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Forum: Armchair-GM2 hours ago
Thread: Last minute trades
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JayTea</b></div><div>Yeah, I don't get why a few Wild fans seem to think we'd get a good return on Parise. I'd be surprised if it wasn't Parise for Ladd with salary retained to even the cap hit and Minnesota gets a 2nd round pick or something. That's probably fair considering Parise likely won't play the last 2-3 years of his deal when it drops to little actual money.

Wtf is wrong with me when I just called $1m little actual money. lol</div></div>

Parise has scored 20+ goals in the last two years and 19+ before that. His only "bad" year was 2017 where he was hurt and missed half the year, but still scored 15 goals. He goes to the hard areas of the ice and has no quit. He's got at least 2-3 years left of similar production. If he retires from another team, they don't get hit with the harsh cap recapture, we do.

I'm trading him like he's a 35+ annual 20-goal scorer at a 4.5M cap hit and 3-6M/year real money for the next 3 years and 1M/year after that. Why do so many people think a player like that is worthless?
Forum: Armchair-GMFri at 8:30 am
Thread: One final Trocheck idea for the day
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>wabit</b></div><div>I'd agree if Brodin wasn't the best d-man on the team this year. Spurgeon (shouldn't have been re-signed) has been lackluster, Suter looks slow (for him), and something with Dumba isn't right. Brodin and Soucy have been the bright spots in the d-corps this year. I like Soucy, but expecting him to fill the void left by Brodin is a huge task.

If Suter and Dumba were playing the way they were before their injuries it wouldn't be a big deal to trade Brodin. The d-corps could handle the loss then.</div></div>

I still think the D corps could handle the loss of Brodin and Dumba. We are deeeep at D. Remember we still have Belpidio in the system too. I think Soucy and Hunt step up to the second D pairing and we have Menell and Pateryn as the third pairing. That's deep.

Regarding Trocheck it's likely a 1-1 as TanSor has it here. BUT, Guerin better not call it a hockey trade in his presser or the combination of that plus the Boudreau firing will mean the honeymoon is completely over.
Forum: Armchair-GMThu at 8:04 pm
Thread: My take on Trocheck
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TanSor</b></div><div>Maybe you're right, but to me trading Brodin automatically makes the stakes high. If Florida is willing to throw in an insurance piece like Heponiemi or Borgstrom and maybe the Wild add a little, I'd be more open to it. His injury (broken ankle) is really concerning to me since his skating was such a big part of his game prior to injury and I felt his skating was maybe slightly above average last night, but certainly not the special skating ability he used to have. I will say, though, that Suter's skating looks pretty good after his injury and I think some credit should go to Andy Ness. Fiala also looks very special on his skates and maybe that is in part due to Ness as well, so I think it's certainly possible that Ness could return Trocheck's skating back to form.</div></div>

I really hope we never lose Andy Ness. He's the best in the business and kind of an unsung hero on the staff.
Forum: Armchair-GMWed at 9:45 pm
Thread: Trade with FLA and TOR
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ryminister_27</b></div><div>Lol. My 9 year old niece reads better than you. When did I ever say any of that? I said the Leafs were aggressive in trying to get Dumba. Never said they "loved him or will give up everything for him". There's a big difference in those 2 statements there bud.

Now go to bed. It's past your bedtime. Kids like you aren't worth my time. Sleep tight muffin.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JaredOfLondon</b></div><div>what? you're not going to repeat about how multiple reliable sources said that the leafs are in love with dumba and are going to give up everything for him again?</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Wildwinswhen</b></div><div>For the record, Michael Russo (The Athletic reporter for the MN Wild) said today "I've been working this story for last few days. Multiple sources are telling me that Toronto is going aggressively after Dumba."

Many, many times Russo has the story before anyone else. If he says it, you can bank on it.</div></div>

Guys, this flame war is taking over my thread and there's no point to it. Let's move on.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb 11 at 2:23
Thread: New lines -- Penguins fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>bigZ98</b></div><div>would not recommend. In my opinion the wild should keep their expectations low from him. The thing is when he was traded for Kessel all of Pitt media talked about how he could come here and replace kessel's production and be a force and finally breakout and he was trying way too hard to live up to that. Every report ive read about his time in Pitt suggested he worked hard every practice trying his best to fit the system and learn but he just couldnt. If you want to utilize him right, just let him play. Dont expect anything from him and let him play. I hope he turns it around in Min hes a nice guy. Never heard him complain when he was benched, moved to the 4th line, barely played etc.</div></div>

We've got no 2nd line center. So anything he can do there is an improvement. I hear that he's a decent passer, which we'll med up the middle with Fiala and Kaprizov on the same line next year. So maybe he sticks with us? Either way, I loved the trade
Forum: Armchair-GMJan 28 at 9:54
Thread: Dumba Brodin Zucker Veg Car Edm
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MNBassman</b></div><div>I don’t know where this confusion is coming from, as I haven’t made one mention of Haula except to say I’m not interested in him. None of my trades involve him. Not one.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Caniac555</b></div><div>You literally made this team, then comment on my Haula comments that he didn’t interest you. So you did, and I said it was over then.</div></div>

<a href="/users/MNBassman" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@MNBassman</a> Haula came up because Caniac commented the Canes VGK pick was a conditional pick if the Canes keep Haula. I didn't realize that, so I asked <a href="/users/Caniac555" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@Caniac555</a> about it. Sorry for any confusion.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan 27 at 8:33
Thread: Dumba Brodin Zucker Veg Car Edm
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Caniac555</b></div><div>Necas is off limits, if that means no trade with Minny then it’s not trade with Minny.

I think the only deal that makes sense, and I’ve posted it previously and seen the feedback already, is a hybrid hockey deal when Minny gets an extended Haula (or conditions based on him re-signing), one of our expiring depth defenseman to plug the hole, and draft capital. Argue the draft picks and defense if you want, but that’s the only deal that works.

BTW - keep in mind that the pick the Canes traded for Haula is conditional and there are constraints where they could have to give more back to VGK if Haula is traded.</div></div>

Good to know about the Haula claw back. I hadn't seen that before. Gonna be tough to find a trade with the Canes then, if both Haula and Necas are off the table. Besides, I don't think Brodin is a good fit for them. He shouldn't be played on his offside and you don't need a LD.