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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 31, 2017 at 4:19 p.m.
Thread: Kreider
I personally like the trade for the Habs, a big fast power forward who drives the net has been a big need for this team for quite some time, and would fit in with Julien's style of play much better than Galchenyuk. It's not as if Kreider is a grinder either, he's good for 20 almost guaranteed and showed last season he has real 30 goal potential. We all know Galchenyuk has great skills and big potential, overall a higher offensive upside than Kreider, but it's still a mystery as to whether he will actually achieve that potential in Montreal, and whether Julien will ever trust him enough to put him in a position to do so.

Kreider is also a more effective player at 5 on 5 hockey, especially last season he was way more productive than Galchenyuk in this regard. Lots of playoff experience and good goal scoring average in the post-season for Kreider too. All of that makes up for the age difference imo. Contracts are nearly identical so that makes sense too. In this lineup I would slot him LW next to Drouin, even though Byron has been great on that line, having a bigger winger there who still brings speed and can play big minutes would be a great addition to this roster. Not sure how the Rangers have used him on the PP but seems to me he would be a good fit to go right in front of the net on our first unit.

It would not be an easy call to cut ties with Galchenyuk, but I would make this trade.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 20, 2017 at 3:34 p.m.
Thread: Weber to Toronto !
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>a1111</b></div><div><div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Texus</b></div><div>I don't like it... Won't work with TO's cap, and those 1st round picks are not likely to be very high either. More than that though I think Mtl needs to kinda pivot from this roster, not rebuild everything. Price, Weber, and Drouin are still very legit players you can build around. Everyone else including and especially Patch and Chucky are expendable though.</div></div>

Babcock loves him to death . He said to me this week that if Bergy want him out he will gladly take him ... We know each other from Mcgill ... The cap problem are not real since with Martin off the books , Weber won,t even finish his contract and the penalty goes to Nashville which would be intice to pay to have him back and not get cap space penalty over it .. so good value at 36 years old when is 3M contract isn't good for him ..</div></div>

Oh for sure I know Babs loves him, he can't say enough good things about him to the press based on his time with him at the Olympics and World Cup. I just don't like the move and return from the Habs' point of view. In my opinion Weber still has 5-7 years left of very good hockey and his leadership is off the charts. He can remain the pillar on defense for a while longer, and if we revamp the forwards and maybe find a more legit partner for him to play with, he'll still be good to go after those changes are made (hopefully soon).
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 20, 2017 at 2:32 a.m.
Thread: Pittsburgh trade based on Darren Dreger rumour
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Klink2014</b></div><div>Maatta is currently playing great hockey so I don't think PIT is interested in trading him right now, and in the event of injury, Sprong is probably the first forward called up. I like Galchenyuk but I don't think he can really be a quality center, I see him more of a top 6 winger</div></div>

I totally agree about Galchenyuk being a winger, but Darren Dreger specifically mentioned his name in connection with Pitt's search for a C so that's pretty much the only reason I did this roster. I was really surprised that was the info Dreger got but it is what it is.

And for Maatta I've seen a lot of Pens fans on here saying he's playing great, but is he really indispensable though? He's still their fifth ranked defenseman in total ice time so far this season, and more importantly 5th by a pretty big margin at 5 on 5... Seems to me like he can be sacrificed to add another potentially very dynamic offensive forward like Galchenyuk.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 5, 2017 at 5:07 p.m.
Thread: Duchene
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>krakowitz</b></div><div><i>Not enough. Plekanec essentially carries negative value, since he's basically a waste of $6 million in cap space. Montreal will most likely have to send Plekanec, a first, Sergachey/Juulsen, and a decent young forward prospect</i></div></div>Yeah Pleks is included because I think any deal would have to be more or less cap neutral, and he's the logical guy. The way I see it Col needs to look 2-3 years down the road anyways, so taking Plek short term is part of the price to pay to get a defenseman of Sergachev's calibre. I could see changing that second to a first, and maybe a B prospect forward but nothing more. I don't see too many other places that Colorado would be able to get an elite young defenseman with 1st pairing potential like Sergy, which is something they badly need. With this move their core 2-3 years from now is MacKinnon, Jost, Rantanen, Landeskog, Sergachev and Johnson. Either way though they need an elite defenseman to be part of it if they're gonna be any good.