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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 10 at 1:08 p.m.
Thread: My take for the offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Lafleur10</b></div><div>Trade by trade:
Anderson is not worth a first, if he ever was, he's not anymore. Just based on what I understand about Hughes' style of trading players in and out, Anderson will get dealt 2-3 years from now, when we can retain half of his contract and not have that take up a retention slot for a quarter to half a decade, and that's if he can bounce back from this year and put up some points going forward.
Ylonen trade is fine in my opinion, unfortunately his days in Montreal are numbered. He haven't panned out the way you'd hope for a second round pick, moving him to another club makes a lot of sense.
Harris however is kinda the opposite of Ylonen, where he has panned out and established himself in the NHL, but his time in Montreal is coming to an end because we're too stacked at LHD, not because he's not performing well. He was a third round pick to begin with, he's worth a late second by himself, no extra pick necessary.
Barron still has time, and it's a little unfair to Harris to say that, but it is what it is. Montreal's depth at RHD is still so bad even after drafting Reinbacher that we actively can not afford to be shipping out RHD prospects. Just the trade by itself I think the value is fine, Jets fans probably disagree, but I don't see a world where Montreal trades Barron, unless they plan on drafting another RHD at 4-10 this year... Please dear god do not draft another D at 4-10 this year.</div></div>

I agree with you on Anderson, he probably replaces where I put toffoli on next year's roster. Honestly, I just want Toff back but realistically that probably wont happen and we'll get at least one more year of Anderson. Kent isnt against retaining for 2 years if it means return

Where I don't fully agree is Barron. Yes he still has time but where I think he is expendable is his role. Mailloux is coming up strong and he is offensively minded, Reinbacher is supposed to be a good 2 way D and we still have Savard and Kovacevic signed. In addition, on the left side we have Matheson and Hutson also coming up. We can only play so many Offensively minded D and I unfortunately think that Barron is the most expendable of the lot. If we trade him we still have 4 RD, 2 who can definitely play in the NHL and that is without counting LD who can also play RD.

I think Barron should be traded now while his value is still high and his perceived potential is still up in the air. He can very easily live up to that but I think we just have better prospects in the system
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 1 at 11:31 a.m.
Thread: TDL Ideas 3
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>turtlemountain</b></div><div>In what universe are Colorado trade 1 and trade 2 remotely comparable?</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Anus_McLeod</b></div><div>Avs do alternative 2 and may even throw in an additional asset. Byram is not on the table, so scrap the first one.</div></div>

Fair enough, as an outside fan I guess Im overvaluing Ryan Johansen and undervaluing Byram. My thinking was that Johansen can be flipped 50% next year and bring some assets back while Byram seems to not have met expectations and a 2/3 C + a young versatile D seemed to be equivalent. My bad

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Leafsfan98</b></div><div>How about you swap Toronto's 2024 1st with NYI's 2024 3rd?</div></div>

Savard 3 years ago got a 1st and a 3rd as a pure rental at 1mil
Chiarot 2 years ago got a 1st and a 4th as a pure rental at 1.75mil

Is it that hard to imagine that exact type of player getting a 1st and a 5th back at 1.75mil? For 1 more year on top of it mind you

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JaredOfLondon</b></div><div>These are all terrible foe anyone who isn't montreal</div></div>

I was under the impression that Vanecek was a cap dump at this point, maybe Im wrong, but thats what I gathered. Maybe a 2nd is a bit much but I wouldn't call it absolutely terrible if NJ get desperate enough to make a push this year and next
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 18 at 10:01 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 27, 2023 at 10:44 a.m.
Thread: November 27th
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ClockReads2113</b></div><div>As others have pointed out, this is a hard no from the Caps. Monahan at best is a good 3C? That's not a 1st so Caps aren't paying that. Even on top of that they are loaded at center (Strome, McM, Kuz, Dowd with Lapierre playing as well). They aren't moving a 1st unless it involves a young top 6 player.</div></div>

He's not a 1C for sure but youd be very wrong to call him a 3C at best. Middle 6 maybe. Also all these centers can play the wings, like Mony can

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>brady_t12</b></div><div>I, too, look at the Washington capitals and say “this team is a Sean Monahan away from winning another cup.”

Come on, dude.</div></div>

Its not about him being the tipping point to the cup, its about him being a piece which helps give the caps a chance. He is still a very effective player, he carries every line he is on for the habs and his production has been very good considering his most common linemates are Pearson and Gally. He also brings face off wins (caps currently ranked 30th in FOW%) which you need if you want to get anywhere.

Now a 1st might be much, fine, all fans overvalue their players. A middle ground could be a 2nd though?