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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 11, 2017 at 4:33 p.m.
Thread: Big assumption for Trouba
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>[
JuniorGM. If you are talking to me, I don't live in Toronto. Maybe you're right about the Jets goaltending. But Mason is iffy as an improvement and Jets have to overpay for UFAs, and Kulikov was bad last season. As I wrote, if the Jets are happy with the status quo....I don't see who they bump out of the playoffs/quote]

People get the jets played with a healthy defense core for 66 mins last year. Yea just over a game. The jets had the 2nd most man games lost to injury accounting for likely 8-10 points in the standings. Which would have put them easily in the playoffs and having more points than the leafs. Thats with the 3rd worst goal-tending in the nhl last season. Mason is a huge upgrade over Pav and Hutch and thats all the jets need to get in.

Also Rielly is even a top 5 dmen from his draft class I know its off target but it really should be said more often.</div></div>
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 7, 2017 at 12:24 p.m.
Thread: WPG TOR
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>scarbrow21</b></div><div>

Leafs aren't getting Trouba which was part of the whole upper portion <em>"They won't get a top pairing guy because they A) can't afford the CAP hit B) Don't want to give up Marner, Nylander, or Matthews"</em>
You don't get a top 10 D in the league without giving up one of those guys which they won't. I understand Myers isn't as attractive which is why he's bumped to our third pairing and his health issues are why a conditional 1st is attached to the deal.
WPG also isn't taking Horton's deal because though they can afford to take a hit with Lupal this year, much like TOR in 2 years they won't be able to take that hit and will have to move it with a good young prospect just to get rid of it to be able to sign Laine.


The reason they do this, is because it adds even more depth and puts them in contention for the CUP NOW while they're young studs are on ELCs. JVR makes them arguably #1 upfront, with a D-Core that's still excellent so yeh, I think they'd do this all day</div></div>

Their Dcore is good not even close to excellent and you just made it much thinner. Winnipeg will have injuries to their defense likely a few. Get the depth there not up front where they have lots of talent. Do jets fans not see how injured Enstrom was last season? What about Kulikov (back injury one of the most recurring injuries in hockey). Also Buff is 260lbs and getting older he will start missing some games and Nogier is one of the worst 6th dmen in the league he is an ahl level dmen. Fix the problems the jets have (defense depth) don't make it worse. By all means add depth upfornt once the dcore depth issue gets fixed because that is the big issue. Even keeping myers jets need another nhl dmen.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 6, 2017 at 8:34 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 20, 2017 at 1:54 p.m.
Thread: Baby Steps Towards Contending (Read Description)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MG1986</b></div><div><div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JuniorGM</b></div><div>

Like I said Staal is the 3rd best defensive center in the league and is in no way a 3rd line center.</div></div>

Right, the Leafs would like Staal because of his defensiveness. Jordan Staal is a 1st line center on a terrible team. On each playoff team this season, excluding perhaps Montreal and maybe Nashville, Jordan Staal would be a third line center. He's not paid like a third line center, but his game is very much in the form of what a third line center is generally asked to do. Maybe his value maxes out as a 2nd line center, but between his contract AAV and term, he is considerably overpriced for what you are getting.</div></div>

Hes the 2nd center on:
Hawks
wild
St.Blues
Sens
Habs
Leafs (yes hes better than Kadri)
Preds
The oiler if they play Drai on wing
Boston
CBJ
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 20, 2017 at 1:26 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 20, 2017 at 11:59 a.m.
Thread: Baby Steps Towards Contending (Read Description)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MG1986</b></div><div><div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JuniorGM</b></div><div>You make it sound like Staal is a cap dump. Canes need to hit the cap floor and he is one of the best possession/defensive centers in the league. You have to pay big for those guys. The Canes deal is just so lopsided for the leafs.</div></div>

He is being paid top center dollars on a long term deal for what a third line center should be doing, so yes, in some ways, it relieves the Canes of a bad contract, not to say Jordan Staal is a bad player. Nazem Kadri on the other hand is being paid #2 center dollars on a long term deal and producing, specifically with goals, what is expected of a #1 center, plus he has improved his defensive game, matches up quite well, too. Canes could certainly make use of the cap space relief this deal would provide, not to mention their long term outlook of resigning a whole bunch of their upcoming RFAs over the next couple of seasons. I believe the deal works for both teams. If you felt the deal needed to include, say Kasperi Kapanen going to the Canes, as well, I'd be possibly open to that, if the Canes included a reasonable draft pick.</div></div>

Like I said Staal is the 3rd best defensive center in the league and is in no way a 3rd line center.