These aren't even close to fair value

I'll pass on all of them

well this was 5 minutes of my life that ill never get back

I am assuming that this is actually a troll AGM.

I'm with you, if he insists he's better than Pastrnak, but if he comes down on his asking price, and accepts a contract in the range of comparable players, they're not so bad.

Thanks for reading. It's always great talking to you both!

I know I shouldn't be down on Kempny or Burakovsky over a slow start, but if BUrakovsky gets 4M next year, then a combination of Nylander and Siegenthaler could save a little cap space compared to Burakovsky and Kempny. Worst case, if Burakovsky takes a two year bridge deal and then signs for 6M in three years, when the Caps have to negotiate again with Holtby and Backstrom, trading them for a cost-controlled, long-term contract on a proven 2R could give the Caps an extra 3M cap space to keep two of their all time greats.

I'm not going to claim the other trades help the Caps much, but I did try to make them even. You think I'm buying into the hype, and overpaying? I think Sandin and Liljegren could be a solid third pair in two years, with maybe top four potential. If there's a lockout, they give the Caps some cheap depth to stay competitive. And of course those 1st round picks in lockout years are like twice as likely to make an impact, as the whole league gets younger with a lot of veterans moving away to Europe. Carlson would give the Leafs a dynasty, and Nylander is obviously only a quarter of the return, but I think I accounted for that.

You should trade Ovechkin @50% to the Penguins for Matt Cullen.

Using Eli logic...
Ovechkin has 1 Cup, Cullen has 3.
Cullen's 1st Cup offsets Ovechkin's.
Cullen's 2nd Cup offsets the 50% retention.
Cullen's 3rd Cup proves that he is better than Ovechkin.
PLUS... This season Cullen has the most even strength assists than anyone else from his draft class. <- icing on the cake!!!

Ovechkin @50% for Cullen = Eli Logic no brainer!!!

You mean bill nylander who is a young elite player that teams should give up the world for ......but Toronto won’t pay him ......a must have player who can massively improve s team...... but the leafs won’t sign him.....

Why aren’t they signing this generational guy worth his weight in gold?

Your jokes might land more often if you could read.

He’s a penguins fan .... like the really really bad ones. Like the type who thinks tom Wilson can’t play hockey and skates around with a club instead of a hockey stick. Or the type who thinks letang is a top 5 defenseman still. Or thinks Crosby is better than Mc’david.

What did I miss?

That this was obviously a troll AGM? No, I got that.
That you generally grossly overvalue the worth of having a Cup ring? No, I got that.
That you generally grossly overvalue the worth of even strength whatever compared to others in the draft class? No, I got that.

So what did I not read that make that post appropriate for this AGM?

Awe, I hurt your feelings by saying Wilson's value was more sentimental than on-ice... Do... do you need a hug? Eli, he needs a hug. Can you give him a hug? Awe... poor guy.

No. You missed that it's a thread predicting how many Cups the Leafs win with different additions to a lineup that's already widely considered a contender, but that's still got some defensive weaknesses to address. Bowey didn't even play in the playoffs, and he's the main piece of the first one. I often can't tell whether you misunderstand intentionally, or just misunderstand.

Of course! https://www.google.com/search?q=Tom+Wilson+Ovechkin+hug&rlz=1C1JZAP_enUS794US795&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=U6AvkZsPOevf1M%253A%252CyCBRH6Z0PhQAXM%252C_&usg=AI4_-kRm1E2Qgr2WQgA6PK-HeeVUQewWpw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwit29ru2dHeAhUNKawKHbWZBk8Q9QEwBHoECAQQCA#imgrc=U6AvkZsPOevf1M:

No just think it’s funny. Unlike the leafs the caps are willing to risk money for talent. When Wilson comes back I can’t wait to @ you.

He can’t read haha why so you point iss lost

He's back.

That doesn't change anything that I said. Basically every trade that you posted was trash. How many Cups the trade would bring the Leafs is meaningless when looking at the individual trades. You posted your normal ramblings trying to justify each trade but people are only supposed to comment on the # of potential Cups and not comment on the value of the trades themselves? That's like crazy guy on the corner talking to things that aren't there level again.

Would have been better if you just posted the picture as opposed to a link to a google search of pictures with one in the middle picked. But it's the right comeback none the less.

These are the Nylander trades that make sense for Washington.... aside from Connolly and a 4th for Alex Nylander, of course. If you don't think they help Toronto enough, it sounds like you're quite capable of expressing that in terms requested, rather than nonsensical ad hominem attacks.

Nylander for a 7th makes sense for Washington... but it doesn't mean that it has any realistic chance of happening, exactly like the trades that you listed above. The first 3 are just so bad that they barely rate comment ,_ the barely comment. The 4th at least the Leafs get Carlson, but what is going back to Washington is underpants on the outside crazy.

I'm sorry, you think Tor can win the Cup without any of these trades? Build me a Leafs team that can win the ECF while Washington has Carlson, Niskanen and Bowey.

As any Caps fan should know, any team can lose a playoff series, any team can win a playoff series. But technically, they could win the Cup as in right now, without Nylander in the lineup, without trading Nylander.

(At the moment)
They are 4th in the league (points), 5th in GF/G, 7th in GA/G, 6th in PP, 12th in PK.
They are 2nd in the East (points), 3rd in GF/G, 3rd in GA/G, 4th in PP, 4th in PK.

Without doing anything with Nylander they are contenders, as is. Don't let this technological marvel that you created lull you into a sense of invincibility.

Caps fans have heard the idea that any team can win once they get there, but they've also seen it disproven by Pittsburgh teams that started out bigger, tougher, faster, and more skilled, and then made deadline trades for leadership and elite goal scoring in new forms every year. The Caps would come in with better team defense, or with one great goal scorer, and get bounced, again, and again, and again. Caps fans know that it's hard to predict which team can win a seven game series by looking at standings points, because a seven game series is very different from an individual game, and it takes different strengths and different strategies.

So far, with anyone on their current roster, the Leafs have won 0% of their playoff series. Last year they ranked higher, and had more size and hitting, but didn't have as much offensive depth and skill. It was a gutsy decision to sign Tavares at a cost of Martin and Komarov. I applaud it. It was the right move for the game. I just hope they don't get bounced by the Islanders after that.