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Andy_Dick

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Forum: Armchair-GM10 hours ago
Thread: Jack Campbell will be bought out
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Db1899</b></div><div>Mike Reilly has been great for the isles . 4 pts in 6 games , solid two way D</div></div>

Broberg doesnt help the Islanders right now? That a joke? You have Romanov top pair and Bolduc/Bortuzzo 2nd pair.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>yikes</b></div><div>Warren and Ceci don’t make any sense for SJS and they only would be interested in Warren of the two.

A first for Barabanov and Ferraro is a joke for Grier, the offers just not good/ doesn’t fit any needs. Especially since you’re using SJS last retention slot.</div></div>

They are cap dumps to fit the money. I've already traded a 1st, a 2nd in same deal while other Sharks fans said it was too much for Ferraro and Barabanov.
Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 1:58 p.m.
Thread: Wifi and Kovacevic and Larsson
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Saskleaf</b></div><div>Yah for sure! I don’t know about rag dolling Reaves but he definitely beat him and Reaves hasn’t really been the same lately since the first couple games. He’s a heck of a fighter</div></div>

If you want to laugh scan the crowd at the Bell Centre. Xhekaj jerseys may outnumber most players on the ice. He even has his own trademark tshirts selling online. I remember a bit of the Doug Gilmour hysteria in Toronto, Don Cherry practically sexually assaulting him on air. Xhekaj is at those kind of uncomfortable levels of popularity to some fans. Im not even his biggest fan at all. He has a lot of warts and I rather they move him in a bigger deal but his worth to an org that wants to sell tickets is quite strong. He isnt Zadorov who's a dead end offensively and simply speaks his mind while being a funny Russian. Xhekaj actually has fans that think he's a God on the ice that splits the heavens and turns non believers into fairy dust at the mere sight of his presence.
Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 1:52 p.m.
Thread: Wifi and Kovacevic and Larsson
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Fran615</b></div><div>Hey people, this is just a fun entertaining Arm-chair GM fantasy tool. The team you love is not fused with your identity. No need to rip each other apart and go full ad hominem. There's enough of that in the world.

I'm a hardcore Habs fan.
But respect all other fanbases and their right to love their team.
That being said, I have yet to see any trade proposal on this site where both fanbases of the teams involved agree 100%. And I'm sure that it's the reason so few trades happen in real life compared to the 100+ proposals each day on here. It's VERY complex.

This is sports.
This is fun. Entertainment.

Cheers to everyone! Habs, LEafs and Kraken fans :cool</div></div>

Compromise is pretty difficult aspect to life which explains the high rate of divorce in society. Then you add the emotional attachment of sports which leads to tribalism. Ppl go on rollercoaster rides with these players like a newborn baby. Take a guy like Casey Mittlestadt, Sabres fans have been through so much with that player, he's going to be a superstar, no, he's a complete bust, no, he's actually really good and they were right to believe in him like a pagan believer so fans of him will rate him not as a good hockey player but as a player they have raised themselves and hold his worth as badge of suffering. You aren't trading for Casey Mittlestadt you are trading for the emotional baggage of Sabres fans waiting for the ultimate payoff.
Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 1:29 p.m.
Thread: Seattle fans what do you think
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Blasphem_Guy</b></div><div>I don't know about Eberle, but the McCann trade is as unrealistic as they come.
He's on a team friendly deal and has scored way more goals than any other Seattle player since their debut. Seattle are also reportedly looking to add goal scoring talent up front.
The quality of assets you would need to give Seattle would make the trade a side move at best.</div></div>

I think Seattle would like more than anything to get a save every now and then. They arent close to this bad of a team as they are in the standings. Its clear from the talk of the pundits that they are in the goaltending market and would like to move on from Driedger. Grubauer easily passes through waivers like Campbell and can be sent down.
Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 1:16 p.m.
Thread: Wifi and Kovacevic and Larsson
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Saskleaf</b></div><div>That’s fine, if the habs aren’t content with that offer then they can hold onto Xhekaj. I’m just saying there is absolutely no interest on the leafs part (or at least that’d what I’d think, obviously don’t know for sure but I’d assume this) to give up a first for a guy that isn’t going to play in there top 4 right now. I think from the habs point of view they should hold onto him because as you said, he does have potential and could improve down the road.</div></div>

And he's fun as hell! He may have completely destroyed Ryan Reaves aura after game 1 after rag dolling him. The team is already going to have issues with tickets sales despite sell outs with no promised diamond at the draft like a Bedard, Carlsson or Fantilli and a losing team. If not this season, if this is another lost season with no shining star at the end of the tunnel. The ticket sales will suffer in the following seasons with a lack of interest. Molson is saying all the 'right' things but going to games in those tiny seats and paying 20$ beers isnt enjoyable in the least to most. We already see what's happening in Winterpeg. Montreal can be fickle at the best of times.

