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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 14, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 14, 2023 at 11:03 a.m.
Forum: Mock-DraftJul. 4, 2022 at 9:07 p.m.
Thread: 2019 redraft
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hockey1340</b></div><div>Take a look at who’s matthews and McDavid’s #1 dman is. I wonder why they can’t win. Also, take a look at the #1 dman for the past couple Stanley cup winners:
Makar
Hedman
Hedman
Etc
In the playoffs you truly want a #1 dman. That’s how you win</div></div>

Those 3 teams also had top line elite centers lol.

MacKinnon
Point
Point

Tampa couldn't win in the postseason until Point became the top center

"In the playoffs you truly want a #1 dman. That’s how you win" You could say look at Nashville with Roman Josi and they can never win. Look at Rangers with Fox and they choked hard in the playoffs. Erik Karlsson didn't win anything. It's a team game. An elite center is the most important piece though. To win you'd probably want both.

Penguins won the cup with Dumo as their top d man against a team that had Roman Josi.

They won because of Crosby. That's what you need to win. A top center. No team can win without one.

Best center in the league McDavid vs. best d man in the league Makar

Everyone is taking McDavid.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 16, 2022 at 6:43 p.m.
Thread: Vegas next year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Tjm220</b></div><div>Brossoit makes as much money as all three of the guys you mentioned to put together. A fifth round pick is not nearly enough to take on a goaltender whose contract you can only bury half of if he continues to play like crap. Buffalo isn’t in the business of doing Vegas any favors. If Vegas can offer the Sabres something they want we can start the conversation there. Buffalo doesn’t have to look far for AHL caliber goaltending, and it will cost less too.</div></div>

&gt; Brossoit makes as much money as all three of the guys you mentioned to put together

I mean he's better than all three guys too.

&gt; Buffalo isn’t in the business of doing Vegas any favors

Why would it matter? They are a western team. Who cares? You get a pick similar to the amount of money that you got from Butcher. Sabres have so much space and it's only a 1 year deal.

&gt; half of if he continues to play like crap.

He's more slightly below average than crap

&gt; Buffalo doesn’t have to look far for AHL caliber goaltending, and it will cost less too.

Aaron Dell is AHL goaltending and he's far worse than Brossoit, Brossoit is NHL backup goaltending.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 20, 2022 at 6:12 p.m.
Thread: Sabres 2022-2023
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TuckerPoolman</b></div><div>id say he’s still in his prime and has been ppg his entire career. will have 2 years left at a steal of a cap hit. it will give a contending team 2 very series shots at winning the cup, I think that’s pretty valuable.

would have to start with Cozens and Vegas 22’ first for BUF or the jets will just keep him or trade elsewhere</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MisstheWhalers</b></div><div>Really, the Jets couldn't get a 2nd pair caliber RHD for Scheifele? A PPG center signed for 2 years $6.125M has gotta be worth at least that.</div></div>

A contending team isn't gonna move a legit top 4 RD or top 6 C for a guy that's older and isn't signed long term. That's just not gonna happen. They want to add to their team. It would be picks + prospects.

Would you do Perfetti + 13th pick for Kuznetsov?

If you do move on from him the summer I feel like you're gonna be disappointed.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 10, 2022 at 5:47 p.m.
Thread: Flames next year Johnny walks
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ledge_And_Dairy</b></div><div> Huge difference? It would be a 600k difference and that doesnt even account for them being paid in USD while living in Canada. You overblow the income tax thing Duchene and Bob both signed what are considered overpayments in their respective no state tax teams.</div></div>

My armchair GM has 21 players. Teams usually carry 22 so they'd still be over the cap or right at the cap.

Yes it's a huge difference from Tampa to Calgary. Losing out on 600k is a big deal lol. It's not overblown. It's why players usually put California teams + Canadian teams on their no trade lists. Bobby Ryan &amp; Marc Methot did a good podcast about NTCs.

Was Duchene seen as an overpay? It was considered a pretty good deal at the time. You can look back at the CapFriendly post and a lot of people were saying steal and that he took less. Remember this was pre-covid. https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/245886 A lot of people expected 9Mish.

Nobody said low tax teams never overpay guys, it's just players are going to keep more of their money. If you want to project Tkachuk's next contract look at Ottawa &amp; Toronto for comparisons instead of Tampa &amp; Florida. He's gonna want more than just his QO that's only 700k more than his brother got.