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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 1, 2023 at 9:43 a.m.
Thread: gavrikov what I wouldve done
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JTrades</b></div><div>It's unfortunate that they had to trade Quick but honestly, they should have traded him sooner. They chose him over Petersen at the beginning of the year out of respect for the player. Now he still hasn't been playing great and if the team has any chance, they need someone reliable. With the west wide open and the Kings having a solid team. Their hand was forced. This is about on-ice play and nothing else</div></div>

I see your perspective but this doesn’t make them cup contenders. I also think the risk involved in bringing in rentals with no assurance of signing them. If they sign Korpisalo, that makes the goalie situation next year more convoluted. I’m going to try to see this in the best light, but it’s not easy.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 28, 2023 at 12:15 p.m.
Thread: Cheapo Canucks - Selling Everything to Line Aquas Pockets
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Random2152</b></div><div>Dude is in the ahl with a 15 mil contract fir a career ahler and an worn out old guy (and rightfully so).

He is a huge cap dump lmao



Yeah if you look at the little blurb I do say Demko+ is a summer trade. Specifically after July 1st bonuses are paid. That one is a tough trade to gauge value wise and really it could go either way. I personally wouldn't touch OEL with a 10 foot pole, but they do have some needs that get filled (probably filled well in demkos case) and at a cheap cost while dumping 15 mil. An underrated issue with it is that OEL will be double retained, meaning he can never cost less than 6aav on the cap if LA moved him again. As I said in the explainer finding any fits for a lot of these contracts is extremely hard and in a lot of cases you'll get a ehhhh reaction to it because the poison pill is just so potent. A truly remarkable statement on the Canucks mismanagement.
When it comes to bad players being good in easier mins, I just don't see it. Sometimes it happens but the norm is that they just stay bad. Heck some people were even saying being in VAN would help his #s for the same reason at the time of the trade thanks to Quinn! It's not a 56M bet I'd make for sure

In terms of cap, most of these trades are off season of some sort, so yes the cap isn't perfect but you will have signifigantly more room to work. The in season trades (Specifically the NYI one) is 250k different. That was something I was keeping some eye on, but for so many of these they will to some extent affect team building in a non-inconsequential way for all involved.

Garland is based on rumours. It's damn near confirmed thanks to VANs leakyness that they can't give him away at 4.95 and that they are seriously considering a buyout. Since I'm spending so many assets to be rid of worse deals, and his buyout isn't crippling, it's a bullet worth biting I think.
As an aside, I quite like Garland and would hope the Leafs make an offer if he does get bought out, or even a retention trade before Friday.

The Islanders have backed themselves into a corner, and your only options are to throw in the towel or double down. The horvat trade signals the latter and getting your pick back and adding a good player (he is still good, not 8x8 until mid 30s good but that's what it is) is probably one of the better ways to double down both in upside and risk management - although it really is a 'best of a bad bunch' option like most of the trades here.</div></div>

I can’t believe you honestly think this trade has any chance of happening. Rob Blake would never do this deal. It contradicts the rebuild they went through to tie up a bunch of cap for 5 years when they have to have space to resign the youth movement we drafted. That should resonate with you. Vancouver had to trade Horvat for the same reasons - bad contracts. We’ll learn from your mistakes. No way.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 22, 2023 at 3:44 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 22, 2023 at 2:52 p.m.
Thread: Hutson for Durzi
I give credit to this AGM from an LA perspective and say this is fairly close valuation. While I think Hutson looks like a lite version of Josi as it relates to his offensive abilities, it would be too much of a risk to part with Durzi who continues to improve, even on his off side at the NHL level. Hutson could be amazing or he could be what LA fans saw with Linden Vey who just didn’t work out at the NHL level. (different position, but his promise was high and on the same trajectory). I also think it makes the size issue more glaring where we can’t clear people out in front of the net. That’s been more of a concern to me than the goaltending. Also no Kings fan I know is giving up on Turcotte. I think he’s projecting at a low to being just like Lizotte and on the high end like O’Reilly. They have another year to see how he fits. I think he’ll beat someone out for a job next season. I like trades like this when at least they look fair and see things from both teams’ perspectives.