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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 1, 2021 at 2:27 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 20, 2021 at 3:21 p.m.
Thread: my lines jan 20 2021 vs Vancouver
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>habsfan01</b></div><div>YES PLEASE</div></div>

So this is my take on this. I love Armia, I really do, but Toffoli is a goal scorer that is not the best in the neutral zone. Armia does not have major speed, so that means not much speed on the wings for KK, which means he is doing most of the puck carrying, which is putting a lot of pressure on him. A little side bar, 22 years ago I had 4 good offensive players down the middle and I only needed 3. I took my best 3 and traded the 4th one. His parents were livid and called me all kinds of names. It is not the their son was not good, I simply had 3 better ones. All three had amazing offensive seasons and went to higher levels. Same with Armia, he is a good player but in the current line up, having him and Toffoli as KK's wingers is not helping.

So, I say trade Armia, you should get a decent return. Move Toffoli to RW, move Byron up to LW, thus you now have your speed and insert Perry or someone else on 4th line.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 9, 2021 at 8:47 p.m.
Thread: The only trades that actually make sense
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HabsRealGM</b></div><div>Agree to disagree I guess. I think KK is definitely better than a 3C. I think we've only seen a small sample size and from what I've seen he has all skills to be a 1C or 2C, he just hasn't put it together yet. Up till now he's been a kid. He got drafted 3rd overall for a reason. Everyone develops slightly different. 2 years is a big difference when you're talking about 22 vs. 19.I haven't seen enough PLD to know all his intangibles but I'm pretty high on KK as a pretty complete player. Don't see the need at this point to make a trade if CBJ want KK +... Too much to lose when you could hold onto the chips you have. Agree, Weber much better then and now. It is similar situation though.</div></div>

For KK being better than a 3C, I'm talking about right now. There are no guarantees he develops into anything more. There's a real good shot he does, but nothing is guaranteed. I'm not saying KK is a bust or anything (Way too early to even consider that), I'm just talking about who will be the better player. Dubouis is 22 so everything you are saying about KK is the same for PLD. Neither players are even in their primes yet.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 8, 2021 at 2:08 p.m.
Thread: What would your team be willing to give up for PLD
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Duggysdanglers</b></div><div>There’s nothing left on your roster to entice CBJ. You would have to let go of one of those guys.
Kotkaniemi and Suzuki should be made available. Danault and Tatar could be had as UFAs. Untouchables on Habs should be: Weber, Price, Romanov, Drouin(?), Caufield and a few others.
Have give in order to get. CBJ does not have to trade right away.</div></div>

I literally said that Columbus wouldn’t be interested in a trade. We don’t need PLD, so we obviously wouldn’t give up any significant part of our team unless there’s a benefit in the swap (ie. the age of Danault vs. Dubois).

Edit: Also, you clearly haven’t watched the habs of you think that Suzuki isn’t the most valuable player in the organization. (Trade-wise)
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 7, 2021 at 11:58 p.m.
Thread: Creating Dubois trades that make sense
Thats too much from MTL... Maybe if Dubois was an established 70 pts C but he's only had one season over 60 pts (i know hes 22). What Im trying to say is that giving up Danault extended (28 yo) and whos a 50pts+ elite defensive C who will be loved by his coach, Caufield who's got great chances of becoming a 30 goals/60pts+ kinda guy and Struble who's honestly the most underrated prospect that we have (the kid's got it all tbh), simply isnt worth it then (even for a local kid like Dubois).

I think considering the situation CLB is in (in terms of competing for a Stanley cup), replacing Caufield with Tatar would be much more fair and would actually work money wise for MTL. OR I saw some trades earlier in which Danault, Guhle and a first were offered. Considering our amazing depth of defensemen prospects and our pile of picks in the last few draft, we could definitely make that kind of trade.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 8, 2021 at 3:25 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 8, 2021 at 3:49 p.m.
Thread: The only trades that actually make sense
I have made a few Dubois trades myself and included KK in a couple. OK is not the player I would give up for Dubois if I had my choice. And I definitely am not giving up both KK and Danault. Montreal is not trading 2 Centers for 1 especially not one they view to be a Barkov type player in the future and Danault who is one of the best 2 way centers in the league. I only ever in Clyde one of alDanault or KK in any proposal and prefer the Danault proposals as Danault fits with Columbus' win now mentality. A package of Danault + Tatar + Norlinder with both Tuna and Danault extended has more than enough value for Dubois. However even if we don't trade for Dubois I would be just as happy with the team we have now. So yes having Dubois would be great but IMO it doesn't improve the team enough to go out of our way and overpay significantly for him.