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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 26 at 5:26 p.m.
Thread: Bo Horvat time
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>yycofred</b></div><div>Pelletier, Ruzicka and Duehr all have a semblance of a 200ft game that earns trust with coaching staff's around the NHL, Phillips in his brief time looked like a powerpaly merchant that couldn't get any separation, Pelletier is averaging nearly 2 minutes less per game than Phillips did but looks significantly more impactful in the small sample size each has gotten. Pelletier's underlying numbers have been off the charts good, Duehr and Ruzicka fill way different roles, I don't think Phillips ever translates.</div></div>

i agree pelletier is certainly farther along than phillips at a much younger age. he had less time on the ice but the same amount of shifts which tells me they are being deployed differently. i dont think phillips has the same potential as a guy like pelletier who has top 6 potential. Phillips has bottom six potential but two games is not a sample size. if it were up to me he'd get 10-20 games playing with other young players on a 3rd to 4th line role.

pelletier has had the benefit of playing with Duehr who has also looked good while phiullips played a lot with backlund/coleman/lewis who are all fine shut down players but they dont accentuate phillips skill type

my line up would be

Pelletier replaces lucic on the second line

then we have an energy 4th line of Phillips-Ruzicka-Duehr
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 26 at 5:03 p.m.
Thread: Bo Horvat time
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>yycofred</b></div><div>I bet he never hits 50 NHL games. 32 teams passed on him this season after he had a stud season last year with a sustainable shooting% and a half decent training camp this season he's shooting around 25%. Tons of undersized scorers in the AHL don't translate to the NHL it's been like that for the past handful of years.</div></div>

he had a good season last year. hes having an elite season this year. you are correct if he isnt able to translate that success and overcome his stature then he may be a career ahl player. it only takes a bottom dwelling team to give him a chance and for him to take it for the opposite to happen though. He had a pretty weak training camp as he wasn't put in a position to succeed by the coaching staff who clearly had pre determined the make up of the team prior to camp. we can see this shifting as players like duehr, pelletier, Ruziicka are slowly stealing the pylon veterans spots.

Edit: Despite Sutters complete resistance
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 26 at 4:45 p.m.
Thread: Bo Horvat time
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ledge_And_Dairy</b></div><div>Wouldn't sacrifice any of them for Bo. Just like Kadri last year he's clearly overperforming. There are far more fitting rentals for us that aren't going to be as highly targeted from the rest of the league.

Also 1.5-2M is not a "big raise" especially with the cap jumping up that year</div></div>

There are worse rentals* available sure. this team needs a goal scorer. the rumored list of Tarasenko being the best the flames are currently looking at isnt gonna be a difference maker. any of those 4 guys is worth less than horvat.

Flames are paying way too many middle six forward 5-6mil plus. i think we need to thin out the middle and stack the top a little more.

Hanifin is coming up to UFA at the same time that we will be dishing out money for guys like lindholm, dube, backlund. some of these UFA's in 2024 are not going to be on the team following that summer so you might as well trade a couple nbow to get some value for them. even with the cap going up
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 18, 2022 at 1:01 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 8, 2021 at 6:15 p.m.
Thread: TDL all in
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ledge_And_Dairy</b></div><div>Toews is the much better target for what this team needs, he is also way more likely to waive to western Canada</div></div>

yea I mean I don't disagree. I guess it would be up to Tre whether he thinks an upgrade at RW or C is more needed. with Dube moving back to centre and seemingly fitting in at the position I just thought that targeting the more talented player won out over the position. with your idea Dube probably moves back to Wing and the second line would be dube - Toews - Mangi. im not sure that line would provide as much offense as moving Tkachuk to the second line and having a dominant first line with two of the best playmakers in the game setting up Lindholm and each other. i think kane is also more valuable on the PP then Toews
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 13, 2021 at 5:42 p.m.
Thread: Tkachuk Express
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Shibbal18</b></div><div>Dmen arent worth anything, especially when youre keeping the 6 best and Dorian said theyre no longer rebuilding</div></div>

thats a terrible take. D-Men are worth a ton.

