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Forum: Armchair-GMFri. at 12:34 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 13 at 8:26 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 15 at 8:18 a.m.
Thread: Younger next year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CD282</b></div><div>$1.75M for Carrier is too much, not sure why you're so enthusiastic about that signing.

And if Durzi is worth only $4-5M x 5, he sure isn't worth Kulak + two 1sts. That's more than Edmonton paid for Ekholm, for goodness sake.

And Ceci is worth more than a 5th.</div></div>
Carrier is one of the rare bottom-6 forwards that consistently contributes to outchancing and outscoring while also being a physical, forechecking presence. He's a wonderfully effective player. Would be a great player for either or both of Lavoie and Hamblin to play with/learn from and would be entirely worth a 1.75mil cap hit for a couple years.

Durzi is probably worth between 5.25 and 5.75mil on that term. As for the picks, you're willfully misrepresenting the return as the author's trade includes picks coming back. So it's Kulak and 3 total rounds of trade-ups for Durzi. The return for Ekholm was FAR more than that.

A 5th as a return for Ceci is plenty reasonable in my eyes. He's not the cap dump some people make him out to be but whatever his trade value is will be hurt by the fact that, if EDM doesn't win the Cup, there'll be pressure to upgrade at that position in particular.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 15 at 5:41 a.m.
Thread: Younger next year
Overall a solid AGM! I'm particularly keen on your choice of Carrier, your line combos, and your overall goal of getting younger. That being said, there are a few things I'd change:

1.) I'd say you're overpaying Debrusk (~400k), Pickard (~600k), Holloway (~600k), Desharnais (~500k), &amp; Lavoie (~200k) given the context of the term you've offered each of them
2.) I'd say you're underpaying Durzi by around 1mil and don't think SLC will make him available, at least not for that. I'd also rather use that money to target A. Carrier in UFA
3.) I don't imagine Broberg agrees to a 3-year deal and as such would likely end up on a similar deal to the one I proposed Holloway gets (900k * 2yrs). Saves another 400k
4.) That factors out to ~2.7mil in what I'd deem overpayments. For the sake of argument, I'll grant you either the Durzi acq. as listed or that Carrier (or similar) would cost ~4.25mil

Using those savings, I'd prioritise dressing at least a 22-man roster by adding 2 FAs (ideally below age 30), swapping Carrick out for Laczynski, and maybe finding an upgrade on Fischer. I wouldn't be surprised if Hamblin ended up back in EDM next year, either.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 7 at 11:26 a.m.
Thread: Shedding some cap in the offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Rob32sjsharks</b></div><div>Sharks have no use for Ceci unless they can’t find a better top 4 RD in FA. So that deal isn't likely but someone will trade for him at that value.
Picking up Demello is smart to eat some of those tougher min freeing up Bouchard for more offensive situations, and he’s likely cheaper than Roy or Pesce. All in all not a bad lineup and thought process here.
My only argument is it would be nice to move Kulak, give Broberg a legit shot and have a little cap room say 1-1.15 mil for injuries.</div></div>

Is it bad that I was thinking — how can the sharks get the contract more in the $2 to $2.5 million range so he could be a flip?

I really don’t know what we (sharks) are going to do in Defense. We need help now to help with development, but more vets take up spots for younger players. We need to find a way to trade cap dumps —- Vlasic for cap dump forward. Those no trade moves are going to make that hard.

Having Ceci and Rutta gives you two RD on UFA to trade. We do have 2 4th, 6th, and 7th in 2025 to pay off a banker teams to help move some of these low return trade pieces.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 9 at 1:09 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 18 at 4:19 a.m.
Thread: Drai and Bouch new contracts
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Dekes</b></div><div>Drai isn’t taking 11.875. Matthews just got 13.5 mack is at 12.6. No way drai doesn’t ask for 12 mill minimum.

With Canada’s bad taxes and Canadian dollars terrible value, Edmonton would have to make an offer that can match what a lot of American teams can offer post tax.

Tavares didn’t take a discount for his home town that he dreamed of playing for, doubt drai has the same love towards Edmonton.

If Bouchard keeps playing like he has the last 2 years he will get 8.5+ gotta pay premium for RHD</div></div>

Drais not a greedy pig like Matthews though. Mack is more valueable than all 3. I could see Drai 11.5M. His numbers are no longer insane as McD and Drai have committed to run their own lines and not just dummy the league leader boards playing together all the time.