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Hackadart

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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 8, 2020 at 10:40 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 8, 2020 at 10:34 p.m.
Thread: LEAFS POWERHOUSE TEAM READY TO START THE NEXT NHL DYNASTY
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hackadart</b></div><div>I like the confidence, we need more leafs fans like you, a lot get slammed by too many other fans to say this stuff but it’s true, they have so many elite pieces and an amazing goalie, once they Mature figure out the fringe pieces this team is head and shoulders above the vast majority of other teams in the league right now</div></div>

Thanks for the compliment. You can either choose to be a believer or a nonbeliever in life and the true believers are the people who go on to accomplish major things in life. The Leafs under Dubas are building a true powerhouse team and organization and the rest of the NHL actually knows it even if alot of viewers on Capfriendly are not believers yet.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 27, 2020 at 7:37 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 2, 2019 at 9:41 a.m.
Thread: After Hyman and Dermott are healthy
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hackadart</b></div><div>I think every person in the room and in management sees how awesome Hyman is even when fans that don’t know hockey and just like the fancy moves that Hyman doesn’t do, don’t. Hyman is a beast and would be missed on that top line, don’t believe it? Let’s see is Tavares scores at a 50 pace and Marner 100 Point while Hyman is out, I’ll bet not and I’ll bet their plus minus takes a hit, so don’t worry about these fans saying Hyman is gonna be moved cause the team is much smarter than they</div></div>

I think they'll still be productive but the line will change a bit from where they were really successful. Hyman adds a cycle element and a lot of havoc in front that I just never see from Kapanen. I think what we'll see is Tavares and Marner having a lot more rush chances but they'll also give up more rush chances and they won't have as good possession stats. If Kapanen has a quick start, which is very possible, fans will go nuts when he gets moved down when Hyman returns.

Clearly reality doesn't matter much to many fans because Kapanen gets so much love despite him scoring at a slower pace than Hyman last year and not doing a lot of the special things that Hyman does. Kapanen completely disappeared last season and yet he gets all the love. Hyman scores 20 and he's a bum. This is just a biproduct of the lunacy that is our society these days. Nylander is another example of this, no matter what he does this year he'll get very little respect. If he scores 130 points and wins the art ross, there will be loads of people calling him overrated and riding off Matthews coattails.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 30, 2019 at 10:28 a.m.
Thread: After Hyman and Dermott are healthy
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Goulet</b></div><div>You should pay attention to what the Leafs are actually doing and not what your beliefs are.
And who has time for video games?</div></div>

Worst winger and was yet somehow 2/3rds of JT's line when he had his best single season in his career. Hyman isn't flashy, he doesn't have great hands, isn't the best stick handler, sure. But he's big, he battles in front creating space and havoc for the goalie to see through, he gets the puck back, plays great defence, hits people, draws penalties, those are the reasons why he is not replaceable currently on the team. Who else goes to the net? Tavares does, but he also does a million other things and you don't really want an elite centre taking abuse from defenceman in the grease all the time. Johnsson tries but he's also 5'10" and a 180 pounds. Kapanen doesn't have a net front presense, Mikheyev may be able to do some of that but he hasn't shown it yet. Korshkov could be a replacement, but he is still pretty raw. So until someone comes up and proves they can be sound defensively, forecheck better than most, be a net presence and kill penalties and on top of all that be a 20 goal scorer, Hyman is the best person for the JT line.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 30, 2019 at 10:15 a.m.
Thread: After Hyman and Dermott are healthy
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Laudan</b></div><div>You are on the spot here, but things will go different way from one and only reason ( to lazy to write again ) :



When Hyman comes back, your max Roster is 21 men with 3k in the pot as OP just show.......

Is it doable ? Yes
Is it comfortable ? No</div></div>

Anyone who uses Dubarelli in his statements is short sighted and old school and doesn't think long term. Is Nylander overpaid? I don't think so, he makes less than 7 million for the next 5 years and I believe he'll be a 80+ a year player. Is Matthews? No, he's a generational talent and one of the best centres in the game already, what's his ceiling? Likely less overall points than McDavid but since his team is way better than Edmonton, I'd wager he'll go down as the one with more sustained team success. To get Matthews to 8 years it would have cost a lot more 12.5 million a season, but it doesn't really matter. Matthews is going to be the best player on the ice most of the time, he'll earn his money. End of story, end of debate, every thing else on Matthews is just a stupid argument. Marner got too much but its still not a problem. He'll be above a point a game for his contract and he'll be an important part to the teams success. Those are the 3 big beefs people like you seem to have and its a stupid short sighted beef. I understand the idea that if you would have given these guys shorter deals like the rest of the RFA's took, you would be able to spend more somewhere else like keeping Gardiner but then what happens in 2-3 years when these other RFAs are up for their next contracts. What is Point going to command if he scores 100 points and 50 goals once in the next 3 years? He'll command an 8 year deal in the 13-14 million region. Same with Laine, or any of the others. But again most of that is moot, why? Because star players earn their keep. The single biggest problem in the cap era is overpaying depth guys for success that comes off the backs of others. Where Tampa is paying guys like Killorn and Palat 5 million for several years, TO is paying younger better players less money and have the flexibility to make moves to fix other issues. Like the trade of Kadri to Colorado. Things get tight next season? Trade Kapanen for a defensive upgrade. He's young, has a lot of potential, and will bring back a great return from teams that need speed and scoring help.

As for Hyman, and all your other thoughts on burying depth to make sure they don't score enough to get an extra million or two, that is literally the worst idea I have ever heard. Lets just go ahead and make our team worse so we can save some bucks here and there. There are no words to explain how bad that is.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 29, 2019 at 10:34 a.m.
Thread: After Hyman and Dermott are healthy
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hackadart</b></div><div>Nvm ur right, Idk why I thought he had like a $3M signing bonus, so that will make him more difficult to trade, but even still GMs must see some value in him if both Dorion and Dubas didn’t let him walk, not like this is a contract that used to be good and turned bad, two nhl GMs honestly thought it was worth signing him so I gotta assume other GMs might feel the same even if most fans dont</div></div>

The issue becomes what <a href="/users/palhal" target="_blank">@palhal</a> said. If he's good, the Leafs can't really trade him because they need him and if he's bad, he's an anchor that will cost the Leafs to be rid of even if he's on an expiring deal simply because of leverage. I doubt very much so that he'd cost what Marleau did to unload and likely would just end up being a cap dump as part of a larger trade to bring in an upgrade from a non-playoff team who could actually use a bad defenseman to improve their lottery odds. It'll be interesting to see. I'm honestly shocked you weren't right in him being cheap to unload though, seems like giving him a big signing bonus that would make him appealing to a budget team would have made sense but I'm sure there's a reason they didn't.