as a "hey we're gonna need some guys to play in that 4-6 role in the future, can't hurt to have one of those in the pipeline outside of Casey"

Ultimately I think you are right, they shouldn't be in the rush to move holtz cuz he does look promising. This was moreso a scenario where team and player decide a fresh start is needed.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 7 at 2:44 p.m.
Thread: Big off season s-wings Holtz
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>YeahDudeitsChris</b></div><div>There’s a ton of problems with a Holtz trade TBH from an NJ standpoint.. Jersey isn’t moving him for a depth piece or a future draft pick. I agree his value has fallen to a degree but he still had a decent year considering his usage so there is uncertainty in value there but the real issue for most teams trying to acquire him is that NJ is only looking for a goalie or a top 6 power forward for him. Those are really the only pieces NJ could be enticed to trade for, NJ isn’t going to accept an offer just because it’s there value wise, it’s gotta be something that will plug a hole for the team they have now. NJ would absolutely have to add in either of those cases if the player is elite but that’s fine for NJ</div></div>

That's a totally fair assessment and the EXACT response I was looking for on this. I just genuinely couldn't overly gauge NJs needs outside of a goalie so I just went strictly value wise and maybe still ended up on the low end. So I really appreciate the insight on that. Might work on a revised one in a bit so hopefully I'll see you on that one too lol.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 3 at 4:19 p.m.
Thread: Trying things
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DanielSan92</b></div><div>Yeah... But like I said there's nobody in the organization requiring a major extension in that time outside Edvinsson.

Assuming guys like Kasper/Danielson don't bust, you're looking at a year 3 cap of $96.6M with two guys in significant roles on ELC, and a year four cap of $101.5M with at least one, if not both still on ELCs.

Doesn't even factor in ASP, if he pans out, on an ELC that entire time.</div></div>

I get where you're coming from, don't get me wrong. But the direction I was kind of eluding to is outside pieces coming in via trade or signing. I love the foundation of this core but I think we can both agree we're still a few pieces away from being a true contender even with the rookies coming in so having that cap flexibility in those two following years could be important