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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 17, 2023 at 11:14 a.m.
Thread: No improvements - this team is going nowhere
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>littlejerryseinfeld</b></div><div>Just absolute hilarious work by Lou</div></div>

sometimes you gotta zig (sign middle-6/middle-pair guys to 7 year deals) when the rest of the league zags (not doing that).

overall though, his summer isn't as bad as some others have had. he signed Sorokin to arguably an under-market extension; he got rid of Josh Bailey for a 2nd rounder 3 drafts away; and the only guys he overextended were at least guys that have shown they can be successful with this team (Mayfield, Engvall, Varlamov.) I'd rather Lou have that type of summer than what he did last summer, when all he did was trade #13OA for Alex Romanov and sign a ton of Bridgeport Islanders (the only UFAs he brought in that got NHL ice time were Hudson Fasching, Nikita Soshnikov, and Dennis Cholowski.)
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 11, 2023 at 10:59 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 7, 2023 at 3:21 p.m.
Thread: Highly Doubtful
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BenIslandersFan</b></div><div>We must've been watching different hockey games last year. Mayfield is a high end 3rd pair defensman who kills penalties and he got paid to be that (he didnt have a great season last year, part of that is due to having a bad d partner). Dobson gets top PP minutes and is expected to be a top 4 dman-- he is nothing of that sort- he's a developmental 3rd pair dman who belongs on PP2 playing about 15 minutes a game</div></div>

Dobson had a 50 point season under Barry ****ing Trotz. He knows how to play, but Lane did his best to minimize the entire d cores effectiveness last season. Aho and Dobson weren’t great together because it limited the amount of time Dobson carried the puck. Romanov couldn’t play with Mayfield because neither player is a high end puck carrier.

It’s just not that complicated. Don’t blame the kids for being put in bad situations. Dobson and Romanov both benefited from new d partners in the playoffs. Meanwhile Aho was phenomenal with mayfield.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 17, 2023 at 2:52 p.m.
Thread: Marner To Utah
The whole problem with the Phoenix idea from the start was that there is no natural fanbase there. But there are legions of potential NHL fans/season ticket buyers in Portland and Milwaukee who would support their team just as fervently and numerously as Seattle fans. If the franchise moves to one of those cities, the new team won't need a marquee player to attract attendance.

Mormons don't drink beer or coffee, the two most popular beverages sold in NHL arenas, and have no historic indication of being interested in hockey. I don't see Salt Lake City as a potential landing spot for the Coyotes.

<a href="/users/BenIslandersFan" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@BenIslandersFan</a> is right -- two years of the expensive Mitch Marner for four seasons of Crouse and five -- FIVE! -- seasons of Keller is a terrible trade for {whoever these guys turn out to be}.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 5, 2023 at 10:20 a.m.
Thread: Next season realistic
I would much rather have Kyle Palmieri's remaining 2x$5M than Max Domi at $4M (also I'd be shocked if Domi signs that cheap after a 55 point season this year). Sending Palmieri out for peanuts when his scoring is not that far off rom Domi's (Max is at a 22-38-60/82 GP pace this year while Palmieri is at a 25-26-51/82 pace) and his defense is actually solid (59th percentile in defensive GSVA vs. Domi's 2nd percentile).

I wouldn't even pay the 4th to dump Bailey - even if you swap Palmieri back in for Domi's contract, the team you've built here has enough cap space to absorb the $2.667M buyout penalty. The team has one of the league's worst farm systems, I think it's crazy to sacrifice anymore potential depth just to clear cap space that we don't really need at this time.