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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 3, 2021 at 11:07 a.m.
Thread: Minimal changes
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KakkoForMauriceRichardAward</b></div><div>Those <strong>Backstrom</strong> and <strong>Oshie</strong> contracts are so bad man it's not even funny.
I've got precisely 0 faith in Kempny playing top pairing minutes, Orlov has been inconsistent as hell this season and Schultz sucks at defense.</div></div>

You mean Kuznetsov and Orlov? Backstrom is a far better value than Kuznetsov even at a higher salary and Oshie is 36th in the league the past 3 years in total goals and 16th in PP goals and is a key penalty killer and arguably the heart and soul of the team. Meanwhile Orlov contributes absolutely nothing on special teams and only had 1 point in his first 18 games this season though he has been better lately, outside of not missing games he doesn't offer a whole lot and will be 30 soon.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 22, 2021 at 8:54 a.m.
Thread: Flexing some cap space
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Eli</b></div><div>WSH has seven NHL defensemen signed through next year, plus some decent prospects who should be ready, and maybe Chara again? They could trade Dillon or Kempny, most likely? But playoff performance always weighs heavily with MacLellan.

Schultz and Carlson are the guys who have a lot of power play experience/skill, so neither seems likely to be given away. I could see Schultz being exposed in expansion more easily than the above trade.</div></div>

Also, the Capitals depth at RHD tails off significantly after Carlson and Schultz. If Schultz goes away then Jensen becomes a Top-4 and Van Riemsdyk becomes an everyday 3rd pairing guy. The other option would be to bring up Fehervary although he is a left shot and provides nowhere near as much offense.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 22, 2021 at 8:16 a.m.
Thread: If positional need is the top priority for Calgary in the offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>sensonfire</b></div><div>Dumping Panik should not cost a fresh 1st round pick by any stretch of the imagination.

If it cost only a 1st round bust to dump Brett Connolly on the Blackhawks, then it shouldn't cost a 1st with no lottery protections to dump Panik.

I see Carl Hagelin has regressed significantly from when he was in his prime and has the same cap hit and term as Panik.

Would you pay the Flames a 1st to dump Hagelin as well?

I didn't think so :P</div></div>

Hagelin has more value to the Caps than Panik did. Hagelin actually leads the Caps forwards in penalty killing time on ice per game and still has very solid speed. He also has committed only 6 minor penalties all year and is one of only 4 forwards to play every game for Washington. Panik had already lost his job to Sprong so the comparison is beyond ridiculous.