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Sam_Qc

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Forum: Mock-DraftAug. 5, 2022 at 4:11 p.m.
Thread: 2023 Top 15
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Sam_Qc</b></div><div>I really enjoyed your draft guide for the 2022 draft and this one looks really complete and promising. I like watching prospects during the year so your analyzes are interesting.

For that top 15, I really like Cameron Allen for Team Canada during the Hlinka-Gretzky tournament. What do you think about him ?</div></div>

Thank you. As for Allen, I actually like him a lot. He’s good in all three zones, solid size (a bit short for a defender but more than makes up for it being 190 plus pounds). All situations kind of defender. Shows flashes of a really high hockey iq, but needs to make more consistent and quick decisions. Overall should be a lock in the first round, and could be a top 15 pick. Just not on my ranking for top 15 as of right now.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 2, 2022 at 1:50 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 14, 2022 at 10:43 a.m.
Thread: What we will look like in a couple seasons
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Sam_Qc</b></div><div>You're right I really like Nemec. I think it will depends on where we are drafting this year but Wright, Cooley, Nemec and Slafkovsky are great candidates. Yes Skinner is playing great for you this year. The goalies are not really a priority for us and we'll let Primeau develop more and see. Same thing for Dobes and Dichow.</div></div>

Yah I believe you can always get offence later, either through drafting or free agency, but defence is harder.. especially a RHD. If you get first, of course you get Wright, and get a good center depth, but if you don’t get 1OA, they should try and get Nemec, or Jiricek. That defence with one of them, would look pretty good! I also believe Primeau will be good, they just need to develop him, and wait for a while for him. I mean look at Binnington for example. He has bad till he was 25 or 26, and now he is good. Of course he is not having the best season right now, but he will turn it around.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 11, 2022 at 3:23 p.m.
Thread: A lafreniere trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Cdn_bacon</b></div><div>In what world is Toffoli a core piece for a Laf trade?</div></div>

Rangers have reportedly said that if Lafreniere can't play the right side in the top 6 that they don't see him fitting in long term. So they're obviously looking for a guy to fit in their top 6 on the right side - which Toffoli fits. Toffoli's been one of the better goal scorers in the league over the last few seasons while playing responsible defence. He's on a steal of a contract (if he was a UFA this summer he'd be over $7M AAV easily), and he has term left.

You're likely thinking Lafreniere has extreme value because he was a 1st overall pick and has untapped potential - unfortunately where a player was drafted has absolutely no affect on his value. Value is determined by a players performance and where their team sees them fitting into their future plans. So with Lafreniere's lack of performance and reported now fitting in long term, that definitely means he's available.

Toffoli is an ideal fit for the Rangers so they may see it as a guy that fits their need currently and long term thus being extremely valuable to them. I said a deal would likely start around Toffoli and Lafreniere, both sides would likely add but the base of a trade of Lafreniere for Toffoli makes a ton of sense for both sides.