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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 16, 2022 at 11:42 p.m.
Thread: Preparing for a Playoff Run Next Year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pharrow</b></div><div>oh the passive aggressive bs out of you. That might be the only thing you're good at.
The Central is the strongest division in hockey right now.
I don't care about your "points" argument. That's something a 5 year old uses.
The two bottom teams from the Eastern conference playoff bracket aren't top 10 teams in the league.
Since you clearly aren't capable of reading. Just because OTT isn't a good team this year doesn't mean they aren't stacked with high end prospects about to come in.</div></div>

The first half of that paragraph can be summed up with, "I don't care what concrete proof says, my opinion is the best" also you can splash a "it doesn't matter if they are a top 10 team they aren't too 10!"

Points percentage is how the league has determined playoff order in the past and when teams have played a different number of games, they use it over points. Because a team that is 20-20-2 in 42 games may have 42 points but they are not equal to a team that is 20-5-2 through 27 games. They have the same number of points but have done so in much less games. I know it's confusing, but when you look at more than 1 stat to justify your opinion and ignore everything else all the time, you tend to miss some stuff.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 16, 2022 at 8:24 p.m.
Thread: offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>We already have serious futures!! We don’t have spots for them all. We have been picking high for years. And doing very well in later rounds. Now it’s hard to tell where all these guys go even if only half of them develop.

Today, we have the youngest team in NHL, one of the best pipelines outside the NHL, the 3rd youngest team in AHL that is leading that league in everything.

Severson is the longest tenured Devil and a leader on team. We need to hold on him.

And while guys like Robertson are appealing, does he make a big enough impact compared to Bratt, Holtz, Sharangovich, Foote, Mercer, Gritsyuk, Thompson, Zetterlund, Boqvist, Salminen, Moynihan, etc etc? Or play a role like Wood, Bastian, Stillman, Bardokov? Or compete with a Slafkovsky, Lambert or Kemell or whoever we get in next draft? Make a 2023-24 Devils lineup with all those guys and a completed Severson trade. It’s not easy.</div></div>

Robertson has a higher ceiling than most of those guys yeah. I just want to move him because I don't seem him ever being a focal point in TO.

Also I meant to say worry about the Devil's more than the Farm
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 16, 2022 at 8:00 p.m.
Thread: offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>Subban may not fit all systems, but he is still a pretty good d-man. I agree he likely does not get dealt…I say 20/80 chance. It’s more a matter if Reilly Walsh is ready or not. We don’t have the defensive depth to lose guys. Right now, Colton White is our 3RD until Dougie gets back. He has been doing fine, but it’s a stopgap solution and we don’t want to break up what’s been happening in Utica.</div></div>

I would say you need to worry more about your team than anything else. You are still rebuilding and will be for a while yet. Subban just won't get traded and you don't have a lot up front that is going to get major assets. Severson is the one who I think is the best to move. You can get serious futures by moving him.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 16, 2022 at 7:49 p.m.
Thread: offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>There may be some irrational anti-leaf bias on this website….



….just as there is plenty of irrational anti-Subban bias.

They idea that Klingberg is worth an enormous package of goodies, yet Devils would have to pay to move Subban, even at 50%, is not sane.

(Not really directing this at you…but that straw man standing next to you).</div></div>

Subban at 1 million is someone I would grab and see but Subban at 4.5 million is not worth getting. I would be shocked if he moved this season. At 4.5 he's an entirely way too expensive 3rd pair defender. And the cost to get him at half that would be just way more than he's worth.

Klingberg absolutely is valuable. I firmly believe he's just in need of a change of scenery. A better system for his skills would be great for his game. He used to rate pretty good defensively but then Dallas adopted a system that emphasizes his weaknesses and minimizes his strengths. TO's system would certainly help him thrive.