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Forum:
Armchair-GM
Feb 3 at 9:28
Thread:
Bennett
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SalamiCheese</b></div><div>And this will be quite possible in Buffalo, because Staal does not look very good physically and it will be difficult for him to play 2C, also Bennett will get time in PP, which he does not get in Calgary.</div></div>
Staal had a slow start, bit he's looked solid as of late. No chance that Bennett playa 2C over him.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 31 at 4:55
Thread:
If he clears
Clearing waivers doesn't do anything to benefit Deangelo's trade value. It can make depth players more valuable because then the receiving can store them in the minors until they need them, but that clearly isn't the case here.
Deangelo was waived because he's a toxic human being and teammate, and we can assume that the Rangers did everything they could to trade him before taking this drastic measure. He has no value, and I'd bet that he clears waivers because the red flags on him are just so strong.
Forum:
New York Rangers
Jan 28 at 4:04
Thread:
Anyone Concerned About Lafreniere
He's a rookie, the vast vast majority don't even start in the NHL. And he's on a subpar team, which isn't going to help him out. He'll be fine.
And as a general note, you'll drive yourself crazy judging expected goals numbers on a 2 and 3 game sample. The sample size just isn't there to get good data.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 28 at 2:50
Thread:
Dunn trade to every team
Alright everyone. These are the Blues' 5v5 time on ice per game numbers from the regular season last year:
1. Parayko 19.25
2. Boumeester 18.37
3. Pietrangelo 18.06
4. Faulk 17.61
5. Scandella 17.16
6. Dunn 14.34
7. Gunnarsson 13.6
Note that Scandella only played 11 games in this sample.
I have hardly watched St. Louis play at all last year, but I think it's fair to say he was clearly a 3rd pairing defenseman. And this isn't a 'our pairings are balanced so the 3rd pair gets more responsibility' situation. There is a <strong>very</strong> clear drop-off in ice time when it gets to Dunn. Additionally, he had the most offensive-zone skewed faceoff starts percentages on the team last year (outside of Mikkola, Walman, and Pouliot, who each played 5 games or less). so it's safe to say he did in fact get sheltered usage.
It's completely fine to have your own opinions on who Dunn is and what he can develop into, but to say he wasn't a sheltered 3rd pairing defenseman last year is simply untrue.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 28 at 2:29
Thread:
More Trades
This team threw Risto into the fire for the first 5 or 6 years of his career. He only started to get more reasonable usage last season.
I'm willing to put the beginning of his career aside when evaluating Risto as a player. He absolutely still has his flaws, and he's definitely not a true #1 defenseman, but I think it's fair to say he's a solid #2/#3 guy.
He 100% is not the negative value cap dump that many on this site claim he is.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 28 at 2:15
Thread:
Wish these deals had been made
The righty for lefty swap makes sense for Buffalo, but I'm not too interested in taking Ghost's contract unless he proves himself worth it. How has he played this year?
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 28 at 1:53
Thread:
Since I think they miss complete teardown
Works for me. Hutton has seemingly improved this year but Raanta is still a much more proven and capable 1A/1B.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 28 at 1:48
Thread:
Ghost for Orlov
How has Ghost looked so far this year? I'll admit I wasn't paying too much attention to him when we played Philly.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 27 at 11:18
Thread:
Call me crazy but this team could make a playoff push
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Shibbal18</b></div><div>Dahlin is not going to get the contract people think hes going to get, especially after this season.</div></div>
Completely agree. Sergachev's contract is the comp I'm using for Dahlin right now.
But even with Dahlin getting a modest bridge deal, I'm pretty sure this would eliminate any chance of keeping Hall. I'd have to run the numbers though, I haven't dug too deep into that.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 27 at 9:32
Thread:
Call me crazy but this team could make a playoff push
From a hockey perspective, I don't mind that trade. But I have concerns with it from a cap perspective.
We're trading away $6.6M in cap space for contracts that end this year. And we're receiving $8.5M in cap space that expires after <strong>next</strong> year.
