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Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 15, 2023 at 10:50 p.m.
Thread: Lotto Line
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>vols94</b></div><div>As you saw with the Zaitzev deal no one is giving away cap space for free. You got him because Calgary did not want to retain. If giving away 2 nothing assets would have dumped Myers, Rutherford and his coffee boy Allvin would have done so already</div></div>

Are you talking about Zadorov?

I'm not sure this gets it done but I'm just saying the cap hit isn't particularly prohibitive especially when we are talking about deadline stuff of expiring contracts. And I don't think the coffee boy would have moved him given he's been in our top 4. If he can replace him absolutely but if not we aren't going to get worse and give up assets.

It ends up being like 3 free assets for the Sharks. They could even send a contract back with a higher actual salary then they end up spending less too.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 23, 2023 at 8:15 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 16, 2023 at 1:31 p.m.
Thread: Dinosaurs run the league
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Naslund</b></div><div>Honestly, I think until VAN bites the bullet and figures out a way to dump OEL, it's gonna be a rough go for the team. His deal is at the core of the cap hell the team faces. And IMNSVHO (in my not so very humble opinion), it'll be a big bullet for VAN to bite. If his dump were to happen with the Hawks this year, my guess is that the conversation would have to start with the 2023 and 2024 1st round picks. Would that be painful to you? Believe me, I know it would.

But it'd also be painful to the Hawks. We have just one position that actually is decent in the prospect pipeline - LD. So, in addition to costing the Hawks a **** ton of $$$$, OEL would impede the progress of these prospects who just this year will begin matriculating to the NHL. That's a big cost, too, that must be included in any of the Hawks' calculations.

But still, likely more so than any other team, we could make that work. It's just that I suspect VAN will not do what it takes to give the Hawks what they need to assume that contract.

I don't know how your situation resolves itself without VAN facing down that gun at their head. What is worse, biting the bullet now, or stringing out the pain of his contract over time? I know what I'd do, but I'm not VAN's GM and I don't have to try and fill the seats in the arena. GMing is very hard to do, isn't it? I mean, the Hawks strategy is clear as a bell, but that doesn't mean they'll make it work!

Look at EDM, I gotta believe that after a decade or so of rebuilding that they will deem anything less than a Cup win with McDavid, a failure! They are also in cap hell, and absent being able to dump Campbell's contract they can't really improve their team, either (again, IMNSVHO). Also interestingly, the Hawks are one of the few teams that could help them, too - also for their price. We sure don't need Campbell. I think assuming his contract also begins with a couple 1st round picks and/or top prospects heading the Hawks' way, and unless they are willing to bite THAT bullet their window may soon start to close.

The bottom line is that the Hawks could help a LOT of contending teams that are intent on making a "final" run, by taking on some big contracts and affording those teams cap flexibility at a critical time. But that comes with a price. Even the Hawks could run out of cap room to assume more dumps!

Very difficult to win in the NHL.

Cheers</div></div>



Oh man the day they made that OEL trade, I was in absolute shock. Why… I would have rather made a run at Chychrun. Had all those bad contracts expiring at the end of the year, coulda flipped some at the TDL. Instead they made a horrendous trade to win now for a D man with an anchor of a contract who is well on the decline.
It’s up there for one of the worst contracts and trades in NHL history.

Exactly, you can tank all you want. Rebuild with the best prospects but it still doesn’t mean you’ll win. You need to be healthy all playoffs, team chemistry clicks at the right time, luck, and don’t get screwed over on crucial penalty calls etc.

As a Canucks fan, I pretty much signed myself up for a life of misery. I have a hard time accepting that we will never win a cup, especially with current ownership.[/quote]

If it makes you feel any better I’m a Buffalo Bills fan, so as close as they’ve come, they have never won a Super Bowl. I know what you mean but life of misery