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Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 29, 2019 at 2:04 p.m.
Thread: Subban Trade 2020
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>masterjuddi</b></div><div>Subban is probably the most polarizing player in the NHL. He does make your team better and, at times, is an elite dman. But why does he keep getting traded? Think about dmen he would be compared to as far as production and salary. You dont see those guys getting moved</div></div>

He’s been traded as many times as Gretzky, just some food for thought.

I think in Montreal there had to be some type of rift to result in getting moved for an older, and IMO worse player with a longer contract, but I think from Nashville it was purely because he was the most expensive D-man, and they had Fabbro ready, and they wanted to allocate cap to Duchene because the need for a C was greater than the need for a RHD
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 13, 2019 at 5:39 p.m.
Thread: FINALLY NO MARLEAU
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CMACREN</b></div><div>I can see that but look at the years and compare it to other top four defenseman</div></div>

Well, I suppose Dermott might agree to a one year kind of, bet on yourself type deal, but I think that just prolongs an even steeper contract for the future, don't want him to end up like Trouba. Muzzin on the other hand will probably want more term or certainly more money. Keep in mind he's going to be declining now, so he'll either want security for his older years when he's not as good, or a lot of money now, knowing the next time he signs a contract in 2 years, he'll be a worse player than he is now. I think you look at Mike Green when he signed a 3 year $6M deal or just recently 2 year $5.375M as the minimum.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 11, 2019 at 5:32 p.m.
Thread: What the Leafs could look like with only internal replacements
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>????. Then if Zaitsev isn't worth his cap hit, no other team wants him, therefore he just can't wished away. Then if he worth close to his cap, the Leafs need to keep him cause they don't have replacements.
For those reasons, IMO Zaitsev won't/can't be moved this summer.</div></div>

Other teams will probably evaluate him differently, the entire league doesn't agree on everyone's value, otherwise trades would never get done. And even so they don't have to trade him for assets, I traded him to Ottawa because they have a lot of cap space and i figured they would rather have Zaitsev than a player who can't play of similar cap hit. Even if that's not enough they could throw in a pick/prospect to get rid of his salary.

Also the leafs still have 3 pretty good defence men without him, I don't think they're hurting that much
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 10, 2019 at 5:22 p.m.
Thread: What the Leafs could look like with only internal replacements
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>I always think it's ridiculous to trade regular RHD Zaitsev and expect guys like Holl, Borgman and Kivihalme can step in and play big NHL minutes. Leafs have their biggest depth at forward and forward cheap replacements. So why is there reluctance to trade a big cap forward fo prospects/picks or ELCs in order to create cap space.</div></div>

The main purpose of this was to see what the leafs look like without any additions, so I didn't try to acquire any roster players. In other posts I've played around with trading Kapy/Johnsson + for Pesce/Miller. But overall I think you have to consider a players value in relation to his cap hit. IMO Zaitsev isn't much better than a replacement level defender and is not worth his cap hit, where as even though they have a lot of good forwards, I believe they're all worth their cap hit.