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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 17, 2023 at 6:17 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 16, 2023 at 1:14 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 16, 2023 at 11:37 a.m.
Thread: Holes in FACandidates
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>flyersarephilly</b></div><div>Hopefully Desnoyers is going to slot in that 4C spot. If TK is still here I guess they could move him to LW and have a middle 6 RW of Foerster and Brink or Atkinson</div></div>

My hope is that they actually try Cam at LW and have a top 6 of

Cam Coots TK
Farabee Frost Tippett

If TK goes, then obv slot Tippett at 1RW and Foerster at 2RW

That Farabee Frost Foerster line could be stud like - the dynamic of all 3 players I think is a home run, loved what i saw out of it for that small sample size.

Also taking a page out of Seattles book with continuously rolling solid lines instead of having a 4th line of checkers energy guys, i think a Brink or an Allison on the 4th line RW w/ Desnoyers as C of course, would be huge.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 14, 2023 at 12:12 p.m.
Thread: seeking a goalie
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PuckLuck_77</b></div><div>Kupari is now what Desnoyers hopes to be (a third liner with PK potential and decent in the dot, but can play each wing as well), and Kupari has the ceiling for more that Desnoyers does not.

Arvidsson is not a cap dump, period. He's a top-6 player on a contending team. Does he make sense for Philly, no not really. But he's not a cap dump in any sense of the word.</div></div>

Elliot is 2 years younger and already more productive in the AHL lol. And he was a 4th rounder not a 1st which is even funnier. Arvidsson isn’t a cap dump but Philly doesn’t want him so if ur going to just dump his contract on us, that would be by definition dumping cap on us or cap dump. If he has value trade him elsewhere and give the flyers futures which is what they actually want.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 14, 2023 at 9:51 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 12, 2023 at 4:15 p.m.
Thread: TML2023-24
I see that this is your first effort. Welcome to CapFriendly. Sometimes, it's not too friendly.

Arizona plays their home games in a bandbox in front of 6,000 family and close friends. The impecunious Coyotes won't be retaining anything on anyone they trade for anyone up to Connor McDavid. Moreover, Schmaltz is a good but underheralded and underrated center whose return, even if Arizona were inclined to trade him, would approach the return Vancouver got for Bo Horvat, who was a UFA whereas Schmaltz has three seasons left on his contract. Iron Man Matt Murray is a cap dump, especially with his cap hit, and Barrett Hayton &gt;&gt; Nic Robertson, so that trade is heavily slanted against the Coyotes.

Marner is expensive above and beyond his cap hit because it usually takes two or three roster players from the other team to make the deal mathematically acceptable to both sides. Such is the case here. Marner plus the cap hits of the two players to replace Tippett and Sanheim plus the retention of $1.5 million means that this trade is $14.5 million cap in for Philly and $10.75 million cap out. That's bad enough, and probably enough to make the deal unacceptable to the Flyers, but as <a href="/users/flyersarephilly" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@flyersarephilly</a> points out, Marner is under contract for only two more seasons while Laughton is under contract for three, Tippett is under team control for at least 5 and Sanheim is signed for eight -- 8!! -- more seasons, so that trade is exchanging a significant part of Philly's future for the immediate benefit of two seasons of Marner's excellence now, which doesn't make much sense for them since they're unlikely to be reaching the playoffs in either season.

The problem with any Marner trade is that he won't make a non-contending team a contender and a contending team probably doesn't or won't have the cap space to absorb his cap hit, so the only teams that are probably going to make intelligent destinations for him are cusp playoff teams like Pittsburgh or Nashville or Calgary. And each one of them has their own bag of rocks, in Elaine Stritch's immortal phrase.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 7, 2023 at 7:58 a.m.
Thread: This team has Hart
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>exo2769</b></div><div>PHI doesn't HAVE to move him...yes. But if PHI truly is doing a rebuild. His value likely isn't going up on a team going down. Just like the Hawks did...trade you're pieces to the highest bigger this offseason. Dach/Debrincat style. Not saying this would be the winning offer. Just the whole forced part is accurate, but it's in their best interest to do it soon.</div></div>

Probably not true, in Koneckny's case. The last 2 seasons (albeit injury shortened last yr) his production has gone up and he has led the team in ppg, on a team that cant score. His value probably only goes down if he gets injured, and because they dont have to move him now, they could move him at any point during season, at TDL or beyond.

