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Forum: Armchair-GM6 hours ago
Forum: Armchair-GM15 hours ago
Thread: Lundqvists to DC
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Eli</b></div><div>Fox was 2nd in points at his position on his team. His cap hit is just lovely and gives him some value.

Kuznetsov has led the league in points. His cap hit is immaterial.

And check out Fox' zone starts. Of Rangers regulars, only Panarin and Deangelo played easier minutes. It's like he's playing tee ball, and Kuznetsov's playing baseball. Yeah, there are more strike outs in baseball than tee ball. That's okay.</div></div>

I didn’t realize that he has won an art ross trophy or even a conn smythe... must’ve missed that.

And saying Adam fox is playing tee ball lol
53% offensive zone stats isn’t insane, considering rangers had possession the majority of the time he was on the ice due to ALL of his play, both offensive and defensive. Hell, kuznetsov has a career 56% offensive zone start at was at 52, 59 and 56 the last three years.. talk about playing tee ball
Forum: Armchair-GMTue at 8:56 pm
Thread: Lundqvists to DC
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Eli</b></div><div>In NHL2K? <a href="http://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?aggregate=0&amp;reportType=season&amp;seasonFrom=20172018&amp;seasonTo=20172018&amp;gameType=3&amp;filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&amp;sort=points&amp;page=0&amp;pageSize=100" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">http://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?aggregate=0&amp;reportType=season&amp;seasonFrom=20172018&amp;seasonTo=20172018&amp;gameType=3&amp;filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&amp;sort=points&amp;page=0&amp;pageSize=100</a></div></div>

oh stats from over 2 years ago.. cool.. meanwhile he makes almost 8m vs fox's 925k for the next two seasons.. is 28 vs 22.. put up 52 points vs fox's 42 this year (and if i have to make this clear fox is a defenseman). Fox was +7.5 rel CF% this year, kuznetsov was -7.1... oh yeah and BTW his playoff stats this year was 5 points in 8 games and was -4 +/-.. you can cherry pick stats all you want but so can I
Forum: Armchair-GMTue at 7:49 pm
Thread: Eichel to NY
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>RoyalBlueSabres</b></div><div>none of those players come close to getting a talent like Eichel it doesnt matter how many pieces come you can't trade elite talent of there isnt a form of elite talent gling back</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>RoyalBlueSabres</b></div><div>there is no scenario that eichel is traded to NYR without 2 of kakko Laf and fox are coming the other way.</div></div>

There is no team that will ever do that, even for eichel. You say you need elite for elite but you are asking for multiple players with elite potential? It’s laughable how crazy Buffalo fans are thinking they’ll get the sun and the moon for a player that asks to leave (as that’s the only way they’ll get rid of him). Sure there will be a bidding war between a few teams that can afford to add 10m in cap, but keep dreaming if you think you are getting two of laf, kakko and fox. No team comes even close to that with offers (outside of buffalo getting lucky with a 1st rounder or two becoming a lottery pick).
It will not be an overpayment, simply because no team/gm can afford to do that to their franchise
Forum: Armchair-GMTue at 9:54 am
Thread: Eichel to NY
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Leafs_and_Sens_Fan</b></div><div>Yeah just from an outsider perspective NYR would need to add to Lafreniere to get Eichel but not Fox and Strome that's too much.

Fox is already a top pairing defenceman and is only 22 years old...</div></div>

I don’t see rangers moving #1 because it is their first time ever with the pick. What everyone needs to keep in mind, is that even Gretzky was traded. Kings didn’t have to throw it robataille, duschene, Blake, etc. they did trade Carson who ended up only having one more great year (I mean times were very different back then with the amount of points players put up), their 7th overall selection, plus 3 firsts over the next 4 years. That’s essentially kakko, kravtsov/chytil, and 3 draft picks (that could be anything). If buffalo wants known items, ADA is a known quantity and a former 1st rounder, Strome albeit was carried by Panarin but it also seemed like he made some plays himself (Panarin did have HIS best year too playing with Strome) and is also a former 5th overall, chytil was a good find at 21st overall, I could definitely see a prospect like Robertson or Jones included as they were both good finds at their draft slots.
Everyone always expects these players to get hauls as a return, but you don’t always get quality for quality. You almost always get quantity that has SOME quality.
Forum: Armchair-GMThu at 10:21 pm
Thread: Jimmy Hayes rumor
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>athrin</b></div><div>every year the "consensus" the #1 ranked player is always compared to Crosby, McDavid ect ect, they did it with Hughes googly Jack Hughes compared to McDavid and there a articles of hockey annalists comparing him to McDavid, next year will be the same</div></div>

the difference is like i said, hughes is 5'9"-5'10" and 165 pounds, lafreniere is 6'1" 190. That's why I mentioned size. He's built better to make the jump to the NHL. Matthews was over 6' and 200 when he first started. McDavid was 6'1" 195 when he was drafted. Keep in mind, Lafreniere outproduced MacKinnon in the CHL, so while yes he may not be as good as MacKinnon overall (in terms of full potential) the talent is definitely there. In my mind, a very successful season from any 1st overall pick in the league would be 40-50 points on the third line, 50-60 on the second, and 60-70 on the first. You generally build from there
Forum: Armchair-GMThu at 2:56 pm
Thread: Jimmy Hayes rumor
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>athrin</b></div><div>not worth it for OTT, they trading a known good young player for a unknown, even if it is 1st OA, Tkachuk and 3rd OA worth more than 1st alone as we do not know if Laf is going to live up to the hype, Jack Hughes and Kakko certainly did not in their first season for all the hype they had, neither did Nolan Patrick or Niko Hishier or Galchenyuk and Yakupov.</div></div>

To be honest, which first round pick (that actually had size unlike Hughes) had this much hype all year. Last ones I can think of (albeit he may not be on this level) were McDavid and mackinnon. Everyone has seen what dahlin has done, and he had hype (although it’s hard to compare since he’s a defenseman). Laf blew away the numbers the 1st rounders you mentioned in the CHL.

But yeah, this is essentially what it would take for the rangers to make the trade, yes it’s an overpayment but that’s what it would take.