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OwenMd05

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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 18, 2022 at 9:52 p.m.
Thread: OilersTDL
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>Why does New Jersey need a goalie upgrade? They're not making the playoffs, and they wouldn't make the playoffs this season if they had Andrei Vasilevskiy in net.

You're just trying to dump Koskinen's cap hit here.</div></div>

If we had even league-average goaltending, our goal differential would be in +. We are 11th in limiting number of shots, but 31st in goals allowed. We are 5th in limiting high-danger scoring chances, but last in giving up low- and medium- danger goals.

It’s hard to understate how much of a disaster our goaltending has been.

It has become routine to see team come flying out of the gates, score a couple, play sound defensive, only to see a couple soft goals and the kids lose their mojo. They gotta to learn how to win and can only do that with an NHLer in net. We’d take Koskinen and his cap. But probably not moving Graves.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 18, 2022 at 11:09 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 11, 2022 at 11:59 a.m.
Thread: ive seen these moves around
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CD282</b></div><div>Both Manson and Husso would be summertime moves - they're pending UFA's and their teams are currently sitting in playoff positions. Neither will be moved, but both might be able to be added in the summer for just money.

And unless Keith is done (doesn't sound like the case) I'm not sure the Seattle trade has much appeal for Edmonton. We'll see how ready Neimelainen and Broberg are, but they're the future on the left side along with Nurse, so I don't see Edmonton spending real assets on players who aren't going to be needed going forward.</div></div>

Just re: Manson-I don't know that that's completely true. Verbeek said yesterday (Maybe it was the day before) that he has no intention of holding onto pending UFA's and seeing them walk if they can't get them extended by the deadline.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 3, 2022 at 12:48 p.m.
Thread: Goalie and defence
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OwenMd05</b></div><div>lets be realistic now, the ducks arnt a playoff team, currently 3 points ahead of CAL while CAL has 6 games in hand, 6 point ahead of the oilers who also have 6 games in hand, the flames and oilers are both true contenders and the retooling/rebuilding young ducks owuld obtain a valuable asset to carry on with the rebuild, departing with a player who can leave after this year when you know this isnt your all in year, take the first and run. ducks have plenty of years to be a playoff team but verbeek knows better than to rush it lol. kassian is for cap purposes, can flip him in the summer to a east coast team for a 3rd</div></div>

Oh, I'm not saying that Manson shouldn't be traded, I'm saying that Manson should be traded to someone where you don't have a to take back Zack Kassian. Plenty of young players that'll be fighting for ice time next year.

I do get a kick out of the whole "Just flip 'em!" thing though...happends on here all the time. Better idea-You flip him, and it'll cut out the middle man.

As for the playoffs, you're not wrong. There isn't a Ducks fan here that'll say "Oh yeah, we're a bonified playoff team!". There is such a thing as optics though, and helping the team behind you leapfrog you ain't it. The market for Manson will likely be strong enough that they won't have to worry about moving him to Edmonton.