MisstheWhalers

MisstheWhalers
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Forum: Armchair-GM7 hours ago
Forum: Armchair-GM8 hours ago
Thread: Tampa desperate for 3C
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BOLTLOVER1</b></div><div>Tampa did have a Cup appearance and lost to Chicago.. they over achieved that year and I think it started this whole " wow their young and their going to be good for next decade mindset" .. the two conference losses were both blown 3 to 2 leads .. so 2 clinching game losses on home ice with TWO shutouts vs. Caps in Ganes 6 and 7 .. No need to talk about last year HISTORIC collapse.. and yet we have same wimpie coach and leadership.. it is interesting this year on how seats are empty more than in years past .. just think no one buying the whole story anymore

Any comments on trade?</div></div>

I've always been a Bonino fan and he's the kinda center you want for a playoff run, not sure about the value of that prospect you're offering up but Bonino is having one hell of a season, doubt Nashville wants to move him, not sure what the problem is with the Preds though cause that's a decent team on paper.
Forum: Armchair-GM10 hours ago
Thread: Tampa desperate for 3C
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BOLTLOVER1</b></div><div>Stamkos is now a winger .. 12th year .. horrendous defensively .. fulltime winger now with Cirelli as 2C

Johnson is awful and out of town soon .. Stephens is another shrimp .. as is ABB who hasn't played a shift in NHL .. ALL are small shrimps NOT the 3C we need.

It amazes me how non Tampa fans here on CAP friendly have illusion of this abundence of Tampa talent .. It really doesn't exist .. other than Hedman ALL other defensemen where from trades/FAs and there is NOT ONE Cruncher who anyone believes will be in top 6 in their career .. and worse is they all shrimps that cant play 3rd and 4th line defensive/physical roles. Yzerman really screwed this team with the small/fast approach .. as we watched Caps win easy last night with Tom Wilson on 1st line.</div></div>

Not a Lightning fan but an objective hockey fan who cheers for the Jets but I gotta agree with you, your Lightning team is small up front and has become redundant and stale, too many of the same players which coincidentally is the same problem the Jets have imo, gonna sound old school but not enough board bangers/drive to the net bang home the garbage goals type of players.

I think the Tampa needs a retool quick while Stammer still has some good years left in him, gonna be tough to work with all those NMC'S and NTC’S though.
Forum: Armchair-GMSat at 4:32 pm
Thread: If Maurice Goes to Seattle
I'm in the minority but I'd rather keep Little then Wheeler, between his sob story whine fest to
Sara Orlesky at TSN or his recent whining to The Athletic about not getting any "ink" as he called it for his scoring prowess is just too much for me sorry.

Like is he more concerned with leading this group to a cup or the national media recognizing how good he is? Sounds like a guy who's pretty concerned about padding his personal stats but that's what I've always suspected, I think that's why he didn't want to be separated from Scheiffele, he knew that's what would get him the most points and by extension a fat payday.

Laine basically takes a shot at Little through the media and what does Bryan Little do, he takes the diplomatic high road and laughs it off without taking a shot back at Laine, if there's anyone that should have a letter on his jersey it's Little.

It'd be great for the Jets if Seattle took both Wheeler and Maurice, I wouldn't miss either and this team can finally move on, they really need a more modern coach, I swear Maurice is still coaching this team like it's 1997.. Lol.. And he constantly gets out coached when it really matters, had no answer for what Vegas was throwing at them and Berube tweaks his lines and gets results whereas Maurice tried basically nothing and put Hayes on the 4th line.. 😂
Forum: Armchair-GMSat at 4:14 pm
Thread: Just pull the trigger
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ChiHawk</b></div><div>More wrong from you. Hawks aren't cap strapped if you understood where they are at today and will be next year. Go look at the team next year, do a AGM yourself and you'll see why you're wrong there assuming you also understand the prospects the Hawks have which i doubt.

Yes, Hawks keep Saad for 2 more years because he's the only true 2 way forward we have, brings leadership to the table for the younger guys, and because he's hands down better then Kap and a middle 3rd rounder doesn't have a ton of value (15% of 3rd round picks actually ever play in the NHL) and Ceci has zero value. Saad for Kap and a B+ level prospect is a better deal and fair value.</div></div>

Yeah not as cap strapped as I thought cause I forgot about the Debrincat extension but from what's left Strome will eat a good chunk of that up plus you need two goalies plus there's bonuses to consider, don't think that you have as much space as you think. I'm fully aware you could move some guys out for more cap space but that's a different discussion altogether.

Yes I'm fairly aware of the Hawks prospects, watched a Denver at UMD game recently and Ian Mitchell was far and away the best player on the ice, the Hawks need to get that kid signed the day after his college season ends!

So you'd rather hold on to a guy for "leadership"?
Are you thinking like Stan and wanna get the band back together for one last run? Maybe pull Sharp out of retirement and see if Oduya wants to sign for another shot at a cup? lol... Dude its time to move on from some of the core and Saad is a guy that has some value, you'd be crazy to not trade him for a younger winger with term and is under team control.
You'd really split hairs over the difference in value between a 3rd round pick and a B+ level prospect? Could likely draft that prospect with that 3rd, the Hawks scouting staff seems like one of the best in the league imo. I just doubt you'd get a much better return for Saad and realistically I doubt Dubas would make that trade but ya never know. Kapanen and Saad are on pretty much the same ppg pace this season.

Just thinking of the last two TDL's there were multiple defensemen traded for mid to late round picks, Morrow, Beaulieu, Del Zotto, Kislevich went for anywhere from 4th round to 7th round picks and those are just the ones I can think of, I'm sure if I did some research I could give you plenty more examples of depth dmen who were traded at the TDL.
So even though many on here thinks Ceci is garbage some team might throw you a late round pick for him, teams always want some depth dmen if they think they're going on a long run for the Cup.
Forum: Armchair-GMSat at 1:12 pm
Forum: Armchair-GMSat at 11:40 am
Thread: Just pull the trigger
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HatterTParty</b></div><div>Yea, that Carolina trade felt like a stretch when I asked for Slavin. However, Kane, in my opinion, is still marquee. He could fetch a king’s ransom and if the Canes were going for it this year, he improves on Teuvo, lehner is a great option next to mrazek, and Reimer controls the cap switch, and that leaves slavin. Slavin might be my favorite defensive defenseman in the league right now. He’s so smart and consistent. So yes, I might have stretched with him, but I did so because Carolina might have the best dman pool in the league.</div></div>

Yeah but it's not just Slavin, you're asking for TWO 1sts on top of Teuvo and Slavin, Kane is still elite yes but he's 31 with a $10M cap hit for 3 more seasons after this one so even as good as he is with that kind of cap hit I just doubt he's got that kind of value.

Slavin and Teravainen are young and signed to good value contracts with a lot of term which makes them very valuable, really the least understood thing on CapFriendly is the value of term.

I don't think taking Reimer warrants any extra consideration/compensation if that's what you're thinking or at least not a large compensation, he's still a capable backup, overpaid a bit but still a decent backup compared to what some teams are rolling out.