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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 14, 2023 at 12:04 p.m.
Thread: Oilers 23-24
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>EmilFo</b></div><div>Why does everyone think Fogele is unusable. He is a good player recently. The fit in the group is maybe odd, I know he has been vocal about playingtime and I think he is part right about some players play to much. Everybody benefits of a teamgame.

If a forward goes, it should be Yamamoto. His play isnt 3 million-ish. He can hustle, but gets injured, plays about 55 -60 games a year. Soon to be LTIRed. Edmonton would benefit. of one more D.
Get a D, get a RW. Trade Yamamoto and one of Ceci/Kulak.

And I dont think A Johnson signs for only 775 000. Thats ridicolous.</div></div>
Yamamoto doesn't have a history of injuries as you suggest. He played nearly all of the games in each of the past 2 seasons and sustained 2 different injuries this year.

Ceci is extremely important to the Oilers. He's played the 3rd most minutes against top lines of any player in the league, and has a positive goal differential in those minutes. You won't replace him for less than $6M.

With Nurse, Ekholm and Broberg all under contract next season, Kulak is the odd man out on the blue line.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 14, 2023 at 6:24 a.m.
Thread: The Only Unconventional Trade Idea I Would Consider
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldHabsFan61</b></div><div>Wideman can play in the AHL like he already does. That doesn’t hurt your cap, which was my whole point. And Ceci is your second best RHD, he’s not Bouchard.</div></div>
Ceci plays tougher comp than Bouchard by far. For a reason.

And if Wideman is relegated to the AHL, who replaces Ceci in the Oilers lineup?? Nobody is going to play 1RD for free you know. Therefore there's no savings for Edmonton here.

But you're completely missing the point: Ceci is worth several times what Hoffman is. "Cap savings" just isn't a thing when you're actively making the roster worse. That's why I brought up McDavid and Evans - you could argue Cap Savings but their values are so far apart Edmonton isn't going to PAY to take the worse player. It's just not logical.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 13, 2023 at 3:43 p.m.
Thread: Could Carter Hart be the guy
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DefenseFirst</b></div><div>Pretty incredible. Based of this statement i don’t think you know what the words, “literally,” or, “facts,” mean.

It’s subjective. It can’t be fact.

But, lets deal with reality. Let’s deal with this from an objective standpoint. Let’s deal with facts. Hart started the season hot as a pistol, and unsustainably so. Since then, he’s been bad. Really bad.
He ranks 69th (nice) in save % with a horrid .896, and 65th in GAA with a 3.18. That’s bad.

Now, because I can already sense it coming, don’t give me the, “well it’s because he plays for a bad team, it’s not his fault,” argument. Goalies from Arizona, LA, Vancouver, and many other teams that have been worse defensively have done better than that.</div></div>

Yeah, and it's not like Buffalo's defense is going to be any better. At least, not yet.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 13, 2023 at 3:35 p.m.