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Caniac2000
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Forum:
Armchair-GM
10 hours ago
Thread:
moving pieces
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OlegP</b></div><div>of course but again. this is Montreal were talking of. They just traded for Edmundson he's plus18 this season and looked GREAT. Hes signed on a cheap deal. He will be protected. That is just reading the tea leaves.
Im telling you as someone that follows Montreal!</div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OlegP</b></div><div>Montreal simply has too many guys like Hayden Fleury including his brother!</div></div>
Okay, let's ignore Edmundson because he is a Hab and he's not even coming back in this deal.
Fleury is an improvement on Kulak, and provides depth to the Montreal blueline. Haydn Fleury would almost instantly become a top 4 D man in Montreal. He's younger than a lot of the alternatives and would be acquired for a worse D man and some late picks.
This works for Carolina because they free up cap to spend at the deadline, like they did in the Dzingel for Galchenuyk/Galchenyuk for Korshkov deals.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
10 hours ago
Thread:
moving pieces
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OlegP</b></div><div>Capfriendly value isnt Gms value. They love Edmundson and he leads the league in plus/minus. These Gms don't value analytics as gospel and Edmundson has actually been really really good fit with Petry. He passes the eye test as the stay at home type and he has a great first pass</div></div>
There are teams that do value analytics as gospel, Carolina being one of them and Toronto being another. On top of that, Haydn is far younger, able to play both sides, and already has a brother in the organization.
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Armchair-GM
10 hours ago
Thread:
moving pieces
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OlegP</b></div><div>Cale Fleury has 0 chance of being protected or taken
Petry, Weber, Edmundson will be protected. Which is a shame because Chiarot is a decent 3rd pair guy. The only thing that makes sense to me right now with the line-ups is that Chiarot is being showcased to Seattle (Yes i know) Chiarot has no business on the top pair. He was only effective with Big buff, he's dragging Weber down rn</div></div>
Not protect Cale, protect Haydn.
Edmundson is a 3rd pairing D man who is worse than Haydn, I've watched that movie myself. Haydn is an upgrade, and it doesn't cost Montreal anything in expansion
Forum:
Armchair-GM
10 hours ago
Thread:
moving pieces
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gmgb</b></div><div>He's 27, and actually watching him play disproves the decline you claim has started.</div></div>
Ah yes, the old "watch the games" argument.
Let's have a statistical fight here, shall we?
Start with base stats, his production is dropping. That is undeniable.
His injuries are racking up
He will be 28 by the TDL, and he's not exactly playing well right now, being in the bottom six for xGF% on the predators.
I'm gonna leave it there before I go nuts. He's declining.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
10 hours ago
Thread:
moving pieces
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OlegP</b></div><div>My argument is that the Habs gain nothing from this trade! They rather have Chiarot or Edmundson taken in expansion! Unless they do the unthinkable and dont ask Price to waive and lose Allen</div></div>
Why wouldn't they protect Weber, Petry and Fleury, and still expose Chiarot and Edmundson...?
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Armchair-GM
10 hours ago
Thread:
moving pieces
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OlegP</b></div><div>So a Fleury is already in the Habs org so they trade for the other Fleury for no reason and help out the Canes in expansion and lose Fleury in expansion!
This is so Nintendo its hilarious!</div></div>
Canes are losing bean in expansion, either way. It makes no difference if Fleury is here or not.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
10 hours ago
Thread:
moving pieces
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gmgb</b></div><div>That's a weird and arbitrary place to cherry pick, when trying to assess Arvidsson's value. Start counting from when he came back last season while still injured? If you feel CAR shouldn't spend much on a guy like him, given what the Canes already have for offense, that's fine. His value to NSH is still greater than the pile of low end bits and pieces coming back here though, so they wouldn't be interested in trading him for this kind of return. It's not like he's requested a trade, or is a UFA they're in danger of losing for nothing.</div></div>
He's 29, starting to decline and already suffers with injuries. His value is diminishing, why continue to wait when you can get a 1st for him which is far more than a "low end bit" as you claim
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Armchair-GM
11 hours ago
Thread:
50 million of cap space to spend
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OlegP</b></div><div>Nino was a cap dump in the Summer. Peaks and Valleys
Toews went for 2 2nds. Toews is much better than Bean. Carolina will be lucky to get this kind of deal before expansion</div></div>
Then they won't make this kind of deal before expansion. It's a bad deal. Nino was NEVER a cap dump. His defensive game alone is basically worth 5 million, when you consider he's got upside of 60 points? yeah, if you think he's a cap dump, you need your head checked.
As for the bean Toews comment, NYI were in cap trouble and forced to move him to match a potential move for Barzal (this was done before Boychuk LTIretired) and Bean is STILL BETTER ANALYTICALLY!
