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Forum: Armchair-GM8 hours ago
Thread: Brad treveling 2023 off-season
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>seanrushton</b></div><div>Yah... I wrote it down wrong

I still think that Slavin and Burns is a better combination than Theodore and Pietrangelo... a guy who put up 18 goals and a guy who is one of the best shutdown defenders</div></div>

Pietrangelo is one of the best defenceman in the league. He's also won the cup. While I very much like Slavin, everyone would likely take Pietrangelo over Slavin. And everyone would take Theodore over Burns. Pesce is a good player but he doesn't move the needle for me. He's the same as Parayko. He's really good on the 2nd pair or if he's with a Norris calibre linemate but his next contract will be a bad one. Someone is going to pay him like he's a top pair defender and he'll flounder because he isn't. The rest of your defence is fine but benefit greatly due to the overall team system Carolina employs.
Forum: Armchair-GM9 hours ago
Thread: Brad treveling 2023 off-season
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>seanrushton</b></div><div>"Carolina and Svechnikov would be a 50 goal scorer and your team defence would improve a great deal"... I have severe doubts about that considering I don't think that Svech has the kind of shooting talent that gets you fifty-goal seasons

Fair enough about the point about goals against average
I was just saying that your system generally favors a lot more offensive risk than the Hurricanes system does
I'm not saying that Marner isn't a great player... I'm just saying it's too much risk for my blood to give up two top-six players especially one who can be a 70-80 point guy</div></div>

You just don't want to even know how TO plays. They don't take loads of risk or play run and gun. They play a strong structured game that emphasizes on keeping possession of the puck and being in the right position defensively. The notion that TO sucks defensively is blatantly wrong and yet 90% of fans on this site still think TO is bottom 10 defensively when they have been top 10 for 2 straight years. Their offence has dropped because they focus on defence way more.

Carolina plays a much different offensive system, (I don't even know what to call it) where they fire pucks at the net from everywhere and hope they can get rebounds. It's not a great plan but their defensive zone coverage is very strong. Not the best but very strong. You definitely could use a lot more skill up front but a system that emphasizes shot selection over quantity would be wise.

I would say that Carolina plays more run and gun than TO does.
Forum: Armchair-GM9 hours ago
Thread: Brad treveling 2023 off-season
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>seanrushton</b></div><div>Okay, let's dissect this piece by piece.
Marner plays on a team system that emphasizes offense
The Hurricanes don't have a forward that has quite the production that Marner has
I mean Aho is good but he isn't on a level of a Marner but our D-Men are way more skilled than our forwards and together are the best D-Core in the world</div></div>

You really don't understand hockey.

The leafs play a puck possession system. Not an offence first system. Hence why they are top 10 in goals against.

Marner is one of the top playmakers in the world. Put him on Carolina and Svechnikov would be a 50 goal scorer and your team defence would improve a great deal. Because you would also be getting a selke finalist. You are very clearly just one of those fans that hate TO more than you like your own team. No rational conversations can take place with people like you.
Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 6:05 p.m.
Thread: Bananas CHI and TOR trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>LivingAnew</b></div><div>Hey, I'm not defending this; just offering food for thought. Yes, the Jeannot trade didn't work out. But I wonder a bit whether the Lightning tried it again because another, similar prior trade by them did work out - the one for Hagel. It's a risk, for sure.

But the the cap room is a glorious asset, too, that'd come at a critical time for TOR. Does that not hold value for value for TOR, as well?</div></div>

This is an astronomical price. People on this site don't think Nylander and Marner are worth this. Do you honestly think Raddysh is worth more than an actual star player? 2 1st, a highly regarded prospect in Minten, a depth defenceman with upside in Timmins, a guy who'll never play again with 1 year term and a goalie who is way better than Mrazek all for a 3rd liner? Come on