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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 30, 2023 at 9:50 a.m.
Thread: Looking to the end of the cap hell as the cup window opening
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Billy12Bob</b></div><div>Why would Detroit trade for a LD when they have the following already in their system?

Ben Chiarot
Jake Walman
Olli Määttä
Simon Edvinsson
Albert Johansson
William Wallinder
Eemil Viro
Shai Buium
Jared McIsaac
Donovan Sebrango</div></div>
In short, I don’t know. Maybe they wouldn’t. My write up suggests I don’t know know where to project him, but I suspect someone would be willing to part with a late pick and take on his full salary for what he still brings on ice and in locker room.
I try to make reasonable trades but admittedly on the “for a 7th rounder” types I cut some corners on researching other teams depth charts and prospect pools.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 23, 2023 at 9:33 p.m.
Thread: Handful of moves not blockbusters
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CoolHandL</b></div><div>Correct. Addison alone is not enough to get that done, if the Ducks would even trade Gaucher. Teams don't get rid of highly-touted, cheap, young, big centers like that.

Steel gets more than a 7th - I would think more like a 4th or 5th for what he brings.

I would love to see Nyquist back on the team, but yea - only if they trade away a core player like Foligno. And I don't think Guerin does that unless the Wild are on the outside looking in come next season's TDL.</div></div>

Yeah, feedback here treating him like he is second coming of Jean Beliveau. So I overswung a wee bit it seems. Still think there is value for Addison despite Wild seeming to do everything they could to undermine his worth. Not sure then who, but Addison for a prospect of some sort.

And then on Steel, if I say 4th or 5th, then the team I do that with would chime in telling me how miserable he is! Ha. Love ACGM. Agree with you though that he has some value.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 23, 2023 at 10:48 a.m.
Thread: Scorched Earth
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MMXD</b></div><div>So Detroit gets Scheifele and Connor? Where are you getting assets, cap space, etc. Detroit has more to figure out, scheifele isn’t really needed. Connor would be nice, but again you need the assets, and Detroit is fairly stingy. In hindsight I should have used the higher blues pick.

Minnesota I would say finds a way to make room. Dumba is gone which frees up around 5M on its own. Rangers weren’t supposed to get Kane and Tarasenko either and made it work. Doesn’t bother the Jets if the Rangers try their hand. Habs won’t give up a ton because they know he’s coming regardless.</div></div>

That’s the the thing with Minnesota, they can’t “find” the space. It just isn’t there, the cap penalties accelerate this season, and any “savings” from Dumba moving on have already evaporated into Boldy’s new contract. At risk of making ACGM boring this off-season as a Wild fan and turning everyone off from making deals involving our club, we’ll be closed for business it seems. (Would take something unexpected like Zuccarello/Spurgeon type of trade to open any of these kinds of possibilities)
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 15, 2023 at 11:19 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 22, 2022 at 2:25 p.m.
Thread: Moves at draft
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>What pieces would you change? We certainly have assets we can move. Boqvist I thought was good fit and likely cheap. Stillman and picks will likely be useful once Minnesota emerges from buyout years. But i think NJD fans are open to alternatives as long as they are reasonable.</div></div>

I agree with our friend here that the protection on the pick is likely only going to be granted for this years 2OA. The Wild I think would just take someone else’s offer that won’t have us waiting two years to draft. If I were BG though and NJD came to me with this, I’d indicate I don’t want Boqvist, and that I’d give you top 12 protection if you give me bottom 16 protection — if it’s a 17 or lower pick in 2023 (and this pushes to 2024) then I get your 2023 second while I wait to pick the following year.
In place of Boqvist, I wouldn’t do the trade unless I got Foote, Gritsyuk or Mukmawhateverhisnameis.
NJD is an ascending team and picking up a top scorer in this deal- they shouldn’t need the protection…it’s a trade there is inherent risk involved.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 10, 2022 at 11:20 a.m.
Thread: Cap hell year one - Fiala out building depth
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Easportzz</b></div><div>My speculation here is sort of that BG may get focused on a single player - he’s made the comment recently that he isn’t out to “win” trades…Raty may be the kind of player he falls for. If not Raty, it could be someone in the Kings system like Turcotte, Devils system like Gritsyuk or Mukhamadullim or Senators system like Shane Pinto. I could see Guerin looking for a trade where he gets some player he can see and that he envisions as part of the Wild identity (whatever that means, I suspect he has a ‘type’) coupled with a pick of some sort that he can then exercise his own judgement on.</div></div>
I guess what I am saying is I think Guerin may end up not taking the “best trade package” as pundits would view it instead wanting to get his one good, targeted guy.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 10, 2022 at 11:18 a.m.
Thread: Cap hell year one - Fiala out building depth
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CoolHandL</b></div><div>Very much just speculating here, but I think NJ or Ottawa beat out the Isles for Fiala if this is what NYI is offering. Make it the Isles' 22 1st and we'd be talking... especially if another prospect like Khovanov is going the other way.</div></div>

My speculation here is sort of that BG may get focused on a single player - he’s made the comment recently that he isn’t out to “win” trades…Raty may be the kind of player he falls for. If not Raty, it could be someone in the Kings system like Turcotte, Devils system like Gritsyuk or Mukhamadullim or Senators system like Shane Pinto. I could see Guerin looking for a trade where he gets some player he can see and that he envisions as part of the Wild identity (whatever that means, I suspect he has a ‘type’) coupled with a pick of some sort that he can then exercise his own judgement on.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 10, 2022 at 10:19 a.m.
Thread: Isles Trade Packages For All Big Names
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dannibalcorpse</b></div><div>I might be in the minority but Mangiapane and Chychurn are both no-gos for me. Mangiapane has done his damage on the back of a crazy-high shooting percentage the past two seasons(19.2% this year and last!) and if he even drops from "insane" to "slightly above league average" you're talking about a 25-goal scorer. Not to say that's worthless, but I think swapping out Beau + 13OA for a 25 goal scorer would be an underwhelming return.

Chychurn is similar to me - he has one elite season (2020-21) during a truncated year playing only Pacific division teams - and as we saw this year, that division isn't all that strong. To me he profiles as a very good LD2/possible LD1 in a pinch, and the packages that have been tossed around in reference to that strike me as a bit much. I know his contract is part of his value, but it's not like it's a Mayfield-type of deal - he's still taking up a decent chunk of cap at LD2 and he would need to overperform this year's numbers to bring back surplus value on it.</div></div>

I like that take on Chychrun. I’ll be curious to see if GMs are as high on him as many in Cap Friendly seem to be. I’m with you that I think he still has a lot to prove and I’d never give up the bounty folks appear to want for him. And I’m in the “draft picks are typically overvalued” camp - I just don’t see him as some sort of top 10 Dman in this league and if you give up what AZ wants he better be.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 23, 2022 at 8:18 p.m.
Thread: Still trading Zacha
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>GophersBenJ</b></div><div>Only Paul Fenton makes bad trades. He was fired Guerin doesn't get pushed around and he showed that deadline by calling Chicago's gm bluff</div></div>

There is some truth if you are in a one on one negotiation. But the cap situation and even the public remarks just make clear to everyone he isn’t keeping him. It is now a highest bidder situation and there will be several teams at least interested. The caveat of course is that he is a year away from UFA status, so he’ll have to be willing to sign a long term deal. I don’t see that as a problem as he’s money-motivated (and he should be), and when you have a season like he had (no it wasn’t just a few good months Guerin), your agent is going to convince you it’s time to cash in.