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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 11, 2019 at 3:48 p.m.
Thread: Report Penguins unlikely to trade kessel
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mhockey91</b></div><div>You think Benn signs for that much? Maybe Faulk for hornqvist+ could work but certainly not Hamilton. Look what Carolina paid to acquire him.

You’re right on GMJR not trading Gubranson, he’ll probably stay. I just want him moved as 4 million isn’t great value for a bottom pairing guy. I wish Van retained.

Lehkonen reminds me of a younger hagalin. A speedy, defensive winger. I think he’d fit well on a line with kessel and Malkin.

I just traded Jugs for wennberg as a gamble. Wennberg showed promise of becoming a 1C earlier in his career then fizzled out. Pittsburgh has taken on reclamation projects before and they’ve been successful.</div></div>

I'm more going off of Evolve Wild's salary projections (twitter.com/evolvingwild)

I don't think Carolina would deal Hamilton but, for some reason, he always seems to be rumoured. They'd be dumb to move him. Faulk would be a nice upgrade on Schultz.

My thing about Bjugstad is he's one season off of putting up 41 5v5 Pts (that's tied with the likes of Kessel, Wheeler and Tarasenko). Now he was riding shotgun with Barkov &amp; Dadonov and I don't see him getting that kind of deployment again but I could see him putting up 15-20 goals while being a guy who seemingly gets his stick on a high share of loose pucks on the forecheck. Wennberg for $800K more for 2 seasons more had 2 goals in 75 games last year... That makes me nervous while I'm actually encouraged by what I've seen in Bjugstad's small Pens sample. Plus I like saying "Bjug Nick Energy".
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 11, 2019 at 2:58 p.m.
Thread: Report Penguins unlikely to trade kessel
I'd sign on to most of this. My only major criticism is I think Jordie Benn will sign for 3-4 years and for ~$3.5M.

I've liked the idea of trading Hornqvist to Carolina for a while. If not for his NTC, I think you could do Hornqvist+ for Faulk or maybe even Hamilton. And then shop Schultz. Always a market for RD.

I'd like to see Gudbranson gone but I've just accepted that GMJR feels like he needs someone to fight Tom Wilson on this team.

I'm open to keeping Maatta but adding Lehkonen and then signing Benn would be an overall upgrade. I feel like the Pens should be able to get more than Lehkonen.

I don't really see the purpose in trading Bjugstad for Wennberg. Bjugstad showed a lot of promise. I'm actually pretty excited to see his first full season as a Penguin.

Overall, some really interesting ideas. Good job! :)
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 13, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.
Thread: Offersheet Kasperi Kapanen
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>Pens have enough dead cap space that can't be traded in Tanner and Johnson without worrying about Kapanen. And as suggested by Riley above, why would the Leafs trade four assets (including Kapanen) just to obtain an unneeded Olli?</div></div>

Well now that Olli is out for a month with ANOTHER shoulder injury, that really shoots that that idea down.

The idea surrounding Olli Maatta is on the theory that they may need to shed Brown (although if they were to trade Kapanen, that's likely not a necessity anymore) and the idea that Gardiner may not return, Maatta for all his warts is a young defenceman, signed for a few more years at ~$4M, capable of playing in the middle pair.

This roster is a mixed bag of a few angles concerning dealings between the Leafs &amp; Pens. Any of which *could* happen but on this roster *all* of them are happening even though one deal would negate the necessity of the others.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 13, 2019 at 4:16 p.m.
Thread: Offersheet Kasperi Kapanen
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>littlejerryseinfeld</b></div><div>The website has an offersheet calculator that no one seems capable of using.

Total money is spread over 5 years, so your compensation is off. Kapanen would never sign for such long term at that money anyways and if he was dumb enough to do so, Toronto would happily match</div></div>

Yeah, I'm confused. I looked up on the Offer Sheet Calculator. It says AAV: $4,059,323 - $6,088,980, therefore compensation is a 1st &amp; 3rd. So you're telling me that the max is 5 years? That's ok. Am I wrong about how the AAV works? On my roster it shows Kapanen with a cap hit of $4,059,323, so pretend it says 5 years, not 7.

Also, I agree Toronto *should* match that but for all the nonsense about teams supposedly offer sheeting Marner (they won't) I think after Marner, Johnsson and (hopefully) Gardiner, Kapanen could be the odd man out, possibly hold out unless he's dumb enough to sign for a low AAV.

Now GMJR is old school and I don't think he'd ever offer-sheet someone but he is creative enough where he could trade for Kapanen, starting with what would be compensation plus another cost-controlled prospect.