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McRanteskog

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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 27, 2023 at 9:12 a.m.
Thread: Get rid of MacDermid
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>McRanteskog</b></div><div>I think too many Avs fans are more in love with his name (Foote) than his play. There’s a reason why TBL used Foote as a throw in on the Jeannot trade as well as a reason why NSH didn’t even give him a QO (would’ve been ~950k), he’s just not that great.

And as mentioned above, Foote wouldn’t fill the hole left by trading a Girard or Manson.

Sakic traded a 4th for MacDermid and then gave him a 2 year extension, he brings value to the team some of y’all don’t see.</div></div>

Imagine with me for a moment:

You're pretty bad at your job but being paid a decent salary because you're "great in the break room" and you don't mind shouting at employees of a few of the rival companies every now and then when they get salty with your coworkers but not even being very good at that or doing it very often. You don't get invited to many important things and, when it's crunch time, they leave you on the sidelines (because, again, you're pretty bad at your job so you might cost the company big time if they include you when the stakes are highest) but you're still getting paid because the boss and your coworkers like you even if they could get someone else who actually can do the job you're being paid to not do most of the time; they'll let the incompetence slide because they like you so damn much.

Now, I'm not arguing with your assessment of the situation but just asking us to recognize the absurdity but, also, pointing out that being well-liked can get you pretty far even if you aren't quite competent at the actual work. We can probably all think of someone like this that we know in our lives and grudgingly acknowledge that, in certain contexts, being good with people can cancel out being not-so-good at technical elements. Kurtis MacDermid is basically a masterclass in how to get by on emotional intelligence almost on it's own (the other part, of course, is being born with the genetics that make him bigger than 99% of other humans then developing a willingness to fight). We could all take a lesson from K-Mac's book.
Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 25, 2023 at 10:04 p.m.
Thread: Colorado Avalanche signed Nikolai Kovalenko (2 Years / $925,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>McRanteskog</b></div><div>If I could lock him in today as a player who will be a steady 40-45pt middle 6F, I’d do it.

He’s got no proven track record to suggest he will light it up so badly that COL couldn’t afford him once this deal is done. Don’t think there’s cause for concern there. And let’s say he does light it up, 65-70pts, now RFA and COL can’t sign him. Well, we still own his RFA rights, could be traded for a good haul still.

Point being, he’s found money at this point</div></div>

Avalanche 6th Round Draft Picks to even have a cup of coffee in the NHL: Brian Willsie, Charlie Stephens, David Aebischer, Jonas Holos, Riku Hahl, Justin Mercier and Nils Aman (with freaking Vancouver). If he plays more than 40 games with the Avs he will be the best 6th round pick in team history (maybe other than Aebischer). He is all sorts of found money.