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FloppyBiscuit

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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 19, 2022 at 2:24 p.m.
Thread: Growth year after avoiding cap burden
Man, Minny is in a tough position with those buyouts. They have Kaprizov signed for 4 more years but 3 of those 4 years those buyouts are really eating into the teams ability to try and win now. There is no guarantee Kaprizov resigns in 4 years so they got make these next 4 years count. Maybe they can take a 1 year step back but it has to be right back to Cup aspirations after that.

As crazy as it sounds and only assuming he never plays again and goes on permanent LTIR, maybe Minny trading for Carey Price's contract could be a decent option? Its insured so they'd only have to pay a small portion of it and runs the length of the buyouts of Parise and Suter. It would basically negate the buyout penalties but would mean Minny has to absolutely go all in the next 4 years. Habs would probably throw in a draft pick also. Minny would be fine during the offseason with the offseason cap cushion and then just need to make Fiala signing official and place Price on LTIR simultaneously to be cap compliant for the regular season.

Minny would be able to keep most of the gang together in doing so. Maybe just move Kulikov and Talbot or something like that in the offseason if you're still over the cap by a bit. Heck maybe MTL could take back both guys in the deal just to facilitate the trade.

I don't know, either way its just an option but with how good Kaprizov is, they'd better not squander his talent and prime years of his career by taking too long of a step back with a growth year or two.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 5, 2022 at 10:47 a.m.
Thread: Not a MTL fan but heres an attempt
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>FloppyBiscuit</b></div><div>I feel like Martinez and another vet would be good adds for Detroit if they don't want to thrust Edvinsson into a top-4 role right away.</div></div>

Martinez is one of the options available for Detroit. We need one or two veterans on the left side depending on how well Walman and Juolevi play these last few games. We need one defensively rock solid player to pair with Hronek and we need someone to QB our PP2.

My personal opinion is that Edvinsson (and the other prospects) should start in GR next season in order to get used to playing on NHL-sized ice. One of the targets is Marcus Pettersson in PIT, he'd be perfect to pair with Hronek. The player to pair with Seider could be Schmidt (WPG) or Martinez (or even Scandella) depending on their price to acquire and how Yzerman values their qualities.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 15, 2022 at 6:44 p.m.
Thread: Roster with Jost
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>FloppyBiscuit</b></div><div>I only mentioned PK, I think you brought up even strength, but I do think using TOI and +/- for PK is still pretty pointless. And even if things like corsi are more about offense (it does include blocked shots, so not entirely offense), wouldn't it be fair to assume controlling the puck and being able to turn that into offense while short handed may be indicative of better defensive play? Either way, I think Sturm's faceoffs and dZs% will make him a more valuable PK-er for Colorado. You could look at things as simple as goals against while on the ice short handed and Jost has been on the ice for 23 against compared to Sturm's 15.

I know JFresh cards are popular with people here and even these agree with what I'm saying that Sturm is better on the PK, more than I would've imagined TBH.

Jost: https://twitter.com/JFreshHockey/status/1503804488435613702?cxt=HHwWjIC-jd-Ny94pAAAA

Sturm: https://twitter.com/JFreshHockey/status/1503804118669869059?cxt=HHwWhoCykZz4yt4pAAAA</div></div>

That's interesting, I didn't think it would be far apart either.

But possession and rate metrics are less useful than hits, blocks, giveaways, and takeaways for defensive comparisons.

Jost:
Hits - 44
Bks - 29
Gv - 9
Tk - 29

Sturm:
Hits - 61
Bks - 22
Gv - 11
Tk - 6

Sturm definitely hits more and is better at faceoffs. But Jost blocks more shots, gives the puck up less, and is <strong><em>really good</em></strong> at getting the puck back/takeaways.

Either way. I've liked Jost and wanted him on the Wild for awhile now, and am happy with the trade. Even though I will miss Sturm. I'm good with it.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 25, 2022 at 2:06 p.m.
Thread: As far as Id go as buyers
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>FloppyBiscuit</b></div><div>Yeah, if Gio costs more than that, that's understandable. I'd say good luck to Seattle on getting a good return then.

And Winnipeg is definitely in a tough spot. If they think they can sneak in to the playoffs, I could see them standing pat to see what happens. Wheeler is still a good player, but I bet that $8.25M would be real helpful to them in the offseason if they could push that off the books, otherwise I see them having to let Copp walk for nothing since they'll surely pay PLD.</div></div>

I don't think the Jets are going to make it to the playoffs, as the new coach (.500) has a worse record than the old coach (.554). They would need to win 60-65% of the points available to the end of the season to get WC2 and then the reward would be being torched by COL or VGK. The Jets should listen to offers on all of their UFAs -- Copp, Stastny, Beaulieu, Seuss -- though only Copp and Stastny have a chance of bringing back a decent return.