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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 13, 2021 at 12:40 p.m.
Thread: Worth a Shot
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mikearky</b></div><div>Explain something, Freidman said Leafs were interested, and If he were to become AVAILABLE, Leafs should be in on a trade, but if you look at posts on this site, you would be lead to believe Yzerman wants him out at all costs. These offers are mostly comical. Is he Lemieux or Stamkos, no, but offere bottom line wingers and defenseman are a joke.

Wings do not want Leafs cast offs:

Kerfoot
Dermott
Engvall
Mikheyev
as they hold not true value. I have seen Liljegre, but Wings are pretty stacked at RHD, they need LHD. And picks for 2022 &amp; 2023 are to far out to help the rebuild now.

Lastly, Wings DO NOT have to trade Bert, there does not seem to be an urgency, So why does it seem like Leafs fans assume Wings are doing everything to dump him and take crap back?</div></div>

Holmberg was just MVP of the SHL playoffs
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 16, 2021 at 1:11 p.m.
Thread: Start the rebuild
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PuckLuck_77</b></div><div>Sure, one of them could be expendable for a player like Jones. It just won't be any of Byfield, Turcotte, or Vilardi.

I'm totally okay with Blake checking in on Jones, and agree that there is no doubt LA made an inquiry. It's his job to look at options to make the team better. However, in the end, I just don't think it happens. Maybe Jones would be willing to sign in LA, but that's too big of a risk to trade one of your top 3 prospects without any sort of guarantee.</div></div>

I am sure they will have permission to see what Jones is thinking before a team trades for him... if he says 100% not signing then no... move on.. but having him on LA would be huge for the sport. Jones saying he wants to test free agency means I don't want to play in Columbus.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 16, 2021 at 1:01 p.m.
Thread: Start the rebuild
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PuckLuck_77</b></div><div>I'm not disagreeing that Jones is a better option than Roy/Walker. My point is simply that there are areas on the Kings that could use an improvement more than the right side of the defense. As a result, I don't believe they will be trading to address the right side before other areas of concern. Besides, with the fact that Jones is a UFA at the end of next year, along with him stating out loud he wants to test the market, the Kings could just approach him next year if they really want him. They certainly won't spend Vilardi++ to get him right now. I'm sorry that's not what you want to hear, I'm just offering my view of the situation from an LA side.

(Also, MacDermid is a LHD, not a RHD.)</div></div>

I guarantee LA is a player on Jones. They have Turcotte, Byfield, Kupari, Thomas and Anderson as potential future centres.... one of them can be expendable for a player like Jones...Not to mention they have Kopitar who is producing still. And I wasn't comparing which hand Macdermid is but the roles... And I can see Jones having LA high on his list of destinations he'd stay long term with. I know it's not what you want to hear but....

Imagine having Doughty and Jones on the ice for 50 minutes a game.... while having the youngest, skilled forward group in the NHL up front...
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 16, 2021 at 12:49 p.m.
Thread: Re-tool
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>newballcoach</b></div><div>That's not how the cap works. You have to be cap compliant on the first day of the regular season, this team never will be and has no moves to make to get themselves there.

Evander Kane is in a whole heap of trouble with some other issues, I don't think anybody wants to trade for him right now. And he's an awful fit for this team. This defence is pretty poor (significantly worse then last year) and you're expecting a 20 year old to play on your top line with very little NHL experience.

This is not the play, plus I think Chris Driedger gets more.</div></div>

The cap is accumulated per day. Easy to be able to get around this like sending down Engvall. Kane is also very good at hockey and plays with an edge. He was awesome last year. Also, doesn't mean that since I have Robertson on the first line that he's stapled there the entire year lol. It's worth a try tho.