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Justin_LetsGoStars

Wannabe Team Builder
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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 25, 2023 at 1:54 a.m.
Thread: Minnie being realistic
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Justin_LetsGoStars</b></div><div>I'm not really poking the bear here, just been bored at work. I've also been doing other teams as well, so I'm not just singling out one team. Yall had 100+ points but were very ineffective in the playoffs. I will say most of it was your coaching, but your "big" players were pretty much silenced.</div></div>

Our big players were silent, but I wonder how much injuries affected the team. Kirill was never the same after his injury and only had 2 games to get ready before the playoffs and our 2nd best forward in JEEK missed the whole playoffs. Imo missing Ek was bigger than Kirill being silent. But Kirill was quiet vs Deboar and the Golden Knights previously so maybe they just know how to shut him down. But I'd also say some of Kirill's effectiveness works off of Zuccarello who was a totally different player in the 2nd half of the season (in a bad way). Really the Wild were just outmatched, the Wild needed coaching to win them the series because talent wise they weren't gonna do it and the coaching was bad. Unfortunately Wild can't really do anything in the off season so they are just gonna run it back and hope coaching can be better. Can't win a series when your PK is 50% and you take 5 penalties a game lol.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 19, 2023 at 10:36 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 18, 2023 at 3:22 p.m.
Thread: 23-24 Stars
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Justin_LetsGoStars</b></div><div>Yeah, I wasn't too sure on this. His stats totals weren't anything impressive so I didn't know if his value was more on the defensive side or if he plays on the PK. I could see something like 2.5-4.5M for a guy like him depending on a)if teams actually want a him on the team and b)what his skillset actually is.</div></div>

Mostly it's his defensive game that's going to be the draw for him, along with his size. He was relied on pretty heavily for defensive assignments, and was probably one of the Isles better players in terms of shot suppression. He also led the Isles in minutes/game on the PK. I'm not sure if he's worth the 4 - 4.5 million, but I'm fairly certain he'll get it unless he takes less to play somewhere specific.