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Forum: NHL TradesMar. 8 at 3:45 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 7 at 8:14 p.m.
Thread: Help me out with prices
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Finski</b></div><div>I am still surprised you guys did not claim Thomson from waivers earlier this year...
If Heinola gets waived starting next year I would hope to see:

Ville Heinola - Sean Durzi
J.J. Moser - Victor Söderström
Juuso Välimäk - Lassi Thomson</div></div>

I think they are going to look for size, tbh. Durzi needs fewer minutes. Moser is the only one of those guys you can trust everynight. Kesselring has been amazing since his call up, but relatively small sample size. Juice has been good, but inconsistent. Durzi is great moving the puck, but gets himself in trouble. Soda is doing great in Tucson but has been extremely underwhelming at this level.
I think they target at least one vet who can eat minutes reliably. Overpay bc we have the cap and will have to, but can then flip. Another rule wrinkle is they are basically all looking for a new contract. So depending on how much they all want relative to performance, maybe some guys get shipped out around the draft.
Forum: NHL TradesMar. 7 at 12:00 p.m.
Thread: (WSH/TOR) - Edmundson for 2024 3rd (NYI), 2025 5th (CHI)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ritzy</b></div><div>Because it's worked so well? Maybe there's a world where the old school and the analytics can come together.</div></div>

The truth is every club uses analytics. They just use completely different stats that are proprietary to the clubs or whoever they contract out to do their stats. They also don't simply look at the analytics to evaluate players.
It's hysterical how the internet-analytics crowd thinks all this works because some guy made a card with no context.

More on topic, Edmundson is a warrior. Great add for a playoff club. Obviously he isn't going to eat 23 minutes a night anymore, but if you're the coach late in a tie-game in the playoffs do you want to send Edmundson out for that faceoff in your zone or Lilly? Easy choice, imo.
More raw talent means precisely zero in the postseason. You're going to get worn down in these series and use a lot of defensemen. Ideally you'd like to wear the other team down, too. That's why these type of defensemen always get "too much" at the deadline.
Forum: NHLMar. 6 at 6:43 p.m.