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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 12, 2022 at 7:34 p.m.
Thread: Its gonna come down to a trade like this
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>csick</b></div><div>We could use all those assets and split them to get both our Top 4 RD and our high end forward .

PLD/Debrincat and Carlo</div></div>

In my opinion, the Top 4 RD is a much higher priority than the Top 6 forward, given (a) the ability of Shane Pinto to play RW with Stutzle, (which would allow us to fill in behind with a UFA 3C like Nic Paul, or offer sheet Nic Roy?) and (b) the imminent arrival of Ridly Greig.
Re: the Top 4 RD, I think McAvoy's surgery means there is little chance to secure Carlo this off-season. There is a good chance to acquire Dumba if the Wild keep Fiala, and no chance if they do not. The most realistic target is probably Scott Mayfield, who is in the last year of his contract and playing behind Pulock and Dobson. I think there is a deal there if we offer to swap the two 1st rd picks (7th for 13th) and give them Brannstrom and JBD (Mayfield's replacement).
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 10, 2022 at 9:55 a.m.
Thread: Does Fiala really fit
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>csick</b></div><div>Best guess, Joseph continues his finish to the season and becomes another Verhaege . They split the top line into something like:

Tkachuk-Norris-Joseph
XXX-Stutzle-Bath
Formenton-Pinto-Brown
Kelly-Kastelic-Watson

Chabot-Hamonic
Sanderson-Zub
Brannstrom-Holden

Forsberg
Gus/Murray

I could also see them going after Puljujarvi. Or a Killorn, Nyquist, Burakovsky , JVR</div></div>

1. Lawson Crouse is another interesting candidate, Size, skill and right age 2. Hiding in plain sight solution is to move Shane Pinto to be Stutzle's wingman (fill in behind at 3C with the signing of UFA Nick Paul or starting Ridly Greig's NHL career at the beginning of the season, not later.) 3. Save the pick or use it to secure a Top 4 RD? I think you are right that the best bet is Scott Mayfield ( last year of his bargain contract, playing behind Pulock and Dobson, NYI needs scoring)
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 2, 2022 at 12:47 p.m.
Thread: Cap with Giroux
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>A_SENSFAN2020</b></div><div>That’s what I’m thinking. We really don’t have a chance if we don’t sign to the cap lol. We will definitely have to trade someone if we don’t. Trying to keep everyone at the contract I signed them to might not be realistic. Wasn’t overly generous.</div></div>

The longer Giroux's contract, the lower the AAV. I could see him at 3 x $5m, not 7. I also think Connor Brown is going to be traded at the TDL like Nick Paul was this year. Giroux @ 5 and no Connor Brown creates nearly $6m in cap space.
Personally, I would offer Giroux 1 year at 7, so he can chase the Cup again as a rental. In fact, rather than offering UFA Giroux, I would prefer offering the 2022 # 7 overall pick to Carolina for RFA Martin Necas or to VGK for RFA Nicolas Roy, (Carolina and Vegas must know that both players are prime candidates for an offer sheet of 5 years @ $4.2 million with a 2023 2nd Rd pick as compensation).
Come to think of it, how about keep the #7 pick and trade Connor Brown to cap-squeezed VGK for Nicolas Roy and Evgeni Dadanov? You could then trade Dadanov, either to Arizona as a camp dump or at the TDL as a rental.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 25, 2022 at 3:23 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 16, 2021 at 4:37 p.m.
Thread: 2022 23 if all pans out
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>sensonfire</b></div><div>My take on what happens in 12 months:



1. Norris gets paid more like Batherson than Tkachuk.


2. Brannstrom struggles to thrive under DJ Smith and Pierre Dorion is forced to move him somewhere.


3. Nick Paul goes to market and strikes gold with a Barclay Goodrow-like overpayment.</div></div>

For consideration:
(1) With Chabot and Sanderson in the top 4D, Brannstrom should be more valuable to some other teams. Swap him for one of LAK's excess young Cs, like Kupari or Turcotte or Vilardi or Anderson-Dolan? Or perhaps Boston will be looking for a PP QB?
(2) Better to pay Nick Paul and buy out Colin White (CW is too expensive for the bottom 6, and still young enough for a buyout based on only 1/3 of contract)