exo2769

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Forum: Armchair-GMFri at 4:41 pm
Thread: MTL gets Gus Doms idea looking for Hawks fans thoughts
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ChiHawk</b></div><div>Don't like this for the Hawks. Gus is more valuable then Tatar and while i see you're offsetting that with Smith and moving up a round in the draft, still not comfortable with Tatar. He's on the tailend of his career and we have a similar player in Saad. Folin is dead weight...zero value for the Hawks given how deep we are on defensive prospects....Gilbert, Carlsson, Beaudin, Krys, Mitchell, Boqvist, Holm, etc.</div></div>

I thought it was interesting. Replacing Smith with tatar is a win for sure. Yeah, I do think Gus is a really good dman, but we cant afford him next year. Tatar has 2 years vs 1 for Gus. My preference would be MTL can keep frolin. He doesnt add anything to the trade. Stan should still seak other offers, but tatar could also be shed next at the TDL worst case to get more back. I wouldn't be pissed if something like this happened. Let's put it that way.

I also think MTL could trade picks prospects and tatar would help MTL with their playoff chances.
Forum: Armchair-GMFri at 12:41 pm
Thread: We need help from a friend CHICAGO
I think the trade is pretty darn good! The hard part from the Hawks side is the $4.8M NEXT year. This year isn't the problem, but they only have $12M (maybe a bit more due to cap increase) and taking $4.8 of that away leaves $7M for at least 1 #1 goalie, Boqvist's ELC, and 3 forwards. Possible, but pretty darn hard.

***EDIT*** My bad...I forgot Smith had 1 more year which opens up $3.25 next year. That opens up the cap quite a bit.

Another option (because I do think Gus fits really well for MTL) is picks/prospects. MTL has a really good farm system and a lot of picks. I'm not suggesting it needs to be MTL's #1 this year because it likely won't due to the draft being in MTL, but with Price having 7 years left...would Cayden be available? Maybe Alexander Romanov becomes expendable if Gus gets an extension?
Forum: Armchair-GMFri at 12:07 pm
Thread: Its time to do it
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ChiHawk</b></div><div>Koekko looked brutal, Gus looked so so defensively. He's not going to be a defensive player, but pairing him with Keith who's not traditionally a stay at home defender and asking Keith to take that role is the wrong move IMO. Keith looked so so both games defensively. 2 so so defensively D guys playing on the first line is a mistake. Gus should be playing with De Haan.</div></div>

When DeHaan gets back I wouldn't mind seeing that pair. I just dont know if DeHaan should be playing 24 min a game. I do think Gus should still get those minutes though. Hes going to learn with more ice time. His defense wasnt terrible, but yes I'd like to see another level. With that said, it's still all good because his offense isnt taking a hit. He'll have 40 points by the TDL. 24 atoi and 40 pts and $600k cap hit...Cha ching! That's worth gold.
Forum: Armchair-GMFri at 11:59 am
Forum: Armchair-GMThu at 5:43 pm
Thread: Florida fans whats the cost
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>papishark</b></div><div>Yeah no. Top prospects dont move for Rentals. Maybe if he was signed for 7 more years and was 4 years younger</div></div>

Stone and muzzin did

***EDIT*** that wasn't a good response. Let me elaborate. To me...there are a lot of reasons why Merkley is the starting point.
A.) I don't mean starting point as if SJ needs to send more. I actually said in the 1st post that FLA should add something to it. FLA will likely be retaining...which is something. They're likely be adding another piece. And could very well be taking back someone like...IDK say Dell? So those are all benefits to SJ too
B.) Honestly...what's SJ going to do with him? He's a PP specialist. A GOOD ONE. But we're all going to the crazy bin if we think SJ will stop sending out EK and BB.
C.) It ties to B, but slightly different. SJ should be TRYING to sell this guy. Sell HIGH. He does have past character issues that appear to be behind him. He's CRUSHING it in London and PERFECTLY situated for success there. London lost Bouchard and Boqvist. No 1 single PP specialist raking in the points. It really is possible that he may never have a higher value than right now/two months from now.
Forum: Armchair-GMThu at 2:44 pm
Thread: GO HABS GO Roll all 4 lines
I just have a hard time seeing Alexander Romanov being on the top line in the NHL...in 2020...when he's literally the 6th Dman on CSKA Moscow behind guys names Klas Dahlback, Nikita Nesterov, Bogdan Klsevelich, Mat Robinson, Alexel Marchenko. Out of all those names, the BEST player was a fringe AHL/NHL player. I don't get why MB isn't bringing him over to have him play serious minutes. I get that the KHL is a good league, but he still only gets 12 minutes a game and CSKA has him riding the pine in pressure situations.

***EDIT*** For the record...I would love to have Romanov in the Hawks system. I would just do literally everything I could to get him out of the KHL. AND I guess don't expect much right away. Since he's not really getting ice time, he'll need time in Laval to develop.