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Forum: Armchair-GM12 hours ago
Thread: Seaoffseason1
I'm going to disagree with my fellow Caps fan above and say that Washington declines this. Donato is expiring this offseason so I don't see why a team would be sending a large sum for that, considering that sign and trades are incredibly rare. For the player himself, he'll be due a raise this offseason and Washington already has someone who does what Donato can, only better in Sheary, who's locked up and is cheaper.

I would assume part of this is predicated on Hagelin being a dump, however there currently isn't a need to deal with Hagelin in his current state. He's struggling with depth perception issues in his injured eye and it's not known if he will even play again, leaving the large possibility that he will stay on LTIR and his contract will not be an issue. The combination of dump and perceived upgrade are certainly not worth sending away a mid 2nd round pick for when you have a plethora of prospects that can easily do what the Caps would bring in Donato for.
Forum: NHL13 hours ago
Thread: 2021-22 NHL Off-season Discussion Thread - #1
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>capsfan2121</b></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Devils prospect Nikita Okhotiuk just beat the hell out of Devils General Manager Tom Fitzgerald’s son, Casey Fitzgerald 😭 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NJDevils?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#NJDevils</a> <a href="https://t.co/Bu94fQaPcO" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Bu94fQaPcO</a></p>— Josh (@joshlangerr) <a href="https://twitter.com/joshlangerr/status/1526730295554220032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">May 18, 2022</a></blockquote>

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"Hope you like playing in a college stadium Nikita, shouldn't have beaten my son like that"
Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 1:52 p.m.
Thread: They need youth
The Mantha trade has been far from a failure in DC. While losing him to injury for much of the year hurts, Vrana had the same issue, and Mantha is better at creating plays, getting into dirty areas that Vrana doesn't do nearly as much, and plays a better defensive game than Vrana. The 2nd rounder given up to make the upgrade was definitely worth it, and I get the feeling that this will become clearer next season.

Fleury at 4.5 is... well rough. He's going into his age 38 season and is about the same sv% goalie as Vanecek. Whatever experience he would bring would, at best, offset the 4.5 mil you have him getting, which could look really bad about 10 games into next season.

I wouldn't touch Mikheyev if he's asking for 4 million, if you want to play the youth, there's a good place to insert some. Protas or Leason come to mind.

As for Keller himself, I can't see Arizona trading him. Yes, he is 23, but in about 4-5 years when the team is contending he will be hitting the prime of his career, so trading him for reasons of not being important when they contend is something I wouldn't agree with.
Forum: NHLMon. at 10:39 a.m.
Thread: 2021-22 NHL Off-season Discussion Thread - #1
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bruins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#Bruins</a> sign Jakub Zboril to a 2 year contract extension with an AAV of $1,137,500.Zboril was set to expire as a Group 6 UFA this summer. <a href="https://t.co/KBWRdIsl7S" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://t.co/KBWRdIsl7S</a></p>— CapFriendly (<a href="/users/CapFriendly" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@CapFriendly</a>) <a href="https://twitter.com/CapFriendly/status/1526210043347095558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">May 16, 2022</a></blockquote>



Not a bad deal for Boston, especially considering the money is buriable if things go south.
Forum: The BoxMon. at 10:33 a.m.
Forum: The BoxMon. at 10:32 a.m.
Thread: All Topics Discussion Thread
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bobcat205</b></div><div>When you have a lot of free time, you take an idea and think way too much on it.

