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Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 5 at 2:07 p.m.
Thread: Simple Swap
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gordfish</b></div><div>I think Detroit is the most likely destination for Horvat next year. Problem for Canucks fans is, Steve Yzerman happens to be one of the smartest hockey minds you're going to meet, and he knows spending assets on Horvat as a rental is a waste for him. Let someone else rent him, all Yzerman needs to do is keep the cap space free and swoop in on July 1. And I'd bet money that that's exactly what he does. Yzerman covers all his bases, and Horvat gives him one of the premier face-off men in the league.

The smart thing for Detroit to do is to offer up the draft capital to Arizona for Chyckrun and sign Horvat as a UFA. And as long as Yzerman stays out of BC, where hockey brains seemingly go to die, he'll do the smart thing.</div></div>

But Stevie is <em>from</em> BC! lol
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 30 at 2:22 p.m.
Thread: Saving Robertson
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JaredOfLondon</b></div><div>But even outside of said vacuum these player adds are all 27 years old or older. If the rebuild goes right they will all be 30 or older by the time the wings want to make a push, same with bert and larkin(29 close enough).
You dont bring in older guys on big contracts to fund a rebuild unless youre getting paid in pics and prospects to take em from contenders.
These are 'win asap' moves, and the team isn't built do do anything close to that</div></div>

You can say that about their age, but you must not be aware of the fact that we're the 5th youngest team in the league right now. And as the next 1-3 years roll on, we've got a plethora of guys who we expect to be top 9 F/top 4 D talent coming up through the ranks to replace guys who will be taking spots from guys that are 5-10 yrs older than them. That doesn't push Copp/Husso/Chiarot's longer term contracts off the roster necessarily, but in the same vain, you also can't dismiss the fact that we only have 4 guys at the moment who are signed past next season. Lots of room for player movement, and lots of potential to close out the rebuild.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 30 at 1:49 p.m.
Thread: Saving Robertson
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JaredOfLondon</b></div><div>Well chariot is a big one, and he's awful. If you want a terrible defender to help tank you can sign one much cheaper than that. Husso is 27 with like a 20 game hot streak and copp is a hell of a contract to give a guy with his record.
Not to mention hanging on to rebuild assets like bert .
Yzerman looks like he's trying to get the team competitive as soon as possible and he's not doing a good job of it. This team will still stink and now it's got some big probable anchor contracts for no reason</div></div>

In a vacuum, I can see how you can convince yourself of those opinions.

Husso is the only goalie signed past this year. Ned will finish his contract and the team can decide to keep both, move one, etc based on how Cossa is developing. He'll likely need 1-2 yrs in the AHL anyway, so we're relatively safe in net until then with a couple younger netminders competing for the top spot.

Copp is paid fair for his production the past 3 years, without even considering that his defensive game is a primary asset. And if Kasper, Niederbach, or anyone else show up and push him from 2C, he has shown that he plays the wing well also.

The Bert/vaccination situation forced Yzerman's hand to keep him. His trade destinations were limited, but I can see them opening up now, if the team were to opt to move him. However, again, this situation needs further context: he's Larkin's closest teammate. You don't want to disgruntle Larkin by moving Bert when you're trying to get him to sign a long term deal.