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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 22, 2023 at 5:45 p.m.
Thread: Shakeup
Both teams say no for different reasons. Minnesota is probably still holds Rossi in high regards -- even if relative to his draft position he won't reach the ceiling of a top-line center -- his projection is still in line of a second-line, 200-foot center. His early season results so far this year, he leads the Wild in possession and has been their best play driver, with horrendous luck: PDO of 0.935. He is coming off 16-35-51 in 53 games played last year in the AHL at age 21 and 18-35-53 in 63 games in the AHL at age 20. I think there is no real caution other than lingering post-COVID issues that Rossi will not be able to adjust his game to the NHL and be a play driver. He also has another year on an ELC compared to Pinto who still needs a contract for the penny pinching Wild.

For Ottawa, they are trying to build their young roster, not trade players from it. They missed on DeBrincat but got their core players locked up and aren't going to wait to find out if Rossi is going to be what Pinto is for them already. He also isn't "proven" by any means. He's played 100 games and has 43 points. He certainly looks like he is going to be a contributing player to their team. He's <em>shown</em> his capabilities, let's see if they can be replicated.

I also don't understand the sentiment that Rossi is a bust simply because he isn't where Pinto is along their development. I like Pinto and believe he is going to be a good player, but Rossi's ceiling is absolutely higher from an offensive, play-driving standpoint and is skilled in other areas that Pinto is not. Simply because they are at different points along their development curve does not mean one is better than the other.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 6, 2023 at 11:38 a.m.
Thread: Looking at their extensions
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>drambui</b></div><div>not gonna lie, i really dont like what guerin did with this team. i though he would be someone who would bring changes, but he's pretty much doing the bare minimum.</div></div>

Doing the bare minimum is the S.O.P. until the buyouts go down until after 2025. Expecting anything more than that is foolhardy.

Extending Zuccarello at that price and term is really good. It buys him the time necessary to wait for the kids to become NHL ready and push for a roster spot in a couple of years.

Foligno is and will always be a pretty big overpayment. Both in term and cost. But Guerin himself more or less admitted that he knows it but didn't want other teams to be able to poach him away from the org. He feels Foligno's off-ice impact is too important to the org to lose.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 6, 2023 at 4:54 p.m.