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Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 9, 2022 at 8:42 p.m.
Thread: opening night lineup
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BJ_Lover</b></div><div>Texier can go to LTIR/Off roster. I would be thoroughly disappointed if Danforth isnt on the fourth line with Robinson and Kuraly let alone off the roster. If I had to take a pick i would guess that Chinakhov starts in the AHL (Potentially johnson too). Marchenko is a lock for opening night in my mind</div></div>

I have no clue what the top 9 forwards are going to look like, but I'm pretty sure the 4th line will be Robinson, Kuraly and Danforth.
I'm thinking Marchenko is a lock as well, simply because he's been at the pro level for a few years, he's 6'3" and might not appreciate starting in Cleveland.
It's getting late in the game so now that Jarmo has allegedly swinged and missed at McDonagh and Chychrun... I'm curious to see if there still is a trade to made for a top-4 D.
I doubt it with training camp right around the corner, but moves still need to be made around the league.. Hoping we snatch a Roy from LA or a Murphy from Chicago.. Maybe they'll PTO P.K. who knows.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 7, 2022 at 5:04 a.m.
Thread: Contender or pretender
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ajp_18</b></div><div>Pretender - Columbus’s d core is still major suspect and as you pointed out, the lack of a top line center. I have Columbus 7th in the metro by a slim margin behind NYI, PIT, and NJD with a wider gap between them and CAR, NYR and WSH (Not in standings order).


As for the trade I doubt NYR makes that deal, I also can’t see where Lundkvist is playing top pair this year.</div></div>

Metro is just brutal... but the #CBJ have a chance.. no doubt a lot rests on Peeke and Bean improving, maybe Jiricek making the team, Boqvist rounding out his game in his own end or perhaps Blankenburg just killing it and forcing his way into the top-4.

At forward there are just as many questions and possibilities. Who's going to have chemistry with Johnny Hockey, will Laine take another step. Will Roslovic continue his play, what can Johnson and Sillinger bring this year. Chinakhov, Marchenko and Bemstrom one of them could have a breakout season.

#CBJ has to be the most unpredictable team in the metro, we could up end up anywhere from 2-3 to 7-8.

Hurricanes: Best team in the division and they got better this offseason.
Flyers: added Torts, DeAngelo.. Ellis will be out, but this team had a lot of injuries last year. They'll be more competitive.
Jackets: Added Gaudreau, developing young rookies.
Devils: Added Palat to a developing and promising young core, will this be the year they finally make the playoffs.
Islanders: Lost Trotz, added Romanov, still a solid team top to bottom that's just build for the playoffs they had a down year, they'll be back.
Penguins: Solid team, as long as they have Crosby you can't count them out. They shuffled some mid-tier players around, they'll be good to very good.
Rangers: Added Trocheck, lost some pieces, if their young core keeps growing they'll be very good. They depend on their Shesterkin an awful lot..
Capitals: Solid veteran team just like the Penguins, are they going to able to stay afloat the first half of the season as they're dealing with some serious injury issues.

It's going to be very unpredictable I think...

To me

Canes and Islanders are 1,2
Flyers will most likely be in the 6-8 range.
Everyone else... it's anyone's guess.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 5, 2022 at 12:41 p.m.
Thread: Peeke
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dopplsan</b></div><div>Coming from a CBJ fan, it’s hard to tell right now. Our D is such a mess on the right side, it’s possible he becomes the odd-man-out, but it depends hard on how this season goes. CBJ are high on Peeke’s potential as a shut-down D (think Savard or, if all goes well, maybe even a Connor Murphy), but yeah, Boqvist and Blankenburg are two young guys needing time.

Jiricek likely won’t be rushed. Unless he shows he can be a day-one difference maker, a la Werenski, I’m not 100% sure I see him *needing* a spot next year, particularly since he’ll be waivers exempt and CBJ can offer him spot duty in the NHL rather than a full time spot.</div></div>

As a fellow #cbj fan I agree... Plus Peeke took a huge step last year, let's see where he takes it..

