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Forum:
Armchair-GM
20 hours ago
Thread:
TDL moves
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>exo2769</b></div><div>So my personal opinion is that next year is easier for Vegas than last year. Martinez is gone, but they're playing Hague to fill in with either AP or Theo. So...yes I do think a 2nd is good...and could help Vegas find UFAs. I'm not 100% sure they'd do it. They managed their cap problems.</div></div>
Very sound logic all around
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Armchair-GM
20 hours ago
Thread:
Trading Kakko
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>habsfan01</b></div><div>again overrated. he has minimal defence, goalscorisg is about 30 goals (in his prime) average (similar to Kadri)</div></div>
Dude, please stop. Lol
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Armchair-GM
Fri at 8:59 pm
Thread:
PLD idea
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Wadejos123</b></div><div>I get that you aern't the biggest dach fan but let's not let recency bias of his injury distract us from the fact that Dach looked really good in the bubble. I guess I stated the origonal comment wrong. Dach is way more valuable to Chicago than PLD would be, which I think is what you are saying in your reply</div></div>
Believe me, I’m not taking his injury into account so much as I was just making mention of it. I agree, Dach is more valuable to the hawks than PLD to the jackets. But 1v1, due respect, Dach isn’t even in the same sport as PLD. One decent playoff bubble against the oilers and sorta the knights (sorta....) doesn’t change that. PLD has had three solid years in the show and is a 1C.
That’s absolutely nothing against Dach, but hawks fans gotta stop minting this guy over 10 decent games.
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Armchair-GM
Fri at 8:24 pm
Thread:
PLD idea
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Beetlejuice</b></div><div>Ik that and I still stand by my statement</div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Wadejos123</b></div><div>Dach is more valuable than PLD</div></div>
I mean, by all metrics, stats, and what not, that’s just blatantly false. However, you have the right to your opinions of course.
Dach’s only value related to superseding PLD is the fact that the hawks are god awful and desperately need him whereas Columbus has a solid team from top to bottom where PLD is 1C. In other words, Columbus isn’t desperate for PLD even though they’d be stupid to not want him, whereas Dach is already treated as the boy king of Chicago. Other than that, Dach doesn’t mean **** all next PLD as it stands.
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Armchair-GM
Fri at 6:28 pm
Thread:
PLD idea
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Beetlejuice</b></div><div>Ik the trade is bad but Dach value is more than PLD, PLD value is closer to Debrincat or Kubalik and prospect</div></div>
Whoa whoa, due respect but Dach isn’t worth PLD much less worth more. PLD is already a number one and Dach is missing a year of development with a hell of a messed up wrist.
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Armchair-GM
Thu at 5:21 pm
Thread:
Change of scenery
I feel like hawks fans are just now starting to realize how, not “bad,” but subpar our young players are. Boqvist is just doing bad, period. I’ll admit that a huge part of that is Colliton and bull**** man on man defense. Debrincat can’t score goals on his own. Strome is at least smart and cerebral but lacks a great deal of the skill of top end players. It really getting to the point that Kane and toews asking for trades really would be best for this team long term. We could get a decent return still.
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Armchair-GM
Thu at 12:42 am
Thread:
Be Honest
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bolts_Fan_Dan</b></div><div>As someone whose had their own gun in their mouth before It is about as serious as it gets.
Got a lot of help</div></div>
Well I’d say I’m very thankful you’re still with us brother. We need good people in this world.
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Armchair-GM
Wed at 11:07 pm
Thread:
Be Honest
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BulinWall</b></div><div>Mental illness is a serious issue. If it is, it would be great if Toews comes out about it cause I think there could be a bunch of players in the league suffering with it too but are worried about the negative PR or whatever. Look what happened to Paul Ranger. And he just left</div></div>
Not a doubt. It’s very serious and I, along with everyone, truly hopes he is getting the help he needs.
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Armchair-GM
Wed at 10:43 pm
Thread:
Be Honest
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pharrow</b></div><div>I mean if you are Kane, what's your motivation at this point?
I'd be asking for a trade. Team is going no where, he's 32, the clock is ticking. How many years does he have left at top play. All players fade. 1, 2 maybe 3 max where he can say he can legit keep up.
It's time for him to move on if this is gonna be the team going forward.</div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>exo2769</b></div><div>How good is PIT without Crosby? They're not contenders without him. Would you expect Malkin to ask for a trade? IDK. I think guys have a bit more pride.</div></div>
At this point, toews medical condition being factored in, I totally see Kane and toews not finishing their careers in Chicago. It’s just an ugly situation that isn’t 2-3 years from being fixed. It’s more like 5 years. There is no motivation with Kane at this moment honestly. With toews, I fear (and this is pure speculation), that depression is starting to play a role in his condition. Superstars like Kane and toews never should have lost the chance to compete at 29 years old, it should be around 34-35. Boston’s superstars and Pittsburgh’s superstars don’t have this problem. So what’s the solution for Kane and toews?
