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Forum: Armchair-GM15 hours ago
Thread: Nashville
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Isles777</b></div><div>I would change coaches before I trade anyone. Too many players in their prime. NSH in a win now team.

What happened to Tolvanen? I thought he was close</div></div>

He's been working on his defensive game which has improved dramatically. During that time his offense dropped off pretty dramatically. He's just working to get it all going at the same time. He's got 6 points in his last 5 games in the AHL (3G 3A) so maybe things are beginning to sort of click with him. Makes me think of our prospect Trenin who currently has 26 points in 19 games. This is his 3rd full AHL season and his two prior season high in points was 33 points in 74 games. Something just finally clicked and he's doing great. Tolvanen is only 20. He still has a few years before i worry about him.
Forum: Armchair-GMWed at 8:09 pm
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Forum: Armchair-GMMon at 10:20 am
Thread: What happened to Turris
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JayTea</b></div><div>So do you think he'd be a good player for a different team? I know the Preds don't want to have $6m sitting in the press box, but they also don't want to sell low on a guy they just gave up assets for. Plenty of teams could use a center if he can bounce back to being a 50 point player for another few years. What do you think the Preds would accept for him?</div></div>

Right now they're going to have to sell him low or atleast lower than what we spent to get him. We aren't getting a Girard level prospect back. Yes, he still can be a useful center. As pointed out the 2C role has been filled by Duchene/Joey (I'd still argue with the Arvidsson injury you role Turris at 2C to maximize the ability in the top 6 and put Duchene at wing where he has spent alot of time there). Turris is best utilized in a top 6 role but could be 3C if needed but Bonino is doing a really good job right now so they aren't going to drop him down either.
Forum: Armchair-GMMon at 10:15 am
Thread: What happened to Turris
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>kingkobra69</b></div><div>My friend you shouldn't drink the OTF kool-aid. The conspiracy theory drivel over there makes it near impossible to read. The 2 "AHLers" play a different position and offer totally opposite skill-sets. Bottom line for me is that GMDP would not allow Turris to sit in the pressbox if it would hurt the Preds. Regardless of what you think of Lavi that should be enough.

To the original question there isn't a spot for him. The top 3 centers have cemented their spots and Turris doesn't belong on a checking line. Wing experiment failed. Turris has played fine when in the lineup but he doesn't improve any of our current lines when on the ice. Simple.</div></div>

Duchene has spent a significant portion of his career at wing. There is a top 6 Center role for him while Arvidsson is injured. You could easily roll a top 6 of something along the lines of

Forsberg Joey Duchene
Jarnkrok Turris Granlund

or if Carr is worth giving a shot drop Jarnkrok down to the Sissons/Watson checking line.

Do you honestly think that having a 6M/year x 5 year contract sitting in the Pressbox helps the team? All it does is further hurt what little trade value he had. Arvidsson is out for 3-5 more weeks. Now is the time to get Turris top 6 time and see if he can't rebuild some trade value. Then trade him first chance you can for the best return you can get without salary retention or taking another contract back.