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TanSor

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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 19, 2023 at 9:06 a.m.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TanSor</b></div><div>Cap is extremely tight. I don't feel great about this roster outside of Kaprizov, Ek, Boldy, Brodin, and Faber, and it's almost impossible to make any moves to improve. I wouldn't be all that surprised if we missed the playoffs this season to be honest - unless Rossi has a huge breakout season. Thankfully we'll have a lot more flexibility next offseason with Zucc, Foligno, and Fleury coming off the books, but to be a broken record: we still need a #1 center that can score. To play revisionist history, the cap would have been a nightmare to figure out, but I think missing out on Eichel was a huge mistake.</div></div>

I started messing around with an ACGM where the Wild sent Fiala/Rossi/2022 1st/2023 2nd to Buffalo for Eichel and it's.. not pretty.

In effect the Wild would be out: Rossi, Faber, Ohgren, Yurov, and Kumpulainen. I'd probably take that deal, especially since they'd still have Wallstedt. I left all the signings prior to Eichel's trade in place, so I removed guys on current deals they signed after like Gaudreau and Johansson. I bought out Goligoski to clear a little bit of cap and assumed Foligno would be traded somewhere for a pick to clear his cap and still only managed to have around $3.25m to fill 4 roster spots which included needing 1 forward, 2 defenseman, and a goalie to play with Fleury. And that's just for a 20 man roster.

I think if they had acquired Eichel, Boldy was going to have to be bridged for much cheaper instead of given his current deal, so assuming you could shave him down to like $4m for 3 years or something, you could probably make it work. As you said, a nightmare to figure out. I didn't end up publishing it because the Boldy extension would be the hardest to go back in retrospect and adjust to account for Eichel.
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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 13, 2023 at 10:06 a.m.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JayTea</b></div><div>I'm not sure who is to blame for that. Fletcher wouldn't commit $196m of the owner's money without the owner thinking it was a good idea, so did Leipold push for him to make some big moves to push the team forward? They did have a good prospect pool at the time and unfortunately I think only Brodin ended up developing to what he was projected to be out of the entire bunch.

Also worth mentioning the CBA would have just allowed both players to retire with no cap penalties when the deals were signed. I think the expectation was just they both retired when the actual cash due to them was $1m or so. The change in the CBA really changed the dynamic of those contracts IMO.</div></div>

Leipold definitely signed off on it. As I remember, he was more concerned with the business side (jersey sales, attendance, bottom line, etc) than he was about the hockey side.

Also worth noting is it appears Guerin was able to sell Leipold on his patient approach during the interview process. During his reign, Leipold has been nothing but impatient and was way too willing to mortgage the future for what he hoped would be instant success. The entire existence of this franchise has been run poorly…over-valuing what they actually had…going all-in with mediocre teams. Not once has this team been built for sustainable success. Not once, until hopefully now, have they ever played the long game. I hope Guerin stands firm and only goes all-in once, and only if, they ever do become bonafide Cup contenders.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 13, 2023 at 9:30 a.m.