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Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 25, 2023 at 1:36 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 13, 2023 at 8:10 p.m.
Thread: Not Their Year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KrakenTheCode</b></div><div>I appreciate you knowing that even if Seattle ends up selling this deadline it will likely be a soft sell of rental players with an eye towards reloading for next year, instead of a full teardown involving the selling of key players. Kudos!

Some minor feedback on your trades: While I would love to get a first rounder for Eberle, I don't really see that happening unless he picks up his scoring. Right now, I'd peg his value at around a second round pick plus a decent prospect/young NHLer in need of a change of scenery. The return on Wennberg might be a touch optimistic too, I would say he nets a second rounder but maybe not second and third rounders. I think you have about the right value on Schultz, although with him being half retained I think the Kraken might be able to extract a halfway decent prospect in addition to the third round pick, but that's a minor point. There's a lot of time left between now and the trade deadline though, so player valuations could easily change as we get closer to deadline day.

As a Kraken fan, this is a lot better than most Kraken ACGM's that I usually see on this site, so once again, kudos!</div></div>

Thank you for you honest and kind feedback. It was a nice breath of fresh air on this site. I completely understand what you’re saying for each point, but my reasoning essentially boiled down to the fact that deadline deals tend to have inflated costs (hence Wennberg netting a 2nd + 3rd). And I definitely agree on the Eberle thing and I probably would’ve chosen a second round pick if Vegas had one that wasn’t gonna be pick #60-64.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 15, 2023 at 12:12 p.m.
Thread: A couple missing pieces for the Cup Run
-Both teams pass. I don't see Seattle trading two core guys with affordable term for one year of Nylander and while Lilljegren has upside, I can't see Seattle trading the guy that's their top pair, top-PK D in Larsson. I really don't see Ron Francis making any sort of huge, "win now" trade this year - he seems to have a plan that he is sticking to. On the other side - does this actually make the Leafs better? At his best, I think McCann probably can repeat 40 goals skating on a line with Auston Matthews - which is basically what Willy Nylander gives you. And while I think Larsson is better than LIljegren at this point, he's also 7 years older than him - do you think the difference between those two players over the next 3 years is worth a 1st round pick?

-Why do the Jets do this? Regardless of the players' values, I just don't see Winnipeg being a team that would trade a veteran for a slightly better, slightly older veteran at this point, much less throw in a draft pick. This deal doesn't really change them from a fringe-y playoff team to a clear cut contender, and only serves to eat up what little cap space they have left right now. I just don't get it.

-As far as the Jarnkrok trade, I can't see the logic in giving up a 3rd for him right now. He's got some control over where he goes, with his 10 team NTC - and with only 8 teams currently operating with enough cap space to absorb Jarnkrok's $2.1M AAV without sending money back, well...you can do that math. And when you add in the fact that even after you've removed Jarnkrok's hit, you're still $1.1M over the cap here, I can't see any of those teams with cap space available lining up to give up an asset for Jarnkrok. If you willingly put yourself in that situation no one is going to go out of their way to get you out of it, ya know?
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 27, 2023 at 9:28 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 21, 2023 at 11:35 p.m.
Thread: Getting rid of some vets
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Coachchippy</b></div><div>Do you think SEA is doing a "long-term build" type of situation though? I don't mean long-term as in they want to contend for a long time, because obviously everyone wants that, but long-term as in it'll take them several years to become true contenders?

I'm not really clued into their organization so I could be totally off base, but they were a single win away from the Conference Finals. Hakstol is clearly fantastic, and you're not lacking at all in talent outside of Beniers (McCann, Eberle, Dunn, Gourde, Sprong, Burakovsky come to mind although time is not on Eberle's side). I would almost think that trading for Zbad and then flipping him to a team who can offer an early pick and maybe a high end prospect would be more beneficial than hanging onto Beniers or Zbad -- for example I'm sure Chicago would take on Zbad at 2.25 mil for a 1st rounder and a prospect not named Connor Bedard. I might mess around w/ the trade proposal tool and see if I can find a plausible scenario</div></div>

I think SEA is maybe 2 years from being genuine contenders. The only major piece they are missing is consistent goaltending. Grubauer can be really good, but he can be a bit of a coin flip on any given night. If SEA was to land Hellebyuck tomorrow then they have a real chance of winning the Pacific.

In terms of the org let me give you a quick rundown for SEA. Berniers is essentially SEA's version of Bedard. I'm not going to compare the two in terms of actual skill, but more in terms of place in their respective organizations. SEA has strong players now and are looking to use them and build for true contention in the next couple of years to allow for other players like Wright, Firkus, and Sale to develop potentially in the NHL, and these players are being selected and moved around with Berniers at the helm of the entire team as the 1C.

There are other pieces on the team who likely have long term spots on the team, with some of those you listed as well as Tolvanen and Bjorkstrand that add strong depth and all of them are relatively cost controlled.

With all of this said, Berniers is the centerpiece of this team, and asking SEA to trade him is just not a consideration they make.