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What picks balance these? Obvs. Marner needs to step up in the playoffs and Kuznetsov would have more value if it had been more than three years since he failed an offseason drug test in Europe.

Obviously Buffalo would prefer not to move Reinhart but if he insists, does a young starting goalie help them? They seem to have top prospects at every other position. I suggested this one as a one for one in a recent comments section and a Buffalo fan said they could add picks and take cap dumps on it, but I know how much Buffalo fans love Reinhart, so I started with the Caps adding a better pick. Just curious whether the general idea is reasonable, and whether Dillon could be a fit with the Sabres, what with Power announcing he's staying in school.
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Marner is the best player in this deal, right now, but has the worst cap hit. Under a flat cap, the return might be limited.
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Alexeyev is the main piece of value here. NHL-ready LHD prospect. 1st round pick. KHL rookie of the month in January. Solid AHL debut. Between him and Sandin, Tor does not have to worry about whether Reilly wants to stick around.

Hagelin is better on PK than Engvall, but older.

Kuznetsov has a 33 point postseason, and a solid 11 points in the 18 playoff games since, in spite of rushing back from covid to play a defensively solid Boston team this year.
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Jun. 12, 2021 at 11:09 a.m.
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As a leafs fan, this deal is pretty solid
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You go from offering Kuznetsov and a 4th for Kotkaniemi and Drouin to this?

Marner is worth more than that package alone. Marner isn't available, the entire core 4 isn't actually (as said by team management) but even IF he was, if your conversation didn't mention McMichael or a 1st, your call isn't even answered.

Toronto doesn't need a declining, older centre. They have that in Tavares. Toronto doesn't need a 4th line, PK specialist, they have plenty of those and frankly for Hagelin's $2.75M, Toronto would likely much rather have Engvall who is a similar player for less than half of that and he only has 1 year left. Alexeyev Is a nice piece but can't be the main piece in a Marner deal. & the picks won't be early enough to even blink an eye at.

Engvall = Hagelin
Marner >> Kuznetsov, Alexeyev, and 2 picks that aren't even in the 1st round.
Jun. 12, 2021 at 11:53 a.m.
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Marner is worth more than that package alone. Marner isn't available, the entire core 4 isn't actually (as said by team management) but even IF he was, if your conversation didn't mention McMichael or a 1st, your call isn't even answered.


McMichael in his draft plus one year scored about the same as Lafreniere in the same league. 9 months older, but still. Tor would have to add Liljegren to Marner to get McMichael. I doubt they consider that, given that, as you said, Marner is not available.

Just like MTL fans keep trading Drouin for Kuznetsov, Tor fans keep trading Marner for Kuznetsov. The core ideas aren't mine. I'm just trying to steer the conversation towards what I think could work for Washington, under the flat cap. Marner for an A+ center prospect and 10M of cap space is such a huge win for Toronto under a flat cap. They'll just sign RNH to cheaply replace Marner, and crack open the champagne over a free top prospect. And the Caps would lose Ovechkin.

Both Tavares and Kuznetsov have played a few games at LW. They could alternate at 2L and 2C depending whether the team needed goals or needed to protect a lead. Kuznetsov is slightly better at carrying the puck from end to end, and dishing out apples, but Tavares is better at getting back to protect his own net. I think they might each get 30 goals a year, together, given that Kuznetsov wouldn't be helping Ovechkin keep the goals lead, and could shoot more. I'm more curious about who Tor plays at 2R if they move Marner. Ideas?
Jun. 12, 2021 at 12:14 p.m.
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You go from offering Kuznetsov and a 4th for Kotkaniemi and Drouin to this?

Marner is worth more than that package alone. Marner isn't available, the entire core 4 isn't actually (as said by team management) but even IF he was, if your conversation didn't mention McMichael or a 1st, your call isn't even answered.

