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Jo_Habs77

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Forum: NHL TradesJul. 24, 2021 at 11:06 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 13, 2021 at 12:20 p.m.
Thread: Playoff lines
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jo_Habs77</b></div><div>Agree with all the FW lines (although Staal has to show more soon, cause Evans is preferable right now)

ummhh... Gustafsson!?

Chiarot will be back with Weber, Merill might get a solid look as the 7th D , and why take Kulak out -- he's been great!</div></div>

The problem is we now have 360000 LHD all over equal skill level (Romanov excepted) so some one has to be removed from the lineup. Are you going to pay 3.5 Mil for one of Edmundson or Chiarot to sit in the pressbow? Not likely, so if they are in and Petry and Weber are in you now have Merrill, Kulak, Romanov and Gustafsson all competing for 2 spots. Romanov has been better than Kulak all season, so IMO he stays. Merril was a depth option while Chiarot is out, so he sits when Chiarot is back. Gustavsson was brought in in hopes he would regain his offensive abilities at a low cost. Therefore he likely gets a lot of leeway at least to start. Look for a lineup of

Edmundson-Petry
Gustafsson-Weber
Merrill/Kulak-Romanov

Until Chiarot gets back then how Gustafsson plays

Edmundson-Petry
Gustafsson/Chiarot-Weber
Chiarot/Romanov-Romanov/Gustafsson

Once Chiarot is back.
Forum: NHL TradesApr. 11, 2021 at 1:57 p.m.
Thread: (MTL/DET) - Verbeek + 2021 5th round pick for Merrill
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Via <a href="https://twitter.com/EvolvingHockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">@EvolvingHockey</a>'s multi-year RAPM for 2018-2021 One of these required a 1st, 3rd, and 4th. The other went for a 5th. Similar cap hits after the salary retention <a href="https://t.co/4VEGfDIh3k" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/4VEGfDIh3k</a></p>— Prashanth Iyer (@iyer_prashanth) <a href="https://twitter.com/iyer_prashanth/status/1381303118667911173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">April 11, 2021</a></blockquote>



So Merrill&gt;Savard or atleast as good as him. This makes me laugh
Forum: NHL TradesApr. 11, 2021 at 1:44 p.m.
Thread: (MTL/DET) - Verbeek + 2021 5th round pick for Merrill
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jon Merrill, acquired by the Canadiens, has quietly been one of the league's most effective stay-at-home scoring chance-suppressing defencemen in the past two seasons. Was playing 2nd pair minutes for the Wings this year. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoHabsGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#GoHabsGo</a> <a href="https://t.co/lbbAnNxtXe" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/lbbAnNxtXe</a></p>— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) <a href="https://twitter.com/JFreshHockey/status/1381300351870074888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">April 11, 2021</a></blockquote>



Underrated pickup
Forum: NHL TradesMar. 26, 2021 at 4:42 p.m.
Thread: (BUF/MTL) - Staal for 2021 3rd and 5th RD picks
A few days ago, I made a post titled "Bringing back Captain Staal for another run at the Cup".

In it, Buffalo hypothetically trades Staal at 50% retained salary to Carolina for a 2nd round pick.

The Buffalo Sabres fanbase largely thought that was a fair deal.



On June 22nd 2019 (Draft Day 2019), Montreal traded a 2nd to the LA Kings for a 3rd and a 5th.

Capfriendly community was pretty closely divided on who won that trade (Does that mean it was a fair deal?)



In this trade between Montreal and Buffalo, Montreal got a centreman that they were looking for at 50% retain salary.

Buffalo got two draft picks that, if packaged together, are very close in value to a 2nd round pick.



Taking this into account, the swapping of picks by the Habs and the Kings on June 22nd 2019 and my post about what a fair trade involving Eric Staal would like, I've reached my conclusion on this trade.



I voted fair deal.

Like if you did too!!! :D