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Armchair-GM
Tue at 10:37 am
Thread:
Colliton
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheJonSnow</b></div><div>Cheap contract while things are tight for the next few years. Confirms the rebuild IMO. Stan and org seem to be high on him developing young players so goes along with the rebuild. I am not a fan of the extension, just my opinion on the why.</div></div>
I’ll be honest, I took this the same way you did. Rebuilding and developing wise. However, I do have to question how well he has actually developed any players. Who has he left a mark on exactly? Dach? Not really, hawks didn’t even have to develop him. Boqvist? Eh, I can see maybe from the defensive side but offensively it kind of feels like Colliton is stifling him. Nylander? I mean, nope.
As I said, I thought the same way you did. However, as I look at it closer, I just don’t know if I believe he’s that great of a developer. Then again, neither is the entire organization really. On the off chance he does develop them, though, they will be more or less Colliton style players right? Does that exactly set them up to be successful with an actual winning coach?
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Armchair-GM
Mon at 8:33 pm
Thread:
Top 25 Hawks Prospects
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Beetlejuice</b></div><div>Mitchell had a great season with denver, he's a natural leader, and I see Mitchell more esstential to the future than Beaudin, and I could also see Mitchell wearing an "A" later in his career with the Hawks if he plans out</div></div>
Truth be told, if his ability and leadership at Denver translates to a full NHL career, he’s the guy who should wear the C down the road. Guy is a total “lead by example” style player. Don’t wanna get ahead of ourselves, but he’s as ready as he’ll ever be at this point.
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Armchair-GM
Jan 10 at 5:57
Thread:
PLD for Kubs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>exo2769</b></div><div>I would love to see PLD as a Hawks. I think this is the classic quantity vs quality. CBJ should want more quality in return for a #1C.</div></div>
Well put. Kuba is a good piece, but everything else just doesn’t add any/enough quality. Plenty of quantity, not nearly enough quality. PLD should fetch an immense return, especially since he’d immediately be 1C on over half the teams in this league, maybe more.
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Armchair-GM
Jan 6 at 3:07
Thread:
Because hey just laugh
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SlickWilly</b></div><div>I think you mean Kane</div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HadesOfSoCal</b></div><div>I think you mean Matthews</div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PreemoForGM</b></div><div>I think you mean Kariya</div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HabsFan77</b></div><div>zegras is the new laine</div></div>
I think you all mean Zegras.
Forum:
Mock-Draft
Jan 3 at 1:19
Thread:
Re-Doing the 2019 draft (Lots of World Junior Players)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheFlamingC</b></div><div>Zegras will likely have a better rookie season than the other 3 but I seriously doubt he has a better current season than both of Kakko and Hughes. Dach was down there because it is a personal goal or dream of his to play for Canada and this may have been his only shot. I know you said not to say that but that's why. He wanted to represent his country as a personal goal and dream of his. He could have just as easily gotten injured at Hawks camp.</div></div>
Now ya see, I’d gladly say he’ll have as good a current season as the other three (or kakko and Hughes in this case). I just think he’s that ready. Same with laf and stutzle. As for Dach, I’ll never respect or understand that decision. He shoulda gone last year when he was in the middle of that ridiculous scoring slump. The only excuse last year was the NHL going on, but this year he still woulda missed a lot of camp and getting back to NHL speed. Dach is an “nhl player” (loosely), and the fact that his focus was anywhere but the hawks is just selfish. Dream or no dream, you still have to take these incidents possibly happening into account.
Forum:
Mock-Draft
Jan 3 at 1:09
Thread:
Re-Doing the 2019 draft (Lots of World Junior Players)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheFlamingC</b></div><div>Because Zegras would have been more unbearably bad. Now he's marinated for a year and is ready. Dach, Hughes and Kakko weren't ready to be stars but they were ready to be NHLers, something Zegras wasn't ready for. I don't think you understand how much better the NHL is than the next best league. Let's take Linden Vey for example. 9th in KHL scoring and hasn't played in the NHL for almost 4 years because he isn't good enough, yet he can dominate KHL players</div></div>
I’m not questioning league strength at all. But I just find it ironic to invoke the whole one year older statement when the last yearly be the only year that each of the first three are considered better than the rest. It’s embarrassing from the top three. I’d still take Zegras over the top 3 simply because he was given an extra year to be fully ready, and does he ever. Plus, now Dach, for his ****ing and pleading to the hawks to let him play in the WJC, is now out for the year. Keep in mind Dach is an NHLer like you said, so what’s he wasting his time down there for? Please no answers like, “any experience is good experience” or “it’s opportunity to captain your country.”
Forum:
Mock-Draft
Jan 3 at 12:51
Thread:
Re-Doing the 2019 draft (Lots of World Junior Players)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheFlamingC</b></div><div>Yes, but at a year older than at the other 3 rookie years</div></div>
I don’t get that. Why does everyone make such a big deal on that? That’s like me saying the three didn’t deserve to be in the NHL seeing how awful they were because their teams were desperate. Everyone responds, “yea, but they made it.” Doesn’t change unbearably bad they were.
