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Forum: Armchair-GM13 hours ago
Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 7:51 p.m.
Thread: In the scenario Kane leaves
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Huge_Caniac_Abe_Lincoln</b></div><div>A first 2 years from now, 2 AHLers, and a 4th is not that great of a return for a pending RFA. Honestly a "fair" trade if we go for a Fiala/Reinhart comp (neither of which are great IMO, as Buffalo was restarting a rebuild and Minnesota was about to start a multi year 15 million dollar dead cap era), would be this years first and a decent prospect. Again though, if you are trying to make an offer that forces Carolina to move Necas, a "solid" return probably isn't what they are looking for.

I think that the front office is more likely to try and lock up Necas long term than they are to pay Guentzel 8.5+M for his 36/37 age years. Even then, they can bridge Jarvis and buyout/trade KK and they have room for Necas.</div></div>

Not gonna disagree this is an underpay, but Aljo and Berggrenvare only AHLers because Yzerman stuffed this team with too much **** and cant reasonably get them up without dumping assets. They're both NHL quality players.
Forum: Armchair-GMTue. at 1:50 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 1:58 p.m.
Thread: If Mo and Ray take bridge deals
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PuzzledActuary</b></div><div>Bridge deals exist for a reason, and it's not always the case that players get massive raises when the bridge is over. Plus a lot of those prospects either won't be NHLers or highly paid NHLers.

Lalonde is plenty competent btw. Team is having a great year.</div></div>

I always interpreted bridge deals as a "prove-it" deal or a deal you make out of cap restrictions. Maybe the bridge deal is forced by the agent. More often than not, signing a bridge deal is not out of choice by the team.

The team is bottom 5 in almost every performance metric; they're overachieving significantly due to a high shooting percentage mixed with a lucky bout of goaltending. If Lyon was average during his stretch, this team would have been eliminated a few weeks ago. It is also quite clear this team depends on Larkin for more than just his skill -- he's a leader. When he went down, the team crumbled. Lalonde has no control of the locker room. He is no more than a bridge coach.