Yes we have a lot of very talented guys coming, but they're not here yet and none of them offer what Peeke offers. If he falls down the depth chart the next few years so be it. We need guys that offer grit, size and the intangibles.. making it hard to move Peeke at the moment.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 28, 2022 at 2:12 a.m.
Thread: Miller to the Bus
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ajp_18</b></div><div>Why? So he becomes a cap dump in 4 years when he’s 33 and broken down.

Columbus shouldn’t be trading high end long term assets for an almost 30 year old who is going to want as much if not more then Kadri just got on his next contract.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>squashmaple</b></div><div>I didn’t say Columbus makes the trade. I said for that kind of return, he’d better be extended on a cheap deal already.</div></div>

I personally like Miller as a Player but he makes no sense for the Jackets, his age simply isn't a fit. When this team is reaching full potential in 2-3 years Miller might no longer be serviceable.
Plus considering is production, he's going to take up a lot of cap space these next few years and beyond.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 28, 2022 at 1:53 a.m.
Thread: Patrick Kane Oilers via CBJ
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Viqsi</b></div><div>Points for creativity but I don't think we'd be able to get that much for retention, and so we don't get a worthwhile return on investment.</div></div>

Yeah I was just goofing around. I figured we definitely have the assets that the Blackhawks would want, including more valuable picks... and with the Kane rumor not making a whole lot of sense to me, I figure lets see what we can do here. Maybe there's an opportunity here to package these assets, add in the extra retention and maybe pickup an established player that we would need. Like a higher end Defenseman or Center. After looking around, I'm not sure I'm seeing it.

I used the Oilers because they've been frequently rumored in regards to Kane... but man... They don't have a lot of quality assets, cupboard is really bare. <div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Viqsi</b></div><div>Points for creativity but I don't think we'd be able to get that much for retention, and so we don't get a worthwhile return on investment.</div></div>
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 27, 2022 at 3:53 a.m.
Thread: Patrick Kane Oilers via CBJ
Mr. HockeyIsMyPassion61,

We're giving up Mateychuk ( The best prospect by a country mile in this deal), Our first which is going to be significantly better then the Oilers and Bemstrom a solid NHL forward. PLUS we're retaining another 50% on top of the 50% that Chicago is retaining. The Oilers would do this deal in a heartbeat, they're taking the #cbj to the cleaners in this deal.

This deal doesn't make sense for the #CBJ whatsoever....

I was just messing around in the Armchair GM because of the Kane to #CBJ rumors, I figured the most logical explanation is that we're brokering for another team. Because we do have the assets that Chicago would want...

Problem being, the Oilers simply don't have the assets necessary to pay for the brokerage service...

So it doesn't make sense for the #CBJ

Trust me, the oilers would do this in a heartbeat... Highway robbery quite honestly. We gave up all the good stuff and you give up a late first, late second, mediocre prospect and a guy who hasn't quite figured it out yet.. If he ever will
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 27, 2022 at 3:21 a.m.
Thread: Patrick Kane Oilers via CBJ
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>squashmaple</b></div><div>He’s not going to Columbus, though. They’re just laundering him on the way to Edmonton. And paying heavily for the privilege, too. Not sure what the incentive here is for Columbus, to be honest. Mateychuk &gt; Bourgault, CBJ’s 2023 first is likely significantly better than Edmonton’s, and Bemstrom/Bean vs Murphy/Puljujarvi is a wash at best. Gotta be more incentive for a team already at the cap like Columbus (even without Texier counting against it this season) to take on money than this.</div></div>

Murphy is better then Bean, but I get what your saying. I'm sure chicago would rather have our assets then the Oilers, i'm just not sure if the Oilers could properly compensate the CBJ for doing them that favor. That's why I wanted to just throw this out there and see if anyone had any good suggestions to balance this trade out.