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Forum: Armchair-GM7 hours ago

Thread: Reshaping The Defence

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>GiggywithGibby</b></div><div>If you are moving out Brodie to improve your D core, that tells me Brodie is not a 5 million defenseman.

If Brodie's contract is under water, he's worth a late round pick tops.

His 7.5 million real salary also is a downer that needs to be paid for.</div></div>

Brodie is still a good top 4 defenceman, but Treliving likes bigger bodies who can throw hits. There must be some team out there that has a need for a Brodie in their top 4.

Forum: Armchair-GM7 hours ago

Thread: Reshaping The Defence

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NickC1988</b></div><div>This D core isn't any better and their problem was scoring goals in the postseason. 2 goals in each game against FLA isn't going to cut it.</div></div>

Crouse and Hartman are playoff type players. They can score greasy goals.

Forum: Armchair-GM7 hours ago

Thread: Reshaping The Defence

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>LosPatos</b></div><div>Can’t imagine anyone is paying a 2nd for an expiring defenseman coming off an injury.</div></div>

Brodie will be fine to start the season. As for the price, a 2nd or 3rd is good value, especially for teams looking for a veteran defenceman to help make the playoffs. That's probably not Anaheim.

Forum: Armchair-GM7 hours ago

Thread: Reshaping The Defence

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Newtown</b></div><div>Too much for Crouse and Moser is not anything special.</div></div>

Young, cheap, on good deals, cost controlled. Both have size. That's gonna cost quite a bit.

Forum: Armchair-GM9 hours ago

Thread: Treliving Deals

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>How is he going to sign long-term in Anaheim? WE aren't offering him $9 million. And if we thought that we'd like to pay him that, we could just wait until next summer to offer it to him. There's no rush to pay a high price for a rental even if he's going to sign a new contract with us -- what's he going to do, help us finish in 25th place instead of 28th? Seriously, do you really think that the value of having Nylander one season early is worth our best RW, never mind the draft picks?!?!?</div></div>

If any team desires to sign Nylander long-term it would be advantageous to bring him in a year early. And with the cap going up in a few years paying someone with the talent and productivity of Nylander is worth it. 9.5 million a year for Nylander will be a great contract in 2025.

Smart and ambitious teams make these types of bets all the time. Is Anaheim smart and ambitious? I don't know. But acquiring draft picks year after year and tanking year after year doesn't lead a team to the playoffs. The moment will come to trade those picks for established young stars.

Forum: Armchair-GM9 hours ago

Thread: Treliving Deals

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>I would consider trading 7 or 8 years of Troy Terry for 7 or 8 years of William Nylander, depending on their respective cap hits, but I'm not entertaining for one minute exchanging Troy Terry with 7 or 8 years of team control for 2 years of Nylander, never mind the hilarious seconds. And adding them IS hilarious.</div></div>

The basis of the trade is that Nylander signs long term in Anaheim. The two 2nds are thrown in because Nylander is the better player, and he's almost the same age.

Forum: Armchair-GM18 hours ago

Thread: The Trade Is One For One

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Rage44</b></div><div>Sure there are players that can continue at a high level late in their career. But many drop off just the same.

Notable difference in Pavelski's game is it was NEVER based on great speed. FWD vs D is also a big difference.</div></div>

Josi is similar in many ways. He is not like Erik Karlsson. He uses his head more than his feet to get points. He has no injury history. He's a big body defender, really a unicorn in the league. I don't see Nashville trading him soon, but the point of the trade is to show what the leafs would look like with a number 1 defenceman.

Forum: Armchair-GM18 hours ago

Thread: The Trade Is One For One

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>soooonk</b></div><div>Can't trade a 1C for a winger</div></div>

This is a 2C for a 1st line RW.

Forum: Armchair-GM18 hours ago

Thread: The Trade Is One For One

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Rage44</b></div><div>is this based on all the playoff success Josi has had... or?

Josi is fantastic. But paying him until he turns 38 seems like poor cap management.</div></div>

Age doesn't effect the great players as much as people think. Look at what Pavelski did at age 38 this year.

Forum: Armchair-GM19 hours ago

Thread: A Toronto Trade that Actually Makes sense

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DirtyDangles</b></div><div>So first you make the claim he's re-signing and now you are claiming that IF he does get traded it's only to California...ladies and gentleman we found Matthew's dad's account.</div></div>

Nothing is a guarantee in sports. What I know from reading some articles is that Matthews wants to stay a Leaf, at short-term but a high cap hit. I think a deal gets done. But if talks break down he'll most likely would want to be traded to California.

