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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 29, 2020 at 8:35 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 20, 2020 at 4:53 p.m.
Thread: Really Nice Team
Unpopular opinion time:
I honestly think we don't need to add on defence:

Sandin is ready to have a breakout year after a dominant AHL performance last year and a productive call-up. He has also shown he can play right-side and would not be surprised if he ended up with Rielly. Muzzin and Holl are already a great pairing and don't need to be touched. That leaves us with Dermott and Lehtonen who I'm fine with playing together. So basically, we have a solid second pairing, a wildcard bottom pairing with two guys set to explode this year, and a mediocre top pairing.

People often overlook the fact that an elite defencemen like Rielly doesn't need another elite defencemen, they need someone who plays a complimentary game, like Hainsey. People also overlook the fact that Dermott is already a solid 2nd pairing defensemen at the ripe age of 23. He was a year younger then DeMelo was when he was part of the Karlsson trade, and Dermott is significantly better then DeMelo was at that time. It's ridiculous to think people want to ship Dermott of for scraps just to go sign him.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 17, 2019 at 1:55 p.m.
Thread: Trading Ceci
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>csick</b></div><div>Ceci is a tank machine</div></div>

I really don't think Ceci is as bad as he was in Ottawa. If nothing else, simply playing on an elite team like Toronto will fix a lot of his blemishes or at the very least not make them seem as apparent as they were in Ottawa these past few years. Would Ceci be a black hole of a player on TB? Can anyone be that bad on a team like that? I don't think they can even if they tried. I think his only problem is that he was played as a top pairing/ high minute top 4 on an overall bad team which he is not capable of baring the load on. Doesn't mean he is bad, simply means he was deployed incorrectly. Similar to Risto in Buffalo, the team was forced to put a player not good enough to bare the big work load in that spot and he is getting the criticism for not being able to handle it. Maybe the coaching staff needs to deploy the player correctly more than the player needs to master the position he's not capable of doing.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 16, 2019 at 8:45 p.m.
Thread: The Leafs with Hyman and Dermott
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>borealis</b></div><div>After signing Big Four, Leafs can't afford to pay $2.250m for Hyman's skill set. He will be 28 in June. Imo, either trade him for prospects or seek to resign him at +$700k. There are plenty of twenty-somethings in NHL who would can deliver the services that Hyman provides and would be thrilled to play with Tavares. Careful cap mgmt is sad reality of recent signings...and, imo, Hyman is overpaid for what he delivers. Leafs will need $ for likes of Dermott, Freddie, etc.</div></div>

21 goals in 71 goals with no PP time. Don't know many players that make just 2.25m that can provide that productivity at such a low price. He's one of the better bargains for 20 goal, 40 point players in the league not on ELCs.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 19, 2019 at 9:23 p.m.