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Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 11:42 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMThu. at 5:05 p.m.
Thread: cup bound
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dfawcett</b></div><div>I don't really understand why Carolina - a cup contender - would trade one of their best players for a goalie prospect, a past-their-prime winger, and two draft picks. I get Askarov is good, but they look set in net for this season and beyond. That trade just doesn't make contextual sense...</div></div>

Carolina's goaltending situation confuses me. They gave Kochetkov money and term that a young goalie with that little NHL experience usually never gets, indicating they were supremely confident that he'd be their goalie of the future. But then they go out and re-sign both of their old and often injured NHL goalies. Plus they've got more goalie prospects stashed on their reserve list than any other team. They're in their Cup window, but didn't upgrade on their starter. They have all this youth they need to develop, but brought back their antique tandem. I don't see the method to their madness, when acquiring an upgrade on Andersen and promoting Kochetkov to backup seems like it would have made the most sense.

Regardless, the proposal doesn't make sense for either team. CAR doesn't need futures right now - especially in net, and NSH isn't going to move their top prospect+ for Necas.

I think NSH passes on all four trades.
Forum: Armchair-GMWed. at 10:23 p.m.
Thread: changing up the core
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ennis</b></div><div>Brannstrom to Nash doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

He's better on the right side, but we currently have 4RD we need to figure out. He <em>could</em> play the 3LD instead of Lauzon, but Lauzon and Schenn are our only real physical defensemen, which we kind of need. If another team was willing to pay a positive for Lauzon (unlikely at this point in the offseason), then maybe.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>villenash</b></div><div>I’d prefer to just keep Trenin. Better player and can probably do better at the deadline if they choose to trade him then.</div></div>

If Carrier is the odd man out of the lineup after training camp, I wouldn't be opposed to a Brännström-Carrier swap. I like Carrier more as a player, but if he doesn't have much of a future with the Preds at least NSH gets an RFA for their UFA.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 20 at 6:19 p.m.
Thread: Need another star
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>Would you trade Kemell in a sign and trade for Willy so you get 6-8 years of Nylander guaranteed

Just a question</div></div>

How much Nylander gets on that next contract would be a factor of course, but I'm leaning towards no. The $9-10M or whatever he signs for would go to greater good elsewhere on NSH's roster (at center and RD), and I'm hopeful Kemell can match or come close to Nylander's production. I'm also concerned that at 27, he ages out of NSH's rebuild, and is in an expensive decline just as NSH gets competitive again.

An extended Nylander for a Kemell level prospect could be a good deal for a team like CAR or NYR, but NSH isn't in a position to take advantage of the rest of Nylander's best years.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 20 at 6:02 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 18 at 4:30 p.m.