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exo2769

exo2769
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Canes and Yotes are tied for my 2nd favorite teams. I lived in AZ and NC for a bit. Both tremendously fun places.
Forum: Armchair-GM10 hours ago
Thread: Calling All Blackhawks Fans
I'd let Seattle take whomever they're going to take. I doubt Kampf will need to be a sweetener...NOR do I think Seattle wants another player. They're about to get 32 "free" players. If anything they'll prefer a pick over a player IMO. Anyway...Let them take whomever. I think it'll still be DeHaan. He's more talented than anyone else CHI is going to leave exposed.

As for the lines, It's probably the best that can do. It's not enough to compete, but so much of this hinges on Toews. A.) Can he come back? B.) What player are we getting back? This team needs a #1C (Toews might solve this) and a true #1 Power winger. We don't have that on this team. Debrincat is more physical than anyone gives him credit for, but he's still not a power winger. Kubalik is close and on a good contract, but he's can't be the only one. The Hawks need 1 more TRUE top 6 winger and a good one too. There aren't really many options there either. Hall, Ovi, Hoffman to a lesser extent. Ovi's not going anywhere. Who knows about Hall/Hoffman. <a href="/users/MakingHistory" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@MakingHistory</a> No Drouin can go to the moon before we want him.
Forum: Armchair-GMFri at 9:49 am
Thread: Slightly Different but kinda the same
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheAlien</b></div><div>The Pearson signing makes it slightly more complicated but they should still have enough cap space to sign Pettersson and Hughes. Even if they need cap space they would buyout Holtby instead which would save them almost 4mil rather than trade multiple 2nds to move Eriksson</div></div>

That's fair. I think VAN would likely have to go the buyout route then. This is IMO is the best offer VAN can reasonably expect from ANY team. Between other cap dumps have been taking 1st rounders recently....Marleau, Panik, heck even Connolly &amp; combine that with what teams are getting at the TDL...$2.25M just got a 2nd and a 3rd... I don't see any other ways to shed that kind of cap.

I was more so on the approach for VAN...that they don't stand pat. That the cap space should help them get better. Simply extending Elias and Quinn isn't making VAN any better. It's the same team as this year.
Forum: Armchair-GMThu at 6:18 pm
Thread: Hawks Next Year read description for thoughts on any of my decisions
Overall I like the write up. You put in a lot of good thoughts.

ANA is going to want a lot more even if he's a pending UFA. To be fair to our prospects in relation to other team's prospects...what you're sending to ANA isn't really impressive. Unfortunately for Krys, he'll likely be sent to the ECHL next year. Shanulov may never come to the NHL. If you want to send Zadorov, Alex Vlasic (possible Lindholm replacement) , and a 2nd...that would be closer IMO. I don't have any issue acquiring Lindholm, I just think it'll take more.

I'd like to get a better backup goalie. Nothing against Subban, he's serviceable and he does excel when he's under pressure. It's just a dangerous situation to actually WANT him to be under pressure all the time. I need him to be more consistent and give up less rebounds.

I'd also like a true top 6 forward. Can Hagel be a top line guy? Who knows at this point. He gets better every time I see him play, but my expectations for the kid aren't that high just yet. I'd allow him more time on the 3rd line to provide maximum effort and a scoring edge.