Unless a team overpays a TON, Xhekaj is staying and he clearly has a lof of fans among the GMs whom have expressed to pundits like Dreger their admiration for his skill set.
Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 1:11 p.m.
Thread: Seattle fans what do you think
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Icelander24</b></div><div>Yea I completely agree with you and I’d love Broberg but right now we have 5 LD on the roster and Idk if I see Lou adding another unless we get rid of 2 of them which shouldn’t be a problem but I don’t see Lou making that many moves. I’d love Broberg tho and I think with our D development we could really make him into something</div></div>

Finally someone that even acknowledges the upside. Ppl are going to be shocked when he gets dealt for a 1st or 2nd and legit prospect. You cant teach size and that skating. I remember the hype on him at the Hlinka tournament in 2018. The Oilers simply ruined his development. I dont see the offensive upside of Hedman but he has the other tools.
Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 12:01 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 11:20 a.m.
Thread: Wifi and Kovacevic and Larsson
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Saskleaf</b></div><div>They could also very easily get something better than Xhekaj with that pick. Also what bad contract lol, the only ones the leafs have that are bad enough that you’d need to pay to dump are all on LTIR</div></div>

The Habs simply arent interested in late picks. They have had over 13 picks on average the last 3 draft years. This is the last team that needs more iffy picks. They have rn a widely acknowledged deepest prospect pool right now according to pundits like Wheeler and Pronman, what they lack is elite talent and the odds a pick that late becomes elite are virtually nil and the last they want to be is Anaheim who felt they had to dump Montour and Theodore for pennies on the dollar with too much backlog on the back end. If anything they will use a Xhekaj as a piece in a package to go after a big fish like Draisaitl.

Xhekaj isnt more than a 3rd pair right now that is true but is he has offensive upside with size and that tenacity. No one is saying that he can be Big Buff but the possibility is there and that is a zero sum game to think some pick in the late 20s will amount to that same potential.

If the Leafs think they are better off using that pick as trade capital then so be it but the Habs right now are in that same position where their own picks will be used as trade capital. Fans are already getting impatient with this ongoing rebuild whether that is this coming offseason or the next, expect Hughes to try to be even more aggressive as he was trading draft capital to acquire Dach and Newhook with multiple 1sts. Xhekaj is a Bergevin acquire, Hughes will almost certainly see what's out there and a late 1st from a contender wont cut it unless he's intending to flip it for something else to a team that doesnt have a need for Xhekaj but lets face it 90% of teams want a Xhekaj, he makes a lot of room out there.
Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 1:30 a.m.
Thread: Rangers Fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AntiAnalytics</b></div><div>That might be true
But to be fair, the deal is really
Mitts &gt; Schneider
So if not Kakko, (who we frankly don’t need to be part of the deal anyways), what would u guys provide instead to even it out?


Idk how this works from your guys’ pov though….
Are u even looking for a player like Mitts?
Bc if not, figuring out the value of him vs Schneider would just be a waste of time (likely arguing), Lol</div></div>

I love Mitts and he's been one of the most improved players in the league the last 2 years but he aint close to a top4 cost control D in value cmon you're dealing in emotional value to the team and fan base because of the turnaround. Mitts aint worth that on the market. It has to do with scarcity for one. Simply scroll up to the subject matter. 'The Sabres have too many forwards'
Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 1:21 a.m.
Thread: Despite the cost it might still be worth it for the Oilers
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Affectionate_Side_64</b></div><div>So what do you think they should do, resign him at 8 x 8 when he's 30 years old and Askarov is just entering his prime as arguably the most highly touted goalie prospect of his generation? Rather than getting a boatload of assets for him while they're retooling?

I already noted that this is an overpay from the Oilers, which is the obvious reason NSH would have to accept this offer. I'm making the point that almost anything is worth paying to fit their window, before guys like Kane, McDavid, Draisatl and Ekholm expire.

You act as if you're saying something intelligent when you're actually just spewing a bunch of nonsense. First of all, this isn't a trade where the Oilers are spending 3 1sts to dump Campbell. He's part of a trade that would see them acquiring Saros and McDonagh, a pretty important part of this trade, no? Also, you talk as though the Oilers could easily go out and acquire a legit starter for $3 mil without assets. Saros is literally the best goaltender the Oilers could conceivably target, and they'd be getting him at $3 mil for the next 2 years. McDonagh would be an upgrade on Ceci and would give the Oilers a top tier backend, to go along with the best forward core in the league and an elite goaltender.

If the Oilers make this trade, they are cup favourites for the 2 years. If they don't and are unable to acquire a legit starter, they miss out on their window and could potentially see McDavid and Drai walk.</div></div>

I'd easily give up Broberg and 2 1sts for Saros with retention. The rest is needless filler with a few cap dumps that is confusing a few ppl including me at first lol The more I think about it, the retention really makes all the difference. This is actually a very very good trade for the Oilers. Indeed. I doubt youll get many to change their minds though. This placed is filled with tribalist mouthbreathers.