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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 7, 2018 at 5:38 p.m.
Thread: Flyers 2019 roster maybe
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Zubrowka</b></div><div>Pretty good, but a few quibbles:
1) Myers is a right-side, right-hand D. They will not play him out of position. You may not like Gudas on 2nd pair, but he and Sanheim played really well together last year. Myers likely breaks into the lineup as 3rd pair, and they go from there.
2) Lindblom won't be on 4th line duty unless they lose faith in his ability to score. Raffl is now a 4th liner, a very good 4th liner, but still a 4th liner on this team.
3) Not sure about Aube-Kubel coming up just to be scratched. Lehtera likely is that guy, as much as people hate him for his cap hit. Aube-Kubel can work on his game in the AHL again, and is well suited to be a first call up winger in event of injuries.
4) Weise might play more than Weal. People may hate that b/c they don't like Weise's contract, but Weise is more physical and the FO probably wants that on the 4th line. If there's a top 9 winger injured and they want some play-making attributes, Weal is the guy for that scenario.</div></div>

Hextall talked about Weal potentially taking the 3c spot.
You're right, Lindblom likely slots Into 3lw, and Weise probably gets every chance they can give him at 4rw.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 6, 2018 at 6:02 a.m.
Thread: best possible team under the cap
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>loudubas</b></div><div>grioux for crosby move stamkos to wing
subban for doughty his extension kicks in next year
carter hart for john gibson with savings from subban and doughty swap

edit and sergachev for hagg</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>loudubas</b></div><div>grioux for crosby move stamkos to wing
subban for doughty his extension kicks in next year
carter hart for john gibson with savings from subban and doughty swap

edit and sergachev for hagg</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>loudubas</b></div><div>grioux for crosby move stamkos to wing
subban for doughty his extension kicks in next year
carter hart for john gibson with savings from subban and doughty swap

edit and sergachev for hagg</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>loudubas</b></div><div>grioux for crosby move stamkos to wing
subban for doughty his extension kicks in next year
carter hart for john gibson with savings from subban and doughty swap

edit and sergachev for hagg</div></div>

Giroux was second in scoring last year. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to move him. If anything swap Simmonds for Rantanen, and Stamkos for either Malkin or MacKinnon.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 4, 2018 at 11:38 a.m.
Thread: Karlsson to Dallas
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>coga16</b></div><div>ROR got 5 assets but a lottery protected 1st, a 2nd rounder, a decent but not a top prospects, and 2 cap dumps of a 2nd and 3rd liner 30+ year old players. Its not like ROR brought in a giant slew of prime assets. They got a nice haul for them but it was quantity over quality</div></div>

Yeah, Buffalo had a load of holes in their lineup, and the Blues found a way to help them out and put them in a position where they are better balanced and will have more of an NHL roster now.
Big guys usually take longer to develop so if Thompson ends up being a Nick Bjustad type of player then I think the Sabres have done pretty well on this trade.
Ottawa is in a somewhat similar situation to Buffalo, if they can't find a way to fill a couple holes and add potential top prospects or picks then they're going to be awful a long time.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 4, 2018 at 11:08 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 4, 2018 at 10:37 a.m.
Thread: exchanges
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NickC1988</b></div><div>The carolina trade does, but I think the other two look to favor the other team if anything. Hossa's contract is deadweight (Only owed 1 million in real cash each of the next three seasons) and Murphy is a good replacement D man when Karlsson gets traded. Smith isn't that valuable, and his contract is large. Lindberg was a healthy scratch majority of the playoffs and Oesterle was playing 20 a night next to Keith on a regular basis. Plus Oesterle is a 650K contract while Lindberg is 1.7. So Vegas saves some additional cap as they try for Karlsson.</div></div>

Hossa's contract is dead weight, but still an inconvenience for the next three years preventing getting to potential cap ceilings because of his awful contract.
Taking on 5 million usually means a team ends up taking on a pretty nice asset.
Habs received Joel Armia and a 4th for taking on Mason's 4million.
Flyers received two first round picks and Lehtera's 4.7mil in exchange for Schenn.
Zack Smith, and Connor Murphy are probably near enough in value seeing as how Murphy has an extra year on his bad contract.
So I think you'd have to add at minimum a second round pick to make that trade work, or take on Gaborik.

Anisimov is overpaid, aging, coming off a tough season, has missed 63 games in his last 4 seasons, and Carolina already has players that are near his skill range.
Forsling had the worst relative corsi on a bad team and gave the puck away quite a bit. So two low value assets, and a second round pick for Faulk?

Sure Oesterle played a lot last season, but Duncan Keith had the worst season since his rookie year while playing as his partner. On any other club, he's in the AHL.
Oscar Lindberg has been buried on the depth chart the last 3 seasons but still managed 9, 8 and 13 goals. He's worth more than Oesterle.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 3, 2018 at 9:13 p.m.
Thread: Karlsson + a little more
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Eli</b></div><div>He's got three years left on his contract, and Reirden brought him over with him from Pittsburgh to teach Carlson and Alzner how to play defense. Niskanen led the playoffs in shots blocked. He was on the Caps' top penalty killing unit. He played the last 2:22 of the season. No, they aren't trading him for an offensive defenseman who doesn't play much defense and only has a year left on his contract. Two second round picks don't make a difference.



