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Claesson4Norris

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Forum: Armchair-GM16 hours ago
Thread: Rielly OUT Tatar and picks IN
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DroverD2</b></div><div>You think you need to be 20 to still develop your game? And because they're waiver exepmt means they're aren't good? That a stupid statement. No one is saying semyonov is a difference maker. I heard that about lethonen and it was dumb. Barabanov is good just didn't for well for the leafs and didn't really have a role/line/spot for him . He's been doing just fine everywhere else</div></div>

By the time you're 26, you're not a prospect. You can still improve as a player, but by and large you are what you are in terms of physical development and skill ceiling.

Also you should work on reading comprehension, because then you'd know that obviously wasn't even close to the point I was making about waiver exemption. The point is if you're trading a 3rd round pick, whether or not players are waiver exempt isn't really a factor, because teams aren't trading a high round pick for players they anticipate needing to waive. Outside of deadline depth deals, teams aren't trading a 3rd for players they don't expect to be regulars in their lineup.
Forum: Armchair-GM19 hours ago
Thread: Rielly OUT Tatar and picks IN
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DroverD2</b></div><div>This is why capfriendly sucks. People undervalue rookies etc. Then again people don't exactly look at them and think how they would develop with the team.

And the comment above they're all waiver exempt.

Semyonov and Teemu easily gets a 3rd / 4th in Ottawa case tbh since it be a early 4th and to any team if they look at them and think they could fit in their system. And hutch for a low pick also a no brainer if your in need of goalies.</div></div>

Bro Semyonov and Kivihalme aren't prospects. They're both 26, that's not a developing prospect, that's a a grown man with like a decade of Pro hockey experience. They are what they are.

Kivihalme probably isn't even an injury call up. He can provide value on an AHL team, but you probably aren't comfortable with him even in your press box.

Semyonov might be an NHL player, but again he's not more than a depth guy. The whole reason he was signed in the first place was on the hope that maybe play on the 4th line and add value on the PK.

I don't know what it is with Leaf fans, but they get these KHL FA types every year, and every year the fan base on here falls into two categories; its either "this UFA who picked TOR is gonna be totally valuable trade chip immediately" or its "this KHLer with no high end skillset of any kind is gonna be the difference maker. It's the same thing every year, whether it's Mikko "PP Savior" Lehtonen, Alex "Tavares' Winger Barabanov or Igor "top 4 RD" Ozhiganov.

Also as a final point, if your big argument for their value "they're waiver exempt" then you know they aren't worth a pick in the top 3 rounds. Nobody is trading a 3rd for guys because "you won't lose them when they clearly don't make the team".