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Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 23, 2018 at 7:24 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 16, 2018 at 9:09 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 4, 2018 at 10:29 p.m.
Thread: What I Want (Check Description)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BigBeardBurns</b></div><div>Batherson looks promising, and that 1st could turn into someone good. I’ve seen Grubs worth a 2nd and Connolly worth a 4th or 5th. They just dont seem too highly valued to me.</div></div>

Just going off of what other goalies have gone for, Martin Jones went for a late first, Antti Raanta went for a potential top four defenseman essentially, just to name a few guys with term in similar scenarios. I see Gruby being similar to those two guys value-wise.

A 4th or 5th for Connolly is certainly too low. I'm sure there is some analytic out there that shows he doesn't generate a ton of offense, but he scores goals at a real good pace given his role. If playing with some quality linemates in a top-six role, I could see him easily hitting 22 goals ish.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 25, 2018 at 7:49 a.m.
Thread: All Russian Line
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Cartler</b></div><div>Samsonov will have an ELC, that's 3 years.
Nobody will sign Kovalchuck at more then a year at 5m. If even that, I see him taking a cheaper contract for a year to prove he can still produce in the NHL. Maybe 4m for 1 year.
Reports place him in the NY area so Isles or Rangers are the most likely teams.</div></div>

New York is a big metropolitan area with a lot of newspapers. Reports place everybody around there, somewhere. Seems like a good price on someone who can play either wing, but if not him, I take the ncaps8's point that if Djoos can handle a top four role next year, trading away Orpik opens up cash to sign somebody to help out on offense. Of course, to make up for some of Orpik's hits, the first UFAs I'd sign are Luke Schenn and Leo Komarov.

<a href="http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/article/the-top-30-unrestricted-free-agents-of-2018" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/article/the-top-30-unrestricted-free-agents-of-2018</a>

Nothing wrong with Kovalchuk.