Next year, we need to extend Dahlin and Jokiharju, and we may want to re-sign Hall. Making this trade immediately makes re-signing Hall impossible, and honestly could hinder our ability to give those other guys long-term deals and still have flexibility to make other moves. And to me, the possibility of re-signing Hall is more valuable than two years of an overpriced aging goalie and a 3LD.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 24 at 12:47
Thread:
Crazy Trade Idea
Personally, I'd much rather have Skinner at 9 than Bob at 10. Skinner should at the least provide decent secondary scoring through that contract. Bob could easily become a 10 million dollar backup goalie at this rate.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 23 at 9:42
Thread:
My Dubois Prediction
I think this is the most reasonable one I've seen yet. Kudos. Savard is a good add, he fills a need for the Jets.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 14 at 10:37
Thread:
Slowly building towards a brighter future
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BuFfaLOFaN</b></div><div>Dahlin looked really good tonight played 25 minutes and was even, only bad spot in his game is he gave the puck away 2x. He should build on that and be a true top 10 defender #1 for the Sabres. Sabres gave the puck away 2 much tonight, Montour also looked like a legit top4 #2 man on the right side!</div></div>
Interesting how different eyes see different things, cause I thought Dahlin had a really rough night.
To the posted team, I'd imagine that 5.5x5 is much, much more than Andersen will be getting after this season. But that'll depend on how he does this year.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 14 at 6:10
Thread:
PIERRE LUC DUBOIS
As much as you wouldn't want to hear it, they probably aren't taking anything less than Suzuki.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 13 at 12:12
Thread:
Yandle
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Shibbal18</b></div><div>Yeah theyd have to figure something out so it makes it hard to do that trade</div></div>
For offloading Montour, I think Detroit makes sense. They have some highly rated young defensemen coming in soon on the right side, but for a year Montour would be a nice buffer. And then they can flip him at the deadline for a nice return.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 13 at 8:00
Thread:
Laine trade cuz Im bored
I don't think the value is too bad here, maybe a shade of an overpay in my opinions but certainly in the ballpark. Good work there.
But realistically, we probably will try to keep Hall around after the season. And in that case, we wouldn't really be in the market for Laine.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 13 at 6:37
Thread:
Ralph is Dumb
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ramus_Dahlin44</b></div><div>Replied to this a day before those came out.</div></div>
That's true, but the writing was pretty much on the wall for it beforehand. Cozens has been getting time on the second powerplay unit which is a pretty good indicator that they see him in the lineup, and Asplund hasn't been on anything more than a depth line at any point in camp. Couple that with the fact that both Lazar and Okposo were out on that day so things had to be shuffled around in the bottom six, and I don't think there was to read into there.
I'm not poking at you directly, and I like reading your thoughts on here. It was just driving me crazy that I couldn't go anywhere for the past day or two without hearing "they're playing Skinner with THEM??!!".
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 12 at 10:57
Thread:
And now for something completely different
Death, taxes, and Leafs fans finding some new way to spit on Buffalo from hockey heaven across the border.
Don't you guys have anything better to do?
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 12 at 3:20
Thread:
Ralph is Dumb
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ramus_Dahlin44</b></div><div>I'm sorry but how do u expect any player to play well when he are literally pairing him with the worst players on the team</div></div>
Skinner will likely start the year on a line with Dylan Cozens. Is Cozens one of the worst players on the team, or are we overreacting to line combinations from a single practice a full week before the season starts?
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 11 at 6:24
Thread:
Final predictions on the forward lines
I have a feeling that if you flipped those third and fourth lines, people wouldn't be nearly as outraged about Skinner's spot.
I think these lines could actually work really well, with the Skinner line getting sheltered offensive zone minutes. That masks Skinner's defensive woes, helps ease Cozens' transition into the league, and gives Cozens a real offensive talent to work with.
Frankly, I have no idea why everyone is up in arms about this.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 11 at 8:22
Thread:
Starting lineup
Love the lineup! If I had to bet, I'd say that this is exactly how it will look on opening night.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gretzkyghosts</b></div><div>Very nice.
I like that you have Right handed players on RW and Left handed players on LW.
IMO Ruotsalainen and Mittelstadt will in the line up, but your guess is as good as mine and with Krueger behind the bench, anything goes.
Just a thought replace Rieder with Ruotsalainen, as Arttu was a PK forward for Ilves Tampere.
Slide Cozens to RW and slip Mittelstadt to 3rd center, bumping Lazar to the press box.
Giving Casey two good wingers just may bring out his talents.
But Cozens at center could be a good move as he was one of the better face off center in the Championship.
EDIT
Did you do one for the Oilers.
I would like to see how you use Kahun and what you think will be his ceiling.</div></div>
As exciting as those lines would be, I think it would leave us too thin on the penalty kill. And from everything I've read, Reider had more than earned himself a roster spot with his play in camp. I think that for the PK, we need to have Reider, Eakin, and then one of Lazar/Sheahan in the lineup. I know Ruutsolainen played the kill in Liiga, but it's a whole different on the small ice over here so I don't think he's plug and play just yet.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 10 at 8:38
Thread:
Ralph Krueger
Guys, take a deep breath on this. No need to overreact to practice lines on one day of training camp when we had two forwards taking a rest day.
