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Chris Dalton
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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 14, 2019 at 1:40 p.m.
Thread: Colorado
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DoubleADoubleK</b></div><div>Well, you just have to look around the league, teams are maxed out or set. It's all about the cap. Gorton's been offering Shat @1/2 around the league for a year with at no avail. Kreider is like Trouba, he wants money and only has a couple of landing spots in mind, GMs know this. It's not player value anymore, it's the contract value. This Colorado value is fair unfortunately. Still better than paying C fricken Kreider 7x7.3m, yuk!</div></div>

There is plenty of room on teams right now aside from the teams stuck with figuring out elite RFAs contracts. You don't lessen the return for your second best winger just to eliminate a contract that in my opinion isn't even close to being as horrible as people make it to be. He's not signed for 6 more years or something, and Smith is worthless so you buy him out since an ahl level defenseman shouldn't be making 4+ million. Kreider would be 30 at the end of his deal so they'd be crazy to give him 7 years at any price in my mind. Shattenkirk I could see pairing with DeAngelo on the 2nd unit since he's a bit more of a shooter where as DeAngelo creates more space and passes on a PP.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 14, 2019 at 1:32 p.m.
Thread: Colorado
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Shakabakes</b></div><div>While I agree with you that Shattenkirk could perform better on a healthy knee, that's simply just a big "if" at this point.

He hasn't played up to his Contract. He hasn't been great in his own zone. And his Offensive production hasn't outweighed those Defensive deficiencies.

Now taking into account that the Rangers are not only looking to shed some Cap going into next Season, but they also happen to be jam packed on the right side. Not only with the emergence of DeAngelo, but the acquisitions of Trouba and Fox. Dealing from a position of strength, it makes sense to try and move out a big Defensive Contract (since you can't move Staal or Smith) to free up Roster and Cap space.

While I think Shattenkirk has the potential to be better than he has been these last 2 Seasons, it's just word of mouth at this point. Other teams are wary of his knee, and rightfully so. Retaining 50% should be enough to move him out, but I wouldn't expect much more in return for compensation.

If we could also get Kamenev (wouldn't have minded Greer, up until his bar fight) or a 3rd thrown in, then great. But not holding my breath. Being one of the better Defenseman on what was an awful Defensive squad really doesn't get as much as you would think.</div></div>

Shattenkirk at least is an NHL level defenseman unlike Brendan Smith who's contract is much worse. But the thing is it's not like shattenkirk is locked up for 6 more years it's a much more team friendly term. DeAngelo only really rose up so high because he got a career high in his TOI with shattenkirk's poor play/injury. More opportunities is almost always going to result in more points for and offensive minded d man like him. Plus I see trouba running the 1st power play and DeAngelo on the second unit. Which will hurt his numbers. My thing is that this didn't address the bigger issues and just threw away a contract along with lowering the return on your second best winger meanwhile Smith is sitting in the ahl with that fat contract, should be bought out in my opinion
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 13, 2019 at 8:07 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 11, 2019 at 8:58 a.m.
Thread: What cap crunch
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mytduxfan</b></div><div>Deangelo is underpaid, but the rest are realistic contracts for your RFAs. I see no reason why MIN would take that deal.</div></div>

Deangelo's numbers were inflated this year, he averaged over 19 mins TOI which was an all time high for him and had way more powerplay time than he will get going forward after acquiring Trouba. 10 of his 30 points came on the PP and he was only used so much because shattenkirk under performed pretty hard and pionk was a liability in his own zone hence why they trading him. Plus he's still an RFA so the rangers have all the leverage really. The MIN deal was just a team that had cap space really, I'm not sure what team would really take Namestnikov but i tried to make it a decent trade for both sides.