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Forum: Armchair-GMSat. at 11:10 a.m.
Thread: UFA vets to complete top 6
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jay27</b></div><div>Idk, Stammer is great and all but I just don’t think it’s a great idea to go out and spend 10.5 a year for the next 3 years on a guy who’s 34 years old. Also I know +\~ is an archaic stat and all but has anyone else noticed that he is a ~21 on a team that has a +25 goal differential?</div></div>

He's not what he used to be and that's fine. His value is his experience and leadership more than his scoring even though that's still pretty good. He's going to teach the young group how to win and what it takes to be excellent instead of just good. This is a young team about to get younger once some other vets leave and we're going to need that "guy" that everyone in the room respects, including Suzuki. They need someone to look up to whose been there and done that and Stammer would be the absolute best chance we have at someone like that. And frankly, the only reason we'd have even a slight chance at him is because of MSL.

Yes the Habs could use a legit weapon like Reinhart or whatever but truthfully we aint going to get anyone in their prime. But I think captain, cup winner, megastar, even at his age would do wonders for the core of this group which will be the ones that lead us to the promise land if we do.

Plus all the best options for the Habs are guys who are going to want long term contracts. If Habs draft a forward this year, we'll be absolutely stacked up front for the next decade almost. We need guys for the now and short term only. Since cap space is not an issue, we can afford to go high on a short term deal for a guy like Stammer. By the time we really need cap space, he'll be gone.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 4 at 2:56 p.m.
Thread: New Third Pairing Next Year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JeffGorton</b></div><div>Habs do not want Ross Colton unless there are multiple 1st rounders in return. He is a cap dump for the Habs.</div></div>

Ross Colton is not a cap dump, but Montreal wouldn't want him.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Anus_McLeod</b></div><div>Well, you're not getting Lehkonen back, but I think you'd like Colton. <strong>I understand he's not the most exciting acquisition, but I do think he makes that team better</strong>.

Is Evans likely to extend in Montreal? If so then I could see why this wouldn't make sense.</div></div>

I don't think any rebuilding team is all that interested in taking on cap space to improve their bottom 6 C, especially given the term on Colton's contract. Montreal's hoping to get more than 25 games combined from Dvorak and Dach next season. Newhook has also started to show serious improvements at center since coming back from injury. Them, Suzuki and Evans means Montreal's unlikely to be in the market for a center who isn't either a young, true top-6 C or a guy with the potential to be that.

It doesn't really matter if Evans will be re-signed are not or what it would cost Montreal in a trade, Colton doesn't make sense as a trade target.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 4 at 9:14 a.m.
Thread: Draft day capital
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MTLaveragefan</b></div><div>TBH - the top 6 is such a toss up especially before the end of the playoffs, the Memorial cup and the WJC - that a trade up will probably be to secure a very specific player that would be available :

ex:

CLB picks 4th, ARI picks 5th and MTL picks 6th.

Celebrini/Demidov/Lindstrom go 1, 2, 3.

Lets say Eiserman is available at 4 and MTL and ARI REAALLLY wants him, while CLB not so much. Then I could see CLB accepting a deal from MTL to leap frog ARI to secure Eiserman.

It's going to be a draft floor trade for sure.</div></div>

Yeah that's the exact scenario I could see that trade happening. Even then, though, if Columbus is on the clock and Levshunov is available, we should take him. The only RD in the system with top-4 potential is Jiricek, so that would be both insurance and a long-term upgrade on Gudbranson/Severson.

But, if Columbus does make that trade, and the next picks are Eiserman to MTL at 4 and Levshunov to ARI at 5, I'd still be happy taking the extra draft capital to nab Catton at 6. Definitely going to be interesting.