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Forum: Armchair-GMMar 12 at 5:11
Thread: Matthews goes home
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>vr1995</b></div><div>tavares and matthews in completely different situations, call the leafs bad all you want but the islanders teams that tavares played for were awful compared to these teams, no fans on the island, besides loyalty what reason did tavares have to stay ? he didnt go home just go to home. you are acting like it is a common occurence for players to go home right when they become a ufa, people will find anything to bash the leafs</div></div>

Lol get a grip. Tavares &amp; Barzal would be a solid 1-2 punch so theres the players that drive the offense. They have good young d men coming and had picked up lehner, last year their goalie tandem was the best in the league. But who would want to play there. ToRoNtO iS tHe BeSt
Forum: Colorado AvalancheMar 9 at 12:30
Thread: Who will Colorado lose in the expansion draft?
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Xqb15</b></div><div>Top candidates right now pending contracts and protection obviously, because IMO Seattle is paying close attention to the bubble guys on protection list:
Jost, Donskoi, Compher, Nichushkin, Graves, Zadorov, Grubauer, Francouz.
Obviously the Avs are going to go 7-3-1, so the locks on the protection list IMO are:
1.MacKinnon. 1. Makar 1.
2. Rantanen. 2. Girard
3. Ladeskog 3. EJ (NMC)
4. Kadri
5. Burakovsky
6.
7.</div></div>

With the rise of graves do you think we move EJ or possibly buy him out after the end of next season? Doesn't help us at all to have to use a spot on his NMC. I also think compher will be pretty safe on the list as well, it's gonna be who's playing best to make the 7th roster spot, or if we sign another free agent.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar 5 at 5:29
Thread: Cap room galore but Makar signing pending
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BCAPP</b></div><div>Mack didn't break out until after signing his contract. It can't be used as a comparable.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>EzioUchiha</b></div><div>The thing is Makar is already better than Chabot and the fact that Salary Cap could be higher than when Chabot signs it. One thing for sure is he'll get more than Rantanen so its already out of the 8-9M range.
Also, it's not possible to compare Makar's next contract to MacKinnon's because Mac's is due in 3 years and like I said before the Salary Cap will be even higher than that.</div></div>

If we aren't using mack as a comparable then you compare him to the defensemen who have been the top scoring D over the past 3 years, carlson, burns, hedman, josi, all these guys have scored more than makar has this season and are all making around the same contract 8x8.5. Doughty and Karlsson both have huge resumes and are able to demand max contracts because of what they've done in the past. I'm not saying makar won't be able to be the next karlsson but 0 percent chance he can demand that much with 2 seasons under his belt and not leading the league in scoring for both.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar 5 at 12:23
Thread: Next season
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JeffW</b></div><div>Agreed, but if this season has shown anything, once injuries happen guys will get a chance to come up and play, I didnt include jost just because I was to lazy to figure out what his contract should be, and I'd rather him in the pressbox than playing over any of those guys on my roster

I think the avs should stay away from t. HALL, but hoffman is a scorer, and should be cheaper... Hoffman-kadri-bura would be a solid 2nd line behind last years leagues best line, with that bottom 6 makes me smile... with so many pieces on defense to play with

P.s. kaut just got sent down</div></div>

yeah i seen that, i'm hoping that means someone is coming back and instead of playing him 8 mins on line 4 he will go play 22 mins on line 1 in the minors
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb 26 at 11:02
Thread: Healthy Lines
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Mergus80</b></div><div>One other note I forgot to add in the description -
Jost or Nieto are the obvious candidates to come out of the lineup if/when everyone is healthy. Nieto is a pending UFA and I don’t see the Avs bringing him back, given the young player like Kaut and Bowers who should be on the team full time next year. Jost at 21 years old has more long-term value of course, whether it’s as a trade chip this summer or a player they continue to try to develop. Sitting in the press box won’t do much to help his development or his trade value. Personally I think Nieto is a better addition to this lineup, given his PK ability and the chemistry he has with Bellemare and Calvert. I’ll be interested to see whether Bednar &amp; Sakic take the win-now approach with Nieto or the development approach with Jost, especially considering you’re talking about a 4th line player.
There’s also a chance Kaut could stick around and slot in on that fourth line with Calvert &amp; Bellemare if he continues to play well, although I think that’s less likely.</div></div>

That's the big thing. Nieto has accepted his role and a 4th line guy and pk guy for us, i don't see us slotting jost in that spot over him in playoffs. Even scoring wise nieto is out pacing jost, i think we're going to move him over the offseason, especially with the rise of Kaut thats just another spot taken away from Jost. I could see nieto being brought back for that exact reason that he fills that role and we don't really ask him to score, but his 20 points this season is just icing on the cake.