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Belgican

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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 2, 2021 at 4:51 p.m.
Thread: Kessel
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Richard88</b></div><div>What? Why?

Kessel would be fine as the scoring threat on our 3rd line next to Nichuskin and Jost. Or in the top 6. Either way he'd provide affordable secondary scoring.</div></div>

The gap between the player people THINK Kessel is and who he actually is is astounding.

Unless you have a system that lets him cherry pick constantly and can feed him top end PP time the dude will just be a large net negative. Col can do neither of those things

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Belgican</b></div><div>Could you elaborate why ? Kassel would add some needed depth and he can score, he’s probably older and slower, but he’s much better than Compher anyway.</div></div>

I understand saying this will make people who don't understand Kessel super well, completely disregard everything I say, BUT I actually think Compher would provide a better chance of winning than Kessel would


The guy is at the absolute bottom on the league in PP contribution, Penalty issues and is one of the biggest defensive liabilities in the entire NHL. He is a guy who provides nothing other than his shot and is a massive detriment everywhere else. IF you are a team completely devoid of talent like ARZ then that can provide some use, but for good contending teams they can't take that trade off

I guess an example for Colorado fans to better understand the reality of the situation here. Imagine Iginla in the last year of his deal but worse
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 17, 2021 at 5:13 p.m.
Thread: Aves
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Belgican</b></div><div>Well, Soda and Nemeth have been Avs before so who knows ? As for Dub, yeah I don’t know, but he looks thrilled to be playing with the Avs.

But I made this team just to see how far we could keep EJ on the roster assuming he waives. Looks really doable to me, it looks possible to keep Saad and even Donskoi and Graves.</div></div>
Kaut is either going to be on the team or traded, nothing left to prove in the AHL, and his upside is higher than what Soda is now same with Timmins compared to Nemeth. Dub maybe but IMO that mean Francouz has a career threatening injury. The big thing is the Avs know the best way to STAY good is to draft well and let those guys work into the line up like Kaut, Bowers and Timmins and not waste time and money on guys that are bottom 6 3rd pairing guys. Newhook is a natural replacement for Kadri, Makar, Girard, Toews and Byram are your elite top 4 for the foreseeable future eating 22-25 minutes each a game, meaning you can work and protect young guys into the line up same in the bottom 6.