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Alfie11

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Forum: Armchair-GM12 hours ago
Thread: Who should Flames try and Draft
If we don't win the lottery, Beniers/Eklund/Guenther will probably all be gone by the time we pick. If one of them slips, they're tier one for me among forwards. We don't need a LHD unfortunately (Hanifin has been excellent this year, Valimaki has shown real promise and I think he'll be very good, Kylington/Mackey/Kuznetsov/Poirier are all LHD in the system as well) which is the real strength of this draft, so we'll likely pass on them. I'd probably be looking at Johnson, Lysell, or Clarke for the Flames. Wouldn't hate Raty or Sillinger but I think we're gonna be picking high enough to get a better forward than them, I can't see Power/Hughes/Clarke slipping out of the top 7 and Edvinsson or Lambos could be in there too so there should be some good forwards for us to choose from and that's where we need the most help.
Forum: NHL TradesMon at 12:09 am
Thread: (OTT/BOS) - Reilly for 2022 3rd RD pick
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>bhavikp27</b></div><div>The Bruins have their three best defenseman currently out due to injuries and he would still be a regular when they're healthy.



Reilly is better than Vatanen and 18 teams have a waiver claim priority over the Bruins on Mete.</div></div>
His value has pretty much been set at a 5th in previous trades. Prior to Zub this year he was absolutely atrocious, easily our 2nd worst D for the first month or so (only Coburn was worse, legitimately surprised we got an asset for him but Lou is stuck in 2012). Because of your injuries I’m sure he’ll be a decent filler guy for now, but don’t pretend he’s a legit top 4 or anything, it would be much better if he was your 6/7 at best when everyone’s healthy. Overpay out of necessity on the Bruins behalf I guess, seems like you guys just need warm bodies at this point.
Forum: NHL SigningsThu at 6:03 pm
Thread: Vancouver Canucks signed Tanner Pearson (3 Years / $3,250,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>capfriendlyaccount</b></div><div>Am I the only one who doesn't actually mind this? Dude had 45 points last year. Last year he had a career year, this year he's having a down year. I find it likely that next year will be somewhere in the middle, which would land him in the middle six range. 3.25 for a 3rd line player isn't too bad IMO.</div></div>
In a vacuum it might be okay, but Vancouver has several young superstars that all need multi-million dollar raises and they’re already swamped with several terrible contracts (Eriksson, Beagle, Holtby, Baertschi, Myers, etc.) so giving Pearson this money when they have young, ELC replacements for that part of the lineup (Hoglander, Podkolzin, Lind) is just poor management. The better play is to trade him now to recoup a couple assets and free up that room because they’re not making the playoffs.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr 1 at 7:11
Thread: This team looks sick
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>csick</b></div><div>He was very good in Sweden but not as good in the AHL. It’s pretty hard for me to understand how smaller rinks impact goalies. Is it because in bigger rinks, shooters are more on the perimeter making shots easier to stop? I have no idea</div></div>
I think it’s more to do with positioning, because the angles are all different. A shot from the hash marks along the boards is different on both rinks, and players cutting to the middle are at a different angle/speed as well. Not to mention the AHL is just a tougher league as well. He’s got the instincts though, and positioning is one of the easier things to work on with a goalie so I have faith he’ll pan out, he’s still very young for a goalie.