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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 19 at 6:00 p.m.
Thread: Super Duper Unlikely Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Caniac2000</b></div><div>I really don't like the Malkin deal. He's a great player when he's healthy, but he's older and he's not the player he used to be.

Would love Kuzmenko.

Paul... I think for that price, I'd walk away. I'd rather go for Domi at something like four by four given how well he's played.

I like the Lybushkin add, but I also think that's a little high.

DeAngelo is about a mil high too.

I like the Carson Soucy add, and I think that's a fair price. Might need a later round pick, but I like the idea.

I think that's a little high for Lorentz.

I think this is a really nice idea, a few things I'd rather not see, but overall solid. My big sticking point is Malkin though. He's also publicly said he would never play in a smaller market and then listed Carolina as the example (this was in like 2012 or something but it was years ago)</div></div>

I just thought "Old Dougie Cap Hit" for DeAngelo. To me, something like that for three years would be the ideal bridge for Scott Morrow. Also, older Malkin is still a well-above-average offensive 2C, which is why I thought that might be a good way for KK to get slowly acclimated to the 2C position.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 17 at 12:11 a.m.
Thread: I Do Not Think Gaudreau is Going Anywhere
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jacketsman61</b></div><div>The problem with that model is Tampa has no state income tax. Calgary has high tax rates. Meaning the team would have to shell out more money. The Tkachuk boys are known to want top dollar, no discount. Brady did that to Ottawa there is no reason to think Matthew won’t do the same.</div></div>

I think winning is more important than tax rates. When the neighboring Florida Panthers stank up the joint, nobody ever gave them discounts in UFA (see Bobrovsky!). Boston, despite one of the highest state tax rates in the US, gets guys locked in at reasonable cap hits, including Taylor Hall, mainly because they're a perennial winner. There's a far stronger correlation of players choosing to play for top contenders than players choosing to play for tax havens.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 16 at 11:53 p.m.
Thread: I Do Not Think Gaudreau is Going Anywhere
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jacketsman61</b></div><div>He is gone. He has been noted to wanting to play closer to home. I think the Devils, Buffalo, and Philly are the likely landing spots. Each one of them have easier travel schedules too. I also think a team like NJ can easily offer him at least 10 mil per.

The other problem is Tkachuk is going to want to get paid. His brother is making more than him and producing less. Tkachuk will command at least 10.5 mil per. Calgary will have to choose which one they want to keep and it is clear it should be Tkachuk.</div></div>

Tkachuk is going to get paid. I don't disagree. I simply modeled my above roster as a sort of "Tampa West". I just wonder if Calgary, in the event that they go on a deep run, agree to terms with both Gaudreau and Tkachuk, and in the process find some sort of arrangement not dissimilar to how Tampa Bay manages their top end of the roster, around the $9.5M/year threshold.
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