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Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 23, 2023 at 4:38 p.m.
Thread: Not a fan of either team but random trade idea
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tonyhzs</b></div><div>Actually a top line of Larkin Raymond and Rasmussen is pretty dang solid. Rasmussen has done nothing but get better every year to the point that losing him to injury cost tbe team a lot of points in the standings. He is better as a LW than center.

The 2nd line is Copp and probably Perron and Fabbri. If Fabbri can stay healthy that is. This is where losing Bertuzzi really hurts. Detroit lost over 80 man games between Bertuzzi and Fabbri, and if they were both healthy all season, Detroit probably gets another 5-10 points in the standings. In all honesty though, as long as Bergrren takes a step forward, the 2nd line should be Copp and Bergrren with Kasper or Perron or Fabbri. I'd also say Chiasson might see some time there too, as he has some snarl in his game. Copp gets a lot of flak, and yes more goals were expected from him, but most of his assists were primary as a defensively deployed center and he did it with a revolving door of wingers.

The 3rd line by season's end hopefully has Mazur, who looks very promising. I highly doubt Lombardi gets any games in the NHL next year, but he took a MASSIVE leap forward this season and tore up the OHL for 100 points and was top 5 in scoring. He sort of came out of nowhere.

The real challenge for the Wings is filling the 2nd pair RD, and the team desperately needs a goal scorer (Vrana was supposed to be that guy) who isn't a liability defensively or is so good he can outscore his defensive lapses like prime Patrick Kane. The team next year should be a 1st round exit or a just missed by a point type team.</div></div>

Makes sense. I like Fabbri's game, but dude seems like he's perennially injured. I like Mazur too, he was great for the Pioneers, but I feel like they should let him adjust with a full year in Grand Rapids, with a callup maybe happening depending on playoff positioning. And that was my one question mark as someone who doesn't follow Detroit too closely -- if Berggren is ready for a bigger role.

Also, I will say, it may seem like Detroit overpaid for Copp a little bit, but defensively sound middle six forwards still provide a lot for a team. Minnesota fans (me included) love Eriksson Ek for this.

Your comments have made me curious how Yzerman will approach the offseason; a few good UFA pickups could probably make the Wings a playoff caliber team, but it may be better to wait another year so prospects can develop before spending big.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 23, 2023 at 12:58 p.m.
Thread: Not a fan of either team but random trade idea
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tonyhzs</b></div><div>So you're saying Detroit doesn't want to add 11 million to the cap on two below average players? Chiarot is not as good as Petry, but the cap hit is lower than both players coming back. Granlund is at 5 million for another 2 years, like Petry at over 6 for 2 years.

Detroit can handle 1 bad 4.75 million contract for 3 years. It won't be hard to move if it becomes troublesome. Worst case he gets put in the minors for the last year if he can't be traded. A better scenario is if he is the 7th D , albeit way overpaid. His contract expires just as Edvinsson will need a raise.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JoeROFLCOPTER</b></div><div>I don't know how this trade was thought of but man a 1st and a 2nd better come back our way for this ****</div></div>

I can understand disliking the trade after seeing people on here making posts "dumping" Petry, but that's not something a good front office would do. Ignore those, he still has value. The only hinderance to a trade is his $6.25M cap hit after COVID limiting cap increases. Petry is quite a bit better than Chiarot and Detroit seems like they're in need of an RD2 after moving Hronek. The $4M added to Detroit's cap from this trade seems pretty inconsequential to a team that likely won't be all that much above the cap floor, assuming Yzerman isn't planning on making a big splash with trades or on UFAs.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 6, 2023 at 2:53 p.m.
Thread: Simple offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gretzkyghosts</b></div><div>Just spitball'n and asking questions would love to have input.
How is a 173 lb PP specialist playing only 16 minutes per night with a -16 on a team that has scored 22 more goals than it has surrendured have the value of 43rd OA and an early 5th round pick?
He does not have half the value of Tyson Barrie who has 54 pts in 80 games (Addison has 28 pts in 60 games) and many feel he was nearly worthless or even a cap dump.</div></div>

I mean, maybe the 5th two years from now is a bit rich, but a team traded a 2nd for Lias Andersson when he was bad in his opportunities in New York and a rebuilding team traded a 2nd for Jack McBain, who had yet to play a single NHL game. I believe in the business they call it "potential." Potential to get better what the player is already good at, and the potential to improve on weaknesses. Trading for a 31 year old Tyson Barrie is a little different than trading for a 22 year old.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 8, 2022 at 2:51 p.m.
Thread: Would either team do this
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NJDevils1317</b></div><div>To the other point about Vlasic, I wouldn't touch that buy out with anything remotely big going to SJS, but at the same time I don't know why SJS would just try to dump him by eliminating value of a player as SJS is going to be bad for a while. They might as well max out on assets as they rebuild.</div></div>

Dumping Vlasic at the cost of Meier opens a lot of cap space and San Jose could shoot for a combo of a few of the upcoming UFA's like Pastrnak, Tarasenko, Bertuzzi, Patches, Weegar, Severson, etc to try to make another run. 2-3 of those players (plus Eklund and other prospects developing further) could likely compensate for the loss of Meier.

To counter my own argument, though, New Jersey could just wait and target the same UFA's instead of taking on the Vlasic dead cap. Guess it depends on if NJ sees any extra value in the Swiss-Swiss connection of Meier-Hischier, which is mostly what I was shooting for here..