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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 4, 2023 at 9:10 a.m.
Thread: 3 team trade for Karlsson
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CoachQ</b></div><div>If you look at the contracts the Hawks gave out, yes, they overpaid to get to the floor, but all these deals are for one year. The Hawks have made the floor and Granlund has two years left. Davidson has leverage here, so like Snowhawk 18 said, they're going to want a significant package coming back to take on Granlund's contract.</div></div>

They're going to want a significant package to take a 2.5M contract over 2 years for a player who, while he isn't as good as he once was - scored 41 points last year?

I think ya'll are nuts lol. You don't get 2.5M retained + a "significant" package. The hawks are going to need help getting to the floor in each of the next three seasons and won't be a playoff bound team until likely, year 4 or 5 of bedard.

Hawk's fans are insane
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 4, 2023 at 8:53 a.m.
Thread: 3 team trade for Karlsson
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Salzy</b></div><div>How does that even begin to entice ANA to retain over 2M for 4 seasons to help one of their biggest rivals trade away an anchor contract?

Not even close to getting ANA to be on board :tearsofjoy</div></div>

It doesn't have to be Anaheim. It can be Chicago or Arizona - but getting a former 1st round pick who's just coming into his prime, on a cheap deal + a second round pick and a 7th round pick is more compensation than any of these teams will actually receive to be a third party lol.

EDIT: I'm not sure who you think Erik Karlsson is, but with the cap expecting to jump approx 10M in the next 2 seasons and having him literally JUST score 100 points as a defenseman on the worst team in hockey hardly qualifies his contract as "an anchor". He's just won the Norris lol - You're acting like he's awful, they're going to have to give up alot to get him.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 16, 2023 at 11:12 a.m.
Thread: Happy Buyout Day
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>LivingAnew</b></div><div>It's not about whether a player has value for PIT, it's about getting below the cap and getting maneuvering room. Hawks fans lived this for years, and understand the pain.

Hawks will have zero problem hitting the cap floor. Easy, peasy... Here's the important thing for the Hawks: it's not about gaining a player who won't be around when they are competitive/relevant again for the Hawks, it's about gaining high draft picks and/or prospects who will be. Period, end of story. If we don't get as much as possible of THAT from a deal, then we likely won't make it. IMHO...</div></div>

The penguins will have 25M~ in cap space after the granlund butout.....They're not worried about "getting below the cap"
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 16, 2023 at 7:03 a.m.
Thread: Creative moves
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pensfan21</b></div><div>So just because Hextall gave out bad long term deals this close to a rebuild we should add more?

We are definitely less than 5 years away. Malkin's contract will be up in 3, Crosby's in 2, and Letang 5. And even if we re-sign them, which I'm sure we will re-sign Crosby, that doesn't mean they will contend the entire time. Completely unrealistic. We will be terrible in 2 years. Whether or not you want to rebuild we will be near the bottom of the league and getting high draft picks by then. 1-2 years left. 5 years from now Crosby will be 40, Malkin 42, and Letang 42. You really think we will still contend then?</div></div>

This team will remain competitive every single season that Sidney Crosby is still on the roster - if you think otherwise, you're an idiot.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 5, 2023 at 7:48 a.m.
Thread: Penguins realistic moves after Dubas hire
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AC14</b></div><div>The old look how great my stuff is now give me your awful stuff for it.

If the Blues want goaltending depth it’s much easier to sign cheap vet depth like we did with Greiss last season. Hofer was signed to a one-way contract for a reason. There’s every intention of him getting a lot of ice time at the NHL level going forward.

Versus your passive aggressive used car salesman tactic for no reason as we have no say in what actually happens. I think that the Blues are happy with keeping Vrana after he scored on a 40 goal pace the second half of last season. I don’t believe he will score 40goals but he’s a very cheap effective point producer. Puolin hasn’t developed well, nor do we need forward prospects. This trade has no reasoning for STL and frankly if you remove Vrana there’s still no reason for the Blues to do it.</div></div>

He played 20 games.

The goaltending UFA market is not great this year, and the ones that are available aren't going to sign with a team who's likely to be at the bottom of the standings next year

I hope they don't trade him, he scores 70 next year and than walks for nothing next summer just so I can watch Blues fan's on the forum, who didn't even know who Vrana was 6 months ago, whine and complain about the fact that they didn't move him at the deadline.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 4, 2023 at 4:13 p.m.
Thread: Penguins realistic moves after Dubas hire
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Tennisman142</b></div><div>Blues got him for a 7th because of his off ice problems. He played well for the blues and might even return to his former numbers. So there is no need to give him away for a backup goaltender when the blues already have Binnington and Hofer. Also Poulin is a formers first who is putting up pretty bad numbers. He is also 22 and hasn't shown anything promising in the NHL or even the AHL. He has little value to the blues when our own 2nd round pick from the same draft has better AHL and NHL numbers than Poulin does</div></div>

DeSmith would literally become the best goalie in their system, immediately. That's how bad the blues goaltending situation is.

Vrana is walking after his next season, and they will not get anything better than this deal for him. Multiple blues players went on a PDO bender near the deadline, including Vrana &amp; Kapanen. There's a chance Vrana could be a solid bottom six / tweener, and there's a chance that he could absolutely flame out of the league and be more trouble than he's worth.

People acting like this is a bad deal have some weird perception of Binnington because he also went on a PDO heater in one playoff and won a cup. Guy is a sideway step from Matt Murray's current play.