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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 9, 2018 at 10:40 p.m.
Thread: Next Year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Toddyd77</b></div><div>Jarry is an RFA without arbitration rights so the Pens have all the leverage there so he won't get 1mil.

Hutton is benched a lot in Vancouver and is a huge liability. As a converted forward playing defense you expect that but his offensive numbers are also not good. I get that maybe gonchar could work with him and make improvements but he is a project and you don't overpay for a project defenseman in a trade and have to pay him almost 3 mil.
Schultz only cost a 3rd and Edmonton picked up half his contract.
Oleksiak was for a conditional 4th.
Thats what you pay for a project defenseman</div></div>

Fair enough, but you’re trading a project forward who—as Sheary has—hasn’t improved in anyway, a contract that sucks (cap relief) and a fourth to move up in the draft and get a decent project D. And Sheary was a RFA and had a good season like Jarry and got a 3M$ raise.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 12, 2018 at 12:43 a.m.
Thread: _____
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Eli</b></div><div>Eller got three more points than Nelson this year, and a 3% higher corsi, with similar zone starts, only a tiny bit more icetime. Nelson had onemore goal this year, but his goal totals have declined the last two years. Eller's just went up by 50%. If he keeps building on that, while Nelson keeps declining, the Caps are much better off with Eller than Nelson.

That Edmonton trade looks fine, value wise, but trading Holtby should be a last resort way to keep Carlson, not just a way to panic andreplace him. Also this team has only one right handed defenseman. Since Ovechkin seems to prefer to play the left point on the power play, with a right shot at the right point settting him up for one timers, they could use a backup right D, in case Niskanen doesn't play all of the power plays. Klef, Carlson, Niskanen, and Orlov would be a fantastic top four on defense. Trading Holtby to slow the bleeding as Carlson leaves is just kind of sad. Vrana for Puljujarvi? Meh. Again, you've traded for a guy two years younger who scores slightly fewer goals and might have a higher ceiling or might not.

Good effort. Nothing wrong with getting slightly younger peripheral players, but if the Caps feel their chief strength is that their coaches build a consistent defensive team game, then that might not be enough marginal value to justify all the turnover.</div></div>

Solid, I agree with what you’re saying, didn’t see much of that. Thanks for the comments!