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Forum: Armchair-GMTue. at 8:07 p.m.
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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 17 at 12:25 p.m.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CouldBeKoi</b></div><div>Not trying to be disrespectful or mean or anything of the sort but truly the Kraken would decline that so fast. Steeves and Villeneuve are not good prospects and a 3rd is nothing. Brodie is purely a camp dumb to make it work and provides no value. Larsson has one more year after this still under contract so they have no need deal him now, especially for such a weak package. Larsson is better than other D-men who have grabbed a first at a deadline ( Chiarot, Savard etc.) so he will command at the least that, considering the extra year as well. Also almost the entire Kraken roster is depth so even if you think Steeves is good they still don't even need him.</div></div>

Not trying to be disrespectful, but you haven't watched them play and I have. I watch on average 8 to 10 games a week of Leaf prospects. I know what they have down there far more than some dude who talks to someone who has talked to someone and tells a story like it is their idea. It just turned noon here. Since last night I've watched Moldenhauer, Malinowski, Grebyonkin, and Chadwick. I've still got a pair of Marlie games ready to go, another Malinowski, a Minten/Lisowsky/Chadwick, a Moldenhauer and the Leafs tonight.

Villeneuve is a year and a half away and I stated that but he's got talent and just needs runway.

As I understand it, Seattle depends on an attack that is so spread out you basically run out of defenders. They are losing three of those forwards from it in a matter of months (Eberle, Wennburg, Tatar). That's why they'd want Steeves. That guy is ready now. You put him with people who can play, he will produce. You put him on your fourth line he will give you an honest night's work, hit and defend. He is on Toronto in October if he is not traded.

And everyone under the sun acknowledges that both Savard and Chairot were overpays. Be that as it may, a 1st from Toronto is likely mid 20's. That's a 3 year development curve on a player you are not even sure pans out. Steeves is already there.

After three years draft pedigree looks good on a hockey card and that is it. Either the dude can play or he can't. It is folly to grade prospects on that basis, yet all of your 'experts', those 'experts' who do not actually watch games beyond a couple tournaments a year, consistently do so.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 10 at 12:26 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 9 at 4:52 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 22, 2023 at 9:25 p.m.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dgibb10</b></div><div>Markstrom is 34 years old and has 2 more years after this one.

In the last decade just 1 goalie has played at a above average level through their age 34, 35, 36 seasons, while maintaining a starters workload. That was mike smith. And even in that stretch he wasn't a top 10 goalie (which is what markstroms cap hit would require him to be).

Even best case scenario for markstrom, where he plays at a level that no other goalie has from 34-36, he's still probably only just barely worth his contract that we could probably replace with a UFA

Worst case scenario he falls off like 95% of goalies at this age and we're stuck with 12 million that can't be moved bc he has a full NMC and destroys our current window, and our future window bc we gave up all these assets.

Meier was an RFA. Which meant we controlled his rights.
Hanifin is a UFA, which means we wouldn't. They are not comparable</div></div>

I've always been of the opinion that 95% of your goalies play as well as the team in front of them defends. I think New Jersey, especially adding Hanifan to Hamilton on the top pairing going forward and backing that up with a pairing of Siegenthaler/Marino (or Nemec eventually) plus Ruff as the coach would be better than what Calgary is putting out there currently. That said, I think he is simply better than Vanecek. Given the latter's age, if he was going to approach Markstrom's level of consistency and usage, he would have done so by now. Beyond that he has 2 years left after this one and he is 33. This means his deal ends after 35, not 36.

I do not think there is a goalie out there you could sign for less that would give you as much. I think there are several that could give you Vanecek, but you've seen what he can do. It's not enough.

And again, when I proposed this trade it was with the assumption that the Devils sign Hanifan to an extension. I do not propose this deal otherwise. That you keep bringing this up as a reason to flag it after I have twice now pointed out the misrepresentation of what I am proposing is telling.