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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 11, 2023 at 11:33 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 12, 2023 at 6:04 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 5, 2023 at 1:20 p.m.
Thread: draft day and summer
-Why is a rebuilding Chicago team giving up an asset for a 30 year old, injury prone LHD in his walk year? They can either sign a veteran UFA this summer (Marc Staal, Nick Holden, or old friend Jack Johnson) or just acquire a cap dump veteran (Mike Reilly?) to fill that spot instead of giving up rebuild assets.

-I'm assuming Ville Husso is the presumed start until Sebastian Cossa is ready in Detroit. If they want a veteran 1B, there are plenty of options available in UFA that have put up better numbers than Allen (.891 SV%, 3.55 GAA, -1.9 GSAE). Cam Talbot (.900, 2.89, -0.9), Antti Raanta (.911, 2.20, +2.5), Anthony Stolarz (.897, 3.73, +0.9), and Alex Stalock (.911. 2.97, -0.5) are all guys that you could probably get for an AAV less than Allen's $3.875M without having to give up a pick that's projected to be #42 at this point in time.

-I don't see a spot for Anderson on the Blues top-9, and I don't see the sense in adding $2.225M in cap hit and moving back about 15-20 spots just to shed Scandella's cap. Mysak doesn't move the needle much, either - Blues easily pass on this one.

-I'd jump on this if I were Nashville - Hoffman has actually worked real hard on his two-way game this year and I have to applaud him for that. I think a contending team would be happy to get him at $2.25M for a year if it only cost a 4th - he's still a 40-45 point guy but now he's not a black hole on the defensive end.

-Probably fair value for PLD, but I always go back to the idea that it doesn't make a ton of sense to give up this much for Dubois if he's so dead-set on signing in Montreal anyways. The 8th year you can offer him really doesn't matter to me - if you sign him to a 7 year deal in UFA next summer, you're still going to have him through 2030-31, and I don't think adding PLD to this team makes the Habs a playoff contender in 2023-24. Wait the year and sign him for nothing more than the cost of the contract if you're so convinced he's coming home.

-I'd rather have Pitlick available in Laval than a 7th in next year's draft. Pitlick is a perfectly fine bottom-6 player, and if any team should be stockpiling NHL-caliber depth in case of injury, I would think it would be the Habs after all their injury woes this year. Pitlick in the AHL doesn't impact the cap at all, and he's a guy you can plug and play if anyone gets hurt or if any of the young guys don't perform well enough to stick.

-Devils do this if they feel like one of Schmid or Daws is ready to back up Vanecek (which I get the feeling they do.)
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 2, 2023 at 7:57 a.m.
Thread: Looking ahead
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CFMan</b></div><div>It would be nice to have a dedicate puck mover that isnt Caleb Jones. Seth is a slightly above average puck mover but more of a minutes eater defender. Murphy is all defense, Regula still needs another year in the A, and I agree that the Mitchell experiment is likely over. Zaitsev is pretty awful and is more helpful as dead cap with a buyout. By the time the Hawks are ready to be competitive in 5ish years, 1 vet will be north of 30 (Jones) and the other will most likely be gone or start to decline due to age (Murphy), Durzi would be entering his late 20s which is still his prime. We can sign X free agent when the time to compete come but its better to have a guy build himself up over the years from within our own system imo. But I appreciate the feedback, I will tinker more.</div></div>

For sure. I guess I just don't like the idea of acquiring any new NHL level, top 4 caliber, RHD unless one or both of Jones and Murphy are traded. Especially one whose defensive game is lacking so heavily. But I get the allure.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 30, 2023 at 2:19 p.m.
Thread: Looking ahead
If Hawks sign Compher, the F group looks pretty spot on.

Can't see the Hawks taking on Peterson from LA without getting a pick back along with him. Just not how Davidson operates. And if Hawks did take a player instead of a pick, they'd want a F, not a D. And the return would be F/C, not a 4th. That trade isn't good for Hawks as proposed.

Hawks have Nolan Allen, Ethan DelMastro and Wyatt Kaiser turning pro next season. Those 3 are the left side in Rockford next year. No spot for Vlasic. He'll be in Chicago on 2nd or 3rd pair. Regula may be in Chicago as well on 3rd pair. He is no longer waiver exempt. Galvas and Roos still are waiver exempt and both can play on right side, so at least one of them probably start the year in Rockford. And while I don't agree w/ it, I also think Hawks sign Caleb Jones to another 1 year deal.