Its also that his value is based on the current crop of UFAs, which is probably one of the worst for years, or that he will be resignable when the cap growth for 2024-25 is known.

But PHI is not doing a full rebuild, they are already playing 2/3rds of the team as guys in their 1-3rd year, with foerster, Gautheir, Grans/Attard, Brink, Errson, Andrae probably coming in this year/next, so Koneckny at 25 yrs old is exactly the player you probably keep through the tough next yr or 2, and only move for a pretty massive overpayment. Koneckny should still be in his prime in 3-4 yrs, perfect for the rebuild. I dont think PHI is tearing it all down, and definitely not by moving hart, koneckny, provorov, farabee at just market value. The team currently has cates, tippett, york, frost, alison with young guys farabee, koneckny, etc... so its not a full rebuild. Guys like Deangelo and Hayes will go.

provorov, drafted same yr as koneckny was different. He was stalled in his development, and did receive an overpayment. Amd really the return for Provorov, who wanted out and had regressed/stalled was huge, completely different on Koneckny. One trade doesn;t mean a rebuild, and a rebuild usually doesn;t contain alot of trading 25-26 yr olds. I dont think Provorov going has anything to do with PHI's intention on trading Koneckny.

As far as DeBrincat, he was an expiring guy looking for huge money, (and apparently already on the move again) and most CHI fans were incredulous, and it was a team without lots going on, aging stars and just debrincat/dach. PHI might want to do it soon based on the return, but I dont think theres any pressure to do so.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 7, 2023 at 10:08 a.m.
Thread: Yay team
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ecupirate07</b></div><div>Not an overpayment? The guy is a bottom tier starter. Middle grade starters don’t pull this value.

I generally love the heel turn from Philly fans who have disliked hart’s mediocrity for a while. Now all of sudden he wants out of that cess pool and he is worth more that most goalies ever.</div></div>

Not all Philly fans. Hart is a starter in the NHL, and he has been on a horrible team the last three season. The only thing you can say is that his PK numbers are sub par, which advanced stats will point out, and on a better team with a better structure or better talent, can be solved.

He has 200 games under his belt by the age of 24 and by the eye test. is clearly a franchise goalie.

Educated Philly fans know it's not on Carter, and without him standing on his head the first two months of the season, we may very well be picking in the top 3 of the draft. He steals games. And again, is still two years away from his prime.

So yes, an overpay is what it will take, any NHL exec knows this.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 20, 2023 at 4:15 p.m.
Thread: big moves
Flyers decline, Merzlikins is a player that's gonna have to be dumped imo, or bought out that contract is just not great for how he's played the last 2 years - I think he can be a good goalie again but currently his value is very negative.

Also I know the rumors of Hart being available from Friedman, but I can't see them trading Hart unless the return is too good to pass up, and the best asset here is a late first. Just from the way Torts has backed all year and how Briere has talked about where the team is at in the media. They've been pretty clear that they want to rebuild, but that doesnt mean trade young players that could be core pieces.(Like Chicago has) Hart is the only true franchise building piece as a 24 YO, and Goalies typically hit their primes in their late 20's.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 20, 2023 at 12:59 p.m.
Thread: Moving Provorov and Hayes
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>flyersarephilly</b></div><div>With Spence and Clarke knocking on the door and his contract being after one more season I wouldn't be shocked to see Durzi moved this offseason especially since it seems like the kings want to acquire a vet LHD and it seeming likely that Gavrikov wants to test UFA. Turcotte is also in a interesting position hard to find a spot for him down the middle in LA I think if philly did acquire him Cates might move to wing and he's play center. Also feel like LA hasn't give him a serious look in the NHL since he signed.</div></div>

Yeah, I mean, I'm absolutely not saying that it's an outrageous ask, I just don't think that I'd be taking that gamble. Plus, when you look at it, adding $5.05 mil in Provorov (difference between his and Durzi's contract), leaves the Kings with $2.8ish mil in cap space for next season, with Vilardi, Kupari, JAD, and a goalie to sign (This is if Petersen is buried again). If Petersen is up, or bought out, then they're over the cap before they even look at the RFA's/filling out the lineup.