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Pens3lieve

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Forum: Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 23, 2020 at 9:55
Thread: Pittsburgh Penguins 2021 season preview
Hot take: their offseason isn't terrible. Ok, overpaying that much for Kapanen is BAD and signing Ceci is... well you know, but I think Matheson will fit in well in their system and getting that much for Murray is good.

Their goaltending is questionable. I love Jarry but I'm not sure about DeSmith. I think this could be an issue. They could have to trade for a backup at the TDL.

I like their d-core a lot. Marino is one of the 10 most underrated d-men in the league and I'm a big Pettersson fan. Letang and Dumoulin were shaky against MTL. But if these for play well, this d^core could be very good.

The offense is basically the same as last season. The x-factor for them is Crosby and Malkin remaining healthy.

Here's how I'd build their lineup:

Zucker-Crosby-Kapanen
Guentzel-Malkin-Rust
Lafferty-McCann-Tanev
Jankowski-Blueger-Sceviour

Dumoulin-Letang
Pettersson-Marino
Matheson-Ceci

Jarry
DeSmith

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Forum: Armchair-GMDec 18, 2020 at 10:31
Thread: Seattles Expansion Draft full roster I used DAL bc they had all their picks
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Pens3lieve</b></div><div>wasn't too familiar with Lizotte or LA in general--any other players that would be good options?
MIN fan said JEE would b available.....maybe someone else???
MTL was a tough one for sure....
agree on PHI/WSH</div></div>

For LA I see
Kopitar, Iafallo, Kempe, Lizotte, Andersson(40), Grundstrom(40), Luff(40) or Wagner or Frk
Doughty, Walker, Roy or Clague(40)
Peterson
(40) = game required to be exposed. If we NHL are going to 56 games this season, there's a lot of chance a couple of those player do not meet condition, so they'll not be avaible for the expansion draft. That said LA can protect other player and exposed Carter, Brown, Quick or minor player.

For MIN, They have to protect Parise and Zuccarello because of their NMC and if they don't trade of their Defensmen in Dumba, Spurgeon, Suter and Brodin, you're right, JEE will be exposed, Fiala and Greenway are the other two protected player.

I personnally think Guerin will try to move one player off his NMC. I can see Zucc or Parise waive. If not, i'll have to make some move, like trading Dumba for forward and protect 7-3-1 instead of 4-4-1
Soucy can also be take by Seattle.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec 18, 2020 at 5:51
Thread: Seattles Expansion Draft full roster I used DAL bc they had all their picks
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Pens3lieve</b></div><div>RNH--yeah it's just a shot in the dark, but I kinda feel SEA needs a couple big names or at least big personalities, and with RNH, Holtby, Subban, they kinda do that....VGK got some diamonds in the rough, but they got a bunch of great players too.... and Fleury was the face of their franchise...

ANA--nice point. ANA isn't going anywhere, and I wasn't too familiar with their prospects...

TOR-yeah some people have mentioned that. I may be underrating Dermott a bit and leafs fans may be overrating him a bit lol :)

PHI--again, not too familiar with the prospect York but JVR's contract is gonna be awful in a year or two....I laughed when it was signed...prob costs less though....

VAN--again, a good point. and VAN will need prob over 15M to sign Pettersson/Hughes</div></div>

Tor: Yeah, Dermott isn't as bad as a lot of people say, nor is he as good as some people say. He's probably a decent option as a 3rd pairing guy that can play up, and has the potential to be at least a serviceable 2nd pairing guy on a so/so defensive team.

PHI: The thing about JVR's contract being bad in a year or two, is that by that point, you're only a year or two away from it being done. It was certainly big money, but it's not like some of those 7-8 year massive money deals. He'll only have 2 years left when this draft happens, and is only 33-34 when it expires. I have way less faith in the Kevin Hayes contract holding up TBH.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec 17, 2020 at 6:54
Thread: Seattles Expansion Draft full roster I used DAL bc they had all their picks
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Pens3lieve</b></div><div>sorry if there was a misunderstanding.....I signed RNH out of UFA (also Andy Greene as depth on D) prob shouldn't have.....I thought it might confuse people......so the payment from EDM rn as I had it was just the first round pick...now SEA might like a couple prospects as opposed to picks bc they have to fill out a minor league team in a year of two....</div></div>

Ah gotcha! I would really like to avoid giving the first, but it may be near impossible, because the reason why we would pay is to keep Jones.... Benson and Skinner may not be enough as expected. We may have to add a bit more, but I may be biased... who knows.... but I don’t think we have to add a significant amount on top.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec 16, 2020 at 10:45