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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 10, 2023 at 2:03 a.m.
Thread: What is the endgame for Othmann here
Othmann starts in the AHL. Assuming Knoblach is not promoted to HC of the Rangers, he can work with Othmann to play RW. Rather have him get "on the job" training in the AHL than at the NHL level.

If LAF is not going to get more minutes this season, hope he could at least match his stats from this past season. Then it will be time for one of those "change of scenery" deals with the Rangers targeting a RW in that trade.

Honestly the LW issue could be solved pretty easily. Panarin should suck it up and move to the right. Would that really affect his game that much - his defensive play couldn't be any worse playing at RW.

To answer your question on why the Rangers didn't draft Bolduc - that would have made sense. But if they did draft him the organization would have figured out a way to mess up his development as well.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 5, 2023 at 7:28 a.m.
Thread: Goodrow Buyout
If Goodrow can't be dealt in a pure salary dump trade it makes no sense to trade him unless it is for a player with 1 or 2 seasons left at a salary lower than his. Even with that I would rather go the buyout route. Not sure why alot of people are so dead set against a buyout. I get the costs will be on the books until the end of the 2030-31 season. Everyone has to keep in mind that after the 23-24 season (right now only a 1 million cap increase but there could still be a chance that get bumps up another million or 2), the cap will start going up 3.5 - 4.5 million a year so those dead cap hits, even in the 26-27 season that will have the highest hit, is not that bad.

Miller's deal will be higher - most likely 4yr with a 4mil AAV. Jones can't sign a contract for under 975K per RFA rules (has to be qualified with at least a 5% raise but the salary can't exceed 1million).

Instead of Eller perhaps a different player who is younger and may come in a little cheaper like Bjugstad.

Sorry but that trade with AZ isn't enough.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 5, 2023 at 6:58 a.m.
Thread: Idea
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Caniac555</b></div><div>You could make the argument that Miller might be the # 1 offer sheet candidate in the NHL.

Would it be outlandish for a team to pony up the 2024 1st &amp; 3rd it would take to offer him $6.345m x 5? Miller would look pretty awesome replacing Skjei in the Canes top 4.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>slater417</b></div><div>Lindgren got 3 years and 3 million aav. Lindgren's career high in points is 18 in his d+7
Miller just put up 43 in his d+5 season
Lindgren has the benefit of playing with fox, miller gets trouba.

Miller has an argument for significantly higher than lindgren.</div></div>

Miller is more gifted offensively but comes nowhere near close to Lindgren defensively. Lindgren's solid D affords Fox even more freedom to do what he does. Trouba isn't gifted enough to cover for Miller when he goes all offense and forgets he is a left D. If anything, perhaps the deal has an AAV of 4.0 mil.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 15, 2023 at 6:44 a.m.
Thread: If Rebuild Done Right
I wasn't a big fan of the Trouba trade - gave away the 1st rd pick they got from WPG for Kevin Hayes and a solid RD who fits the current style of mobile 2 way D with decent offense for a player who got awarded way too much money in arbitration for a couple of decent offensive years And I won't lie - was excited about the Panarin signing. After the team started the rebuild this was a shot in the arm the org needed. As much as I hate to bring this up, both of their deals look real bad now but keep in mind they were signed under the notion the cap would be going up at least 2 to 3 mil a year (year to year avg cap increase starting with 14-15 to the 19-20 season was 2.83 million a year ). There is no way anyone was predicting 2 years with no increase and a 3rd with an increase of 1 mil. Their deals wouldn't be as prohibitive if the cap was $90 mil this year.

If anything, I would be critical of Chris Drury.

Agree the Rangers shouldn't have traded Buch - should have kept him for the year and dealt his rights after the season - they wouldn't have had the room to re-sign him (would have been tight if the cap was increasing by the avg I mentioned). Even if you were going to trade him you could have gotten someone better than Blais (who was constantly in and out of the doghouse in STL).

Goodrow - trade was fine but the contract is awful.

signed Nemeth (3 yr @ 2.25m) and Tinordi (2yr @ 900k) as FAs - would have been better off signing Marc Staal for 1 yr 2mil and re-signing Brendan Smith (who went to CAR for 1 yr @ 800K)

Traded for Reaves and immediately gave him a 1 year extension - an extension that cost them from re-signing Motte at the end of the 21-21 season. Then having to give up another pick to acquire him again this past season.

gave up way too much to acquire Copp - Barron had a decent year when given ice time.

Knowing you had your top 6 LWs locked in for the next few years, why draft LAF in the first place. They needed just about anything else except LWs and goalies. If you are not drafting a generational talent (or close to it) with #1 OA, then trade to address real needs. Could have drafted Byfield, traded down, etc. As much as I like Othmann, unless they are looking to convert him to RW (which they should try - have him start in the AHL and let him learn there) they still have issues on RW.

