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Forum: NHL SigningsOct. 12, 2022 at 6:21 p.m.
Thread: Buffalo Sabres signed Mattias Samuelsson (7 Years / $4,285,714 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ElectroMan</b></div><div>That's the thing. I never said "bonafide" you just keep repeating it. You just misrepresent arguments instead of addressing what I actually said. I said he played in the top 4 this season and on the top pair with Dahlin at the end. That is true. You said he was on the 3rd pair with Bryson &amp; Fitz all of those minutes. That was completely false. You get caught being wrong &amp; just move on to the next argument. That's acting in bad faith.

If you knew plenty about the player you'd know his ceiling is much higher than a 4th d man lmao. The role that he's already playing in.</div></div>


Do you understand the difference between being "a top 4 Dman" and getting to play a few hundred top 4 minutes (with varying degrees of success, some of those degrees being reeeally bad) on a team with one of the weakest D stables in the league last season? Two very different things, dude. I rode a camel in the Sahara a couple times - doesn't make me a Bedouin. And appropriately, no one should hail me as one because I ain't there yet.
Forum: NHL SigningsSep. 4, 2022 at 8:48 a.m.
Thread: Buffalo Sabres signed Tage Thompson (7 Years / $7,142,857 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Leafs_and_Sens_Fan</b></div><div>Very risky contract... seems desperate to me. Over 7.14M after only one good season... how much are they actually saving by signing him now instead of letting him prove himself for another season? On the other hand if he regresses you get another Jeff Skinner like contract.</div></div>

At least Thompson’s cap hit is almost $2M less than Skinner’s.

The difference with the Skinner contract was that they knew exactly what they were getting when they extended him. He ran hold and cold for 8 years in Carolina, so it shouldn’t have surprised anybody that he fell off after his 40-goal season, nor that he rebounded later.

Thompson could turn out to be like that, but it’s also possible that we saw the real Tage Thompson last season, and he will be able to deliver consistently. The problem is, we don’t know.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 20, 2022 at 4:52 a.m.
Thread: Lines i would use with the new trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>justaBoss</b></div><div>Now that Liljegren is stuck in AHL and Leafs have acquired a depth D, how about trading Holl+Liljegren+1st for half-retained Klingberg?

They have the cap for it, too.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>justaBoss</b></div><div>Not bad, per se, but it's not his strong suit. He's a more offensive version of Morgan Rielly, really.</div></div>

How bout not.

Klingberg is a glorified version of Tyson Barrie - actually calling him a more offensive version of Morgan Rielly is a huge insult to Rielly, Klingberg’s worse. Klingberg would fit in Toronto the same way Barrie did, which he didn’t. He would need 1st unit PP time and sheltered minutes at 5v5 to be successful and that’s not happening in Toronto and not happening for the price of Liljegren and a 1st round pick plus more. Rielly has the 1st unit PP locked down and Sandin has the 2nd locked down, and with Muzzin struggling defensively this season there’s no one to shelter Klingberg with so he just doesn’t fit in.

Toronto’s likely not interested in him and definitely not at the price of Liljegren, 1st, +
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 18, 2021 at 4:08 p.m.
Thread: Big trade plus other reasonable moves
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Knuckl3s</b></div><div>Pearson could fetch a 3rd or 4th rounder pretty easily I think

Vancouver is not trading Rathbone for a player like Kapanen, although I do think they might have some interest in Kapanen, Rathbone won't be part of a return package for him

Motte fetches a 3rd rounder minimum, and Canucks probably have to retain maximum salary on Miller in that deal</div></div>

You got this backwards, my man. This is an instance of fans overvaluing their prospects. Yeah, he's an ok prospect, but Kap is worth far more than that.

First off, the Pens have no reason to move Kapanen right now. Maybe that changes because of other players they need to keep, but if they did, they can get way more than that.