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Wadejos123

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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 20 at 10:30 a.m.
Thread: Get the man help
I doubt Nazar plays with the Hawks out of the gates next season. More likely he plays in Rockford at least the first third of the season. There's no reason to rush him.

Vlasic is on the top line with Jones. Jones needs a big stay at home defender and looks much better with Vlasic.

Del Mastro, Philips, Kaiser, and Crevier should rotate in and out of the lineup until one of them emerges.

Put Kurashev on the RW IMO, he plays well on his off-side.

Put Reichel with AA as they've had chemistry in the past.

Celebrini would be great to land of course, and I do believe he would be ready right away, but the Hawks may end up keeping him in college for another season as they are in no rush. Lottery odds are still in favor of the Hawks not landing the #1 OA even as a last place team. In that case, Levshunov, Lindstrom, and Demidov would all be options and another season away anyway.

Giving Guentzel $8.5M for a player turning 30 years before the start of next season would be a mistake. The Hawks should NOT be adding any huge names, nor players on the wrong side of 30.

This team, while probably not as a bad as this year, still is in rebuild/tank mode next year, which is okay.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 29 at 8:39 p.m.
Thread: Jiricek
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Wadejos123</b></div><div>You'd value Korchinski and Drysdale higher due to draft pedigree and offensive potential, but my point was that Vlasic has played at a level this year thats higher than Drysdale ever has</div></div>

I'd agree with that. But small sample size on a guy who doesn't have the pedigree of the other two makes it tougher.

Which is why Vlasic wouldn't be the guy I'd have put up for sale if I was Chi unless he was valued according to his play this year. But I doubt that's how he'd be valued and so he wouldn't be involved in the trade.

As of right now I'd say Vlasic's actual value is significantly more than his trade value. with time they will get closer together, either from an increase in trade value as he sustains play and becomes more "safe", or a decrease in actual value if his play declines
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 29 at 7:01 p.m.
Thread: Jiricek
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Wadejos123</b></div><div>If Korchinski asked out of Chicago (won't happen) I would accept a package of a Reichel level former 1st round pick prospect and a 1st around 20th overall. Maybe we disagree with what reichel is worth but if someone posted the equivalent of this for Korchinski I wouldn't feel like i'm getting spat on like CBJ fans do</div></div>

Disclaimer: Not trying to have attitude, but just trying to explain the CBJ perspective as an exhausted fan, this isn't directed at you.

The difference is we are trying to compete on a quicker timeline than Chicago given the current roster makeup, and have a glaring need for 1RD. It doesn't make sense to trade the only person in the organization who could potentially fill that role unless we're getting someone back who can. The CBJ fandom ire is 100% directed at people ignoring both the fact that he hasn't requested a trade and that, regardless of actual value coming back, you don't fill the 1RD spot with a 17-year-old who won't be ready for a few years and a winger, for example.

We could trade Jiricek for 1OA and, like, Logan Cooley and it still doesn't fix the fact that we <em><strong>still need a Jiricek. </strong></em>

But for some reason, "Jiricek isn't available" or "we need a RD coming back" isn't good enough for anyone on here. End rant, thanks for listening haha