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Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 16, 2019 at 12:06 a.m.
Thread: Calm Down
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>I don't know why fans think they have any hold any UFA. Teams shouldn't get involved in any bidding war for UFAs. Muzzin isn't needed that badly, and I'm sure Barrie with his offensive flair will price himself out of LealLand . There has be better value out there, even if means trading a forward for cap space</div></div>

It's not dire that either of them be resigned but once Dermott is resigned there's still 4 spots that need to be filled. I'm optimistic Sandin and Liljegren can help fill those spots but if not that's a lot to fill with just trades and cheap players. Sure if they go to UFA and there's a bidding war I dont think the team would want to be in on that but if one of them liked the city and wanted to stay it's a lot easier to acquire someone that way rather than depleting resources elsewhere.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 30, 2019 at 8:18 p.m.
Thread: Zaitsev has requested a trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>Maybe other Leaf will know. I don't think Zaitsev has been criticized by the media....so he no reason leave because of public media. Babcock plays him a lot, so he must OK being a Leaf on the ice.
The only criticism he really gets is on CapFriendly. I really don't see why he such much "hate". Seems like so many just have to top on bad trade with a worse one by trading Zaitsev.</div></div>

Basically he doesn't provide value proportionate to his cap hit. He has decent tools but at the first sign of pressure he panics and forgets what to do with the puck leading to a lot of d-zone giveaways and icings. In a sheltered role and on the powerplay in his first year he provided a bit of offence but that dried up as soon as Babcock tried to use him as a shut down guy. If his cap hit were half of what it is it wouldn't be a problem but at $4.5 million you want a bit more from him.