Forum: Armchair-GM19 hours ago

Thread: A Toronto Trade that Actually Makes sense

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>seanrushton</b></div><div>Matthew wants to win and the Leafs can't do that in the playoffs to save their lives... so he might go to a contender that has proven to have some post season success like Carolina and that's a pretty fair return for him tbh</div></div>

If he's being traded, which is highly unlikely, it would be to one of the California teams.

Forum: Armchair-GM19 hours ago

Thread: A Toronto Trade that Actually Makes sense

Matthews will re-sign with the Leafs.

Forum: Armchair-GM19 hours ago

Thread: The Trade Is One For One

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>No thanks to Petry to two years. Rather have Brodie for one, and then have cap. Yeah, the Lindholm trade might be fair, though I certainly sign Bertuzzi (to replace Nylander) to that contract. Too much term. maybe even money for an often injured second/third liner. Too much term and $$$$ for Josi. Rather just have Marner for two years.</div></div>

Without a true number 1 defenceman the Leafs are never winning anything. Josi is that.

Forum: Armchair-GM19 hours ago

Thread: 2023-24 Canes

Not enough

Forum: Armchair-GM19 hours ago

Thread: Targeting Free Agents

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TooMalevolent</b></div><div>Lol Jesus. Trading Brodie so you can sign Klingberg is something else.</div></div>

You must have not watched the leafs in the playoffs this year.

Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 11:29 p.m.

Thread: Erik Karlsson and Mitch Marner

Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 11:28 p.m.

Thread: Treliving First Moves

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CorrosionRF</b></div><div>The Flames are pressed up against the cap and can’t afford that raise either. Even if the Flames can scrap and save enough money to give Nylander his 9 mil (conservative estimate) raise, they won’t have any cap space to sign another 1c and will be forced to rely on 32 year old Nazem Kadri.</div></div>

I've looked at the Flames cap situation and they can afford it. Both Backlund and Zadorov are UFAs at the end of next season. That's 9 million off the books. And if Wolf turns out to be a star they can move on from Markstrom's 6 million cap hit.

And there are other options as well. The Flames don't have a bad contract on their books apart from Coleman.

Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 10:25 p.m.

Thread: Treliving First Moves

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ledge_And_Dairy</b></div><div>Lol absolutely, for the 2nd year in a row his linemates have had career seasons because he does so much of the defensive heavy lifting like Bergeron does for his linemates.

Incredibly debatable take. If you think your player was so much better you wouldn't be trading him</div></div>

Nylander wants and deserves a big raise. And the Leafs can't afford it. Simple as that. If JT's contract wasn't on the books for two more years then the team would look to bring him back.

Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 10:14 p.m.

Thread: Treliving First Moves

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ledge_And_Dairy</b></div><div>Flames decline, not trading our 1C for a winger</div></div>

Flames are trading a complimentary piece for a primary play driver and elite goal scorer. They are getting the best player in the deal, no question.

Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 5:49 p.m.

Thread: 4th Cup

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OutDoorRinkBoy</b></div><div>This group of Old Men wouldn't win the cup. You also would want more than one scratch, and now you've comepletely thrown away the future.</div></div>

The future is now

Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 10:28 p.m.

Thread: Marner To Seattle

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>Certainly the Kraken aren't trading (by this post). seven years of Dunn and seven years of Wright for two years of Marner.</div></div>

Dunn is RFA. Also, Marner is young, and Seattle has cap space so they can sign him to an extension next year very easily. So they'll likely have him for ten years.

Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 3:07 p.m.

Thread: The First Moves of The New General Manager

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ecupirate07</b></div><div>As long as Shanahan is there the 4 are staying</div></div>

3 of them I can see, but not all four.

Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 12:31 p.m.

Thread: A More Complete Roster

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Leafsforever34168891</b></div><div>so shouldn't he get Kyle Connor in return instead of Wheeler?</div></div>

Connor has 3 years left on his deal at a great cap hit. He has way more value than Nylander.

Again, in this trade, the Jets are trading for a rental.

Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 12:25 p.m.

Thread: A More Complete Roster

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>kingjrb92</b></div><div>That Nylander trade gets the next GM fired</div></div>

What's the price for a 40 goal scoring UFA rental for a team that still wants to compete?

Leafs don't need picks and prospects, they need good NHL players coming back in the trade.

Forum: Armchair-GMSun. at 9:31 p.m.

Thread: Running It Back With Better Defense

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mokumboi</b></div><div>Moving Girard to take back as much cap defeats the entire purpose for Colorado.</div></div>

Brodie is UFA next year. Girard still has 3 years left.

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