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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 7, 2023 at 7:55 a.m.
Thread: Having a peak at next year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Drshnuckels91</b></div><div>I like him as a player but this team needs to free up cap space rn. I don't see any rebuilding Ceci as he's more of a player who benefits from stronger structure rather than being the best d-man on a terrible defensive core (Arizona, Chicago, etc.) no contending team takes him as his cap is too high. Foegele I think might just have to be the player to go</div></div>
I think the player to go is more obvious. With Nurse, Ekholm and Broberg on the left side, Kulak is the contract that will be divested if Holland needs to clear one.

I don't disagree that Foegele is somewhat at risk due to his contract, but I do disagree that he's a cap dump. GM's have repeatedly shown that a big, fast and physical guy with a good motor and decent hands is valued around the league.

Look at the Oilers forwards 5v5 goal scoring this season, Foegele shows well despite rarely playing with McDavid or Draisaitl.

1. McDavid: 1.60 goals/60
2. Kostin: 1.38
3. Kane: 1.13
4. Foegele: 1.04

His points/60 is a hair above RNH's for the season, he leads the forward corps in takeaways and is near the top of the list for hits. He's well worth his remaining $2.75 x 1 contract.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 3, 2023 at 3:58 p.m.
Thread: obi wan kenobi youre my only hope
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mokumboi</b></div><div>1 - Ehh no. The Oilers scored almost twice as much with Barrie (17.5 PPG/60) as they have with Bouchard (9.1 PPG/60).

2 - The Blues could also send back cheaper depth to replace those traded. You may not want to do it, and that's fine, but it easily could work from a roster/cap standpoint.</div></div>
It's important to remember that Bouchard has played mostly on the 2nd PP unit, while Barrie has played mostly on the 1st PP unit. Context.

While on the first unit, defined as when all of McDavid, Draisaitl and Nugent-Hopkins are also on the ice, Bouchard's on ice goals per 60 are 16.84, while Barrie's are 16.01. That's for 5v4 only.

Furthermore, the Bouchard-backed 1st unit created about 25% more expected goals and almost 30% more scoring chances than the Barrie backed 1st unit. And that's with nearly 60 minutes of track record.

It's Bouchard's job now. They aren't interested in bringing in another PP specialist let alone "desperate" to do so.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 3, 2023 at 3:18 p.m.