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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 23, 2020 at 10:16 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 23, 2020 at 2:41 p.m.
Thread: OILERS FANS- Lets work out a Puljujarvi Swap
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Timmah007</b></div><div>Why would holland sell for less? Any team interested would be doing so for a top six role so your not going to sell him as a depth piece doesn’t make any sense. Ask is high for a reason zero reason to drop it zero urgency to do anything.</div></div>

Because no one is paying that price at it's current state.

By the same token, if he declines to join EDM team (which I certainly hope), his value is going to keep dropping as he ages. At 22 he can still be considered a decent prospect. At 24+, if he doesn't smash it in Finland, no one will be interested to pay nothing but scraps for his rights. Probably not even that.

It's like the Bracco effect, really. Leafs fans widely considered him to be a great prospect last year after scoring in high rate in AHL at 22, valuing him even as high as a first rounder. Now after a bit weaker season at 23, they'd settle for a 5th.

Granted it doesn't mean anything in actual business, but one could consider it a fact that no one is interested to join Pulju sweepstakes at it's current price. If teams were, he had already been traded.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 21, 2020 at 10:36 a.m.
Thread: Rakell would make them dangerous
Not a bad roster at all, nice job.

Some comments on the roster:

- Calvert is a full-time part of the 4th line and won't be bumped out of the lineup. If anyone would be it would be Bellemare or Kaut.
- 5 years seems a year too much for Burakovsky. $4.85m x 4 years is probably the sweetspot.
- The blueline is a bit green, so I think we'd keep Cole around as 7D instead of Lindholm, particularly as there's enough capspace to keep him.

Regarding trades:

- Zadorov trade is good, right on the value but I would prefer a 2020 2nd if possible.
- Jost's value is probably a bit higher than a very late 2nd and a 2021 4th. If the 2nd was the MTL 2nd or CHI 2nd (which Montreal also have) then it would be acceptable.
- The Rakell trade is good, I think Colorado accept that, even if it's painful to lose Bowers and a 1st in a deep draft. Rakell would be a great fit on this team, and acquiring him without giving up one of our top 3-4 prospects would be great. If we traded Bowers for Rakell though I think we'd be inclined to keep Jost as we'd otherwise be really thin in terms of bottom 6 C depth.