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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 20 at 10:40 a.m.
Thread: Adding Miller Hinostroza Brown and Domi
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Chapee44</b></div><div>They don't need people to fill roster spots... Samuelsson-Dahlin, Power-Jokiharju, Bryson-Pysyk. The 6 spots are filled with players better than him. And that's assuming no other prospects make the jump or anyone else is signed... To say nobody likes Buffalo is a flat-out lie... I agree he's a decent dman, I probably like him more than the average hockey fan, but he doesn't fit on Buffalo's growth pathway... It's not meant to offend you or shut you down, just to say that it needs to be modified.</div></div>
There's no reason not to take Holl for a test drive, then move him in the summer if we aren't interested in keeping him. Otherwise I completely disagree with your assessment of next year's roster, you WANT more than 6 regulars at training camp because that creates competition for jobs, which is a good thing. Plus defensemen get injured a lot, so you want some proven veterans who can step into the lineup on any given night.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 20 at 10:21 a.m.
Thread: Top 100 Drafted Prospects mid-year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TraderJoes</b></div><div>I just checked - Quinn is playing in the same league as your #3 and #4 players, and is outperforming them by far:

Quinn: 17, 11-13-24
Perfetti: 17, 6-9-15
Byfield: 6, 1-0-1

Why is he ranked 29th for you?</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>Quinn has been rising on my list and is having a great season. But a 17-game sample is not enough to supplant any of those guys in the top-10 or so. I will say that the Quinn-Krebs-Peterka line appears to be have been the most dominant in AHL this season. Would be cool to see them arrive as a unit.</div></div>
Update:

Quinn: 24, 18-17-35 and 1, 0-0-0 in the NHL
Perfetti: 17 6-9-15 and 5, 1-0-1 in the NHL
Byfield: 11, 4-2-6

I still think Quinn should be much higher than 29th. Maybe there isn't enough sample yet to be top 10, but there's a lot of real estate between 29 and 10.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 12 at 12:46 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 9 at 5:46 p.m.
Thread: The Dream
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gretzkyghosts</b></div><div>Great thread.
Great comments.
Some random thoughts:
These guys really seem to like playing with each other, Granato seems to have that capability to make a team gel.
They are tenacious and do not give up, nearly recovered from a three goal hole against the Sharks.
Buffalo may have five decent #2 centers, Thompson, Cozens, Krebs, Girgensons (only Thompson and Cozens have more goals and pts than Zemgus) and Mittelstadt (we do not know about him as he has missed most of the season).
Two top 6 LW, Skinner and Olofsson and two top six RW Tuch and Okposo (let's include him as only Thompson and Dahlin have more pts than he).
Quinn and Peterka may be ready, but I remember thinking Bailey and Baptiste would be top 6 RW's.
While Hagg, Pysyk, Bryson and Miller have performed well only Dahlin, Power and Jokiharju are top 4 defensemen.
GK has really let them down this year.
During that 3-12-2 stretch they gave up 76 goals or a rather sad 4.47 GAA.
The other 17 games they are 7-6-4 with a 2.53 GAA, not a play off team but certainly respectable 87pts over 82 games.
While they have lost 6 in a row, Covid has been devastating having to dress Prow, Butcher, Jankowski, Hayden, and MacInnis over Bryson, Hagg, Tuch, Okposo, Mittelstadt and Bjork against the Sharks.
A #1 center would be great, but if a RHD as good as Power is available, I am also good with that.
I will wait until the end of the year and let Jason Karmanos decide who to draft.

Well that is my tome for the week.

EDIT: LOL I just noticed you made Olofsson evaporate.
Well his contract would certainly bring the team to the floor.</div></div>

There is no RHD as good as Power available this year though, nobody is even close. Since we have three 1st round picks this year, I certainly agree that spending 1 or 2 on RHD is a sound proposition, but I think the #5 pick should be spent on a forward. As you say, we have lots of 2nd line guys, but not many 1st line guys. The early picks is where you get that kind of talent.

There are some promising RHD guys who are projected to be available later in the first round. That's the strategy IMO.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 9 at 2:18 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 8 at 9:13 a.m.
Thread: McDavid is a cap dump
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TraderJoes</b></div><div>We should just keep amassing young talent. Gutting our core for McDavid isn't going to make us better in the long term... at the same time, there's no way Edmonton touches this deal, or any deal involving McDavid. At the end of the day this is a business and selling McDavid merch / prime TV has vaulted Edmonton into the top-10 in terms of franchise value. They aren't giving that up for <em>anything</em>, nor should they.</div></div>

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