So no, this is still horrible. You would need MINIMUM 1 1st in this deal to interest Carolina.
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Armchair-GM
11 hours ago
Thread:
50 million of cap space to spend
Nino Niederreiter is scoring at a 60+ point pace over 82 games. Bean is scoring at a 30+ point pace. Bean is a rookie. You're going to need to make one of those a 1st for any form of consideration
Forum:
Armchair-GM
11 hours ago
Thread:
Trading RNH and Barrie
Aho
Trocheck
Staal
Why do Carolina need or want RNH?
Forum:
Armchair-GM
11 hours ago
Thread:
Arvidsson Deal
You could remove Cotton, Geekie and Mattheos and still have this go through. Arvy is a middle six winger. Fine, but a 1st and Fleury on it's own is an overpayment.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
11 hours ago
Thread:
moving pieces
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gmgb</b></div><div>If you don't feel Arvidsson is worth a 1st+ with that contract, take him out of the proposal. His value to NSH is more than that. 5ths and 6ths are meaningless picks. Save those for when you're making offers for Richardson and Sbisa. NSH declines.</div></div>
Arvidsson has a combined 36 points in his last 70 games. Great numbers for a middle 6 winger. They do not command 1sts. It's no different in Nashville.
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Armchair-GM
20 hours ago
Thread:
moving pieces
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jwilliams2k12</b></div><div>Nashville probably declines this. It’s a lot of draft capital but no prospects at all</div></div>
There's nothing in the package worth prospects. Arvidsson is good, is he worth a 1st plus? Probably not. 2nd and a 3rd for Granlund as a rental is about right, and Jarnkrok for Foegele and the later round picks is about fair too. Why would Carolina find any reason to part with prospects when this package isn't worth it?
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Armchair-GM
22 hours ago
Thread:
Fix the Oilers
Nino > Pulju
McGinn < Kahun
Reimer ~ Koskinen, but Koskinen's deal is worse
Why are Carolina adding Gunler here?
Forum:
Armchair-GM
22 hours ago
Thread:
Deadline
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>I find it fascinating that your response begins with an objection to the proposed trade on a general principle (which I vehemently dispute), but then immediately morphs into an objection based upon an analysis of the internal elements of the specific trade (the validity of which I totally accept). It looks to me like you do not believe the theory I challenge as much as you think.
The fallacy in the blanket, mindless yardstick of “no player in X class of players has ever been traded for Y, so therefore Player Z isn’t worth Y” should be obvious. You, and all other rational observers, wouldn’t apply that to forwards or defensemen. Yet it continues to have a zombie-like life-after-death existence when applied to goalies.
Let’s change goaltenders. Instead of Darcy Kuemper, substitute Andrei Vassilevskiy or Connor Hellebuyck in the proposed trade. NOW would you reject the proposed exchange on the ground that “Goalies have never commanded this kind of return. EVER.”? Of course you wouldn’t; that would be moronic. I know you, and you’re far from a moron.
The reason why the theory that “goalies have never commanded this kind of return” is obvious: goalies in the top tiers of their trade (pun intended) don’t get traded, period, so we have no comparables by which to even suggest a proper trade value. To put it another way, it’s foolish to argue what the trade value of top-flight goalies should be by pointing to trades of far less accomplished tenders.
Consider the list of goalies traded since 2010. (Exclude goalies traded for other goalies, of course.) Do you really want to argue that because Jack Campbell or Jake Allen or Keith Kincaid or Devan Dubnyk got traded for a third-round pick or worse, those deals should apply to, let alone govern, what a top-flight goalie should command on the open market? Of course not.
Suppose I could show you that no Finnish top-6 forward has ever been traded for more than two first-round draft picks. Are you going to defend the idea that Sebastian Aho isn’t worth more than two first-round draft picks, based upon that general “principle” of perceived wisdom? Of course not.
Let’s also suppose that Bill Guerin is pleasantly surprised that his new team is in contention for the playoffs, and that he believes that the right #1 center will put them over the top. So he trades both of his 2021 first-rounders and his 2022 first-rounder for Mika Zibanejad. Are you going to argue that this exchange means that Connor McDavid’s trade value isn’t any higher, because no #1 center has “ever commanded this kind of return”? Of course not.
Trade value is determined by the specific qualities of each player and each element, not some one-size-fits-all, anti-intellectual, false rubric.
