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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 26, 2019 at 11:50 a.m.
Thread: Kuzy sails away
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TanSor</b></div><div>Interesting idea, although I don't think Vancouver does it. Vancouver will need the cap space down the road to re-sign Pettersson and Hughes, especially with the way the market is trending. Horvat will also probably be their captain in the next year or two. This is my personal opinion, but I also think Horvat is the better player.</div></div>

I was looking at the Vancouver roster and Horvat being named C did cross my mind, and I would expect they value him sentimentally too, as he was one of their high up 1st rounders and came through their system. To me the trade seems fairly even, both players have their pluses and minuses. It depends on what the Caps want to replace Kuzy with, a better 2 way more consistent forward like Bo or keep the roller coaster ride that Kuzy has been the last year?

The Metro is getting tighter and tighter with both the Rangers and Devils improving quite a bit this off-season. The Caps were only 6 points from missing the playoffs entirely, you can't afford to "not care" about the regular season, or you'll find yourself out of the playoffs.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 24, 2019 at 8:32 p.m.
Thread: Bark off
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Eli</b></div><div>Usually if one guy leads his team by a ton of points, it seems like he did more of the work, because he was probably double-covered, so Stamkos getting 18 points in the 2015 playoffs is just as impressive as Justin WIlliams getting 25 in '14, when Kopitar and Carter got just as many. Similarly, I know Kuznetsov played with Ovechkin, but he also had to carry someone most of this board insisted was a fourth line right wing on any good team, on that line.

I'm more impressed that Barkov was tenth in the league in points last year than that he got a ninety point season when his linemate had four fewer points, in a year that produced three times as many ninety point seasons (14) as the previous ten year average (4.6).

My main point is the Caps aren't giving Kuznetsov away, while he's going through some hard times. They have five other centers on their roster and they'll give him a sweater as soon as he's ready.

If my value on the above trade is off by a pick or something, it really doesn't change that.</div></div>

Well the panthers are giving away barkov. Stephenson is a3rd liner tops. And Copley is a back up and will never be anything but. It’s like trading McDavid for Matthews. Both good players but one is way above the other regardless who of they play with.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 24, 2019 at 8:48 a.m.