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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 8, 2022 at 6:13 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 8, 2022 at 5:40 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 7, 2022 at 12:07 p.m.
Thread: Second line center
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JayTea</b></div><div>Any idea why he's only played 31 games this year? His transaction history has him listed on NHL Non-roster for 7 days last month so that's probably COVID protocol but the Jets didn't play 11 games in that timeframe so has he been injured?</div></div>

I haven't exactly followed the Jets closely this year, but IIRC he was just coming back from injury when he got put into protocol. All I know is he's playing now, and playing well.

Furthermore, he has a history of being moved at the deadline before and has shown to be a successful inclusion for the teams acquiring him that year. It's not exactly new to him, and he doesn’t seem to disrupt the lockerrooms of the team he gets dealt to either. Which is another key reason why we should consider him over others. Given our concerns about messing up our team chemistry moving forward.

He's also good on the dot too. So a boon there as well.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 5, 2022 at 10:53 p.m.
Thread: Fiala to NJ
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TanSor</b></div><div>I'm not suggesting he will get a top prospect, but it just doesn't make sense for us to trade him if we don't get a player like that in return. Fiala has streaks where he dominates and looks like one of the best players in the league (he's on one right with 9 goals and 16 points in his last 12 games, a 109 point pace over 82 games). He also has stretches where he looks severely snakebitten despite producing a bunch of chances. Overall Fiala is an electric line-driving player, he just hasn't been given talented linemates to capitalize on the chances he makes for nearly his entire Wild tenure. The last time he had one he had 26 points in 18 games during the bubble season with Eric Staal as his center. This year he and Boldy have some amazing chemistry and what do you know, he's on pace for nearly 70 points after his slow start to the season.

Sam Reinhart was playing with Jack Eichel when he put up those numbers. Buchnevich was playing with Zibanejad and Kreider. Fiala's most common linemates the past two seasons? Johansson and Victor Rask last season, and the shells of Mikko Koivu and Zach Parise the season before. If anything it's extremely impressive he produced at the rate he did with the anchors he had on his line.</div></div>

To further add to this.

Fiala is currently on a .83 PPG pace this year, and that's with the first half of the season, slow start, and not much help on his line until Boldy was added to it 10 games ago to drag the number down.

Next to either Hischier or Hughes as his center and potential wingmates of either Sharangovich or Holtz. That PPG of .83 is going to be on the low end for him if he's on the Devil's. You're not paying for a franchises past failings but for what the players actually capable of.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 5, 2022 at 10:37 p.m.
Thread: Fiala to NJ
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Devil</b></div><div>Why is his price so high?
His closest comparables would be Pavel Buchnevich and Sam Reinhart, both wingers in their mid 20s and RFAs.
In the prior 3 seasons (not including this season since it's not complete)
Sam Reinhart: 0.75 PPG
Pavel Buchnevich: 0.71 PPG
Kevin Fiala: 0.68 PPG

Reinhart went for late 1st + prospect
Buchnevich went for a 2nd + bottom 6 forward
There's no reason Fiala gets a top prospect like Hughes, Holtz, or Mercer</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>If you are talking about Hughes and Hischier, you are only setting yourself up for disappointment. He is not going to return a top player, a top pick or a top prospect without an extension agreed to. Think Sam Reinhart.</div></div>

I'm not suggesting he will get a top prospect, but it just doesn't make sense for us to trade him if we don't get a player like that in return. Fiala has streaks where he dominates and looks like one of the best players in the league (he's on one right with 9 goals and 16 points in his last 12 games, a 109 point pace over 82 games). He also has stretches where he looks severely snakebitten despite producing a bunch of chances. Overall Fiala is an electric line-driving player, he just hasn't been given talented linemates to capitalize on the chances he makes for nearly his entire Wild tenure. The last time he had one he had 26 points in 18 games during the bubble season with Eric Staal as his center. This year he and Boldy have some amazing chemistry and what do you know, he's on pace for nearly 70 points after his slow start to the season.

Sam Reinhart was playing with Jack Eichel when he put up those numbers. Buchnevich was playing with Zibanejad and Kreider. Fiala's most common linemates the past two seasons? Johansson and Victor Rask last season, and the shells of Mikko Koivu and Zach Parise the season before. If anything it's extremely impressive he produced at the rate he did with the anchors he had on his line.