besides your assertion that the assets would be gone is wrong. you get an a prospect who hasnt eaten into any of his years as an RFA. you get a future mid to late round 1st under control for atleast 7 years. Valimaki is an RFA who is better than any of Ottawa's defense prospects and is also and RFA under control at the end of his contract and then you get 2 years of monahan who if he doesn't agree to sign an extension can be shipped out for prospects or picks whenever you want however id say ottawa has as good a chance of signing monahan as any other team. Monahan played is junior for the ottawa 67s so hes familiar with the city and organization
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 11, 2021 at 8:47 p.m.
Thread: Trying to make some sense
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>sensibleguy</b></div><div>Of course Eichel because if Ottawa has a choice, they’re trading for Eichel, your Logan Brown trade idea was for the consolation prize centre. My point was, if Buffalo is willing to accept these assets, Ottawa would know, and trade for Eichel themselves. I asked Eichel or Monahan because the target is Eichel, if Buffalo is willing to take these assets. To repeat, it’s about Buffalo willing to take these assets, and Ottawa doesn’t need Calgary in the trade.

Ottawa can easily offer CBrown and Brannstrom, along with White, who Buffalo likes, instead of Anderson, and up the pick from the 2nd to a 1st. The other 1st equivalent would more likely come from Ottawa’s deep prospect pool instead of the pick.</div></div>

yea buffalo isnt trading within the division so get that fallacy out of your head. I don't like Calgary's chances either but at least its possible.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 10, 2021 at 6:21 p.m.
Thread: Trying to make some sense
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ledge_And_Dairy</b></div><div>I listen to other peoples opinions, but i strongly disagree with this one. I've been very clear on here that I want Calgary to acquire Eichel but you dont do that by trading your current 1C, your current top top pair RD and a bunch of futures.

If you think this team is better with Eichel and Gudbranson in the top 4 than Monahan and Andersson then fine but you dont fill in holes by making a bigger one somewhere else</div></div>

Just my opinion but our hole at the forward position is a long festering giant gash. sure losing andersson sucks and does create a weaker defensive line but if you dont like gudbranson as second pairing then mix one of mackey or kylington into the bottom pair and make gudbrason the 7th d-man. my point is the flames and sutter apparently have put their money on gudbranson being atleast serviceable otherwise why would they sign him for close to 2 million. he wont be riding the bench all season you can almost guarantee that.

Andersson is our current top pair defenseman but he sure didnt play like that last season
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 10, 2021 at 6:08 p.m.
Thread: Trying to make some sense
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>sensibleguy</b></div><div>CGY
Brännström, Erik
Brown, Connor
2022 2nd round pick (TBL)
OTT
Monahan, Sean
CGY
Eichel, Jack
BUF
Brown, Connor
Brännström, Erik
Andersson, Rasmus
2022 1st round pick (CGY)
2023 1st round pick (CGY)

You need anything else from Ottawa to acquire Eichel? 😂</div></div>

Ottawa is acquiring Monahan. If you disagree with the evaluation on the value for Monahan that's fine. What Calgary does with the assets they receive from Ottawa is none of Ottawa's business. as the title reads I'm trying to make some sense of the reason Calgary currently has 9 defensemen under contract to start the season. the way I'm doing that is positing that Anderson (Calgary's most valuable piece on defense) is what Buffalo is asking for. In order to make the money work Monahan needs to be shipped out. Ottawa is weak at the centre position. Monahan fills that role
Forum: Fauteuil - DGSep. 2, 2021 at 6:07 p.m.
Thread: montreal
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Campabee</b></div><div>It also leaves us with 0 1st round picks in a very very deep draft, one in which we host. Also Gallagher has as much value as Monahan so that would be a 1 for 1 and Evans and Poehling are good enough to fill the 3 and 4 holes anyway so Dvorak would be a moot point.

Edit** Also we are adding 10 Mil in cap to avoid paying KK 6 mil or trading for Eichel. Makes perfect sense.</div></div>

Both Monahan and Dvorak are better than 3rd line forwards. Monahan is borderline 1st line so no you are not filling the same holes/roles with evans or poehling. also Gallagher is not comparable to Monahan. in roughly the same amount of games played over their careers Monahan has 439 points Gallagher has 357. and before you bring up monahans last 2 seasons he was injured for the majority of those seasons.

youare adding 10 mil in cap for 2 players instead of 1. sure you could go for eichel but that's not the point of AGM. in this scenario Eichel isn't going to Montreal

Like is said this would be an all in for the cup move. those types of moves typically involve trading away draft picks.