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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 12 at 11:27 a.m.
Thread: What It Might Cost Every Team To Acquire Trevor Zegras PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BuFfaLOFaN</b></div><div>You never know though, stuff can happen for sure.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AntiAnalytics</b></div><div>It’s ABSURD
I wouldn’t trade Thompson for Zegras no matter what they added on
I frankly don’t think the Sabres will have serious interest in him at all- we are loaded at forward already
Unless he come cheap, there’s no point
And these proposals are ridiculous</div></div>

So we were talking about some of the offers <a href="https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/4807022">from this post of Zegras Comps</a>
(so others are mixed up)

There was supposed to be a wide range
From Tage Thompson to Nils Lundkvist....
Intended to look like the range of offers a GM might see.

If I had to bet...I think most offers would look a bit like Dach offer.
Forum: NHLJan. 4 at 4:31 p.m.
Forum: NHLJan. 4 at 7:32 a.m.
Forum: NHLDec. 28, 2023 at 8:09 a.m.
Thread: World Juniors 2024
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>On paper, USA is stronger at every position. But games not won on paper.



<strong>USA</strong>
McGroarty (WPG) – Gauthier (PHI) – Snuggerud (STL)
Perreault (NYR) – Smith (SJS) – Leonard (WSH)
Howard (TBL) – Nazar (CHI) – Brindley (CBJ)
Finley (NYI) – Nelson (NYI) – Hayes (CHI)

Buium (2024) – Casey (NJD)
Hutson (MTL) – Chesley (WAS)
Fortescue (NYR) – Rinzel (CHI)

Augustine (DET)
Fowler (MTL)

Moore (CHI)
Terrance (ANA)
Minnetian (DAL)
Pohlkamp (SJS)
Hillebrandt

<strong>CANADA</strong>
Minten (TOR) - Geekie (ARI) - Dumais (CBJ)
Cowan (TOR) - Poitras (BOS) - Savoie (BUF)
Rehkopf (SEA) - Celebrini (2024) - Yager (PIT)
Allard (2024) - Beck (MTL) - Danielson (DET)

Mateychuk (CBJ) - Lamoureux (ARI)
Furlong (SJS) - Warren (ANA)
Donovan (OTT) - Bonk (PHI)

Rousseau
St-Hilaire

Wood (NSH)
Nelson (SEA)
Ratzlaff (BUF)</div></div>

Right, in 2021 Canada was (much?) stronger on paper than the US and yet the US played a perfect final and Canad barely showed up
Forum: NHLDec. 12, 2023 at 9:23 a.m.
Thread: 2023-2024 NHL Discussion Thread #2: Early Overreactions
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>Comparing "starts"

<strong>Player A</strong>
-- O-zone: 23%
-- N-zone: 20%
-- D-zone: 8%
-- On-the-fly: 49%

<strong>Player B</strong>
-- O-zone: 22%
-- N-zone: 14%
-- D-zone: 5%
-- On-the-fly: 59%

<strong>Player C</strong>
-- O-zone: 22%
-- N-zone: 18%
-- D-zone: 16%
-- On-the-fly: 44%

<strong>Player D</strong>
-- O-zone: 20%
-- N-zone: 17%
-- D-zone: 13%
-- On-the-fly: 50%

<strong>Player E</strong>
-- O-zone: 21%
-- N-zone: 17%
-- D-zone: 6%
-- On-the-fly: 55%

<strong>Player F</strong>
-- O-zone: 25%
-- N-zone: 11%
-- D-zone: 8%
-- On-the-fly: 56%

Which is the best player?
If a team uses a player less frequently in o-zone, does that make them a more superior offensive player?
How many players pick where on the ice they get to start their shift? And do they prefer d-zone?
If a player leads NHL in successful zone-entries, do you want him starting off a whistle?</div></div>

"Best" is a really poor question here. Best at what?

If I want to start a player in all situations - perhaps up or down a goal at the end of the game - I'm going to look to player C (looks like an all situations type) to be on the ice. If I need to establish offense, I'm looking at player A as the sum of their offensive starts and neutral starts suggests a player that's leaned on to drive possession towards the other net. Player F looks like the ideal candidate to hit the ice following a penalty kill as their high OTF starts and offensive starts show a player that can swing momentum. You can't derive "best" from usage stats.

You're really quick to defend against any Hughes v Draisaitl discourse but I don't think you understood the point of my retort: Hughes is a phenomenal player, but to hold him in high esteem while negging on Draisaitl seems ridiculous as you can almost do a one-to-one comparison of each player's flaws. That's the only point I wanted to make. Draisaitl has, since he broke out, been made out to he nothing more than a powerplay merchant and a product of McDavid: he's a great player in his own right and wholly deserving of a place within the top-10 in the league. Hughes is right in that conversation with him.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 11, 2023 at 11:59 a.m.