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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 10, 2020 at 12:27 a.m.
Thread: Laffy and Sergachev offer sheet
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Sebybbq</b></div><div>That exactly what they have done with Yakupov, or Ottawa with Daigle, or The Islanders with Dipietro they drafted them because they had potential but that never translates to Nhl Expectations. Jack Hugues have some incredible potential, bit he haven’t prove anything yet, he might never fulfill expectations. Why would Sergachev would be a number 1 defenseman when he never fill that role. How can he be better at that job that Defenseman who are doiinh that job at the Moment playing big minutes. Explain me that since you are So smart</div></div>

"Why would Sergachev would be a number 1 defenseman when he never fills that role."

So long as Hedman is healthy in TB Sergachev is never going to play his role on that team. Hedman is arguably the top defense man in the NHL. Any bozo could see Sergachev would be the #1D on plenty of other teams in the NHL.

For example, you and I both had Petry and Weber ahead of Sergachev on our lists, but if MTL were to offersheet Sergachev he would probably become MTL's #1D next season.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 10, 2020 at 12:08 a.m.
Thread: Laffy and Sergachev offer sheet
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Sebybbq</b></div><div>Hedman, Josi, Jones, Pietrangelo, Parayko, Werenski, Provorov, Morrissey, Hugues, Makar, Petry, Weber, Rielly, Muzzin, Ekblad, Slavin, Hamilton, Giordanno, Doughty, Karlsson, Burns, Chabot, Klefbom, Theodore, Carlson, Letangs, Macvoy, Pesce, Ekman Larsson, Dumoulin, Heiskanen, Dahlin, Ellis, Ekholm, Pulock, Klingberg, Lindholm, is that enough</div></div>

It's debatable, why would you present it as fact, do you think you know everything?

My list (based on play this season): Hamilton, Carlson, Josi, Ellis, Edler, Hedman, Krug, Makar, Letang, Pionk, Pietrangelo, Theodore, Klefbom, Nurse, Giordano, DeAngelo, Fox, Weber, Jones, Werenski, McAvoy, Burns, Muzzin, Trouba, Petry, Ristolainen, Pulock, Sergachev (28th), Provorov, Reilly, Niskanen

My list is also debatable. Sergachev is argueably a #1D. Just because you say "sorry to burst your bubble" does not make it so.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 9, 2020 at 11:47 p.m.
Thread: Laffy and Sergachev offer sheet
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Sebybbq</b></div><div>I respect that opinion! But there no tangible proof of Him becoming a number 1 defenseman. That only your hope and presuming foresighting ability’s. So don’t be condescend when you answer back.</div></div>

If Sergachev isn't a #1D how many #1D are there in the league? By definition there should be 31. Sergachev is in the top 31 already. He is 21 yrs old and has over 100 career pts. By the end of the season he was the #2 guy in TB (one of the top teams in the leage) only behind Hedman who is arguably the best D in the league.

Theres no tangible proof? What is that even supposed to mean? Name 30 better defenseman than Sergachev, he's at ~30 on my list already.

Talk about being condescending when you're the one who's all "sorry to burst your bubble".
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 9, 2020 at 3:21 p.m.
Thread: Romanov Hype
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>exo2769</b></div><div>I just hope that MB doesn't try to give him a tight leash. He needs ice time to develop. He's going to make mistakes and that's ok. Everyone makes mistakes. You can see his hockey IQ and vision when he plays, but playing the #7 Dman last two years getting 13 min ATOI isn't a good thing. Give him the ice time he needs to develop...even if that means Laval to start the season. He's got the talent. Develop him the right way now that he's signed.</div></div>

Exactly, if you truly see him as this type of player than give him a role in the NHL he can grow into, or let him grow into that role in Laval. Sticking him on the 3rd pairing with no powerplay time isn't going to make him a star.

Part of me wonders what Mete's value would be if the habs gave him powerplay time. He doesn't even get a look on one of the worst powerplays in the league over the past two years. Then people wonder why Mete "hasn't progressed".
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 9, 2020 at 12:36 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 9, 2020 at 10:21 a.m.
Thread: Cup Team
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Richard88</b></div><div>What would be the incentive for Rangers to be able to shift Smith? Is a 3rd round pick as a makeweight about right?

As it happens I recently included Smith as a cap dump to the Avs in this AGM:
<a href="https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/1728643">https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/1728643</a>

As per my trade description in the AGM, the logic of a Smith capdump to Colorado would be as follows:

<strong>Rangers perspective:</strong>
- Rangers need to move one of Staal or Smith in order to create space at LHD for their upcoming prospects (i.e. Hajek, Rykov, K'Andre Miller, Robertson).
- They also need capspace to resign Strome, DeAngelo, and Georgiev.
- With Staal having a NMC and thus impossible to move, Smith is the obvious choice. With a flat cap Rangers will find it hard to find a taker though, and thus use the lower of their 2021 3rd's to make it worthwhile to a team with unused capspace.

<strong>Colorado's perspective:</strong>
- Rather than go into the season with $5-6m in unused capspace, Avs weaponise it to pick up an extra draft pick. In Smith they also get a player who can still provide depth at both LHD and LW.
- Smith is an UFA in 2021 so this only affects 1 year. His base salary for 2020/21 is only $2.35m which despite his caphit isn't unreasonable dollar-wise for a depth guy.
- This move would still leave Colorado with over ~$1.5m unused capspace, meaning that there will be enough cap accrual by the deadline to still add a good player for the playoffs.</div></div>

It would take more than a 3rd. As a comparable, Steve Mason had one year left @ $4.1M when the habs acquired Armia, a 4th and a 7th for Bourque, who had no value and was just taking up a roster spot.

The arguement that smith could be useful depth is no different than arguing Mason could have been a backup goalie.

Armia at that time carried the value of a ~ 2nd, so it took a 2nd, a 4th, and a 7th to offload that cap hit.

Nobody is going to help the rangers for a 3rd round pick.