Toronto doesn't need a declining, older centre. They have that in Tavares. Toronto doesn't need a 4th line, PK specialist, they have plenty of those and frankly for Hagelin's $2.75M, Toronto would likely much rather have Engvall who is a similar player for less than half of that and he only has 1 year left. Alexeyev Is a nice piece but can't be the main piece in a Marner deal. & the picks won't be early enough to even blink an eye at.

Engvall = Hagelin
Marner >> Kuznetsov, Alexeyev, and 2 picks that aren't even in the 1st round.


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Jun. 12, 2021 at 1:56 p.m.
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Thanks. Do you think the Buffalo deal is close? What else would Buffalo need? And/or, is there anything WSH could throw in to score some kind of an RHD prospect off the Sabres?
Jun. 12, 2021 at 2:08 p.m.
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McMichael in his draft plus one year scored about the same as Lafreniere in the same league. 9 months older, but still. Tor would have to add Liljegren to Marner to get McMichael. I doubt they consider that, given that, as you said, Marner is not available.

Just like MTL fans keep trading Drouin for Kuznetsov, Tor fans keep trading Marner for Kuznetsov. The core ideas aren't mine. I'm just trying to steer the conversation towards what I think could work for Washington, under the flat cap. Marner for an A+ center prospect and 10M of cap space is such a huge win for Toronto under a flat cap. They'll just sign RNH to cheaply replace Marner, and crack open the champagne over a free top prospect. And the Caps would lose Ovechkin.

Both Tavares and Kuznetsov have played a few games at LW. They could alternate at 2L and 2C depending whether the team needed goals or needed to protect a lead. Kuznetsov is slightly better at carrying the puck from end to end, and dishing out apples, but Tavares is better at getting back to protect his own net. I think they might each get 30 goals a year, together, given that Kuznetsov wouldn't be helping Ovechkin keep the goals lead, and could shoot more. I'm more curious about who Tor plays at 2R if they move Marner. Ideas?


😂 did you actually just say that?

Marner was better than McMichael in his draft plus 1 year. Marner was miles better McMichael in his draft year. & Marner was even further more better in his draft minus 1 year. McMichael will never be as good as Marner and he'll never even finish near the top of the league in points.

If you think Toronto adds more than Marner just for McMichael alone, then just wow. Idk what to say to that. But that might be the funniest, yet dumbest comment I've heard. I get your bias and wanna believe all the hype for your favourite teams prospects, but come on dude. You don't trade a top 10 to 15 player in the league and add more just for 1 prospect. Get real. 😂
Jun. 12, 2021 at 2:20 p.m.
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😂 did you actually just say that?

Marner was better than McMichael in his draft plus 1 year. Marner was miles better McMichael in his draft year. & Marner was even further more better in his draft minus 1 year. McMichael will never be as good as Marner and he'll never even finish near the top of the league in points.

If you think Toronto adds more than Marner just for McMichael alone, then just wow. I'll what to say to that. But that might be the funniest, yet dumbest comment I've heard. I get your bias and wanna believe all the hype for your favourite teams prospects, but come on dude. You don't trade a top 10 to 15 player in the league and add more just for 1 prospect. Get real. 😂


Marner is definitely still better at hockey than McMichael. Marner is also still better than Lafreniere. Go try to sell NYR on a one for one, if you need an argument.
Jun. 12, 2021 at 2:23 p.m.
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Marner is definitely still better at hockey than McMichael. Marner is also still better than Lafreniere. Go try to sell NYR on a one for one, if you need an argument.


The fact that you still think McMichael is worth the same has Lafrieniere is quite hysterical.
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The fact that you still think McMichael is worth the same has Lafrieniere is quite hysterical.


NYR fans proposed Kakko for McMichael a couple months ago on here. Caps fans passed due to needing centers, also. Is Kakko close to Lafreniere? Or is draft position more important than what people do afterwards?
Jun. 12, 2021 at 2:32 p.m.
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Thanks. Do you think the Buffalo deal is close? What else would Buffalo need? And/or, is there anything WSH could throw in to score some kind of an RHD prospect off the Sabres?


