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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 23, 2023 at 10:15 p.m.
Thread: Kuzmenko
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CoopsTroops</b></div><div>I hate seeing Tampa pop up in the trade lists of Vancouver ACGMs (for obvious reasons), but this might be the one I agree with.

Firstly, I think Kuzmenko makes more sense than Horvat.
Play Kuzmenko on the top line w/ Kuch and Point and that frees up Hagel to re-form the shutdown line w/ Cirelli and Killorn.

And Stamkos (no offense to him) can do whatever he wants w/ Paul and Colton on the third.

My opinion is we need a shutdown line to win, and nothing we have now qualifies as one. Unless we plan on adding a middle-6 forward to address that, freeing up Hagel would be my choice.

As for the trade, if Schenn's market turns out weaker than anticipated, I'd try to get him here too.</div></div>

So would the preference be a more defensive wing that can play with Paul and Colton like Trenin

Cause im kind of surprised by that as I thought with Paul Tampa had a kind of make shift shutdown line with Hagel and Colton and would be looking for someone on a nice cheap deal who could add to the offense along with reuniting with Schenn
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 23, 2023 at 10:10 p.m.
Thread: Kuzmenko
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>I would not honestly put it past Tampa in this case

As where are they gonna find a 20+ goal scorer for under 1mill

Plus Kuzmenko and Kucherov would be terrifying together.</div></div>

I hate seeing Tampa pop up in the trade lists of Vancouver ACGMs (for obvious reasons), but this might be the one I agree with.

Firstly, I think Kuzmenko makes more sense than Horvat.
Play Kuzmenko on the top line w/ Kuch and Point and that frees up Hagel to re-form the shutdown line w/ Cirelli and Killorn.

And Stamkos (no offense to him) can do whatever he wants w/ Paul and Colton on the third.

My opinion is we need a shutdown line to win, and nothing we have now qualifies as one. Unless we plan on adding a middle-6 forward to address that, freeing up Hagel would be my choice.

As for the trade, if Schenn's market turns out weaker than anticipated, I'd try to get him here too.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 21, 2023 at 11:54 a.m.
Thread: Without Caufield
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ricochetii</b></div><div>Might need to conduct a review into why that is the case.
To be fair to training/medical staff, that's a little skewed with Price/Weber and Drouin/Gallagher, but it's not a good sign when the latter get back into action only to get injured again within a handful of games.
Nothing may come of it. Perhaps everyone is doing their job well and it is simply bad luck after all, but it can't hurt.
Are players being evaluated properly, are they being worked too hard, are they being cleared too quickly/easily?</div></div>

Price, Byron and Weber are definitely increasing the totals... Gallagher is what he is now.

Gallagher, Monahan, Edmundson and Drouin have earned the "injury-prone" label so I wouldn't say it's a team issue for these players.

But I do agree that Matheson, Monahan and Gally came back just for a handful of games before being sidelined again, which is weird and unnecessary given the team's place in the rankings.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 13, 2023 at 1:11 p.m.
Thread: French For Patron of Letters
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tryger</b></div><div>It's more likely Quick returns to form than Copley leading the team in the playoffs, Quick has had cold streaks before but he has played 92 playoff games and was solid last year. I think the Kings stay pat at goal at the deadline, they have too much money between quick and petersen to keep adding to that pile.</div></div>

It's tough for me, because what you're saying makes sense, and the Kings have enough youth to be set up well for the next few years...but I also look at the Western Conference this year and see a lot of uncertainty. The Avalanche aren't even in playoff position right now and might take the year off after winning the Cup. Every team that's currently in playoff position has some big red flags - I think LA is in a really strong position to make a run, and if I was Rob Blake I'd be super tempted to cash in some of those young forwards for a veteran or two to close any holes on my roster. Maybe it's not Varly, but I can easily see the Kings being a major player at this year's deadline.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 13, 2023 at 12:56 p.m.
Thread: French For Patron of Letters
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tryger</b></div><div>You are asking the Kings to pay a 2nd to waive a goaltender who has gone 12-2 for the season at as close to the league minimum as you can. I don't see that happening.</div></div>

Yeah, the deal would be completely dependent on what Copley does between now and the deadline. Personally, I hate being a wet blanket, but I just don't see him holding up through the playoffs - that shiny 12-2-0 record is built on the back of a .904 SV%, which just doesn't seem sustainable. Out of every goalie who's played as many games as Copley (14), that .904 ranks 29th in the league. He's been buoyed by the Kings scoring 52 goals in his 14 starts (3.71 GF), compared to 3.23 in their other 31 games. I think the likelihood that he turns back into a pumpkin is looking pretty strong, unfortunately - but I'd love to be proven wrong, cuz he's a great story.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 20, 2023 at 12:45 p.m.
Thread: lou wakes up
-Personally don't think the Islanders as currently constructed should be sending out picks for veterans with high cap hits - as you said, the rest of the roster isn't contender-level and I don't think that adding Boeser is enough to drag them into the playoffs in the first place.

-Arizona says no; even if they don't, Varlamov and his 16-team NTC say no. You're basically giving them a more expensive rental goalie, a 1st next year, a 3rd, and a $250K obligation on top of that for an incredibly good goalie. Arizona might be taking the long way around a rebuild but Vejmelka is still young enough to be an important part of it - I don't see them moving him for anything short of an egregious overpay.

-Parise's third on the team in goals and makes the absolute league minimum. I could easily see him getting a 2nd or a 3rd &amp; an interesting prospect at the deadline - dude plays all three phases of the game, and can slide up and down the lineup. Smart contenders love a Swiss army knife like him - he can do anything you ask him to.
Forum: Mock-DraftJan. 20, 2023 at 9:44 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 13, 2022 at 9:18 p.m.
Thread: This team stinks without Pasta and Bergeron
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Boltsbeathabs</b></div><div>No they weren't replaced. Same basic team that had just won the cup minus Bogo, Shattenkirk That reads like a like of back tracking to me!! ok 2 good teams 🙄. Excuses</div></div>

They weren't "replaced" because the Lightning could just keep two of Killorn/Palat/Gourde/Cernak/Sergachev instead of having to trade them and Stamkos being placed on LTIR let them acquire Savard.

If we include Kucherov to the opening day roster:
Palat-Point-Kucherov
Killorn-Cirelli-Stamkos
Coleman-Gourde-Goodrow
Maroon-Johnson-Joseph

Hedman-Rutta
McDonagh-Cernak
Sergachev-Schenn
Foote

Vasilevskiy
McElhinney

This is a $90.03M cap 21-man roster with no extra forward. Salary cap was $81.5M that season. Kucherov being placed on LTIR was the reason they could keep at least two players so "Kucherov was replaced"
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 12, 2022 at 5:49 p.m.