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TML1991
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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 7, 2021 at 12:52 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 25, 2020 at 12:01 p.m.
Thread: Leafs Columbus Trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bluejackets2000</b></div><div>The fact of the matter is...either the Leafs don’t know prospects (Foudy), or they do and trying to land him in this deal for a player that the Jackets don’t even need, or want. I would bet that the Leafs know Foudy Very well, he played Junior hockey right there close to Toronto.

The Jackets will rely on increased scoring and development of Texier, Bemstrom, Robinson, and Foudy while Nyquist is rehabbing.

Leafs fans should know That the Jackets scout very well, draft very well, develop very well, and typically don’t make trades like this rhat give up a very highly regarded prospect (a center) for a scoring winger that they probably don’t need and can’t afford (once they re-up Dubois, Bjorkstrand, Werenski, &amp; Jones.

Will Foudy be better than Robinson?
It doesn’t matter because a) Robinson wasn’t included in this deal and b) Columbus would reject this deal quickly.

The Jackets scouted Foudy and took him with many higher “ranked” prospects available.
Doesn’t that tell you something?
Or the fact that the Jackets took Dubois over Puljujarvi??
Who did the scouts and ranking services have there?
Or that the Jackets took Chinakov over about 60-70 higher ranked prospects???

Foudy is one of a handful of untouchable prospects in the organization.

Oh, and FYI, trading the Dubi contract has no value to Columbus. You should know that.
Fully insured, and they are willing to ride it out 1 more year.

As for Jenner, he brings it all every shift, like Foligno. He is the lifeblood of the culture and leadership of the team. I could see where Toronto needs someone like him, to pull a lot of skilled players together and give them what they need to succeed, like he has done for the Jackets.
Who knows, Jenner would probably be captain if Foligno leaves after next year.</div></div>

As you said it doesnt really matter how people value robertson vs foudy. The whole reason i brought up robertson is really just to show how ridiculous of a trade willy for foudy and a depth piece like jenner is, and yes he's a nice depth player, but still depth.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 6, 2020 at 10:31 a.m.
Thread: Leafs 2020-2021
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TMLMikey</b></div><div>When you put it like that... it sounds bad. But you are comprehending what you want to and not exactly what is there. Don't leave out the salary retention which would come with a price. Liljegren is hard for me to give up, but Dermott is redundant to me now. He resists playing the right side and I think the Leafs have better options on the left. Where are you going to play him? The Leafs need at least 2 RD.... 1st pair and 2nd pair ideally. They need the room regardless of whether they can get Pietro. Dubas says he won't trade Freddy unless he can upgrade in net. Kuemper is the lone option IMO, and my way has him taking Freddy's spot at minus $2M.

If other people are stating that the Leafs need to do more to Kuemper and you're stating they are doing g too much, I feel like I'm on the right track. The truth is none of us have any real idea. Urinating on ideas without alternatives doesn't progress a conversation. I'll check out some of your postings now. Thanks.</div></div>

"But you are comprehending what you want to and not exactly what is there." Sure, so please explain what I'm missing in my assessment below, and don't get butt hurt when people call it a bad strategy, welcome to capfriendly, you're going to get **** on at times.

"If other people are stating that the Leafs need to do more to Kuemper and you're stating they are doing g too much, I feel like I'm on the right track"

Many of the other posters believe the arizona trade isn't fair because most believe Demers is a positive asset, which I agree with, and why the arizona trade is probably light. Now here's the key to why your trades don't make sense, and this is a very important point, <strong>your trades indicate you believe Demers is a negative asset, which the leafs then have to move and add to in order to clear more cap space. </strong> I'm not disagreeing with other posters when I say your net result is not good. The arizona and new jersey trades are two separate trades. The Arizona trade is probably a fine trade, and like others are saying probably light if you consider demers a positive asset, but again you're looking for cap space, and you believe demers is a negative asset so you went and traded Demers and Dermott and picks for nothing, which is so horrendous that when you look at it in net terms it makes zero sense. Saying the net result of the two trades is terrible does not contradict what others are saying about the arizona trade in isolation, in fact other posters have said the NJ is terrible, I'm just putting two and two together


PS as for the freddy, AJ, kerfoot, and engvall trades, you might as well actually trade to be more realistic, instead of tossing them on LTIR, you don't have to actually trade them for anything, but just trade them to Anaheim and say traded to anyone, it cleans up the cap calculation as LTIR has some implications on your cap space.