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Sabresguy1987

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Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 9, 2022 at 4:51 p.m.
Thread: who says no
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Sabresguy1987</b></div><div>Dont get me wrong, I believe savoie is our best prospect, but I dont think vancouver is accepting anything less. There is already a log jam upfront and it doesnt seem like donny or kevyn want to give the opportunities to the young guys like quinn as opposed to guys like mitts and olofsson. Makes me worried for savoie next year that he may be placed on a line with girg and okposo although i am hoping both are gone.</div></div>

I still don't understand why Quinn is in Granato's doghouse, but I hope he knows what he's doing. In any case, I'm not obsessed with Horvat, he hasn't always been so productive, that's also suspicious, he's a good 2C, but this is not a need that we definitely need now and probably in the future. I don't want to trade Savoie at all, it's my favorite prospect. We need to find a top 4 RD and a couple of forwards who play physical game or play very competitive.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 21, 2022 at 3:10 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 15, 2022 at 7:20 a.m.
Thread: top of the division
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Federov</b></div><div>Rangers top CBJ in everything... Better top 6 scoring, better defense scoring and defense in general, better depth and better goaltending.</div></div>

While I wouldn't argue against any of those really, I don't think it's out of the question for CBJ to finish above the Rangers. New York had a ton go right for them last year. While I mean no disrespect to their impressive roster, Igor had one of the best goaltending seasons in recent history. As good as he is, it's extremely likely the numbers see a fairly big regression (while still being top 3-5 in the league). Same thing with Kreider. He nearly doubled his previous career high in goals. While some of that can be attributed to the overall team improvement, he had an astronomically high shooting % and a total of 30-35 is much more likely.

Some of this stuff can be countered by continued improvement by Laf, Kakko, Miller, ect, but I don't think it's unreasonable to see a drop in their point total, especially considering how much many other east teams have improved (Det, Ott, Cbj specifically)

Then on CBJ's side, the addition of Gaudreau, development/arrival of young talent, and just overall health (Laine, Jenner, Elvis all missed substantial time last year), they could see a big improvement. While the popular opinion is that they probably don't make playoffs yet this year, it's certainly not out of the question, though a division title is certainly a bit of a pipe dream.