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Hawkisles

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Forum: Armchair-GMTue at 1:41 pm
Thread: Question about Bellows
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Marcsnack</b></div><div>Those 13 games arent games he needs to play to be exposed. He will be exposed regardless if he plays those games or not.
Essentially, each team needs to expose 2 forwards and 1 dman that have played either 27 games this season or 54 games combined between this year and last AND be signed past this season.
Each team needs to respect those requirements to give Seattle a fair shot of drafting NHL players. Bellows completing those 13 games will not affect his eligibility in the expansion draft. He will be exposed regardless. A lot of people dont know this rule, so I dont blame you for not knowing haha. I hope I explained this clearly.</div></div>

Thank you, people keep saying “NYI will expose Bellows”, but gloss over the game requirement. Is the idea that the game requirement just whether or not a team is obligated to expose the player, and that the team can choose to expose the player even if they fall short of the game requirement?

Still, I’d think exposing, say, Bailey, Clutterbuck and Leddy gives the Kraken plenty to work with, right? That’s three NHL players with more than enough games right there. I guess I’m just confused on why the Isles expose Bellows if they’re not required to.
Forum: Armchair-GMMon at 3:24 pm
Thread: Big Fast Wing for Barzal if Trotz doesnt trust Wahlstrom
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Isles777</b></div><div>I don't think scratching wahltrom had anything to do with an injury - trotz just didn't want to say he was scratching him for a 4th line plug.

I really don't like zajac on barzal's wing. He's old , slow and can't really keep up with barzal. Beau or Palmieri are much better options</div></div>

Zajac’s been scoring well this season and Trotz’ scheme relies on having a 1st line power forward. He’s better than Komarov by a mile and for now, I’ll take it. Like I said, I’d prefer Wahl-Barzy-Ebs, but at least it’s not Leo-Barzy-Ebs. It also means having a stacked as hell middle 6. Maybe Trotz’ plan for the playoffs is to just burn opposing teams’ bottom 6s with our middle 6? I dunno.
Forum: Armchair-GMMon at 2:10 pm
Thread: Big Fast Wing for Barzal if Trotz doesnt trust Wahlstrom
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Isles777</b></div><div>It shouldn’t even be a debate. Are we sitting barzal next? We’re at the point where you only confidently say Nelson, barzal, and eberle are better than wahlstrom. That’s it. Taking him out of the lineup at any point going forward is a fireable offense.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I've said all along that if the kid's hurt or not 100%, let him rest and get him back in when he's fully healthy. But, if he's ready, get him back in immediately. He's proven he can play here, and should deserve to be an every night player at this point. <a href="https://t.co/lrLU24FT89" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://t.co/lrLU24FT89</a> <a href="https://t.co/N5waPYOGac" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/N5waPYOGac</a></p>— Ryan Grosso (@Ry_Gro) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ry_Gro/status/1381342046829608963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">April 11, 2021</a></blockquote>
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See, I agree with all that, I’m just saying we can’t risk injuring Wahlstrom so close to the playoffs. This team’s offense is completely flat without him, and I don’t see us winning the Cup without him.

Personally, I want to see a few games of him on the top line with Barzal. Let’s find out now before the playoffs if he can be that star winger for Barzy. But for now, I’m happy that they put Zajac in Komarov’s LW1 spot and Wahlstrom back on the 3rd line where he’s productive.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr 7 at 4:45
Thread: All In Based on What Ive Heard
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Isles777</b></div><div>LAK don’t have to move brown so we’d have to give up a ton of assets and be screwed next season just to get a 37 year old winger.

I’d bet hall will be a NYI in the next few days. It makes too much sense. He won’t cost a a lot in terms of assets and isles are one of the only teams that can take on his full salary</div></div>

I really don’t like the idea of acquiring Hall. Don’t feel like pitching futures for a guy who’s currently struggling. I get it could happen, but I’m not keen on it happening.

As for Brown, that’s fair, though I get a feeling exposing Leddy/Bailey in the expansion draft would help from a cap perspective. I’m just not a fan of rentals, they’re what you do when you’re already a frontrunner, not when you’re a contender.