The thought of trading reinhart for a goalie is not something that interests me. Sabres top d prospects are all lefties (bryson, samuelsson, ryan johnson, probably owen power), we are pretty thin on the right, will borgen (who i like, is a solid defensive d that we very well could lose in expansion), and oskari laaksonen.
Jun. 12, 2021 at 2:38 p.m.
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NYR fans proposed Kakko for McMichael a couple months ago on here. Caps fans passed due to needing centers, also. Is Kakko close to Lafreniere? Or is draft position more important than what people do afterwards?


😂

Lafrieniere >> McMichael.

There's a reason why one of those players was talked about as a #1 overall pick in the NHL since he was 15. That wasn't McMichael. Get off that hype train.

But please, continue on. This is hysterical.
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Lafrieniere >> McMichael.

There's a reason why one of those players was talked about as a #1 overall pick in the NHL since he was 15. That wasn't McMichael. Get off that hype train.

But please, continue on. This is hysterical.


What age did fans start talking about Radek Bonk?

Look, Lafreniere is good. McMichael is also good.
Jun. 12, 2021 at 2:56 p.m.
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What age did fans start talking about Radek Bonk?


Let me get this straight, draft positions aside:

You're debating that Connor McMichael is worth the same amount as Alexis Lafrieniere because in McMichael's draft + 1 season, he scored at a pace of 1.97ppg, and you're saying that that's close to Lafrieniere's draft season (because only 9 months in age difference) where Lafreniere scored at a pace of 2.15ppg. That's a difference of 0.18ppg. That's not even a fair comparison, but that's your logic.

Okay, so how valuable does that make Nic Robertson? In Robertson's draft + 1 season he had 1.86ppg which is only 0.29ppg less than Lafreniere and it's only 0.11ppg less than McMichael. And since scoring goals is the hardest thing to do in the sport. Robertson actually outscored both of them by a considerable margin:
Robertson: 1.19 gpg
McMichael: 0.90 gpg
Lafreniere: 0.67 gpg

Robertson outscored McMichael by 0.29 gpg and outscored Lafreniere by 0.52.

So by your logic, Robertson is worth either McMichael plus, or Lafreniere plus?


Give it a rest. You overhype the hell outta McMichael. This is a joke right?

Edit: forgot to mention, Robertson is only a month older than Lafreniere and he's also 9 months younger than McMichael.
Jun. 12, 2021 at 3:36 p.m.
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Let me get this straight, draft positions aside:

Yours debating that Connor McMichael is worth the same amount as Alexis Lafrieniere because in McMichael's draft + 1 season, he scored at a pace of 1.97ppg, and you're saying that that's close to Lafrieniere's draft season (because only 9 months in age difference) where Lafreniere scored at a pace of 2.15ppg. That's a difference of 0.18ppg. That's not even a fair comparison, but that's your logic.

Okay, so how valuable does that make Nic Robertson? In Robertson's draft + 1 season he had 1.86ppg which is only 0.29ppg less than Lafreniere and it's only 0.11ppg less than McMichael. And since scoring goals is the hardest thing to do in the sport. Robertson actually outscored both of them by a considerable margin:
Robertson: 1.19 gpg
McMichael: 0.90 gpg
Lafreniere: 0.67 gpg

Robertson outscored McMichael by 0.29 gpg and outscored Lafreniere by 0.52.

So by your logic, Robertson is worth either McMichael plus, or Lafreniere plus?


Give it a rest. You overhype the hell outta McMichael. This is a joke right?

Edit: forgot to mention, Robertson is only a month older than Lafreniere and he's also 9 months younger than McMichael.


Who knows? Robertson might be the next Jan Jenik or Parker Kelly. Are those guys better than Matthews this year? They each had 1 goal/game in the NHL, putting them ahead of Matthews. So what if they each only played one game?

