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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 13, 2020 at 3:12 p.m.
Thread: Trade instead of offersheet
I guess people don’t realize how good these players are.

Grze is a solid 2nd pairing D and 2nd round picks to sweeten that is pretty safe considering the alternative of offersheets (1st and a 3rd only).

Kase and Bjork are solid 3rd liners and both have them have 2nd line potential on the right team. Think Reilly Smith and Vatrano. Moore is a solid D considering Detroit has almost no LD after this coming season. Sweetened with 2 more picks to help with the rebuild. Not high ones, but close enough. I’d prefer Mantha for his size and goal, but Bertuzzi is another option instead. For him, what is offered is huge overpay. He and Kase are pretty darn close to even swap.

Sergachev will sign a bridge deal if structured the right way. Just like McAvoy and Carlo did, and Debrusk will do. This is why the trade va offersheet because you’ll need to pay a lot more and we want the salary for other things.

Again, offersheet could work as well. Someone will get Sergachev or Cirreli. Force TBL on one and the other becomes target #2. This is just more gentlemanly to give them a good trade and save some picks and salary.

How would you get those 3 players? Easy to sit back and poke holes but would love to see your options!!
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 10, 2020 at 1:08 p.m.
Thread: 2 offer sheets and a trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Shibbal18</b></div><div>Sabres do not have cap space, they arent taking cap dumps for free</div></div>

I’m pretty sure they only have 1/3rd of the team under contract. Moore can play. Ritchie can be a 4th liner and protect Eichel. It’s not really that much of a dump. Maybe another team if Buf doesn’t want it.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DiehardRedWingsFan58</b></div><div>Take far more then $6 million for Mikhail Sergachev to sign an offer sheet with Boston, Try more like $8 million and then he probably still declines.</div></div>

He’in fir a pay fat but even beat writers in Tampa say he does a bridge deal around $5.5-6M. If you structure it right, his qualifying offer becomes that $7-8M so in 3yrs, he gets the 8x8 deal when hopefully teams have money.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 4, 2020 at 2:51 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 4, 2020 at 2:49 p.m.
Thread: RED ALERT RED ALERT
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Claesson4Norris</b></div><div>The anti Tuukka Bruins fans are in for a rude awakening because there's no surefire NHL option coming through the pipes, and there aren't any options available to Boston who are anywhere near Tuukka. I don't know how you trade Rask and improve your goaltending situation. I don't even know if you can trade him and break even on your goaltending situation.</div></div>

I think they would get something back for Rask as G but agree. Not going to get a vezina winning goalie and that was a big problem in the playoffs this year. Halak was semi hurt and definitely not ready to play. Maybe if the season kept going Halak could have kept the wheels on the bus but not this way.

Sweeney won GM of the year. He’s got his issues but he’s pretty darn good overall.

He did have to clean up a mess that PC left him. Look what PC did in EDM. they have 2 studs and can’t even make playoffs. You may consider them #1 and #2 in the NHL.

Edmonton should trade McDavid to the Bs just in the name of making hockey interesting again. Retain $2M, take Debrusk, Studnicka, and McAvoy and call it a day.

McDavid wants to play in Boston anyway.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 4, 2020 at 2:31 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 4, 2020 at 2:16 p.m.
Thread: Would Tampa and Arizona
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Gofnut999</b></div><div>Cap space. Same reason you are trying to make this trade. They have 5m of it and have Cirelli, Sergachev, Cernak to sign. Maroon, Shatty, Rutta, Schenn, Bogosian to replace. They have to make a sacrifice somewhere. If it’s Sergachev and they can get a 1st, a prospect, and Brett Kulak type to eat some minutes cheap, as opposed to a lesser d man that will cost almost as much Sergachev on a bridge deal. Math.

I am, thanks.</div></div>

All the talk is Sergachev getting $5M AAV on a bridge. Grze will be closer to $3M, and he’s one of the best skating and puck moving Ds around. Arguably better than McAvoy right now in those regards. Yah, he’s a bit small and he’s NOT McAvoy, but for Tampa. It makes good sense.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 4, 2020 at 1:46 p.m.
Thread: Would Tampa and Arizona
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DiehardRedWingsFan58</b></div><div>Guess you missed the memo that Holland isn't qualifying Andreas Athanasiou, So he's a pending UFA therefore can't be offer sheeted. Grzelcyk doesn't get you Sergachev and for 4x5 he stays in Tampa. Moore is a cap dump to Arizona and Vaakanainen+2nd isn't enough to get $14 million retention on Oliver Ekman-Larsson not even close.</div></div>

Guess you didn’t read the notes. Exactly what I said about AA. No compensation required at that rate so I can make the UFA signing as if it were an offer sheet.

Grze is a 2nd pair, man the power play, and cost friendly. Sergachev is never going to play #1 D with Hedman in front of him. He doesn’t have arbitration rights so a bridge deal will get him signed. Maybe the term goes to 3yrs.

AZ needs to shed salary and they basically shed $4M for 3 years and the. $6M in the fine 4 years of his contract. Exactly what AZ would want.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 13, 2020 at 5:07 p.m.
Thread: What we look like with just RFA signings
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Silkysmooth42</b></div><div>I refer you to this article that bf3351 sent me:
<a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/boston.cbslocal.com/2020/09/03/free-agent-torey-krug-opposed-to-short-term-contract-this-is-my-time/amp/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/amp/s/boston.cbslocal.com/2020/09/03/free-agent-torey-krug-opposed-to-short-term-contract-this-is-my-time/amp/</a>

He was TRYING to prove that Krug didnt wanna stay for less money, but if you read the article it clearly states that we would rather take a little less money to play somewhere that he is "comfortable" playing rather than being uncomfortable elsewhere

Again: research helps</div></div>

Good article but being close to the situation, it’s not going to happen. bs won’t pay him more than Pasta. Krug will get a 7-8M offer in free agency.

What do you think a small discount will be in his mind? $6M for 6? I just don’t see it.

I guess that’s why this is arm-chair GM. Lol.

I guess we can sign and trade Grze if Krug miraculously signs with the Bs