SalarySwishSalarySwish
Avatar

greasy

Member Since
Feb. 8, 2018
Favourite Team
Detroit Red Wings
Forum Posts
52
Posts per Day
0.0
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 8, 2020 at 8:57 p.m.
Thread: My Top 10 Defensemen
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Thanos_1738</b></div><div>Why is Doughty, RIGHT NOW In 2020, the 9th best defensemen.
Please explain, with some numbers.</div></div>

Well if you ask the analytics people who think they know everything will tell you he sucks even though they never watch him or any hockey at all.

If you ask a scout or someone who knows what they are talking about and actually watches him they will tell you that Doughty's only knock was his effort in the games that did not matter like against rebuilding teams for example. He's also had nothing but bottom pair D partners for 4 years straight, Derek Forbort and Joakim Ryan... When Doughty played rival teams or playoff teams he was the best defenseman on the ice.

If McDavid finds him as the hardest defenseman in the league to play against still to this day, that's gotta count for something.

Doughty got 5 points in 5 games 5 times last season as well as 6 points in 5 games once.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 26, 2018 at 8:52 p.m.
Thread: MTL if Vlardi/Pearson(or Toffoli ) deal doesnt happen
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Billy739</b></div><div>because its not enough the fact that you dont see that speaks for itself to be blunt.
you got D and to be honest your at the point where rebuilding the only option in the coming years
so thinking Johnson is that missing piece is like thinking Keith Yandle was the guy to lead ARZ to the playoffs consistently.

you're confusing Good with Great and Johanson will never reach the level's his brother Did
he's the Jordan Subban of the Family .



WSH can keep enjoying 2nd round exits :P</div></div>

we will and you can enjoy ending second last in your division lol. If our only option is to rebuild than why would we trade a prospect for 2 bad player? Stop acting like Mtl is going to be good, your team is terrible, you got no center and your goalie is going to get pay 10.5M/year at 38 year old so good luck with your ''rebuild''
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 20, 2018 at 11:28 a.m.
Thread: shame team
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BrandonMcD11</b></div><div>can somebody actually tell me why people are bent on trading Price?</div></div>

Its quite simple. The current Habs structure means they should be competing for a cup for the next 5-10 years. The problem lies within the fact that the Habs structure is flawed drastically. We can't win a cup with this lineup and every year we wait longer to try and get that one piece, the older our two big caps (Weber and Price) get.

As its stands, to get the most out of both Price and Weber we need to be "all in" except not only do we not have the roster to seriously compete, we also don't have the assets to trade in order to get what we need to compete.

So to summarize:

We can't win with this roster.
We can't trade to get what we need to win with this roster.
We only have a limited amount of time before our current strong assets start to decline.

Obviously its not always about winning. Its about making the playoffs and getting large revenue from that which will have this team try to retool. So we'll be a playoff team again soon enough. Just not a cup calibre playoff team. I think most Habs fans have come to the realization that apparent "professionals" refuse to go to. The Habs need to rebuild! How do you rebuild? You trade all your big assets for futures.

Hence trade Price.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 18, 2018 at 2:02 p.m.
Thread: Tanev AND Glendening: Boldly Bolster Buds
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DJSums17</b></div><div>Pickard is an NHL calibre goalie. When he was with the Avs, he was the starter but it wasn't his fault they were losing they were just BAD! Lol
Leivo is a PP specialist that sure isn't in the lineup but that's because Babcock is stubborn has nothing to do with Leivo.
Rosen is unknown to me. He looked good when he was playing but had a couple brainfarts. He's played better on the Marlies.
The 1st won't be past 20th which is late 1st. Leafs are not contenders yet, Leafs are only in this position cause the Atlantic (beyond Lightning) is just SHOCKINGLY bad.

I don't see the intrigue with Tanev. He's not a make or break cup contending D man. If the Leafs get him it doesn't make them cup contenders.</div></div>

He started when Varmalov was hurt. He was traded for an AHL depth player and a 6th round pick 4 months ago.
you can't be a power play specialist when you have 10 NHL goals for YOUR CAREER
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 15, 2018 at 5:34 p.m.
Thread: MTL Under the sun
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Montreality25</b></div><div>Theyre getting a top five goal scorer in the league in the last 5 years on a golden contract. Still young and whos scored goals on a regular basis while never having a true number 1. They still have Borgstrom, Owen Tippett coming up. <strong>This would be a move to win now, and FLA should be in that mode.</strong> Heponiemi is a great second round pick who isn’t proven in the NHL, Florida’s pick is probably gonna 10th or 11th and Bjugstad has been in and out of IR for the past couple of years. This offer works for both teams.</div></div>

??? They're 19 pts out of a playoff spot (with some games in hand) in the worst division... they are not in a position to trade a potential top 10 pick and one of their top 3 prospects for Pacioretty. They've won 3 more games than MTL, are you guys going all-in?
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 15, 2018 at 4:21 p.m.
Thread: Kane Minus Towes=?
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jbarre6</b></div><div>How long until CHI finally realize that Toews is a really bad contract.</div></div>

Some GM would have given Toews more than Bowman if he hit the UFA market, especially a couple of years ago.... If he hit the market today GM's would be interested.

Toews is a unique player and you cant measure what he brings to the game and the team on and off the ice based on point totals alone.

There was no way Bowman was going to let Toews hit the free market.... Not only that but nickle and dimeing a player sends a terrible message to that player - especially when that player was the captain of 3 championship teams and brought you to the Western Conference finals 5 times... Toews is the epitome of success, and that success will be rewarded... You can bet many GM's wanted some of that success too, because Toews has proven he can win everywhere he played.

So it's not as simple as you make it out to be.

I mean, would you be upset if your GM paid a player 1.5 million too much for winning your team 3 cups and a decade of success and to avoid a bidding war?

If it matters I don't think Bowman would entertain the idea of trading Toews.... Toews is still the face of the franchise, he's a proven winner and a fan favorite and still very much an asset to this team on and off the ice.... The Hawks best chance of winning in the present and future is Toews. When Toews is on his game he is pretty much unstoppable... Toews only flaw is that he's not consistent, but when he's on his game he's unstoppable - he takes it to another level.