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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 6, 2023 at 5:31 p.m.
Thread: The Leafs arent in salary cap hell
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HughMann413</b></div><div>I'll post basically the same as what I posted to the last guy...yes, you are right, it's not THAT bad for Toronto. However, using your roster, you still have 3 roster spots to fill with not enough cap room to sign even 1 minimum salary player. Somehow the Leafs need to free up 2 - 3 million at minimum. They don't have a lot of options to do this and ideally 3 - 4 million to fill out the roster is needed. A big contract WILL be moved. Who? IDK. But Nylander, Brodie or possibly Mariner will most likely be their choices.</div></div>

I wonder how many years in a row it will take for you guys to come to grips with the fact that TO knows how to work around the cap as good as any other team and possibly better than anyone else. They had a 19 man roster for stretches last year and made it work. Someone will get hurt and miss time. It's not as bad as you hope and all the hope you have to "screw over the leafs" is all just that, hopes and dreams. Reality is far different.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 6, 2023 at 5:21 p.m.
Thread: The Leafs arent in salary cap hell
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HughMann413</b></div><div>I'll post basically the same as what I posted to the last guy...yes, you are right, it's not THAT bad for Toronto. However, using your roster, you still have 3 roster spots to fill with not enough cap room to sign even 1 minimum salary player. Somehow the Leafs need to free up 2 - 3 million at minimum. They don't have a lot of options to do this and ideally 3 - 4 million to fill out the roster is needed. A big contract WILL be moved. Who? IDK. But Nylander, Brodie or possibly Mariner will most likely be their choices.</div></div>

Last year the Leafs and several other teams started the year with a 20 man roster. The Leafs will do the same thing this year. They don't need to move anyone outside of Murray.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 17, 2023 at 2:32 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 12, 2023 at 5:45 p.m.
Thread: Some ideas
Here's some feedback as requested. Hope this helps:

Dunn is easily the most valuable piece in that trade framework with Pittsburgh. PPG wingers like Guentzel aren't exactly a dime a dozen, but top pairing defensemen in their prime like Dunn are even rarer. The difference in age and contract status only adds to the discrepancy. The odds of Seattle trading Dunn are basically zero, since they won't realistically be able to replace him and what he brings in their lineup. I could see the Kraken exploring a deal for Guentzel, but that would likely involve one of their forwards and draft picks as a framework, not Dunn.

The trade value for Wennberg is fine in my opinion, however I don't really see him getting dealt unless Wright proves he's ready for the NHL or the Kraken find a 2C they like better than Wennberg.

I'm not a huge fan of trading huge packages for goalies, and Hart is no exception. Philly will probably want a premium piece or two for Hart anyway, and I don't think he's worth it for the Kraken.

Roster wise, Borgen is the second pairing RD over Fleury, and he gets more term and AAV on his next deal. I don't love the idea of offer-sheeting Lafreniere, the Kraken are already deep on the wings. They already have guys internally who could bring everything Lafreniere does and then some, and if they wanted to upgrade at forward they could find someone much better than Laf is right now with the same draft capital.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 9, 2023 at 11:29 a.m.
Thread: Willy Styles Size
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>canesfan2086</b></div><div>Brodie is a cap dump candidate per elliotte friedman soooo.... Skjei easily becomes the leafs best defender on the back end, necas top 6 at 3 mil, drury bottom 6 at 925k allows the leafs to go out and have more balance to their top 9</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ecupirate07</b></div><div>oooof top 3 defensive D in the league? the NH or AH league?</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jsteed02</b></div><div>TopDownHockey’s model has him ranked in the 100th percentile EV defence and 99th percentile PK</div></div>

Check recent playoff stats - Pesce / Skej were filled in. Both underwater in terms of xg%; Brodie had way better numbers particularly in xga. He is a much much better defender which is what we need. Absolutely no way Skej becomes our best defenseman 😂; funny how fans start to believer their own hype / facts not withstanding