Over the weekend, i read a bit about the old A1 Grand Prix series, which ran from 2005 to 2009. It was essentially a World Cup of auto racing, where over 20 different teams represented their country. This got me thinking:

<em>How would I set up my own World Cup of Auto Racing?</em>

First off, it would be an open wheel series, and all drivers will be required to have open-wheel experience anywhere from Formula Ford/Renault to Indycar or Formula 1. 20 drivers from 20 countries will participate, and the countries and drivers that represent them are as follows:

United States: Josef Newgarden
Canada: Lance Stroll
Mexico: Patricio O'Ward
Venezuela: Pastor Maldonado
Brazil: Pietro Fittipaldi
Great Britain: Lando Norris
Spain: Carlos Sainz
France: Romain Grosjean
Germany: Mick Schumacher
Netherlands: Max Verstappen
Italy: Antonio Giovinazzi
Sweden: Marcus Ericsson
Finland: Valtteri Bottas
Russia: Daniil Kvyat
India: Jehan Daruvala
Thailand: Alexander Albon
China: Guanyu Zhou
Japan: Takuma Sato
Australia: Will Power
New Zealand: Scott Dixon

Onto the cars themselves, it would obviously be a spec series. All drivers would drive the Dallara IR-18, powered by the Honda Indy V6. So, in other words, your average, run-of-the-mill Indycar with Honda power.

The schedule has to be the hardest part. I think i have it down, though.

Round 1: United States (Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Round 2: Canada (Circuit Gilles Villleneuve)
Round 3: Mexico (Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez)
Round 4: Venezuela (San Carlos Circuit)
Round 5: Brazil (Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace)
Round 6: Great Britain (Brands Hatch)
Round 7: Spain (Circuito de Jerez)
Round 8: France (Circuit de Nevers-Magny Cours)
Round 9: Germany (Hockenheimring)
Round 10: Netherlands (Zandvoort)
Round 11: Italy (Imola)
Round 12: Sweden (Anderstorp Raceway)
Round 13: Finland (Helsinki Thunder)
Round 14: Russia (Sochi Autodrom)
Round 15: India (Madras Race Track)
Round 16: Thailand (Chang International Circuit)
Round 17: China (Shanghai International Circuit)
Round 18: Japan (Twin Ring Motegi)
Round 19: Australia (Melbourne Street Circuit)
Round 20: New Zealand (Rapauna Raceway)

How did i do? What would you change? Give me your feedback.</div></div>

I like this idea a lot.

My one change would be to pivot away from Venezuela. I think racing there would be a lost cause given all the issues that plague the country. I'd love to see Pastor back, but it is tough to sell anything relating to Venezuela. I would replace Venezuela with Colombia's Autodromo de Tocancipá, and have Colombia be represented by good ole' Juan Pablo Montoya.
Forum: NHLFri. at 11:07 p.m.
Thread: 2021-22 NHL Playoffs Discussion Thread #2 - Free Connor Ingram
Carlson.

It’s always Carlson.

The caps could inherit the entire NHL and Carlson would still somehow **** it up.

I’d like to see how people like Japer’s rink justify this. -4 today with garbage defending on the 3rd and 4th goals.

Strip him of the A at the very least. Someone with this little care, coupled with garbage abilities, should not be anywhere near an A. Wilson, Orlov, Oshie, hell even Dowd or Hathaway deserve the A more.

It’s been a bit but I’m still furious. This was a winnable series that bad defense, looking directly at Carlson and Schultz, lost us.

And I hate to be the pessimist, but this was probably our last good shot to go far in the playoffs. Sammy can’t bail this team out forever.

End of season spiel and grades are going to be made soon in the Caps forum if anyone cares. I’ve just got to calm down a bit first.
Forum: NHLThu. at 2:40 p.m.
Thread: 2021-22 NHL Off-season Discussion Thread - #1
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>Jeff Marek just dropped a bombshell of a question

“If you’re the Montreal Canadiens, and I know you’re hosting the draft. If the Arizona Coyotes come to you and say ‘We will give you our No. 3 overall pick and our first-rounder next season in exchange for the 2022 first overall pick,’ what do you say?” asked Jeff Marek.

Man there is potential as if that 2023 1st is not protected Montreal could end up with Cooley and Bedard.

I would only do it, if that 2023 1st was not protected</div></div>

If it wasn't protected, I'd do that in a heartbeat. Arizona is still far from contention and I worry Wright may be less of a talent than people think. Plus, imagine the possibility for Montreal to struggle next year and get Cooley/Nemec, Bedard, and Michkov.
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