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Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 28, 2020 at 2:56 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 28, 2020 at 11:54 a.m.
Thread: Athanasiou
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Eli</b></div><div>Oshie was on pace for 31g 58 p this year, playing all over the top nine. He's able to play RW, C, or LD on the Caps' top power play, as needed. He singlehandedly defeated Russia in the Olympic shootout.

Also, the rumor is that Edmonton is trying to cut salary and is not sure they can qualify Athanasiou. If the cap had gone up $5M, they woudln't make this trade. It didn't. They want to add a top six wing. They get that, here. They wish he were 18 years old. Good luck with that, at this price.</div></div>

I don't see how Oshie is really that significant an upgrade over James Neal. Like Neal, Oshie is 33 now but will be getting paid $5.75M until he's 38. Yamamoto or Athanasiou could probably do just as well on that 4th forward slot on that PP. They've had all of 9 regular season games with Athanasiou, hardly enough to say that he can't work with their system. Maybe I'm out of touch here but it just seems like Edmonton is giving up the two most desirable of the three pieces involved in that trade. A 33 year old, overpaid Oshie isn't a desirable asset to me.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 21, 2020 at 2:49 p.m.
Thread: Penguins 20-21
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>iFishyHD</b></div><div>Ennis is a much better offensive player than ZAR. Zach Aston Reese is an above average defensive player, and Ennis is about average. McCann is a good defensive center but needs to be surrounded by goal scorers. Comparing just raw point totals, Ennis had 70GP-16G-21A and ZAR had 57-6-7. Hornqvist is still good, but his cap hit is too high to allow us to truly upgrade the defense and 3rd line both. Smith is a slightly worse version of Hornqvist, but he also shoots the puck a lot more and controls the shot share more than Hornqvist when he is on the ice. Smith would even be a good option for the top 6 if Kapanen flames out in that role. Over the last 2 seasons Smith had 145 GP-39G-30A and Hornqvist 121GP-35G-34A.</div></div>

I could buy the concept of this if McCann were being relied on for scoring. If he does end up at 3C next season, the onus won't be on that line for scoring like it will be for the top two and PP. I can't see throwing away a really solid young defensive forward for a pick. You could convince me to trade away Hornqvist; I think he's declining quickly, but not ZAR. He's worth way more in Pittsburgh than any low round pick could offer.