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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 15, 2023 at 6:05 p.m.
Thread: ARI Pick Blockbuster
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hockey_Mind</b></div><div>I think that's an overpay by Washington. ARZ should accept. This would be really bad long-term for Washington. Cooley looks good, but the team as a whole is in rough shape.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>bwhsocal</b></div><div>It is an overpay by WASH, but still if AZ does fold the team. This sets back the rebuild years and years and I imagine every other player demands trade.
Honestly with WASH current team I dont see this helping enough - Keller fine plug in right away, cooley still a bit away and the 6OA is few years away, and with WASH age. they wont have high picks for years to fill out complete team.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Victor24</b></div><div>Teams moving towards a rebuild shouldn't trade 1sts more than a year down the road.</div></div>

First off, I'm glad you all think it's an overpay, that's a good sign on this site lol

But I also don't think you all realize what this would do to the Caps. If they do this trade there's no rebuild happening for another 15-20 years. In 4 years this team looks like:

Keller-Cooley-Michkov
Miroschnenchko-Strome-Suzdalev
McMichael-Lapierre-Protas

Sandin-Iorio
Fehervary-Chesley

Along with some other good youth like Alexeyev, Trineyev, Hofer, etc. I'm not saying it's perfect, they would still need a #1D but they will have a slew of cap space with Ovi, Backy, Oshie, Carly, Kuz all gone. And the next 2-4 years Ekblad, Theodore, Chychurn, Makar, Hughes are all defensive free agents.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 21, 2023 at 11:37 a.m.
Thread: Meier-o Academia
To be honest, this seems to be a lot of stuff San Jose doesn't want, mixed in with one or two pieces of note.

Mantha is someone who could be awesome yes, but I doubt a team still years out and in the midst of a rebuild would want Mantha in place of picks/prospects.
Same for Mantha with Sheary, but with a lower ceiling and even less incentive for San Jose since he's a UFA to be and will likely have a team or two willing to overpay based on production alone.
Same x3 for Gustafsson, he's produced really well in DC but he's also 30 with an expiring contract, I highly doubt a rebuilding team would look at him as a long term replacement over their prospects.
Same x4 with Snively, who looks great in small samples but realistically maxes out at a 3rd liner and is also 27, he'd only block San Jose from playing better prospects.

All of the guys I just listed (minus Snively probably) could get you decent returns from other contenders, but a rebuilding team like San Jose is likely uninterested by older wingers and defense, especially when they can hunt for players similar to Sheary, Gustafsson, Snively in free agency if they really want to.

Lapierre, the 1st, and the 3rd could all be pieces that San Jose would actually consider, but given the supposed asks from New Jersey and Carolina, Washington would have to add <strong>at least</strong> another strong prospect (ex. Miroshnichenko, Chesley) or another 1st round pick to maybe get themselves in the conversation, and I don't see Washington taking a risk like that with the playoff situation the way it is currently.