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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 25, 2018 at 6:04 p.m.
Thread: Defensive Shakeup
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jake_H</b></div><div>I have looked at his stats. He had two hot years and he's a solid defenseman, but now he's back down to earth scoring-wise and he's crashing into his 30's. Olli has been our best defenseman this year, and very good in all but one season of his career. LA gets younger and better in this trade, and Pittsburgh moves up a round in the draft for an aging defenseman signed for less term than Maatta. It's just a bad trade. You're the one who needs to look at Maatta's stats and explain why you want him gone in a shakeup.</div></div>

Look at this: Martinez's CA/60 is 63.27, but his FA/60 is 46.30. That means there are about 17 blocked shots per hour when Martinez is one the ice. Yes, a CA/60 of 63.27 is very high, but CA/60.QoT is 55.85 and CF.QoC is 57.51. What this is showing is that Martinez (normally) plays with bad defensive linemates. Martinez also only starts in the offensive zone 33.21% of the time, which could factor into his high CA/60 and low CF/60. Another thing: Maatta has let up 8 more goals than Martinez in 47 less minutes. Martinez also has a higher GF% than Maatta, despite playing on a worse team.

Anything else ;)
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 25, 2018 at 5:52 p.m.
Thread: Defensive Shakeup
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jake_H</b></div><div>I have looked at his stats. He had two hot years and he's a solid defenseman, but now he's back down to earth scoring-wise and he's crashing into his 30's. Olli has been our best defenseman this year, and very good in all but one season of his career. LA gets younger and better in this trade, and Pittsburgh moves up a round in the draft for an aging defenseman signed for less term than Maatta. It's just a bad trade. You're the one who needs to look at Maatta's stats and explain why you want him gone in a shakeup.</div></div>
Maatta hasn’t been our best defenseman the last two months. His skating was really good at the start of the year, but now he’s a grandma on skates. Martinez, on the other hand, plays a reliable two way game, with great skating and shot blocking, and who also has a great first pass. Martinez’s contract also fits very well.

Something about the defense needs to change, so what will it be? Letang? Maatta? Certainly shouldn’t be Dumoulin/Schultz/Oleksiak since they aren’t the problem. The problem isn’t even Hunwick or Ruhwedel. The problem is the effort, the lack of focus, the softness. Maatta is the softest defenseman on our team plus he’s also the slowest.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 25, 2018 at 1:44 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 15, 2018 at 7:51 a.m.
Thread: Retool
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Truebeliever</b></div><div>Not sure you're right that the Habs HAVE to trade Max. He doesn't want to leave, though he felt the weight of the world on his shoulders. I bet he would be happy to stay if he could give up the "C" to Weber -- or share it. If the Habs move Galchenyuk for a younger roster player (Sam Reinhart, maybe) and use that $2M+ savings and add it to the $16M they already have, they could afford to pick up a couple of pretty good UFAs, including a centre in the here-and-now. But you're right that there's probably no keeping both Max and Galchenyuk.

Steel is #17 in the Hockey's Future ratings. Definitely a good spot. Last year, that was Honka from Dallas. The year before that it was Anthony Duclair. In 2014, it was Mirco Mueller; and 2013 it was Mika Zibanejad (Silverberg was 18th). You get the drift. I am sure Sam Steel will be a fine hockey player, but not sure he's the second coming of Steve Yzerman.

We all do it, overrate our juniors. I am absolutely sure Ryan Poehling will be the next Patrice Bergeron. Joni Ikonen has future-Saku-Koivu potential.... With luck, they'll be fine pros, but as the adage goes, "many a slip twixt cup and lip." A lot can happen. The bird in the hand is often the better move.</div></div>

Read my post again. I said they don’t have to trade him.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 14, 2018 at 10:08 p.m.