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Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 27, 2022 at 4:35 p.m.
Thread: Back to it
I honestly love this.

While I agree with the sentiment we can carry three goals, I think that's all smoke and mirrors from team management. You need one good goalie in the playoffs, that's it, this 1A, 1B, 1C setup has been what's hurt us in the past. Is it Mrazek or Reimer? Is it Ned or Mrazek? Do we play Kotchetkov or Raanta? The future is Kotchetkov and he should be allowed the opportunity to start until he proves himself not worthy, pick one to back him up and you know going into the playoffs if the young goalie isn't ready for the pressure (which we know he is), then you go back to a veteran. I just don't see how this plays out well i.e. Kooch starting Game 1 of the divisional round and he loses, so we go to Freddie, and he loses, so we go to Raanta. None of that makes sense, we aren't carrying 3 goalie contracts into the playoffs when there are rentals and offensive assets that can elevate our scoring depth.

DW has a good relationship with Zito and I think there is definitely a deal that could get done. May require conditional portions of the deal that can upgrade the trade for FLA as well, i.e. points scored or playoff games played for Duclair. Your point of Noesen vs. Duclair is spot on, Duclair is an absolute improvement over Noesen.

Thanks for letting me use your ACGM thread as a comment section to vent.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 2, 2022 at 6:46 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 10, 2022 at 1:14 p.m.
Thread: Playoff Predictions
Atlantic - Florida - Tampa Bay - Toronto - Ottawa - Boston - Detroit - Buffalo - Montreal

Metropolitan - Carolina - NY Rangers - Pittsburgh - Washington - NY Islanders - New Jersey - Columbus - Philadelphia

Central - Colorado - St.Louis - Minnesota - Nashville - Dallas - Winnipeg - Chicago - Arizona

Pacific - Edmonton - Calgary - Los Angeles - Vancouver - Vegas - Anaheim - Seattle - San Jose

Playoffs

Panthers vs. Senators: Panthers in 6
Lightning vs. Leafs: Lightning in 7

Panthers vs. Lightning: Lightning in 4

Hurricanes vs. Capitals: Hurricanes in 5
Rangers vs. Penguins: Rangers in 7

Hurricanes vs. Rangers: Hurricanes in 7

Hurricanes vs. Lightning: Hurricanes in 6

Avalanche vs. Stars: Avalanche in 5
Blues vs. Wild: Blues in 7

Avalanche vs. Blues: Avalanche in 7

Oilers vs. Predators: Oilers in 6
Flames vs. Kings: Flames in 7

Oilers vs. Flames: Oilers in 6

Avalanche vs. Oilers: Oilers in 7

Stanley Cup: Oilers vs. Hurricanes: Hurricanes in 7
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 10, 2022 at 12:18 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 5, 2022 at 8:30 a.m.
Thread: Opening night
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Caniac2000</b></div><div>CC isn't a great source, but it's a secondary source. The source here is PuckPedia, which is a reliable source. CC is just stating it. PuckPedia having also liked that tweet makes me think that it's come straight from the horses mouth here.

I digress, Gardiner wasn't in Raleigh after he was cleared to return... right? He's not been there since the end of the playoffs unless I'm missing something. So he cannot have done a year-end physical if he's not been there... Just because the buyout window will open doesn't mean they use it. Waddell also stated the fact they could run a roster without a buyout. Said it would be tight but doable.</div></div>

That’s my point. It’s speculation. Not the rule referenced but when he’s been in Raleigh and if he had a physical.

I don’t think it’s a big deal either way. The team has a good grasp on the situation