Robertson could turn out to be a steal, and it's great to see NHL teams taking a chance on a little guy from a state without much ice, but if you're so hung up on scouts always being right: how did McMichael get 34 more points than teammate Liam Foudy, that same year? https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0008142020.html Foudy was picked 18th overall in 2018, and McMichael wasn't picked until 25th overall in 2019. That's 224 spots later!!! smile

While we're at it, does Andre Burakovsky ever have a chance to be as good at hockey as the great Frederik Gauthier? Can Anthony Mantha ever get as good as Curtis Lazar? A draft by experts is a great way to rank athletes, but it only holds true for the next few months. Kids grow up quickly and they change by leaps and bounds. Some get better at sports and some get left behind. Teams are getting better at helping their top prospects develop, but there's only so much they can do.

Look, McMichael was a 25th overall pick in 2019 but right after that he scored much more than an 18th overall pick from 2018 and almost as well as the 1st overall pick from 2020. If he's so bad, let Washington keep him. Toronto can just go trade Marner for Foudy, the much better prospect, and Columbus might actually have cap space to consider something like that. The problem is that they're more likely to keep that cap space, save up some money, and rebuild for a year. Marner at $5M would change their minds in a heartbeat. Marner at almost $11M is probably staying in Toronto.
Jun. 12, 2021 at 3:59 p.m.
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Who knows? Robertson might be the next Jan Jenik or Parker Kelly. Are those guys better than Matthews this year? They each had 1 goal/game in the NHL, putting them ahead of Matthews. So what if they each only played one game?

Robertson could turn out to be a steal, and it's great to see NHL teams taking a chance on a little guy from a state without much ice, but if you're so hung up on scouts always being right: how did McMichael get 34 more points than teammate Liam Foudy, that same year? https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0008142020.html Foudy was picked 18th overall in 2018, and McMichael wasn't picked until 25th overall in 2019. That's 224 spots later!!! smile

While we're at it, does Andre Burakovsky ever have a chance to be as good at hockey as the great Frederik Gauthier? Can Anthony Mantha ever get as good as Curtis Lazar? A draft by experts is a great way to rank athletes, but it only holds true for the next few months. Kids grow up quickly and they change by leaps and bounds. Some get better at sports and some get left behind. Teams are getting better at helping their top prospects develop, but there's only so much they can do.

Look, McMichael was a 25th overall pick in 2019 but right after that he scored much more than an 18th overall pick from 2018 and almost as well as the 1st overall pick from 2020. If he's so bad, let Washington keep him. Toronto can just go trade Marner for Foudy, the much better prospect, and Columbus might actually have cap space to consider something like that. The problem is that they're more likely to keep that cap space, save up some money, and rebuild for a year. Marner at $5M would change their minds in a heartbeat. Marner at almost $11M is probably staying in Toronto.


Idk where you're getting this narrative that draft positions matter? I never said that. In fact I was quite clear saying that draft positions aside, you think McMichael is worth Lafreniere. He's not. All I mentioned was that Lafreniere was talked about going 1st overall since he was 15 for a reason. & that reason is because he was very clearly 3 steps ahead of his opponents at every level he's been at, even when he's an underager. & you're also the one that said the whole debate was justified because McMichael "scored about the same as Lafreniere in the same league." Which actually isn't true. At the paces that both players were at in the years you mentioned, if both play their full seasons of 68 games, Lafreniere outscores McMicheal by 12 points. So you're saying 12 points is close? Hey if you lose a game 12-0 that's okay then right? Cause it was a close game?

I never said McMichael was bad. I said he wasn't worth Lafreniere. Go find 1 credible hockey person that agrees with you on that. I'll be shocked if you do. You won't.

The only thing you've been right on (which I never disagreed with) is that draft position doesn't matter after you've been drafted. There's been good players go undrafted and there's been bad players go #1 overall. But points aside, McMichael is worth no where close to Lafreniere straight up. You also never took into account the fact that McMichael played on a far superior London team than Lafreniere's Rimouski team. Having better teammates helps you produce more points as well. Lafreniere has intangibles that McMichael doesn't and Lafreniere's ceiling is similar to the likes of Crosby, Eichel, etc. McMichael's is nowhere close to those players. McMichael will likely end up being a high valued 2nd line centre. A low chance at an elite one, but Lafreniere's floor potential is at the height of McMichael's. There's a good reason why Lafrienere played regular NHL minutes all season long as a teenager and McMichael didn't.

