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Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 8, 2023 at 10:32 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 30, 2023 at 10:25 a.m.
Thread: What couldve been
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Rags21</b></div><div>Lol with Quinn and Gallant as coaches, trust me both of them are playing 3rd line minutes. They’re not forcing anyone’s hand</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Xspyrit</b></div><div>That type of player don't care about this, they force your hand</div></div>

To be fair two years ago Cole was sent dow no the minors and a lot of habs fans were concerned that cole might not have been that guy (which he is), but also under quinn, they were forced to third line roles. I blame quinn more for kakko because the right side was perfectly free for him to move up, and under gallant he proved that he should've been rewarded and moved up wasnt able. similarly laf was not allowed to play rw under gallant for no particular reason. Now under lav in a short time frame they are doing well in top six role. And Xspyrit is right in that truly great players force their way up, but what happeneds when good play simply isnt rewarded

Extra note; where the team is at right now im not concerned about their development and more concerned whether they are helping us win hockey games which they are so i am happy
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 12, 2023 at 12:36 p.m.
Thread: Jake at a 5 year term
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NYRxLundqvist</b></div><div>Of course he's a good player... is he a great player? Or a 11+m player? No. He should be making probably 8.5m on a team who can win a cup. My issue is the rangers just say eff it and throw money at whoever is available in free agency. Rangers also can't develop a player, but it's not shocking when you look at the development staff. No shot between andersson, kravtsov, laf and kakko (all top 10 picks) not one can develop in to star.</div></div>

Anderson and Kravtsov, that ship has sailed (even tho we traded Anderson for Cullye which somehow we salvaged the situation), Laf At Max can be like a 60-point guy, but Kakko is an absolute dog, he shouldn't be put together with those guys IMO cause he actually shows his potential night in night out. Panarin is probably more of a 9.5 guy maybe a 10M guy, Which under the circumstances when he was signed, we were in a bidding war with the islanders and we were expecting the cap to rise, it makes it make more sense. But to say that he's one of the worst FA signings is a bit outrageous. I find it hard to separate cap number and actual skill too sometimes but to say that he isn't great when he puts up elite numbers is crazy
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 27, 2023 at 10:57 a.m.
Thread: Every Teams replacement Captain
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>GMBL</b></div><div>For Chicago, Jones could be the next captain but I think Bedard would be the "replacement captain".

I don't think Gallagher would get any love once being passed up already.

For Buffalo, I think it would be on of thr young players thst replace Okposo, likely Dahlin (as long as he signs long-term).

NSH I think it would be O'Reilly.

PHI's next captain isnprobably Couturier, not sure who would be the replacement but I suspect that it wouldn't be Konencny.

For WSH, John Carlson over Oshie.

Flr could be Ekblsd but Tkachuk would have a good chance. Similarly, Marner in Toronto over Matthews. Rielly would make a good captain for the Leafs but I suspect that thry would choose Matthews next if it helped keep him around.

Others that I'm doubtful about: Norris (OTT), Hartman (Minn).</div></div>

The thought was if the captain was removed from the roster today who would be the captain

Gallager - I thought about giving it to Cole but he's probably too young, before Suzuki I thought he should have been captain

Buffalo - they didn't go the skill route with Okposo (Not that Skinner isn't skilled ) I feel that Skinner is one of the few vets ig, but he might be the longest-tenured buffalo

Nashville - O'Reilly hasn't even played a game for them yet

Philly - Ngl I forgot about Coots he's probably the guy

WSH- I struggled between the two but I feel Oshie is more of a leader

FLA- Ekblad just seems like next man up MT is a great player but idk ab captain he's probably a leader but some people lead better on the ice

TOR- I never said mathews would be a good captain, I just think if JT is gone they have to make it their franchise player, which speaks to how little leadership this current and future core has

Norris- I get it, everyone on this team is young I thought more about the future for this one as opposed to claude

Hartman- He just seems like he's ready to pump up the boys when their down by 4 or just do whatever it takes to win which is commendable in a captain, joel ek is another solid choice