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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 20, 2022 at 3:05 p.m.
Thread: Edmonton Roughnecks 5
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Friendly_Giant</b></div><div>That would also work, and you're right. There's not an Armchair GM anywhere on Cap Friendly, on any team, who will take Barrie even if he was being given away for "future considerations". In reality, there's probably a half dozen teams who would love to have him. I chose Buffalo because they have a ton of cap space and little to no real firepower to speak of.</div></div> TBH, there are probably ONLY a half dozen NHL GM who would not give up an asset for Barrie if they had the cap space.
He may have defensive faults, but he is an elite offensive defenseman, and ONLY 15 defenseman scored points at a faster rate than he did last year.
Given the opportunity, it is doubtful that Karmanos would pass on Barrie if he only cost a prospect who had the value of 3rd round pick.
If Holland put him on waivers, you can be certain a team would snatch him up.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 29, 2022 at 4:55 p.m.
Thread: Forget about Kane
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Quillanrocks</b></div><div>I don't disagree with you; I dread to think what $$ and term Seattle may be stuck with if Francis goes hard after Klingberg and would prefer they pivot elsewhere if too rich and too long. (God knows his first 3 BIG signings aren't looking too good!!) But Klingberg can defend and has a history with Oleksiak, so I get the appeal if I'm Francis. And I just hesitate to spend draft picks on players who aren't sure to be a fit for this team how it is currently designed. Barrie doesn't seem like the guy. He ran the PP with 2 of the top 5 players on earth. His numbers are inflated and no one would ever confuse him for a defender that you'd trust to preserve a lead!! Nothing about Seattle's roster says "that's the guy to make the team better." JMO!</div></div>

we get it, you would rather pay way more for a player who also has defensive warts to his game in klingberg rather than trade a late 2nd and 4th or a early second.

2nd and 4th rounders have a much lower chance of making the NHL and the rumored 3 million more that klingberg wants is also likely a factor. THe seattle PP is not great, their offense from the blue line is not great on the right side.

The fact that the majority of seattles dmen are defensively minded means that yes, most ppl look at the d corps and say it would improve it to have a puck moving pp quarterback who can make a nice zone exit pass and join the play.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 29, 2022 at 3:20 p.m.
Thread: Forget about Kane
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Quillanrocks</b></div><div>I don't disagree with you; I dread to think what $$ and term Seattle may be stuck with if Francis goes hard after Klingberg and would prefer they pivot elsewhere if too rich and too long. (God knows his first 3 BIG signings aren't looking too good!!) But Klingberg can defend and has a history with Oleksiak, so I get the appeal if I'm Francis. And I just hesitate to spend draft picks on players who aren't sure to be a fit for this team how it is currently designed. Barrie doesn't seem like the guy. He ran the PP with 2 of the top 5 players on earth. His numbers are inflated and no one would ever confuse him for a defender that you'd trust to preserve a lead!! Nothing about Seattle's roster says "that's the guy to make the team better." JMO!</div></div>

Well both Tippett and woodcroft have used Barrie late in games to hold leads and woodcroft actually moved Barrie onto the pk when it was struggling to snap out of it. The reputation about Barrie not being able to defend are very much over blown and inaccurate. That being said not suggesting he's a shut down type definitely a playmaker more than defender but much more capable than most on this site will credit him for. Kinda like how you pointed out he ran a pp with two extremely talented players personally don't think it's right to view it in a way that takes away from giving the credit earned. Multiple other players have ran that pp over the years klef nurse bouch but with Barrie it hit historic heights for extended period of time. The perception of Barrie on this site just seems well off what it should be in my opinion.
Forum: Site DiscussionJun. 30, 2020 at 4:46 p.m.
Forum: Site DiscussionJun. 30, 2020 at 4:45 p.m.
Thread: Dear CapFriendly Community - Please Read
I feel like someone needs to say something.

In the comment sections, people are being bashed, belittled, and made out to be idiots.

Why? Because that unique person came up with a new idea. Maybe they don’t know that much about the team, but they made an ACGM about a new idea. Then because of that idea, they are made to be idiots in front of the whole CapFriendly community. While sometimes the posts are preposterous, you don’t need to belittle a person for trying a new idea.
Instead, just kindly tell them what’s wrong with it, and if you’re a fan of that team, tell them a “counteroffer” of some sort. From experience, when someone does that, it’s a lot more constructive and helps me personally learn about player values/ other teams needs. It’s a lot better than responses like: “lol” “what a piece of Garbage” “you know nothing” etc.

That’s my piece.

Thank you for reading.
Forum: Site DiscussionMar. 25, 2021 at 1:29 p.m.
Thread: Idea - The ability to do multiple years of ACGM in one post
Would anyone else like this feature? I figure this would be very difficult to add but I'll share the idea anyway

When I want to make an ACGM for the next 2 seasons (a 2021-22 part, and a 2022-23 part), it takes a lot of additional effort. For example, as an Oilers fan, I sign RNH to a 6 year deal on the 2021-22 post, and then have to sign him to the same deal at 5 seasons on the 2022-23 post. So on the 2022-23 post, I have to resign all the guys I signed in the 2021-22 post a 2nd time with one less year on their deal, and sign all of the guys I want to keep who expired in 2022-23. Some people like to layout a hypothetical plan for multiple seasons, and a feature that lets you do that easier would be helpful

This is how I see this feature working. Say I wanted to do an ACGM for this season, until the 2022-23 season. Maybe I do a few deadline moves during the 2020-21 season. When I'm done with the current season, I can click a button that says "Next Season" or something like that. Everyone's contracts would lose 1 year as we move to the next season. I would resign, trade, create that season's lines, and once again click the "Next Season" button, and the cycle can repeat. You could go back and forth between seasons to change parts of the plan, each season having it's own page. For people viewing the post, there could be a section for each season, with trades, lines, cap breakdown, etc.. from each individual year, to clearly show what happened in each season (trades, signings, etc..) The comment section would be under the single post containing multiple seasons so people can discuss the multi-year plan in once place
Forum: Site DiscussionMay 6, 2021 at 8:37 p.m.
Thread: Two Months In: My Experience on CapFriendly (so far)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bobcat205</b></div><div>I found and signed up for this website exactly 2 months and a day ago as i write this. It's kept me in a good state of mind through the back end of my freshman year of high school where things are gonna get insane real fast (I do understand that it's only gonna get worse in the next few years). I've met a few people around here that i could reasonably call "acquaintances" or even friends, and i look forward to making more as i spend more time here. Aside from a few bad apples (every single community has some), the community is very welcoming and kind. I fully intend to stay here for a very long time. Thank y'all so much.

Sincerely,
Bobcat</div></div>

Sometimes people get overly protective of their teams and views and lose sight of the fact everyone here is a hockey fan. Good luck in high school and don’t be afraid to ask questions in school and here.