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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 1, 2021 at 4:52 p.m.
Thread: Potential Look at the End of the Year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>herzausstein</b></div><div>ultimately I don't see these players on the team at the end of the season:

Rittich, Cousins, Grimaldi, Benning, Boroweicki. What they'll return will ultimately depend on how they play during the year. Right now with how the preseason is going, I'm about ready to just gamble with Ingram and waive Rittich but that'd likely blow up in my face... at the same time, we aren't exactly cup contenders this season so *shrug*. Boroweicki was bad last season but he was dealing with concussion issues (or atleast some other medical issue). Cousins and Grimaldi are probably mid round picks 3rd-4th rounds. Benning is really cheap defensive depth probably in the realm of a 4th-5th.

The elephants in the room: Forsberg and Ekholm.... I think we should trade him now tbh. We aren't in a win now cup mode and by the time we are he's gonna be nearing decline (especially given his injury history). Get a good return. I kindof like the devil's return.

Ekholm keeps saying all the right things about wanting to stay in Nashville but.... he's 30...and just like with Forsberg we should get what we can for him. Bolduc is a good prospect just not sure how big of a need he is with Farrance, Davies, Del Gaizo, and Chistyakov in the pipeline. Probably wouldn't be bad to go ahead and get another good d prospect though.

All in all, I think the moves are all pretty decent. Would like to squeeze more out of the islanders deal but it's acceptable.

Afanasyev has made a great impression at camp. Playing in the KHL last season seems to of really helped his development. I think his play is just about demanding that he get a look at the start of the season. I think he's outplayed Tomasino tbh (and i'm a huge Tomasino fan). Jeannot made a great impression as well. I think it's time to give Novak some NHL time too.

I'd also like to trade Sissons but that's another story.</div></div>

I'd be open to trading Sissons, but I have a feeling he'll be here a couple more years at least.

As for Bolduc (or a similar LHD), I like that he replaces the size lost by trading Ekholm. He's a big body, and all of those guys you named are all under 6 ft.

And I agree on Afanasyev. He looks to have an NHL-ready shot and is playing great hockey right now. I want to see him make the team. I've been less impressed with Tomasino, but only saw him in the one game so far. If he plays tomorrow, it will be interesting to see who his linemates are. Afanasyev, Ingram, Novak, Pitlick, and Davies are my 5 borderline players that I think have really stood out this pre-season so far.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 28, 2021 at 11:33 a.m.
Thread: My Preference
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AnalyticalGM</b></div><div>Im interested in Saad and even a Wennberg type to push Jeannot down and Olivier out</div></div>

I like Wennberg, but it confuses our center ice -- I want to give Glass a shot to play top 9 C to see what we have in him. However, if they do end up signing Wennberg, I wouldn't be upset.

Saad just feels like the best, bigger name FA that could fit into the system Hynes wants to play.

And I want to give Jeannot a chance on the 3rd line. We protected him for Jarnkrok, so I don't want to see him stuck on the 4th. As for Olivier, I don't think he's a great player, but I do like what he brings to the lineup -- so I'd be fine with him playing 4RW.

Raanta just got a 1 year $2m deal -- really wish NSH went that direction over Rittich (if rumors are true).
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 21, 2021 at 12:30 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 21, 2021 at 12:18 p.m.
Thread: The time for Youth is now
I'm mostly OK with this -- though I haven't heard much on the Granlund front. Supposedly we're close with Haula? Not sure what's happening there. This wouldn't be a very scary team, but maybe we'll get some nice surprises like NJD did when they went full youth.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Fyodor</b></div><div>I really can't see Fabbro taking that contract. I would think it would be 2x5.5 . His contact would be way under his market value, especially with a 5 year deal.</div></div>

$5.5m?? For Fabbro?? Not a chance.

I think 3 x $2.75m is the sweet spot. On a 5 year deal, probably something like the Ekholm contract. But in all honesty, he hasn't proven much at the NHL level, and even a 1 year $1.5m type contract isn't out of the question.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 19, 2021 at 3:11 p.m.