Not to mention how he mishandled the cap all year. Schneider should have been paper transactioned during all extended periods of off-time between games to accrue more cap space. When they knew Kane wanted to come to NY after they got Vlady, they knew they had no room. So the first move is to trade Gauthier for Motte to take on additional salary. Then wait too long to trade Kravtsov. Then not put Lindgren on LTIR when he got hurt (only played the last 5 games of the season when there was literally nothing to play for as they were already locked into their playoff position). Him on LITR would have provided more space to get either more needed grit for the bottom 6 - perhaps getting Lafferty and Bjugstad - and 1 more depth defenseman. Worse case scenario - you pull the TB cap gymnastics and activate Lindgren for the postseason.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 15, 2023 at 5:25 a.m.
Thread: NYR TOR Blockbuster
If TOR does not agree to an extension with Matthews he is getting traded - I would say sooner (early in the season) than later (trade deadline). No way they keep him for the year and lose him for nothing.

No assets outside of a draft pick should be attached to Goodrow if trying to make a salary dump trade. If no trade, then buyout. I like the player but the bigger cap increases aren't coming for a couple of years where this deal won't look as bad.

Jones is a RFA who would need to receive a qualifying offer with at least a 5% increase and an overall salary that can't exceed 1mil.

Othmann should spend a season in AHL and try playing RW there. Why have him start learning his off wing in the NHL.

Weak FA market on RW so Tarasenko is going to get more than 4mil a year - not saying he deserves more but the market will drive it to a price around 5-6 mil.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 10, 2023 at 6:14 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 10, 2023 at 5:01 p.m.
Thread: 23-24 NYR 1 MIL CAP INCREASE - REAL BIG SHAKEUP
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Lancebmx</b></div><div>Are you saying that New York would be bending over backwards to give Detroit a "sweetheart" deal here? My idea of a trade involving both to Detroit would be Trouba (2M retained) and Goodrow (641,667) retained for either Future Considerations or Mastrosimone signing rights. Trouba at 6M is a good deal for us and Goodrow at 3M is still an overpaid 4th line winger with 4 years of term. One of the biggest issues to get around is the trade clauses, Trouba with his full NMC and Goodrow with 15 team no trade list. Assuming they both accept a trade to Detroit in this scenario. Using retention instead of buyouts doesn't save them more next season, actually it's about 700K worse next season, it saves them 1.5M the following season and then like 2.7M the year after and so on. So the long term effects of buyouts would probably hurt the franchise more than the retention. Not to mention that you are gaining 9M in cap space which is the whole idea of this scenario. So is Detroit getting a sweetheart deal or is New York? Both teams benefit from this which is the idea of making trades.</div></div>

I amended the Goodrow trade which should work.

If the Rangers were to trade both players it will be in separate trades. Please see other replies for details

In terms of the exercise, I accomplished 9.5 mil in savings via the trade and the buyout. The buyout won't hurt nearly as much as previous buyouts the Rangers have performed. The biggest hits are in the seasons where the cap is projected to increase by a minimum of 3-4 mil a year. Escrow will definitely be paid off, revenue projections for this season were much better than anticipated, and even with marginal revenue growth over the next few years the 2.6 mil buyout hit the last few years will have little impact. Contracts that look bad today will age better as the cap increases (still overpays but not as big of an overpay).
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 10, 2023 at 4:41 p.m.
Thread: 23-24 NYR 1 MIL CAP INCREASE - REAL BIG SHAKEUP
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>buffbry</b></div><div>It's as hilarious thinking that someone will take Goodrow off your hands without you having to give something up to give the team some incentive to take his awful long contract.

Laf should get traded he's not really working out there and rags need someone now who will step up and help</div></div>

I see the error in my ways - amended the Goodrow trade. That should be acceptable for DET (or any team). I used the Marc Staal trade as a base

I agree LAF probably needs to go for help on the right side. Never expected him to be a generational talent but if he blows up somewhere else then so be it. Branch Rickey philosophy - better to move on 1 year early than 1 year too late.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 10, 2023 at 3:18 p.m.
Thread: 23-24 NYR 1 MIL CAP INCREASE - REAL BIG SHAKEUP
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>buffbry</b></div><div>Rangers add laf or Schneider to wings deal</div></div>

LOL - that's hilarious.

On a separate note, I could see LAF being traded. Never expected him to be a "generational talent" but a very solid player if put in the right situation/scenario with emphasis placed on development - particularly his skating. He honestly was drafted into the wrong scenario. Most top picks are drafted into teams that put them almost immediately into top 6 roles so they can grow. With the Rangers he was not going to get top 6 with Panarin and Kreider there. Second issue I had was messing around with him and putting him on RW. IF you wanted a RW draft a RW - stop trying to fit square pegs into round holes. The Rangers probably would have been better off trading the #1 overall pick and either moving down and targeting a RW or C or getting established young cost-controlled players with high upside.