LGB
Joined: Jun. 2019
Posts: 75
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Not sure I like any of this. I see TONS of Blues teams on ArmchairGM trying to get the boys back together..... but guess what? THE BOYS NEVER WON A CUP! THIS TEAM DID! Trading away all of our good young cheap players that are the glue of our CUP WINNING team to bring back older guys just for early 2010s nostalgia is dumb.
On to actual opinions:
PHI never does that deal. They have a future goalie in Carter Hart, and aren't gonna take on Allen's cap hit for free
NJ deal doesn't seem good enough. Schenn expires at the same time as Hall, so it still carries the same risk that he may leave for nothing. On top of that Schenn is worse, so it is less valuable in an all in "go for it" scenario. So the only value in return for an MVP is Edmundsson what will likely be a very low 1st. Not good enough.
VGK Deal: why? Fabbri and Sanford are both better than Reaves, and we can get them both combined for less than Reaves' deal. trading up from 2nds to 3rds isn't enough when we are losing core middle 6 players. We are a contending team, we value players higher than picks
Free agent signings:
RFAs: Why all of these 1 year deals? Then we have to deal with it again next season when we have less space and more important FAs to sign (Petro/Dunn)
UFAs: Elliot is WASHED. Let him go. I'd be ok with bringing back Maroon at that price, but i think some team might overpay him this summer.