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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 25, 2018 at 7:53 p.m.
Thread: What Else To Fix The Flames
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Shibbal18</b></div><div>looks like Frolik is on the 3rd line and Bennett is on the 4th. Your overselling Okposo’s injury history. He had one big problem at the end of the prior season and it was his doctors fault not his</div></div>

OK, good to know on the injury front. It all seemed quite bad when I was following via media at the time.

Issue is, Frolik and Okposo have very similar career production anyways. Frolik is cheaper by $1.7M. Frolik already works well on 2nd line with Backlund and Tkachuk (together, they were one of the top possession lines in the league last year; certainly one of the most effective 2nd lines, great for tough matchups). Same age as Okposo. And you're trying to convince Treliving to give you Bennett on top of that?

And I haven't even referenced the 5 years remaining on Okposo's big contract. Or the Modified NTC that will really hurt the Flames come Seattle expansion time.

That all adds up to a straightforward, "no thanks". Treliving wouldn't do Okposo for Frolik in a 1-for-1.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 11, 2018 at 10:57 a.m.
Thread: Tear it down
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Claebom</b></div><div>The other side of that thinking, though, is that while Jack Hughes' ceiling is much higher than Hoffman's there's only a 15-20% chance of actually getting him and then the chance he doesn't actually turn out; the latter is obviously very unlikely, but there's always a chance (ahem, Daigle). Instead with a trade like this, you get a 100% chance of having a top line winger who, with the right linemates (and not Tom Pyatt and J.G. Pageau), could likely hit 30 goals. I do agree that Stone is probably the better fit given his age and position, but he's also going to cost an arm and a leg in comparison. He's bordering on becoming a recognized star in the league who just finished the season over a point a game on a garbage team, so unless the Avs are ready to pay up or they have Adam Larsson lying around (cause apparently that's the price for star wingers) Stone is completely untouchable.

I think the deal is close for both teams. The Avs get a late first, a late third and a top line 25+ G, 50-60 P winger with pedigree who is absolutely dynamite on the PP (albeit slightly older than ideal but can help them compete right now) and the Sens get a young middle 6 player who came off a great year, however much of it was based on unsustainable percentages (his shooting percentage was through the roof), and their original pick which will likely be in the top 5 and give them a chance at another great prospect to add to their pipeline. I think the Sens add a bit more but it's pretty close.</div></div>

Hughes is suppose to be better than Matthews. Thats why the pick is worth so much
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 5, 2018 at 3:12 p.m.
Thread: Hamilton to ARI + TOR + WSH
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>clark</b></div><div>doesn't seem to be arizona's way of doing business, taking on all that cap, especially brouwer's for no reason, even lazar is easily replaced, so do the near bottom arizona want to give up a prospect for a few years of Hamilton</div></div>

3 years of a 24 year old right shot dman at $5.75M...? This is the best asset by a mile in the deal.

Brouwer at $3.0M for 2 years is readily tradeable. ARI could retain $0.5M and likely get back a 3rd round pick from a team like VAN. Plus, Hjarlmarsson contract heads back to CGY here. In the end, ARI could wind up only having an extra $1.5-2M on the books after these deals. And they get Hamilton.

I believe that Chayka would be very interested in this deal to strengthen the blue line for years to come. I think that the OEL extension talk at $8.25M is all you need to know about how valuable Hamilton is on his current deal. And, I wouldn't be surprised if Chayka did a sign-and-trade with OEL, whereby the contract at $8.25M is used to over-inflate OEL's perceived value around the league. That's dang near Subban money. For a much lesser player.

Quite a few good reasons for ARI to be interested in a deal like this where they get the best player.