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ZachArmel

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Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 21, 2022 at 3:13 p.m.
Thread: What if
It's an interesting proposition for Rust.
Nick Robertson is the obvious main attraction and has the lion's share of the value on TOR's end. (And now I want to see one of the Robos wearing the RoboPenguin jerseys, it'd be funny.)
Kerfoot's been a pretty consistent middle-six player for his career, but is probably closer to a 3rd liner than a 2nd. Fills in some of Rust's production in the short term.
Voit is currently the leading scorer in the OHL so he's really intriguing. Not sure where his ceiling is.

Ultimately, Rust took a very team-friendly deal in the offseason (at least in AAV) to stay in Pittsburgh and he's been an electric part of our offense for a few years. I don't know if the Penguins will be willing to move him, even if we end up selling at the deadline. And even if the team is willing, there's a NMC on the first 3 years of his contract and I doubt he'd waive it.
If it was close to the deadline and the Pens were basically out of the running, and Rust would waive his NMC, I think I'd accept.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 15, 2022 at 1:43 a.m.
Thread: Standings Prediction
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ZachArmel</b></div><div>With the Bruins I had a hard time putting them there, every time you bet against the Bruins they do even better than the year before. I just think the injuries they have (best forward and best defenseman) is going to be hard to replace that production.
With Ottawa I think they did a good job this offseason and have the goaltending depth to do well without Talbot plus their young guys are only going to get better.
The Devils have an amazing top 6 which was reinforced with Palat, they are going to have a full year with Hamilton who was finished top 10 in Norris 2/3 past years. Also no chance they have as bad goaltending luck as they did last year (they used 7!!!!)
The Rangers have a sick team with the best goalie and their young guys (Laf, Kappo, Miller, Fox, Schneider) are only going to get better (a lot better). They also have superstar pieces
The Wild was a team I might regret putting into the finals but they have an elite goaltender who put up okay numbers on a terrible Blackhawks team and was good on the Wild. Plus Kaprizov will take a leap, and they have great depth on both forward and D</div></div>
Let’s re-visit this while we’re at it. Good call on the bruins and sens chief.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 27, 2022 at 10:22 p.m.