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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 12, 2020 at 4:52 p.m.
Thread: taking advantage of other team needs
As a Ranger fan, I certainly don't hate these deals. Now, as a realist, I don't see either the COL or STL deal going through. Newhook dropped pretty far for them and now it's really paying off. He's a point-per-game at BC and one of the top freshman in the NCAA. Sakic would have to getting quite a deal to part with him and unfortunately, the combination of two expiring contracts (no matter the player) and an aging goaltender is far from reaching Newhooks value. COL has some key contracts to sign this offseason, guys like Burakovsky, Graves, Zadorov, etc. Acquiring Strome and Kreider may just be rentals and losing two top end prospects for a few weeks of two top-six forwards just doesn't match up. In addition, Franouz has been a very good back up and Grubauer has been exceptional as of late. I doubt they part from that tandem, especially in a midseason trade.

As far as the Blues, losing Bo hurts, he leads the team in 5v5 minutes. However, they have options internally to replace him. Perunovich is close to being NHL ready and his college season will end before Playoffs. They also have Bortuzzo sitting in the ranks. Martinez, Vatanen, or Dillon would be a low-risk low-cost move, rather than acquiring a longer term contract. Wouldn't be great to have more cap committed to a D-man when they have Dunn and Pietrangelo in need of contracts this summer.

Fast trade is spot on though. 3rd round pick, maybe conditional, is his value. Wouldn't expect more or less. Not sure NSH does it though. Depends where they stand in the Central by the time the TDL comes around.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 10, 2020 at 1:13 p.m.
Thread: Selling at the deadline 2 moves
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>exo2769</b></div><div>There are different reasons to trade for either guy. Yes, Lehner is sharing the net with Crow. This is why they're 50/50. That is a different reason than what's traditional. Jimmy Howard was starting at the beginning of the season. The narrative for the CAR goaltending position has finally yielded to what 99.9% of people were saying about Mrazek 6 months ago. He stinks. Guess what. Reimer ain't anything special. He's a proven backup. I'll give you that. He's also proven he CAN'T be a starter. You need to give me that...or let's just say 2+2 = 5 from now on. You can't have 10 freakin years as a BAD starter or backup and then all of a sudden say...forget everything I've ever seen over 10 years and NOW magically he's a proven winner.</div></div>

1.) Robin Lehner would like a word with you.
2.) I'm not saying that Mrazek isn't bad, he certainly is. Crow is a small upgrade, but not enough to pay a 2nd round pick, let's all be real here. Reimer isn't a proven starter by any means, but neither is Bernier. Bernier has been a pretty mediocre starter/back up for most of his career but you hold him to a much higher standard than Reimer when they're fairly similar. Realistically, the Canes say no to dealing for a goalie at the TDL and ride Reimer for the rest of the season. Then they'll approach their goaltending problem in the offseason, whether that means trading for DeSmith, Georgiev or whomever else may be available.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 10, 2020 at 12:34 p.m.
Thread: Selling at the deadline 2 moves
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>exo2769</b></div><div>That's because Well Bernier is the best by far. So yeah, I would rather have that tandem because there's at least 1 starter within the tandem. Crawford or Bernier...I could see a little debate there on who's been the best this year, but Reimer...seriously? His own team refused to play him until Mrazek finally had the wheels fall off. Just wait until he starts actually get a work load. He's not playing stellar hockey either. I 100% agree with you on Jones, but CAR actually has a defense. SJS...nope. CHI...nope. My TEAM mind you. I'm just realistic.</div></div>

It's not like Crawford or Bernier have insanely heavy workloads either. Craw has started in 27, Bernier in 29, Reimer in 22. If you're gonna speculate that Reimer won't be good with a larger workload, then you have to pass that same notion for Bernier and Craw. Over the last three years, all three have started 93 games, so workload doesn't really apply here.