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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 4, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.
Thread: Figure it out - With Trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jah1722</b></div><div>You didn’t even watch the game last night. Ritchie was on the 3rd line. Steel was one of the ducks best fwds. And the Defense was awful last night.</div></div>

I did watch the game. Steel had a solid second period. But I thought compared to how that line looked in preseason Steel showed some shakyness. His move and near miss from the slot was definitely a nice moment. But he missed a lot of passes, was only 20% in Faceoffs, and only recorded one SOG.

I am fairly certain Ritchie was on Getzlafs line. He definitely was at the start of the game. Not sure if that changed at some point. Unless you are consider Getz's line at third line. Regardless, I rather him be in the press box.

I think the Defense was fine. Particularly Cam. Guhle and Larsson were definitely held to less minutes and that made sense. I think Manson and Lindhold had bad moments. But for 24 Minutes TOI, that will happen. Holzer was hot garbage.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 1, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.
Thread: If I were Eakins
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AFOX10900</b></div><div>A. Sprong isnt a 4th liner, he will never be, plus FHCGMBM doesnt want him there, why he got waived, and I believe that Steel is also waiver exempt, and Lundestrom has looked fantastic on the Swede line, and i would put Kase with Getz, Getz's line hasn't looked fantastic (I haven't watched much though... East coast sucks sometimes) with a guy like Sam Carrick on his wing with Comtois</div></div>

None of this was based on actuality. This is just what I would do. But I guess I might as well justify my opinions:

A lot of the lineup focuses on protecting players from the expansion draft. Right now, this is how I see protections going:
(7/3/1) &gt; Henrique, Kase, Silfverberg, Rakell, Steel, Comtois, Terry / Lindholm, Fowler, Manson / Gibson
(8/1) &gt; Henrique, Kase, Silfverberg, Rakell, Lindholm, Folwer, Manson, Guhle / Gibson
As it is, we are exposing a LOT of good young players. Larsson, Mahura, Jones, etc.


I put Sprong on the 4th line because I want him to have a chance to outplay Kase and Terry. If he doesnt, I think we give up on the Sprong experiment like Pitt did. AHL won't help him as he will probably produce fine down there. He needs to find consistency.

I REALLY like the Swede line. That being said, because I like Lundestrom so much, I rather him not have 2019-20 count against him or his contract. Ducks are a bubble team, not likely a Stanley Cup team. Rakell and Silf will be here next year. I rather play Steel now than Lundestrom as Steel will be 1 of top 6 Centers until Zegras is ready. The future of Zegras being 1C and Lundestrom or Steel being 2C is only a few years away.

I like Getz with Kase, but I also like him with Terry. I think Henrique and Kase have good chemistry and Henrique puts him in less dangerous situations. Getz is use to playing with power forwards and stronger guys, and Kase is just too injury prone to be that guy, Carrick is fun to watch and a great call up option. But much lower on the depth chart for me.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 26, 2019 at 6:06 p.m.
Thread: Opening night roster looking clearer
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheJoeMan</b></div><div>I'll be shocked if that's how the 3rd d-pair shakes out, especially with how good Larsson-Del Zotto looked last night. I fully expect Mahura to be the last d-man cut. Holzy is a perfect spare d-man and I think that's where he'll start.

I really don't like the idea of Terry on Getzy's wing. They play too similar a game and I think they'll cancel each other out a bit.</div></div>

I agree that Holzer probably wont be the final RD. Del Zotto makes more sense in the lineup and it seems like thats why they signed him. But to me Mahura and Larsson are a toss up. I thought Mahura looked solid too overall. He made some decent picks and played fairly responsibly. I expect the top 4 to stay what it is for sure while the bottom 2 could see a lot of mix and match.

And I kind of think thats why I like Terry with Getz. They think alike, play a similar game, are both really creative, but Terry actually shoots and has decent skating ability. Kase and Getz to me just doesnt make us much sense. Kase doesnt have that finished sort of style needed. He skates well and tried to find space or create opportunities on the rush.