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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 26, 2021 at 2:31 a.m.
Thread: kaprizov for boeser and schmidt
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Amakoue</b></div><div>Yeah, your assumptions, and bias thinking doesn't make it fact no matter how much you think so.
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I listed possible reasons that the foundation of this trade could make sense. The very first sentence I wrote was to make it clear that the proposal could make sense IF the rationale I laid out were true.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Amakoue</b></div><div> Kaprizov isn't being traded. Wild counter with fiala for Petersson. We can assume he doesn't want to sign either.</div></div>

Even if Pettersson didn't want to sign in Vancouver (for which you provided no basis), there is no risk of losing him to the KHL for nothing. The worst-case scenarios are a huge offer sheet or a holdout. An offer sheet could screw the Canucks, but a holdout hurts the player more than the team.

Kaprizov may love Minnesota and stay forever. He is also Russian and until he is under contract the threat of leaving will loom. Some players do leave and others just use it as negotiating leverage to get whatever they want. It has happened before and it will happen again.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 25, 2021 at 10:41 a.m.
Thread: kaprizov for boeser and schmidt
There are some big "ifs" here. The first assumption is that Kaprizov doesn't really want to be in Minny. The huge amount of dead cap for the Wild makes building a winner nearly impossible for several years, which is an obvious turnoff for any player. The Wild are in a hopeless situation for attracting anyone who cares about team success, let alone a guy who can just go home to Russia. As for city vs city, well, he'd have a much higher profile in Canada and Vancouver specifically looks sexier on paper.

The 2nd assumption is that the Wild would prefer to trade Kaprizov rather than lose him to the KHL for nothing. Acquiring a Minny native in Boeser has attractive feel-good PR benefits that the Wild could use in the wake of the bleak outlook of years of unprecedented dead cap space.

The 3rd assumption is that the Wild need D-men. While I can't wrap my head around why Suter was bought out, the fact remains that those minutes need to be replaced. Schmidt could be a great partner for Dumba or Spurgeon. Schmidt did have a huge down year in Vancouver, but there are many reasons to believe that it was a situational problem and not a player problem. The Canucks defence as a whole is constructed terribly and coached even more poorly. There was no synergy in any pairing and despite Quinn Hughes offensive numbers, Schmidt was the Canucks best defenceman.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 26, 2021 at 2:24 a.m.
Thread: win lottery amp get eichel
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>McGruff</b></div><div>Hockey is won up the middle: #1C, #1D, #1G...100%

Soooooo, if you're going after a #1C in Eichel why not flip the current #1C in EP40 (keep QH &amp; Miller by packaging something else w/ EP) and be on the clear-path to solidifying what turns a &gt;50-some-year-bumbling franchise (VAN), into a player?</div></div>

I like the phenomenal centre depth. Vancouver can sustain a #1C injury and keep on trucking, in addition to having one of the best top lines in hockey. Centers can easily move to the wing giving this lineup incredible flexibility up-front. We also get younger up front and cost certainty on one of the top players in the NHL in Eichel. You have to give to get so Hughes and Miller is a significant give. Miller is not in the right age range for long-term contention and the Hughes loss is mitigated by the promise of Rathbone and obviously contingent on landing the Power lottery.