Forum:
Mock-Draft
Jan 3 at 12:36
Thread:
Re-Doing the 2019 draft (Lots of World Junior Players)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheFlamingC</b></div><div>Ok but they still did and that’s not nothing. It wasn’t up to expectations but they were still NHLers. I doubt Zegras could have done that. If he could have made the team out of camp he would have. Dach, Hughes and Kakko all made the team and he didn’t</div></div>
True, but Zegras’ case he never went to camp. He just went straight to college. I agree he probably wouldn’t have made the team out of camp, but I’d be willing to bet he’s gonna have a better rookie season than all three of the others.
Forum:
Mock-Draft
Jan 3 at 2:49
Thread:
Re-Doing the 2019 draft (Lots of World Junior Players)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>XQOM</b></div><div>Such recency bias. Just because he is killing it at the NHL doesn't mean he deserves a spot over any of the three NHLers.
Kakko had such an awful first season so i'm going Dach > Kakko.
Zegras' NCAA season was good but doesn't move him near the 1st pick.</div></div>
Like I said, they were each awful in their own ways and history shows that even more. Ya can’t say one deserves to be over the other a year on. As far as I’m concerned, 1-3 is still the same. In five years time, sure, we can readdress this, but to suggest Dach was light years better then the other two is just brutal. That’s basically setting the bar as low as possible to make him look good.
Forum:
Mock-Draft
Jan 3 at 2:45
Thread:
Re-Doing the 2019 draft (Lots of World Junior Players)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheFlamingC</b></div><div>Bro, there's a reason Zegras didn't play on an NHL team and Hughes, Kakko and Dach did.</div></div>
Which was what? They each were god awful and as I stated, had one of the worst rookie seasons by a trifecta in history statistically speaking. None of the three of them should have ever played in the nhl this year. They were each a joke in their own way.
Forum:
Mock-Draft
Jan 2 at 2:29
Thread:
Re-Doing the 2019 draft (Lots of World Junior Players)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>XQOM</b></div><div>Dach had a better first season than Hughes in almost every category (Advanced and regular stats), still very close but having that many arrows is wrong.
You can swap Zegras and Cozens, they are really close.
- Cozens having a 113 point pace in a normal full season (WHL). Better playmaker
- Zegras having 36 points in 33 games (NCAA). Better skater
Both are tearing it up in the WJC, and have strong all around offensive games. This one really is a toss up, both stud risers.</div></div>
You also gotta remember, the trifecta of hughes, Kakko, and Dach had one of the worst statistical rookie years cumulative in the history of the NHL. As such, saying that Dach was better than Hughes by certain numbers isn’t saying much at all. They each we’re bad in their own ways.
Also, Trevor Zegras is a monster, pure and simple. He is BY FAR the best pure playmaker in the 2019 draft class. I truly believe he’ll be the best player in the draft class.
1. Zegras
2. Hughes
3. Kakko
4. Dach
Suffice to say, I’d take Zegras over any player in that draft at present in a redraft.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 2 at 2:22
Thread:
2018 redraft
Problem with boqvist is he isn’t played the right way. It’s down to the coach to let the cuffs off him. I wouldn’t say boqvist isn’t as good as advertised cuz he hasn’t been given the opportunity to play the way he was advertised.
Forum:
Mock-Draft
Jan 2 at 1:12
Thread:
Future Captain America
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Rob32sjsharks</b></div><div>Joe Pavelski is captain America until he retires there is no point looking.</div></div>
How do you figure he is exactly?
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Dec 31, 2020 at 3:12
Thread:
If Kane and Toews ever hit eject
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BCAPP</b></div><div>Kane is worth more (though I don't think clb would trade him they need him), Toews is worth less if I know vgks prospects well (that's a blue chip and whatever is just below blue chip prospect right?)
Kane is still playing at near Hart level year in year out.
Toews had 2 or so years where he was playing like a 1b centre (a #1 c on a bad team or a #2 on a contender) then bounced back to a legit number 1 c this year. But in none of those years has he played like the hall of famer he was. He's still a very good player, but he is aging. If I were acquiring him I'd be kidding myself to think I'm getting 2012-2017 Toews. I'm getting 2020 Toews which is likely the last few years or even a little worse as he continues to age.
The only argument to increase his value is if one wants to argue Vegas needs that leader to take them over the top. But I'm not a guy who likes to pay for that sort of stuff as it's hard to truly quantify.</div></div>
Columbus pulled the swerve on us anyway, lol.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Dec 31, 2020 at 2:06
Thread:
PLD hype
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PleaseBanMeForMyOwnGood</b></div><div>Which is exactly what he is in Columbus.</div></div>
And apparently he doesn’t wanna be in Columbus.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Dec 31, 2020 at 1:15
Thread:
Scary Blues
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mokumboi</b></div><div>Scandella was not a question mark last season, and he might be playing with Parayko again. Faulk had his struggles last season, no doubt, but he was excellent the last 20 games or so and in the bubble. Hopefully, he's sorted himself out.</div></div>
Either way, it’s gonna be fun watching it fall into place eh?
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