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Forum: Armchair-GMSat at 2:34 pm
Thread: Stay the course
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CD282</b></div><div>Not even close on the Edmonton trade. And Harkins is OLDER than Puljujarvi, not younger.</div></div>

Yeah my bad meant to say older.

Also it’s definitely not “not even close”. At most it’s a 3rd or something off. Harkins can be the 3C Edmonton needs right now which potentially growing into a 2c role. Jp will likely be a 3rd liner until wheeler declines if he even gets there and is able to beat Vesalainen and/or roslovic and gustafsson. The fact of the matter is that Jp is unproven in comparison to harkins. Harkins proved this year that at worst he is a good 3rd line lw (and he is a natural center so 3C seems like a better choice). Jp is also forcing himself out so his value drops there. It’s not that far off imo
Forum: Armchair-GMMon at 1:57 am
Thread: Sergachev
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MisstheWhalers</b></div><div>I think we're better off with Harkins then Pulujarvi.

If that's all it takes to get Sergachev and he'd sign that I'm sure there's multiple teams that'll try to get him, I'm sure he'll take more to acquire then that though.</div></div>

I think that Jp is worth the risk. At worst (realistically) we get a 3rd liner in him which is what harkins will be as long as he is a jet so it’s not a terrible gamble. the real worst case is we lose harkins for nothing which isn’t the end of the world considering Jp‘a upside

I think we may need to throw in a 2nd but other than that it’s fine imo. They are in cap trouble and are getting a top prospect and a 2nd. Salary wise I think he signs a contract like JoMo so I slightly underpaid.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar 27 at 6:07
Thread: Top prospects with description
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AFOX10900</b></div><div>I think you underrate Gawanke defensively (he's about average in the A) and overrate him offensively (only slightly above average for the A) which for a first year pro, I'll take... Also not sure Broberg of the guy you want to compare Lundestrom to, he was by far the worst pick of the draft last year, and hasn't been good this year either... (Now lundmark has been WAY worse... Even defensively, but he wasn't a top 10 pick)</div></div>

Gawanke needs to work on his gap control and work around the net among other things in his own end. As for offensively, he had a slow start but since the calendar year started he has been great offensively. He is starting to use his shot to his advantage and imo that part of his game is much better than most think. Also as you said, he is only in his first pro year (great production for a first year pro).

Also for the lundmark to broberg comparison it wasn’t to say lundmark is nearly as good as broberg but more to say that lundmark isn’t nearly as bad as most think and was an adequate pick. He also isn’t in the upper half of top prospects

Also I disagree that broberg was a terrible pick. I believe it was a great pick actually. Again he is in the shl where young defensemen don’t score nearly as much as other leagues.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar 27 at 6:05
Thread: Top prospects with description
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Cheddamonkey37</b></div><div>He’s not a offensive dman tho? He can probably be good in the top 4 as a good shutdown dman there isn’t enough offence in the forwards and jmo heinola pionk jets don’t have any shutdown dman</div></div>

I know that but you need certain elements of an offensive game to stick in the ahl. You have to lead the rush every once in a while and can’t be afraid to do that and other aspects of the offesive part of a defensemen. I just don’t think that part of samberg’s game is ready. Also to be a pure shutdown d-man you have to be physical. Samberg isn’t nearly as physical as he should be for his size since he doesn’t need to. I think he will spend a year in the ahl. Not really that he isn’t ready for the nhl but he could be more ready.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar 18 at 11:43
Thread: I ran the lottery 5 times and the jets won 3
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MisstheWhalers</b></div><div>I think we're dreaming if we think we're going to land the 2nd overall pick.. Lol

What was the record in January and when did he go down, he wasn't playing well leading up to his injury and I felt like the team improved once he was out, the 3rd line finally started to produce a bit.

I appreciate his physical play but I'm sure that could be found for less then almost $3M a year and the measly 20 points he puts up, seriously when I watch other teams 4th line players all I can think of is how massively overrated Lowry is in the Jets market, what he does is really nothing special.</div></div>

Yeah I know it’s a pipe dream 😂. That’s why I didn’t run the simulator again.

Oh I agree that he is overrated but the jets need to replace some physicality on the team and losing a guy like Lowry is t helping that. I just think that having a productive 4th line isn’t as important as most think. In fact most cup winning 4th lines don’t score much but are still a handful for other teams and lowry does that to a line. I just don’t think eakin is worth that (who btw had a measly 15 pts pace before coming to the jets and playing 2c which likely won’t happen next year)

As for the numbers I do remember we crawled into the all star break while we were firing on all cylinders when he got back