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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 21, 2022 at 6:49 p.m.
Thread: leafs 2022
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Kalopsia</b></div><div>Backstrom’s career is likely over. Anyway, I’m just gonna dust off my old explanation for why deals around Wilson and Nylander don’t work.

Wilson is not on the block. The Caps main issues are that they're slow and they have a lot of guys who are prone to lapses in concentration and losing their assignments defensively. Wilson is the fastest and most defensively consistent winger in the Caps' top 6. He's also beloved in the locker room as far as us fans can tell, and the odds-on favorite to take over the C when Ovie retires. Wilson is not part of the problem, and trading him for Nylander doesn't address the Caps' problems.

Nylander's also just a bad fit for the Caps. I don't know if Nylander's comfortable at RW, but if not it leaves the Caps very unbalanced with Nylander joining Ovie, Mantha, Oshie, and Sheary on the left side while only Oshie and Hathaway naturally play on the right. The bigger issue though is that he's also a bad fit for the Caps powerplay. They run a very rigid 1-3-1 where each spot has to have a specific handedness and skillset, and the only spot he's a fit for is Ovie's. Ovie plays at least 3/4 of every powerplay (check out his PPTOI/g, it's first in the NHL by 46 seconds), so Nylander's production would take a massive hit going from Toronto's PP1 to Washington's PP2. He's probably a 50 point player in DC, and that's what Wilson's already providing.

The Leafs aren't a good trading partner for the Caps in general. The Caps' needs are a proven starting goalie, a top 6 winger who's either a left shot or doesn't need PP time to be productive, and a Backstrom replacement if his injuries are gonna keep him out all year. The only Leafs who'd fill needs for the Caps are Matthews and Tavares (no, Kerfoot is not the caliber of player they'd be looking for), and they're obviously not going anywhere. The only way the Leafs get Wilson is if they offer a massive overpay, cause there's no "win-win" deal to be made here.</div></div>

Lets talk Tavares then lol I appreciate the well thought out explanation and its reasonable to see your side.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 10, 2020 at 10:05 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 21, 2019 at 10:19 a.m.
Thread: Some ideas
I can get behind one of you trades the rest unfortunately make no sense for one side or the other. The Calgary trade makes sense as Calgary is getting a serviceable player in Shore and a skilled prospect in Timashov and toronto gets some grit in Jankowski. The Anaheim deal makes no sense for us taking on a goalie one who has a M-NTC and the next milan lucic in nick ritchie. Kase .... ok lateral movement with either kap or johnsson. Makes no sense for us to get rid of our speedy gritty players on good deals in johnsson and kappy. so that trade is a hard pass. If you can tell me why carolina logically would make this deal i'll agree with it... but heres the thing you can't. if barrie has a sniff of success he will be asking 8x8 approx. 4mil more a year then pesce is getting and he is 3 years older and not as good defensively. getting our first back in that trade is a useless asset to gain. the pick is top 10 protected. I think 90% of the hockey world would say the leafs wont be this bad next year. so who cares giving a late first next year. i could go more into the trade but ill move on to the NJ deal..... its the carolina situation just in reverse lol why would we take on hall who is ready for a BIG payday and not to mention a Dman past his prime who has proven to big of an ego in two locker rooms and two cities.

I like the premise of this overhaul you've done but its missed the mark badly.