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Forum: Armchair-GMSun. at 4:19 p.m.
Thread: No Big Acquisitions Yet Watch and Wait for 2025 Off-Season
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JK74</b></div><div>I think they're so infatuated with Xhekaj that it would take a gross overpayment to get him. I was thinking Kovacevic instead and extending him immediately. Dach may end up lost in the mix in the next few years anyways with the college and junior players making the leap.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>habs_trade_churner_50</b></div><div>I agree. We are very high on Florian. Kovacevic we would be willing to move. Jesse Ylonen is just buried on our roster, has sick mitts (albeit not consistent). The other two players will unlikely impact the hawks. But Gignac can play hustle player on the 4th line, and an extra defender in the minors is not terrible. (You can also let Norlidner and Ylonen walk)

I do not see the Habs going higher than a second + Kovacevic for Colton Dach. (ofc any of the aforementioned 3 players we would add to make the trade a tad more enticing.</div></div>

As high as MTL fans are on Florian, CHI should be more so on Dach. Kavacevic isn't interesting or valuable enough, imo.
Forum: Armchair-GMSun. at 9:03 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMSun. at 8:59 a.m.
Thread: Dream boat
Vlasic is getting at least three times that amount, and more than likely with term. He will be CHI's top pairing LD for many years to come, unless of course Korch or another prospect takes some HUGE steps and passes him up, which I don't see happening. Even then, he will be a very solid 2nd pairing guy. Also, Samuelsson is looking like a bad-ish contract for BUF. Not that he is awful or anything, but they might have prematurely signed him for too much money and term.

I could definitely see scenarios where they move on from Allan, Athanasiou, and/or most of our picks, as I could for most players on CHI's current roster, but not to add an LD. That would be a pointless move.

Reinhart will more than likely get more money this summer, and probably isn't looking to join a rebuild at this point in his career. I highly doubt Kane will be back in CHI. I don't mind the Montour signing, though. I think he would be an interesting partner for Korchinski.
Forum: Armchair-GMSun. at 8:24 a.m.
Thread: Wings
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JoeROFLCOPTER</b></div><div>What do you think eating 2M for a year'll cost?</div></div>

Closer to $2.5M, but, probably something in the realm of a 3rd, maybe slightly more, with nothing going back to DET. I think CHI would prefer to package their own picks together, in combination with taking on cap, to increase the value they are receiving, as well.

The thing is, CHI's GM just announced yesterday in an exit interview/presser that they want to make improvements and that they don't feel they can have a repeat of this season, being at the bottom of the standings. Some of that is certainly lip service and we shouldn't expect too much improvement. Also, players have to WANT to sign with CHI, which is probably a tough sell right now. A lot of CHI's failures this season can be attributed to the mountain of injuries they sustained, but I doubt they are looking to add more cap dumps or injury prone players, they likely want to add more leadership and skill. Also, i'd be willing to bet CHI is on his "No Trade List".

A lot of teams have been stubborn the last couple of years not wanting to pay the price for their mistakes, and they likely missed their window to dump their problems on CHI. CHI presented themselves as an option and every team passed and colluded in attempts to drive down the cost of moving cap. So, there will probably be other teams with cap space that are willing to help teams out for a price, i guess, but it's unlikely to be CHI anymore, unless they are receiving something that is a big need and/or is too good to pass up. Maybe working something out around a desirable prospect could work. CHI should be in the market for high end forwards and RD.
Forum: Armchair-GMSat. at 9:07 p.m.
Thread: Hawks
Seeing as Kyle Davidson plans on making some meaningful transactions this summer, I think that makes it a lot more likely that we see guys like Slaggert, Kaiser, and maybe even Nazar and Korchinski, seeing significant time in the AHL. Whatever happens with them, I don't think any of them will have a roster spot handed to them. There will likely be competition. This definitely addresses some of that, but there might be even more, honestly. Probably not any super high profile FA's, but guys that will give young players a run for their money. I like the idea of Marchessault, and Chatfield a lot. I wouldn't mind bringing Domi back to CHI, too.

Regardless, good job! I'm excited for what they are going to do this summer, now, but I'm also a little worried that KD is feeling too much pressure way too soon. But maybe some of it is just lip service, and honestly, CHI wouldn't have been quite as bad this year if it wasn't for the mountain of injuries they had. We'll see, though. Gonna be an interesting summer and season.