Skinner isn't going to be on the defensive fourth line. That line will almost surely be Reider - Eakin - Okposo. Skinner will most likely be on a line with Cozens or Mittelstadt. He'll have offensive talents with him, and that line will most likely get sheltered offensive zone minutes if anything.
We'll be fine. And we should all be excited that Tage has been looking good on the first line. That is really great to see.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 10 at 8:12
Thread:
What Ralph should do
I like the premise, but my worry is that Cozens isn't ready for that role. I think it's safer to start him in a smaller third line role and let him work his way up to the second, much like Chicago did with Kirby Dach.
I really like it as a second half lineup if Cozens impresses in the beginning of the year.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 10 at 8:01
Thread:
Big trade
Like others have said, this doesn't work for Buffalo.
Any PLD trade with us would probably revolve around Reinhart from a cap standpoint. But realistically, Buffalo isn't a fit for him because if he thinks Columbus is too small of a market, he ain't gonna stick around in Buffalo.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jan 8 at 9:28
Thread:
One trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hammerwise</b></div><div>I don't think you know very much about Ghost to make those observations. Firstly in 2019, he was injured off and on for the first half of the season, and was supplanted to 3rd pairing, (mainly because of his nagging injuries, but more so do to the fact that Philly had 5 guys who could carry the puck and had some offensive flair, 2 of which were Provorov and Sanheim at 1LD and 2LD). And the sheer fact he was still playing through his injuries, was down to his talent.
The injury got worse and Ghost went on IR, bringing in stay at home Hagg and then the team caught fire, going from 8th in east to challenge for 1st and winning the round robin. Once injury free, with the team gelling and Hagg's style the better fit, there just wasn't the place for Ghost (who's game was replaced by 4 other flyers dmen who are 30+ pt guys).
You can say Ghost was benched, but it had little to do with his play and everything to do with the teams play with the stay at home/shot blocking/hitting Hagg (who is a .25 pts a game guy) in his place. The games Ghost did play in the playoffs he looked solid, albeit unspectacular. SO Ghost, with injuries the past 2 years, 3rd pairing time (and PHI plays a PP with only 1 dman, Provorov or Niskanen), struggled, but most PHI fans will point at injuries/minutes/situations and not a drop off in play.
Overall, it comes down to whether you think Ghost is the 50+ pt guy he was his 1st four seasons, or the guy whose been supplanted by team needs and injuries the last 2 years.
Risto is just 1 yr younger and paid 900k more for 1 less year, those things are about even. But forgetting Ghosts offensive output his first 4 years AND the ridiculous +/- of Risto is a bit unfair. Risto has been consistent, but thats not entirely a complement in regards to his defensive progression, whereas with Ghost you can point at team depth and inujuries for a definitive change.
Risto might look better in 2nd pair minutes, but again its about fit for the team. The hope of Risto becoming a more reliable and better defender is almost the risk that Ghost, injury free, will be able to return to what made him a 50+ pt guy for 4 yrs. Sometimes the singularly best player is not the best fit.
Ghost is the bigger risk, no doubt, whether he can return to his 40+ pt capability with pp and 2nd pairing minutes. This trade above favors the Flyers, but not by much.
I proposed it as it fits what both teams need more. IMO Buff has two young studs, one at RD, with serviceable vets in Montour and Miller at RD, with McCabe and Dahlin at LD. Im not saying BUF is at a win now, but you don't promise Eichel help and sign Hall to a 1 yr without a bit of urgency or change. A BUF defense of Dahlin-Miller, Ghost-Montour, McCabe-Joki looks better to me than with Risto in it and McCabe on 2nd Pair and Joki playing LD.</div></div>
You're right, I haven't seen Ghost play enough to judge him for myself. I'm purely basing my opinion on what Flyers fans have said here and in other places. And I wasn't even aware that he was playing hurt last year, so thanks for adding that insight.
And I agree, in theory it makes perfect sense for the Sabres to swap one of our righties for a LHD who can play second pairing minutes.
That being said, I guess my point of contention is that nothing I've read online gives me confidence that Ghost can come in and be that guy. He could be, but he feels very risky to me. And with three years left at $4.5M, that's more risk than I really want to take on. Neither have a good contract in my view, and I'd rather have the one with two years left than three.
I think it's something I'd be more willing to do if he comes into this season and shows that last year's struggles were in fact due to injury, and that he's still a solid offensive defenseman.
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