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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 28, 2018 at 10:22 a.m.
Thread: Creating forward depth
Very interesting! I"ll just comment on the goaltending. I could see the Sens offering Lehner a contract, but I can't see one of that length and dollars. I don't question his ability but there remains some question of character, and with all that has gone on the past year, I think the Sens need to be certain about character. If they deal Andy, and if Lehner does not get a great offer elsewhere, I would offer him a two year deal with similar dollars to Condon, and the winner after two years continues with the Sens, and mentors whichever young swede that wins the same battle in the minors.
As for the other deals you have propsed they all seem reasonable, but I don't think you can get all that done, and it is too much change too fast. Depending on signings, I can see one more signifant deal before the season, and one or two other deals during the season. Good job!
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 22, 2018 at 12:05 p.m.
Thread: Sens / Sabres theory
At first I thought no way, but it is not without its merits. Both O'Reilly and Karlsson are around the same age, Ott gets the cost certainty of O'Reilly's contract, and might even negotiate a little retained salary by Buff., Dahlin gets to play with a little less pressure because he would be behind Chabot for a time. Buff. has depth at centre but could use scoring on the wings - draft pick. While Buffalo itself is not the most desirable destination, it is close to a lot of things, not to mention Melinda's home town. And Karlsson might appreciate an owner willing to spend money, albeit a little too active in the org. like his previous one. Buff. can build a defense around the best defenseman in the league, and have him for the next eight years. You can't build a winner with nothing but young stars, you need some vertern leadership.
The biggest stumbling block is that both teams are in the same division.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 21, 2018 at 11:56 a.m.
Thread: Saw this on twitter
I was referring to the Lucic contract. I agree that things may have happened that will cause Erik to leave, but I'm saying if that happens I would rather see them get rid of bad deals rather than take back a bad deal. I'm not saying Lucic is a terrible player, but he is overplayed, same as Bobby Ryan. So dump Ryan's contract with the Karlsson deal, even if it means getting less return. That leaves the goalies contracts, and the Gaborik contract as the remaining worst deals. Gaborik's real money goes down big time next season, so if he doesn't qualify for LTIR, then use him when you can this year and buy him out next year. I say this knowing that the owner is watching every penny. The cap floor will be higher next year, so you have to hang on to some deals, and I do think the goalies will be better, as will Smith.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 30, 2018 at 9:56 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 11, 2018 at 3:08 p.m.
Thread: If I owned the Sens 2
You're certainly entitled to your opinion, but I think Stone would be a good partner for Chabot, and the those top two pairs would be very strong. Also Stone comes at a very good price. As far as the Ryan deal goes, I would point to the Phil Kessel trade. When Kessel played for the leafs, he was a very talented player miscast as the saviour, and then they compounded the mistake signing him a bad contract. When the leafs trading him, and with retaining the salary, what the penguins got was a player who could score goals, on a team where he didn't have to be the"man" - heck he doesn't have to answer questions in the media if he doesn't want to, and Pittsburgh has a star at a bargain price and two cups to show for it. Granted with Ryan, because of his injury history, there is more risk to the team getting him, but that is why the conditional picks. Ryan is what he is, but when healthy he can be a pretty effective player, and at under 6 million, he could also turn out to be a bargain. Thanks for your feedback.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 7, 2018 at 11:18 p.m.
Thread: If I owned the Sens
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Oggsford_Blues</b></div><div>I like your process here but I highly doubt Vegas does that deal as it is structured, and the Caps would need something significant in return for Wilson, not just a bottom pairing d man and a future mid round pick. He has spent the second half of the year playing with Ovechkin and Kuznetsov and been consistently effective. A young, physical top 9 wing who can score and kill penalties is worth more than your offer.

I like the De Haan signing - didn't know he was from Ottawa - but the role and contract would be appealing to both sides. Nuge/Hoff is a very interesting deal, though I feel (personal opinion) Chia only wants to move that trade chip for D.</div></div>
Thanks for the feedback, if it were me, I would definetly sweeten the deal for Wilson, and I was thinking with the Ryan deal, it should be a conditional pick depending on the numbers of games he is able to play. I think Ryan is better suited to the Western conference, but with Ott. retaining that much salary, they need something in return. I think if Ryan can play between 70-80 games he is worth the 5.75 m vegas would have to pay him. So lets say if he plays north of 70 games, we get a 2nd round pick and anything less it drops to a 4th. Anything less than that and I think Ott. should hold off trading him until they have to start paying Karlsson and Duchene new deals in another year. This is all academic anyway 'cause I fear the owner won't make a serious offer to Karlsson, and instead will trade him. And I will seriously consider becoming a leaf fan.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 28, 2018 at 11:17 a.m.
Thread: After draft day.
I really like what you did here! I like the numbers, and the path going forward. The Burrows deal is creative, another possible scenario might be, if he is sent to the minors for the rest of this year, perhaps next season he is convinced to retire in exchange for a job in the organization (not sure of cap hit in such a situation). Everyone talks about how thin the organization is, so perhaps it is easier to convince Melnick to hire him as a scout or something if he ahs to pay him anyway.
With both Ryan and Goborik, another likely scenario is play out next season, hoping to get 80 man games out of the two combined, and then if Ryan has a decent year, we hopefully can deal the final three years of his contract, with around 1.25 million retained, and Gaborik bought out of the final 2 years of his deal when his salary drops and the cost is a little north of 4 million.
I like the Smith deal too, but I also think there will be options through free agency for a vertern Dman, if need be. These remaining games will be interesting to see if Harpur or Claesson can play as regular NHL Dmen. Good job on your team!