I'm honestly done with this debate with you. It's utterly pointless at this point if you still think McMichael is even in the same conversation as Lafreniere. Honestly, you've been nothing but bias and not proved anything. It was more of a waste of time for both of us.

Cheers.
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Idk where you're getting this narrative that draft positions matter? I never said that. In fact I was quite clear saying that draft positions aside, you think McMichael is worth Lafreniere. He's not. All I mentioned was that Lafreniere was talked about going 1st overall since he was 15 for a reason. & that reason is because he was very clearly 3 steps ahead of his opponents at every level he's been at, even when he's an underager. & you're also the one that said the whole debate was justified because McMichael "scored about the same as Lafreniere in the same league." Which actually isn't true. At the paces that both players were at in the years you mentioned, if both play their full seasons of 68 games, Lafreniere outscores McMicheal by 12 points. So you're saying 12 points is close? Hey if you lose a game 12-0 that's okay then right? Cause it was a close game?

I never said McMichael was bad. I said he wasn't worth Lafreniere. Go find 1 credible hockey person that agrees with you on that. I'll be shocked if you do. You won't.

The only thing you've been right on (which I never disagreed with) is that draft position doesn't matter after you've been drafted. There's been good players go undrafted and there's been bad players go #1 overall. But points aside, McMichael is worth no where close to Lafreniere straight up. You also never took into account the fact that McMichael played on a far superior London team than Lafreniere's Rimouski team. Having better teammates helps you produce more points as well. Lafreniere has intangibles that McMichael doesn't and Lafreniere's ceiling is similar to the likes of Crosby, Eichel, etc. McMichael's is nowhere close to those players. McMichael will likely end up being a high valued 2nd line centre. A low chance at an elite one, but Lafreniere's floor potential is at the height of McMichael's. There's a good reason why Lafrienere played regular NHL minutes all season long as a teenager and McMichael didn't.

I'm honestly done with this debate with you. It's utterly pointless at this point if you still think McMichael is even in the same conversation as Lafreniere. Honestly, you've been nothing but bias and not proved anything. It was more of a waste of time for both of us.

Cheers.


If you're into points/game, here's a calculator that estimates McMichael's AHL performance this year translates to a 33 point NHL season. https://frozenpool.dobbersports.com/frozenpool_nhle.php

Lafreniere's NHL production this year extends to a 31 point NHL season. They will each be 20 when next season starts. Lafreniere is slightly younger so he does still have a higher ceiling. But you can't get either for Marner under a flat cap because (edited: Marner's cap hit is nearly eleven million dollars). Cheers.

edited: I would love to learn how to apply quality of teammates corrections across different leagues, and I'd love to drill down further into the data if the AHL kept track of stuff like quality of competition or minutes, but yes, I think this is enough to say they're both going to be among the top 20 year old forwards next season, and I maintain that the Capitals whose biggest expiring UFAs are Ovechkin, who's getting a raise, and Chara, who's already at the league minimum, don't have cap space for a one for one. But I still think if CBJ is all in Tor can pull off a one for one for Foudy, easily. I'm just not sure if CBJ is all in.

2nd edit: not sure if you saw the tag, but I built a Kakko for Marner trade and Rangers fans passed. https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/462888?post_id=2413583 I don't have the time to dig up the comment thread where Rangers fans offered Kakko for McMichael, but google exists and you can try to repeat it if you want. Caps should pass on that, too, fwiw. They probably just keep McMichael, I think. Because decent players on ELCs are extremely valuable under a flat cap.
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Thanks. Do you think the Buffalo deal is close? What else would Buffalo need? And/or, is there anything WSH could throw in to score some kind of an RHD prospect off the Sabres?


Realistically probably fair, Im not a huge fan of trading for highly rated goalies. But it might make sense based on our current situation, who am I kidding, situations.
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