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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 20 at 1:03 p.m.
Thread: What is Voronkovs Cost
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pocke</b></div><div>No that doesn't do it, his value is extremely high.

He's 23 and plays the sort of Nichushkin playoff game. Nearly impossible to move, wins a crazy amount of battles, can single handedly pull a puck off the wall to the middle of the ice. He's got excellent vision and playmaking, just needs time to adjust to the league.

He's currently 19th in the league at 5v5 points/60 all the while barely speaking English.

It's too early to trade him for anything but a fantastic player.</div></div>

Exactly this. He likely projects as a M6 winger, but there is still a small chance he can make the move to center. He is a player that Columbus is not interested in moving as he fulfills a substantial amount of needs and has team control for a while. Basically he is Boone Jenner 2.0 in terms of what it would take to get him out of Columbus.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 15 at 2:02 p.m.
Thread: Reversing all the horrible moves Jarmo Kekalainen made as GM of the CBJs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dopplsan</b></div><div>FWIW, the "no one wants to stay" narrative has been fueled less by disdain for the organization, and more for <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/nhl/news/montreal-canadiens-sign-josh-anderson-to-massive-7-year-38-5-million-contract-2020-nhl-free-agency" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">wanting</a> to <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2842368-report-sergei-bobrovsky-panthers-agree-to-7-year-70m-contract" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">avoid</a> burying <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10080521-ryan-johansen-traded-to-avalanche-predators-will-pay-50-of-2-year-16m-contract" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">the team</a> with <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nhl/predators/2023/06/30/matt-duchene-contract-nashville-predators-buyout-barry-trotz/70362793007/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">really</a> <a href="https://theathletic.com/4690343/2023/07/26/nhl-worst-contracts-jones-parayko-huberdeau/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">bad contracts.</a> I actually think he didn't get enough credit for avoiding those landmines. .</div></div>

I thought everyone in hockey had moved on from this and "no one wants to play for torts." I guess people will keep believing what they want though.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 15 at 10:23 a.m.
Thread: Jarmo
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>xercuses</b></div><div>I thought yall liked him?</div></div>

There are mixed feelings and as time passes, we will move towards appreciating what he had accomplished for a team that had been so bad the entirety of its existence. We had our four best seasons under him and torts. Once guys starting asking out and not resigning, he struggled to build a team. He chased some bad signings and made some overpayments for a team that wasn't ready to compete. In my opinion, he has always done very well on trades and recently has done well with draft picks, but he hasn't been able to pull that talent together. Throw in the terrible hirings of Larson and Babcock, the mismanagement of Jiricek, Johnson and Sillinger these past two years and it was clear it was time to move on. He has definitely set up the next management group for success, but his time in Columbus had expired years ago.