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dickie_boon

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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 26, 2023 at 10:48 a.m.
Thread: Brodie returns a first
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Shaun80</b></div><div>It's not that Brodie is worth nothing, the problem is that any teams that could use him would have to send salary back. The teams that can afford him how ever have no need for him and aren't going to pay a high price.</div></div>

Yeah absolutely and he is owed $7.5M this year in actual money....I would like to see a defenseman that is a bit cheaper with term that a team isn't that interested in keeping come back in a trade but that is very slim pickings.

Nashville and New York Islanders have their top pairs on big contracts and locked in so maybe Brodie for one season is intriguing if they see him as better than guys like Lauzon or Romanov on their bottom pairs maybe they need a prospect thrown in but I like those trades that is the only trade I see where the Leafs benefit sending him away for a third and a fourth combined I think is not too bad also or like tinordi for the savings in money and the Blackhawks again have to see Brodie as an upgrade to tinordi

But anyways I think you are making sense with your assessment.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 22, 2023 at 11:15 a.m.
Thread: 50 mil team
This team DEFINITELY makes the playoffs, maybe a 6th seed, maybe an 8th. When they get to the playoffs, they would be a extremely difficult team to out hustle. Could surprise a couple teams and play the spoiler role. Top 3 would be nasty, 2nd line would be extremely exciting to watch, most of the bottom six are hard nosed guys, defensive is above average and goaltending might surprise some people.

I took a quick look at P/60 amongst the forwards and found that most of the Top 9 are around a goal and an assist per 60 minutes. So there is a lot of potential for 30/30 guys sprinkled in. Possession metrics and GV/TK were decent and a lot of these guys are gonna get a hit per game. Not a bad mix of statistics.

If Noah Cates learns how to win face-offs and gets the ice time, you might just have two of the top 30 Centers in the league(Just a hunch).

I'd expect Robertson and Thompson to have 100+ points each, possibly 120-130+.

Nice build @dickey-boon, I think it's a GREAT team, with plenty of cap space to resign just about everyone and possibly add some pieces. KUDOS!!!
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 28, 2023 at 9:25 p.m.
Forum: NHL TradesJun. 27, 2023 at 1:30 p.m.
Forum: NHL TradesJun. 27, 2023 at 1:29 p.m.
Thread: (PHI/STL) - Hayes for 2024 6th (STL)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Roperttos</b></div><div>Easy win for the Blues. Getting a Hayes at only 3,5 mil for a 6th is great. Philly lost all leverage after the Johansen trade</div></div>

They never had leverage. Hayes is north of 30 with lots of term and up and down play. They did not have an alternate option, since a buyout would cost them more than retaining half.

Cap space is a weapon when rebuilding. Nobody else was going to take Hayes. Sitting on him wasn't going to raise his value.

Free agency is bad this year, so teams seem to be turning to each other to take bad mid-term contracts instead of going into free agency and signing worse contracts. GMs of rebuilding teams seem to be using this as an opportunity to fix mistakes and create cap flexibility to work with for the rebuild. The half retained on contracts like Hayes and Johansen are sunk costs. That's what people fail to understand. There isn't magically going to be a way to spark up a market for these kind of players. It's just not going to happen. Philadelphia, Boston, and Nashville are all likely thrilled to clear the cap they did, even if it didn't return any real assets. That same opportunity may not be there next off season.