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Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 26, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.
Thread: Remake team for 2020
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Donny1313</b></div><div>I'm curious why everyone hates on Strome not being able to produce without the Cat. I agree with you that his production is not good without him. However, wasn't the point of acquiring Strome to give him a new start and reunite him with the Cat? Hes produced at a (.73p/gm in 2019 and .87p/gm in 2018) with the Cat. Those are solid numbers for a 2C/3C, and the Hawks have the leverage and stats to back up their next contract with him and I believe his contract will reflect that.

While it does provide less roster flexibility with Strome only being able to play with Debrincat, production is production. Once Debrincat starts to shoot at his average shooting % (15% in 2017 and 18% last season), Stromes production is going to increase dramatically as well.</div></div>

It's not that I hate him, I just don't see him as integral part of a championship roster. He doesn't go to corners very often to dig out pucks, doesn't win many 50-50 battles for the puck, isn't all that great defensively, plays smaller than Cat for a guy his size, etc. Basically, everything I would like from a 2C for the playoffs, he is not. And tbh, I am not a fan of the Cat-Strome-Kane line. I see them chasing the puck a lot in their own zone during the playoffs.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 17, 2018 at 10:03 p.m.
Thread: Realistic
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BigE</b></div><div>No team is in danger of not reaching the cap floor? You sure about that? At 78M cap, the floor should be 62M...that's with 0% from the players.... the cap floor should actually go up more than the cap ceiling because the ceiling had been artificially inflated... the floor was 55.5M last year but that wasn't based on 75M....which included a 2.5% escalator from the nhlpa.... there are multiple teams that will have a hard time hitting 62M, including the avalanche who have just about a full roster at 53M....</div></div>

Tbf Colorado is as you stated at 53 mil as it is shown today with no further additions. But, do you honestly see them them needing a Hossa type contract? They will most likely spend in the UFA market for a backup goalie, defense, and one or 2 forwards. I don't see them having an issue making the floor.
What other teams? Not Carolina with the key rfa's they have to resign. Again my point is what team would be willing to eat hossa's contract for nothing as some of these trade proposals seem to assume?