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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 23, 2019 at 9:54 p.m.
Thread: Next Year
I don't get the Stecher add for Toronto. It's all over the forums and it doesn't really make sense for the Leafs. Marincin's comparable enough: and they have enough organizational depth at D that they shouldn't give up anything significant for a guy who isn't realistically much more than a solid 2nd pair guy.
Leivo at that money would be a surprise. If his sh% regresses a bit he's probably getting approx. 15 goals 40 points this year, which'd likely put him a couple million higher. Keeping him is very good though.
Dealing Baertchi would be a mistake, he's better than most of that bottom-6. The org might do it, but dammit this is YOUR Armchair-GM! To hell with Benning! VIVA LA REVOLUTION!
Barrie add makes some sense, but a 5v5 shutdown guy is probably the big need behind Myers, whose defensive impact is bad and is aging (research has shown that special teams play ages better than 5v5) Idk if one'll be available, just spitballing.
Too much money for Markstrom, but at that term it probably barely matters.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Canucks33</b></div><div>Overall, I would be fine with everything here and I think it's pretty realistic in terms of what Benning wants to do.

Getting rid of Eriksson in any form is a huge plus and hopefully the Ducks ownership would rather pay an NHL player than an injured one, even if the injured one costs less. That would be a huge move for the franchise. I also like that you brought back Markstrom; Demko hasn't proven much yet and making the wrong decision on you're goalie can ruin a franchise. This buys us more time in that department. I'm not sure Markstrom would accept that term, but the goalie market is very weird (Lehner this summer got one year). I'd rather not trade Stetcher, but if for whatever reason Benning feels he has to or Stetcher requests a trade then that's the exact deal I would look to make. Dumping Sutter even with retention is a win and while I'd rather not move Baertschi, it seems like management has moved on.

The main thing I'm skeptical about here is Barrie. He's a good player and all, but I'm not sure there's a need or a fit for him here, especially if Hughes sticks on PP1. If Barrie isn't running you're first unit, he's not being used to his full potential and becomes more of a liability. I don't want to pay that price for a PP2 defenseman. At 5 on 5 he's good and bad but overall not worth that price. If he wants to take a hometown discount to play in Vancouver (ie. less than 6 million per) then sure, but I don't see that happening. Personally, I would look to move Pearson as hopefully his value will increase playing with Horvat and I don't see him as a long term option in the top 6. '

Good job though.</div></div>

Pearson's basically a league-average player. You'd like an upgrade, but he's fine as a middle-six option. Barrie'd probably be a better PP1 option than Hughes, but yeah 8 mil is probably too steep, (though the term is nice). I overall really like the high-cap low-term stuff going on here, not enough GMs do it. Asset back for Sutter is really nice.

Yeah good job!
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 23, 2019 at 9:23 p.m.
Thread: Next Year
Overall, I would be fine with everything here and I think it's pretty realistic in terms of what Benning wants to do.

Getting rid of Eriksson in any form is a huge plus and hopefully the Ducks ownership would rather pay an NHL player than an injured one, even if the injured one costs less. That would be a huge move for the franchise. I also like that you brought back Markstrom; Demko hasn't proven much yet and making the wrong decision on you're goalie can ruin a franchise. This buys us more time in that department. I'm not sure Markstrom would accept that term, but the goalie market is very weird (Lehner this summer got one year). I'd rather not trade Stetcher, but if for whatever reason Benning feels he has to or Stetcher requests a trade then that's the exact deal I would look to make. Dumping Sutter even with retention is a win and while I'd rather not move Baertschi, it seems like management has moved on.

The main thing I'm skeptical about here is Barrie. He's a good player and all, but I'm not sure there's a need or a fit for him here, especially if Hughes sticks on PP1. If Barrie isn't running you're first unit, he's not being used to his full potential and becomes more of a liability. I don't want to pay that price for a PP2 defenseman. At 5 on 5 he's good and bad but overall not worth that price. If he wants to take a hometown discount to play in Vancouver (ie. less than 6 million per) then sure, but I don't see that happening. Personally, I would look to move Pearson as hopefully his value will increase playing with Horvat and I don't see him as a long term option in the top 6. '

Good job though.