Chapee44

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Forum: Armchair-GM19 hours ago
Thread: Pietro
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Brian1590</b></div><div>Which rumor, the Cap rumor? Bc of course he’s going to say that in public. But let’s face it most teams are most likely not going to spend up to the cap (especially the Sabres because they have Dahlin to pay next season). Also link to this press release bc I’m constantly on Twitter and saw nothing of it.

Update: so I just went on Twitter and I see nothing of him saying that those rumors are untrue. I did see something about he isn’t going to worry about the cap and is only worried about building a team. Which great but they still should have somewhat of an internal cap especially when they have to sign Dahlin after next year</div></div>

They can spend up to the cap this year and with expiring contracts still have 25 million in room next year. They just have to be smart. Plus we're gonna lose someone (likely Risto in my opinion) which frees 5.4... dahlin should be a 7.5 x 3 bridge in my opinion... nothing we can't handle and he's still an rfa at the end with a chance to get Karlsson money when he's earned it
Forum: Armchair-GMMon at 1:13 pm
Thread: Potent Offense
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Alfie11</b></div><div>That Ottawa trade is super far off-base. We have two potential 2C candidates in Norris and L. Brown, and we're not trading either until one of them establishes themselves. Also, we have no interest in Risto, our top 3 D prospects are Brannstrom, Thomson, and JBD, all of whom play the right side, and we also have Zub who can hopefully be a good shutdown guy (plus we're stuck with Zaitsev for a while so there's really no room for Risto). Portillo is okay I guess, and it helps that he can play in university rather than join our stocked pro pipeline (both NHL spots, both AHL spots, and ECHL starter are all full to start next year) but I don't see him as having higher end potential than Gustavsson or Sogaard, so even if he's better than Daccord and Mandolese (not really sure about that though), him+2nd isn't gonna convince us to move Norris at this point in our rebuild.</div></div>

Definitely fair all around. And I'm jealous of you having the prospects that you do at RHD lol I thought maybe they would be interested in someone better than Mike Reilly running the PP2 and possibly playing a lot of minutes with Chabot. I think Portillo should be better than Gustavsson and Sogaard. I'm not super high on them evidently though. Fair to turn it down though for sure!
Forum: Armchair-GMSat at 12:36 pm
Thread: Kessel Interest
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jets1pt0</b></div><div>Coyotes can't really trade Dvorak. Their centre ice position is so weak and Dvorak is kinda the best of the bunch.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jnowariak</b></div><div>I the the OP has the same idea I do. The coyotes have 2 solid center prospects and they are currently cash strapped. This would cost them a long term C but it helps with their immediate cash situation. I agree Dvorak is the best they got but I wonder how much cash matters for them.</div></div>

Schmaltz is still decent and Stepan can fill a role if nothing else. Hayton and Steenbergen are studs! So if they run Schmaltz, Hayton and Stepan this year with a 4th liner FA (ie; Nate Thompson), they would be "okay" in the middle but definitely not great. I wonder if an OEL for Monahan trade could get them someone to play with Hall.
Forum: Armchair-GMSat at 12:31 pm