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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 22, 2022 at 7:03 p.m.
Thread: We Ball
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Warrior24</b></div><div>Having the cap space going into the season is a goo thing since it will accrue during the season and allow the Isles to add a player at the TDL that other teams may not be able too with their cap.</div></div>

True, although you want to be in a position to trade for players at the deadline; that cap space won't do you much good if you're running a .500 record like last season. Of course, it's kinda unlikely that a Sonny Milano or a Paul Stastny are the difference between us being mid and being a playoff team, but if there's a move to be made <em>now</em> that they think could improve us for the first 60 games instead of waiting until the last 20, I'm glad we have the flexibility to do it and I hope they take advantage of it
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 22, 2022 at 6:58 p.m.
Thread: We Ball
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>FoxYou727</b></div><div>Eh I would rather bellows or Parise go on LW4. Bailey is pretty useless now but he can still produce 30-45 points. Get him to 1000 games than trade him</div></div>

Maybe. Bellows could be an interesting fit on the 4th line, he finishes his checks and is a hard worker, despite not being the strongest imo. I still think he's being underutilized in that role, even though management and coaching value our 4th line differently than other teams. His offensive tools are too intriguing to confine to that role.

Parise on the other hand I think will regress more this year, potentially making the 4th line the best place for him. But if he keeps up his play from last year, he's hands-down a middle-6er and an important part of the offense imo. Maybe that says more about our roster as it's constructed than it does about him, but he was really great last season and produced on every line he was on
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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 2, 2022 at 11:29 a.m.
Thread: Nazty
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Salzy</b></div><div>If the Flyers couldnt dump JVR without a first, thats the starting point to dump Bailey

then its a matter of 7M/1 vs 5M/2 and I think the 5M/2 is harder to dump</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Civil_Eng_PE</b></div><div>Feel like dumping Bailey will cost more than Bellows... You probs have to offer up a 2nd/3rd to get him off the books since its 2 years not just 1</div></div>

Personally, Id rather have an NHL player in Kieffer Bellows than a draft pick that isn’t a 1st, but I agree that Bailey is probably going to be challenging to dump at this point. Earlier in the offseason might have been different but teams have their rosters pretty much set now and Bailey is a big contract to take on. I’m not sure how it happens, but Pagnotta said that that was the piece they’ve been looking to move.

Beauvillier you probably don’t have to pay to get rid of but you’d also much rather keep him. Not sure that frees up enough space for Naz either
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 26, 2022 at 5:29 p.m.