Finally, your contention that Carolina wouldn’t trade Bean and a first for Kuemper because of their metric theories is entirely valid, as I acknowledged above. I have no dispute with that.</div></div>
Goaltenders are not like forwards or defenseman. Goaltenders can be fantastic in one place and absolutely awful elsewhere, when under the same coach, system and everything. I point you to Robin Lehner. In Buffalo, he was rather eh. In Ottawa he was eh. In Brooklyn, he found himself in a defensive system that suited him and Griess, and I mean the year after when he went to Chicago, he was great there. Yet, in Vegas he's been... less than spectacular. I know injuries have played a role, but there's not the same aura around him in Vegas there was elsewhere.
In the case of Vasy, I largely believe that his defense helps a lot with the workload he has, and that on a team with a weakened defense, he would not be regarded in the caliber he is currently. Hellebuyck has had 2 good years, but he's like a pendulum going up and down. So, yes they're weird.
Specifically, in the case of Darcy Kuemper, I raise the question of why he wasn't this good with Minnesota. Or with the Kings. In Arizona, they play a system that greatly aids their goaltenders, and it's shown with the emergence of all 3 of Hill, Raanta, and Kuemper. It's nothing against the players, I believe they are all great at their jobs. However, the reason goaltenders have never commanded this kind of a return is because you do not know what you're getting. It's ALWAYS a mystery box, and when you risk losing a 1st round pick and an incredibly good defenseman for a mystery box, the risk of failure outweighs the risk of reward.
Very few goalies in NHL history have been able to go around the league and win consistently on different teams. That's why I just do not see this risk being worth it.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Wed at 9:58 am
Thread:
Detroit playoff push
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>buffbry</b></div><div>It's bad for both sides. 0 of these trades make sense from a wigns perspective was all I was getting at</div></div>
You get a PPG player and a top 4 D man for nothing. How is that bad for Detroit?
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Wed at 9:46 am
Thread:
Detroit playoff push
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>buffbry</b></div><div>Wings pass on every trade</div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DiehardRedWingsFan58</b></div><div>:laugh :laugh Thanks for the good :laugh we really needed it, but on a serious note, Why would Detroit make any of these trade? Detroit basically loses all trades here.</div></div>
I point you to that hideous Carolina trade, where TT is clearly better and Gardiner is a top 4 D man when Mantha can't stay fit and it's a pile of spare parts!
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Wed at 1:07 am
Thread:
Deadline
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>Ah, yes, the zombie "Gibson Fallacy." Who's the last goalie worth more than a third that was traded at all? You can't tell anything by what didn't happen. Who's the last defenseman traded for three first-round picks? Does that mean that Victor Hedman isn't worth three first-round picks?</div></div>
On the hedman point, with his injury history at his age and cap hit when cap space is at a premium, YES.
On the goalie point, Goalies have never commanded this kind of return. EVER. Bean right now is one of the best analytical D men in the NHL (albiet a limited sample size). Carolina being an organisation run by Eric Tulsky's analytical group will not be moving him for something like this. He's been nothing short of incredible. Bean and a 3rd? Maybe, Bean and a 2nd for some retention? Okay, understandable. Bean and a 1st? Yeah, no.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Wed at 1:03 am
Thread:
heehee
Why would you break up the SAT line when you acquire forsberg? The entire idea would be to have Forsberg in the middle six to allow you to have the depth for the SAT line to dominate
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Tue at 12:14 pm
Thread:
He scoressss Eric Staaaaaaallllll
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DiehardRedWingsFan58</b></div><div>Dude big difference in 24 years 4 months to 25 years. So yeah because Svech isn't 25 that's like saying Larkin is 25 when he's 24 and Svech is 3 months younger.</div></div>
Svech is 20. Bad Svech is basically 25. Larkin is basically 25.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Tue at 11:56 am
Thread:
He scoressss Eric Staaaaaaallllll
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DiehardRedWingsFan58</b></div><div>Svechnikov is 24 wont be 25 until Halloween October 31st So don't make him older then he really is.</div></div>
It's a year. Are you really going to be pedantic about 8 months?
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Tue at 11:34 am
Thread:
Murray out
You're paying Carolina to take Murray, he was on the way down in Pittsburgh and has been awful in Ottawa. Would rather just re-sign Mrazek
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Tue at 11:31 am
Thread:
He scoressss Eric Staaaaaaallllll
That Gardiner trade is awful. Dude has been very good. Svechnikov is 25 with injury issues, Marc Staal is LOL. Eric though... that's not a bad idea.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Mon at 10:47 am
Thread:
Hall trades
You are not getting Necas for a rental hall
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Mon at 10:29 am
Thread:
How to push for the cup WITHOUT TRADING FOR A GOALIE
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>oliwer_smashki</b></div><div>This is pretty good, I like trading for Eric. However, I really don't like trading McGinn, he's been so good to start this season playing on the top line. He's versatile, and would be invaluable for a cup run.</div></div>
That was more to make cap space for Forsberg. If you have to pick between McGinn and Forsberg... is it really close?
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