Johansen played top pair on the Bears, and led their defensemen in points. He often wasn't top left D, with Ness up and down to the NHL, but that's why if you watch highlights of him you'll see him playing on the right side.

Orlov, Niskanen, and Karlsson are among the top thirty defensemen in the league, and all of them are less injured and more defensively sound than Karlsson, and none publicly disparages their team in the newspaper by announcing that they will not give any home town discounts to stick around. They've also all won a Stanley Cup, together, and the Caps should be pretty happy bringing all three back.. To get any one of the three of them, for Karlsson, Ottawa would have to add a good, waiver-exempt prospect who shows some professionalism, and a first round pick

Using total points on Orlov or Niskanen doesn't work because Ovechkin and Carlson play every available minute of power play time with the Caps. Compare even strength points, and you'll notice that all three are number one defensemen in terms of how much offense they produce at even strength. They're all in the top thirty in the league. Detroit used to build teams around having two #1 centers and three #1 defensemen. That hasn't been done, I don't think, since the salary cap started. Washington pulled it off, and also has an elite goal scoring winger on each side, and a goalie who just won all sixteen games to earn a Stanley Cup. None of the pieces I just mentioned are available. Especially not as undervalued pieces of a larger offer for an injured superstar venting his personal issues with teammates and venting his plans to leave his team to the press.

I typed up a perfectly reasonable offer for Karlsson yesterday that included: Michal Kempny, Travis Boyd, Brett Connolly, Nate Walker, and Andre Burakovsky. It's a great offer. They should either take it, or demand that Washington include Vitek Vanecek. If you want to insult Washington's defensemen, go win your own Stanley Cup. :)</div></div>

Ness actually had more points than Johansen....
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 3, 2018 at 9:09 p.m.
Thread: Karlsson + a little more
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Eli</b></div><div>One good way to compare players is by even strength points across a season. Erik Karlsson was first among defensemen, so THE number one defenseman, but Orlov, Carlson, and Niskanen were all in the top thirty, so the Caps won with THREE number one defensemen. These trades leave them with the same number, better offense, but much, much weaker defense.

Last year the Caps' five on three penalty killers were, as the year before, or the year before that, Beagle, Orpik, and Niskanen. Reirden brought Niskanen with him from Pittsburgh, and isn't going to let you trade him for someone who doesn't play defense very well.

Niskanen led the playoffs in shots blocked. He and Orpik stayed on the ice for the last 2:22 of the season to hold a one goal lead against six attackers. The Caps didn't even take a shot. Just iced it when they got it and tried to get faceoffs. Instead of looking for what you could trade Niskanen for, why not talk about how to get Orpik back? Should he be signed as a UFA or as assistant coach?</div></div>

Not every team has a player that has the ability of a number one defender.
Each team has a guy they consider to be that, but I wouldn't consider Yandle, Barrie, or even Keith(this year) to be number one guys.
To me a number one guy is someone that is hall of fame worthy, or having a season that's on par with that, but doesn't have any major holes in his game.
Just an opinion though.
To me I'd say Niskanen and Orlov are great number three guys that play well to their strengths. There's nothing wrong with that at all. Very good players. Not hall of fame worthy.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 3, 2018 at 8:59 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 3, 2018 at 8:15 p.m.
Thread: Karlsson + a little more
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ClockReads2113</b></div><div>I hope you're joking. This is already a severe overpayment for Karlsson. I love Karlsson but I wouldn't pay anything close to this. OTT gets a #1 dman on a great contract, a future top pairing dman, a young top 6 physical player, and 1st. Already too much, but then to throw in the best goalie prospect in the game in there? No way.</div></div>

Who is this number one dman?
Orlov's career best is 33 points. I like him, but he's a great 3 and maybe a 2 on a middle of the pack team.
Lucas Johansen wasn't even the top defenseman on his junior team nor on a BAD Bears team last year. He has a LONG ways to go before becoming a top pair guy.
Top 4 potential, maybe.
The first round pick will be almost a second round pick and only roughly 50% of players taken in that part of the draft hit as productive pros.
Karlsson is one of the top 5 defenseman in all the league, maybe top 3. To get elite franchise players a premium has to be paid. O'Reilly isn't even a franchise player and it took 5 assets to get him.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 3, 2018 at 8:01 p.m.
Thread: Karlsson + a little more
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Sleeping0ut1992</b></div><div>Yea I realized I was kind of undervaluing Gardiner, but he is more of a rental so I think maybe Gardiner and 1 2nd would make more sense or Gardiner and a 3rd</div></div>

He's only 28, so why not extend him?
Isn't Gardner quite an offensive minded defenseman?
Wouldn't a rock solid defender to play with Karlsson put the team in a better position?
If Karlsson and Carlson are going to play 25 minutes a night who will they play with? Djoos only played an average of about 10 mins/game in the playoffs, Gardner isn't going to fit well with Karlsson, and probably won't compliment Carlson that we'll either. So then there is Bowey who the coaches chose to not dress for more than. 50 games last year and Kempny who averaged almost 18 minutes in the playoffs.
So then do you play Carlson and Karlsson together a lot too? Bit of a mess to me, but only an opinion.