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Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 21, 2023 at 12:37 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 20, 2023 at 11:39 a.m.
Thread: Major Surgery Playoff Lineup
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>earl08</b></div><div>His reputation with local media is a kid with supreme confidence &amp; cocky attitude to match the high end skill. Its been said that he "wants to be The Man." Toews &amp; Makar are The Man &amp; so I see Bo being blocked in COL. CGY offers the perfect top pair opportunity for him to be that guy.

Injuries are def a concern but he's been available the last two postseasons &amp; this season has been So Far So Good.</div></div>

I think Byram is who Toews called out yesterday: https://twitter.com/DNVR_Avalanche/status/1737350403879031183/photo/1 -- I'm getting of a mind that Byram for a 2C is the move, but not a rental like Lindholm. Feeling good about Malinski &amp; Behrens in the next couple of years and then Gulyayev for combined salaries less than Byram will make alone.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 14, 2023 at 3:04 p.m.
Thread: Likely if Captain Returns
Quoting: NMAvsFan
You don't keep a bottom pairing D making $4.5M over a top 4 guy making $5M; the return isn't what's important, it's the cap space: trade Manson.

Amen. Avs should move Manson first. Return won't be great, but it's all about cap space. Let Johansen go at the end of next year and those two moves give them close to $9M in room. That maybe doesn't fully answer whether Bo stays and for how much, but imo we're still a ways off from knowing what Bo will truly be worth.

Behrens and Gulyayev will be the main factors for what happens 3 years from now. For this year, set. For next year, they're going to have to get rid of Girard or Manson. I know everyone would rather get rid of Manson but if you can get enough extra value in return for Sammy, that makes trading either one an option.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 24, 2023 at 10:46 p.m.
Thread: Lets Over-react to Game 1
Good thoughts. Some things to add on:
(1) Seems like they really like Tufte though. Even if Cogs isn't on IR to start the season, I could see them keeping Tufte up and him or Kiviranta playing w/Olofsson like they did today sometimes to keep old man Cogs rested.
(2) I think they put Frankie on LTIR for the first 10 games, give Juice 2-3 of those games and with the salary difference they'll have room.
(3) Yes -- no opening day Meyers. Keep him in Loveland with his 10 games left of waivers and build his confidence against AHL competition at the start of the year.
(4) And yes, I know they love him in the locker room but for God's sake no Dermy on this roster.
(5) We'll see if Schueneman, Malinski or Hunt decisively earns that 7th D spot over the next few preseason games.
(6) Still think Drouin plays with Mack on top line unless/until he proves he can't hack it, but we know the Bednar blender will flip him/Mikko/Lehky/Val around the two centers.
(7) I'm predicting, health willing, some 10-12 goals, 40-45 assists for Drouin and similar numbers for RyJo. I think they'll both do great feeding the beasts... 50+ goals for Nate and Mikko, 30+ for Val, mid-to-high 20s for Lehky.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 24, 2023 at 6:27 p.m.
Thread: Aves
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Affectionate_Side_64</b></div><div>Not even close lol. Last year you lost Kadri, Burakovsky, Landeskog to injury amongst others and went from 1/16 in playoff goals scored the year you won the cup, to 13/16 last year, getting knocked out by an 8th seed in their second year as a team, who would go on to lose to the Stars, who would lose the round after.

This year you've somehow managed to make your forward core worse both offensively and defensively, with no player beyond your top line who even scored 20 goals last year.

Good luck I guess..</div></div>

You are either trolling or have a very high opinion of your own opinions. The Avs are keeping their 4 best forwards and the 4th line and for the other 5 forwards, exchanging Compher/Newhook/Rodrigues/Malgin/Nieto/Eller for RyJo/Colton/Drouin/Wood/Tatar. If you don't see that as an upgrade I can't help you. And if you want to compare to the cup year, Kadri never had a year like that before and never will again, and Burky's by far best years were here. This coaching staff is great and turns a lot of reclamation projects into decent players. And if you want to mock Lehkonen as "Montreal's 3rd line," I can promise you that with more guys like Lehky, Toronto would have won a Cup sometime since before any of us were born.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 5, 2023 at 4:04 p.m.
Thread: Nylander
The whole concept is silly. There's no possible reason for the Avs to do this.
Makar has no current comps with Hedman on the downside of his career. Some D-men are close to him on offense, but no D both passes and finishes as well as him. Some D are a little better on D, but none of them have his offense.
Nylander is a star but there are at least 10-12 wings who can do what he does.
Even worse, Makar is under a friendly contract for several more years, and they'd have to re-sign Nylander for more than Makar gets paid.
Flip it around. Imagine someone said the Leafs should take Toews, a couple of firsts and a couple of throw-ins for Matthews.
Again, Toews is a star -- but at least 10-12 D in the league are as good. And Toews' contract is running out and he'll get a $3-$4M a year raise, while Matthews is on a reasonable deal for the next 4 years.