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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 18, 2022 at 2:30 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 10, 2020 at 3:57 p.m.
Thread: Blockbuster CLB Trade
To counter your point of Columbus wins in the long run, they really don’t.

1- Marner is good, like really good but he also comes at a 10+ cap him limiting the cap space Columbus has.

2- Jones is Columbus best RHD and with Savard being a UFA after next season that would leave Holl and Peeke at the top 2 RHD.... that is less then ideal

3- this give Columbus a 1a/1b for 1 season and forces us to protect one of them, all but certainly losing the other to Seattle or Andersen as a UFA. Merzlinkins is expansion exempt and as a 1a goalie he is arguably one of the most valuable goalies in the league because he doesn’t have to be protected in expansion and you can protect another goalie you don’t want to lose.

4- moving Domi still comes back to Columbus’s biggest issue of no 2nd line center.

So maybe Columbus is a top team in years 4 and 5 of marners contract the years in between will be a struggle and will all depend on how the goalies and the defence improves. If Columbus can’t replace Jones in that time we could be screwed and left without a solid top pair d.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 6, 2020 at 5:33 p.m.
Thread: Fair Question Mark
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Lyle_Bubas</b></div><div>All very valid points I didn't consider

I concede, McDavid is better. Add in the Canadian factor and I would love him on the leafs, there's no denying that.

Still, Robertson is a question mark and I love FredEx, but ik Edmonton would laugh this out of the room regardless because you can't improve by trading a guy like McDavid</div></div>

It becomes a question of what we were going to plug the void left by McDavid would be. Matthews, I maintain is a fantastic player, but he isnt a line driver (or he isnt being utilized as one) and would need a setup man (akin to what he has currently) to pull off the same numbers he's been getting the Leafs thus far.

Also, consider this: McDavid, after Draisaitl left to center his own line, played with bottom six guys. You have Matthews with proven top linemates in Nylander and Hyman. We had McD playing with the likes of Ennis (meh), Archibald (yikes), and Kassian (not bad but could do better).

We finally have decent (compared to last year) linemates for him and it should excite everyone who loves the sport.

Man you really made me work for those arguments hahah. What a great way to stretch the brain muscles on a slow ass Friday in the office. Cheers to both our teams this year!
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 6, 2020 at 5:20 p.m.
Thread: Fair Question Mark
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Miguelicious</b></div><div>The main reasoning for the giveaway fallacy is the fact that McDavid is a puck possession player. He drives in 1v4 almost half the time and often gets a half-decent scoring attempt off despite those odds. Matthews benefits from this because he is a finisher, not really touching the puck unless he's firing it in.

Secondly, McDavid is always looking to pass. Only when there are no open options does he take the shot himself. Matthews is a shot attempt machine. 339 vs 504 to be exact. So you see, on 200-ish more attempts, your guy pot in, what, 5-10 more? This suggests McDavid has a very underrated and extremely UNDERUSED shot.

Anything else while I'm at it, champ?</div></div>

All very valid points I didn't consider

I concede, McDavid is better. Add in the Canadian factor and I would love him on the leafs, there's no denying that.

Still, Robertson is a question mark and I love FredEx, but ik Edmonton would laugh this out of the room regardless because you can't improve by trading a guy like McDavid