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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 14, 2022 at 11:28 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 13, 2022 at 1:11 p.m.
Thread: Kubalik Husso Lybushkin
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Timmah007</b></div><div>To me I find it baffling how much focus is on Barrie.
When everyone outside of russell who sadly can’t stay healthy has been horrible on the left side of the third pairing role. Let’s address that before even looking at the guy who’s provided Edmonton more than enough production to justify having a spot on the team. Play Niemelianen for 5-6 games and see how much that transforms the d core. Or bring in someone that can help stabilize that pairing more than koekkoek or lagesson fridge nhlers at best.</div></div>

Obviously the left side is an issue, but I see Broberg solving that. If he's not ready then obviously we go get someone, but one LD isn't going to magically solve all our defensive issues, but trading barrie for a shutdown dman AND upgrading at 2/3LD would help a lot. I don't think Barrie is a terrible player, but he doesn't have a role on this team anymore. Bouchard is better on the powerplay, and Barrie isn't that great at 5v5 to warrant having 4.5m out of our cap space. Trade him to a team that could utilize his skill set better and get cap space to upgrade other areas.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 11, 2022 at 10:35 a.m.
Thread: ranking players this season
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Timmah007</b></div><div>Really think people are giving Bouchard a free pass because of age and his limited impact against the cap but he’s been in a top four role for large periods of time and to me if the team is trying to be very competitive slack like that can’t be given to top four d on the team. Need to be judged on equal grounds as the rest. I’d consider his season a huge success if he was on the third pair all year but top four need to be more critical because he’s out there for 20+ minutes in crucial situations. Definitely gets bumped down the list for me. That’s not soo much a knock against him but an honest take to where he is at right now.</div></div>

I can see why you would have JP Yamo Ceci (or maybe kane but he's barely played) over him, but I'd say he's on par with them, they're all really close. He's been our best offensive dman while getting minimal PP time for most of the season. He could definitely use some defensive work, but he hasn't been terrible defensively, better than Barrie and Keith imo.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 25, 2022 at 11:31 a.m.