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Cushmaker

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Forum: Fauteuil - DGApr. 30 at 3:55 p.m.
Thread: Good offer for Necas
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Cushmaker</b></div><div>Canes fan with a little different take here.

I'm a huge Necas fan &amp; supporter, but I would still seriously consider this if I'm the GM in Carolina. While everything said about a contending team and wanting players who can contribute now is true, it's isn't always realistic. Of course we'd prefer a younger/cheaper player that could contribute but those aren't just readily available. The best way to extend the current window is to maximize the value and return you get for the asset. If the market for Necas demands 7M+, I'd rather take the 2 firsts /bottom 6 vet/prospect and bring back Teravainen for 2-3 years at a lower number (4-5M?). At some point you need the ELC/RFA value that the likes of Necas/Jarvis/Drury have afforded coming through the pipeline to make space for the guys you HAVE to pay.

Again, I'm a huge Necas fan and would prefer him back on a team friendly deal if possible but if that's not in the cards, I'd take an overpay in futures over aging vets with bloated contracts just to try to match the production they'd be losing.</div></div>

Personally it's a very intelligent comment. Thank you.

I think Carolina will gonna need to makes somes big choices between keeping Guentzel, Jarvis, Necas, Teuvo, Skjei and Pesce, and I didn't mention also Noesen and Drury. And what I see about all of them, even if you decide to buyout KK, you will not gonna have the cap space to retain all of them.

Guentzel : likely gonna ask the 9M mark, and I think that he is one of the best LW in the league. Why let him testing the market ?

Jarvis : using the Caufield contract as a comparaison, and he is more valuable than Necas.

Teuvo : I can see gone, but he can be very interrested to stay in Carolina.

Skjei : one of the best Dman in your team, maybe better and more valuable than Burns. You need to keep him.

Pesce : one of the best defensive Dman in the league, you need to convice him to stay in Carolina.

And all of that leads to Necas, who already sign a bridge deal and want maybe more than 6,5M. You have the choice to let go somes players who are maybe more valuable for the team for extending Necas OR you trade him away and you trade after that the picks for a good asset, like Buchnevich.......
Forum: Fauteuil - DGApr. 30 at 4:50 p.m.
Thread: Good offer for Necas
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Cushmaker</b></div><div>How many of those ~55 points come in OT where it leads directly to 2 points in the standings.... Not all points are created equal. He leads the league in OT goals over the last 2 years with plenty of assist to go with them. Again context matters. Teams have, and always will pay a premium for game breaking skills.

A fair counter point would be that for every extra bit he excels in OT, he seems to struggle in the playoffs which is the complete opposite time/space environment.... but I'd rather get there and take my chances.</div></div>

That's the rub right, balancing regular season stats with playoff stats. Give most players in the league, time and space and most of them will produce at a higher rate, take that away in the playoffs and that's where we see the cream rise as they say.

I like Necas and would like to have him on the team but I am not willing to pay 3 1sts+ on a gamble, if I am paying 3 1sts then I would rather target someone we know is going to preform at a high level all the time and excels in the playoffs (I know Aho isn't available but that's the type of player it would take for me to spend 3 1sts +).

Again, it's not that I don't like or don't want Necas it's just that it's too big of a risk at that price.
Forum: Fauteuil - DGApr. 30 at 2:48 p.m.
Thread: Good offer for Necas
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Cushmaker</b></div><div>A 55 point player who's never received top line or top PP minutes. Not saying he's deserved them in Carolina over who've they've played in those roles, but there is context to it all. Carolina has admittedly had a 2C hole the last couple years. Not saying numbers aren't important, just saying that the eyes will tell you that he brings more to the table than what he's produced in the role he's played.</div></div>

Facts are, he doesn't produce enough, the fit might not be there, he might not be playing in the role he wants but this is a results based league, the same things were said about Domi, that noise doesn't make a lick of difference when talking about a player’s value. GM's aren't paying for what a player "might" do they only pay for what a player consistently does and Necas consistently puts up an average of 55 points a season while being horrible defensively, those are the exact same reasons Domi only returned Josh Anderson.

I like Necas he has good size, speed and skill but until he puts together multiple 70 point season, his value isn't going to be more than that of a 55 point player aka Lehkonen or Domi.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 26 at 3:20 p.m.
Thread: Ducks Target Necas
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Cushmaker</b></div><div>Canes fan here... Necas has nearly as much skill as any player in the league but his inability to put it together consistently is frustrating at times for sure. I think he's stays a wing (even if he thinks he can play in the middle.) The only thing I'd mention in regards to his offense is that he hasn't had the opportunity to play with a legitimate top 6 C over the last 2 years. He doesn't play with Aho and the C depth doesn't offer a ton offensively-speaking behind him. Defensively he is what he is; you'll always want more with that size/speed/length combo but he's also not as bad as some will make him out to be. I think he's a player that can help nearly any team on the right deal but that deal can't start with a 7 and even the mid 6's is a stretch at times.</div></div>

I think we’re all saying the same thing. Everyone here (incl ANA fans) like Necas.

The issue is that his next deal will almost certainly reach an AAV that none of us think he’s worth, which is why CAR fans are willing to move him, and why the RW-needy Ducks are happy to let someone else trade for him
Forum: Trade Machine ProposalsJun. 14, 2023 at 8:04 a.m.