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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 27, 2023 at 7:23 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 12, 2023 at 5:44 a.m.
Thread: Trading up
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jah1722</b></div><div>Laugh all you want. That’s what it would take to move up to 2. There isn’t anything else CBJ has that would make it worth it for ANA.</div></div>

That’s just simply not true. Anaheim, if interested, would not turn down an opportunity to gain extra draft picks in a great draft. Anaheim does not have an extra 1st this year and they are clearly in a rebuild. And bc of the strength of this draft class 1st round picks have more weight behind them. Besides Carlsson, Will Smith has been flying up draft boards. He is going to BC next season and to be honest fits Anaheim’s rebuild better. The World Championships is coming up along with the NHL Combine. Things could definitely change between now and then. Connor Bedard is the only player assured to go 1OA. The Jackets would never give up a player like Jiricek to move up one spot. That’s a ridiculous ask.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 11, 2023 at 7:35 a.m.
Thread: ROR and new D
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Android_H_Jones</b></div><div>Toews is 100% better than Werenski.

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<img class="for_img" src="https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2023/01/03132150/Screenshot-2023-04-03-at-12.37.39-PM.png" alt="Screenshot-2023-04-03-at-12.37.39-PM.png"></div></div>

The market value calculation on these cards is very flawed, which should be obvious to anyone who watches a decent number of games. Werenski even has a higher percentile rank in almost every category.

He's better in every individual offensive category, but has a lower overall offensive +/- than Toews? His defensive +/- is massively skewed from one rough year in 21-22 where he was playing a carousel of partners after Jones was traded away, including a large part of the season with a young Andrew Peeke who was in way over his head. This year Peeke was better, and still set the CBJ franchise record for worst +/- in a season.

Toews has been playing with the best dman in the league, on one of the best teams in the league, which has inflated his numbers. Also, Werenski is four years younger. I'll take Z 7 days a week and twice on Sunday.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 20, 2023 at 4:42 p.m.
Thread: big moves
- <a href="https://twitter.com/JFreshHockey/status/1433162572883185668" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Hard pass</a> on <a href="https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2023/01/20151505/Screenshot-2023-03-20-at-2.29.25-PM-1.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Parayko</a>. That contract has already curdled.

- I get the incentive for taking on Edmunson - we need a B4 LD who can fill in for where Gavvy was, but we can find a better, cheaper option either in UFA or in the trade market. <a href="https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/693477?post_id=3951645">For example.</a>

- Points for taking a big swing on the PHI trade, but I wouldn't make it. Hayes can probably be had for a '24 2nd and some scraps, and I'm not sure the remaining package gets you Hart. That Elvis contract is going nowhere anytime soon - still too early for a buyout, and not worth giving up what it would take to move the contract. A porous D has done Elvis no favors, and while I'm not saying he is going to turn back into a brick wall anytime soon, funny things tend to happen when you don't have a god-awful D playing in front of a G, not to mention Lars won't be coaching in two years (or maybe even next year).

Goalies are voodoo. Someone who everyone was convinced was washed can all of a sudden make a big turn around with the proper players/ system is in front of him. <a href="https://www.capfriendly.com/players/joonas-korpisalo">*Cough cough*</a>
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 20, 2023 at 4:26 p.m.
Thread: big moves
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ARMCHAIRGMOFTHEYEAR</b></div><div>Flyers decline, Merzlikins is a player that's gonna have to be dumped imo, or bought out that contract is just not great for how he's played the last 2 years - I think he can be a good goalie again but currently his value is very negative.

Also I know the rumors of Hart being available from Friedman, but I can't see them trading Hart unless the return is too good to pass up, and the best asset here is a late first. Just from the way Torts has backed all year and how Briere has talked about where the team is at in the media. They've been pretty clear that they want to rebuild, but that doesnt mean trade young players that could be core pieces.(Like Chicago has) Hart is the only true franchise building piece as a 24 YO, and Goalies typically hit their primes in their late 20's.</div></div>

Torts played a system that worked well with Elvis, and those were his two best years. While I don't think the value is exactly there, I wouldn't scoff at Merzlikins and Torts reuniting, especially if Briere decides to go full rebuild with the Flyers and finally get them back on track.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 10, 2022 at 4:22 a.m.