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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 3, 2023 at 10:10 p.m.
Thread: Are other GMs as willing to make these trades as their fanbases are
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Newtown</b></div><div>Toronto isn’t trading 2 of their 6 signed NHL dMen for little to nothing. Fan boys, gonna be fan boys, but these deals aren’t happening in the real world. Brodie only gets dealt if he is replaced by an even better NHL dman. Timmins does not get dealt — young RHD that showed very well and is signed to an affordable deal.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Random2152</b></div><div>Yeah I can't understand the people who think our best DfD is worthless suddenly.

Like at least Timmins hasn't gotten a huge repertoire to build his perceived value with the fans, but the Brodie hate is insane. His value is enormous and anyone saying otherwise is outing themselves as an idiot</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jstratfd61</b></div><div>No reason to dump Timmins for nothing. Justin Holl will fit nicely in that spot for Pittsburgh.</div></div>

I didn’t think TOR would give them up for cheap either but I mean hey, some fans just want to give them away lol 😂
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 27, 2022 at 1:13 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 8, 2022 at 12:48 p.m.
Thread: 22-23 Wild
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CoolHandL</b></div><div>NJ is trading away a scorer of the future for a scorer of the present - it's all dependent on how confident they are in competing in the next few seasons. I figure Holtz will be 2-3 years before he is established.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jstratfd61</b></div><div>Yah that could be true, my only thought would be they might want the already established elite FWD in Fiala over the potential of Holtz who may take a season or two. I do think MIN would have to add a bit more because they don't have much leverage with their cap space.</div></div>

Love Fiala and don't disagree with the timeline thing but Holtz is something the Devils simply do not have and have been looking for for years (I mean, they drafted him over better players in my opinion for that reason). Just can't see them moving him for a player who is very similar to Nico/Bratt/Jack

Not to say they shouldn't try to get Fiala - they should. Just don't think Holtz/Mercer/2nd overall is the piece they move for him.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 2, 2022 at 5:33 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 2, 2022 at 3:48 p.m.
Thread: Holtz or 2 OA
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>bagelbob</b></div><div>most fans want a lowball offer bc they see minny is in a really tough cap situation and fiala is almost certainly on the way out, which lowers his value as we’ve seen in the past. trades like buchnevich and devon toews were terrible but all were born of this specific situation. i’m very curious to see what it ends up being, but i don’t think his value is holtz/2OA high</div></div>

Yeah I think that’s exactly right, but honestly, this feels like a different situation. Because the Wild do have alternatives if they wanted to. It doesn’t have to be Fiala. It’s Fiala because they think they can get the most value from him IMO. They could easily dump Dumba for a 3/4th round pick and clear cap to re-sign him for 1 year. MN isn’t backed into a corner like many fans think. MN can move Zucc as well. Or Foligno, Greenway, Jost, Kulikov. There is a way to make it happen to keep Fiala. It just feels like Billy has a good idea of what he’s going to get and it’s fairly high. Otherwise I don’t think Fiala being traded would be as high as it is. And I’ll also add that’s it’s Billy G. He somehow managed to get a 2nd round pick for McBain when he was going to lose him for nothing in a few months. And he’s held firm on his ask for Dumba thus far (could change if people force him to keep Fiala). I have a hard time believing Billy G is going to get fleeced.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 2, 2022 at 3:34 p.m.
Thread: Holtz or 2 OA
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>IcemanJoe</b></div><div>I’m so curious to see what the actual return for Fiala ends up being. Most fans don’t want to give up anything “painful” to get Fiala. They kinda just want him for a low ball offer. The alternative always seems to be go big game hunting in FA but that’s no certainty and likely much more expensive. Fiala at 7.5 mil over 6/7 years compared to what Johnny / Forsburg gets, that might be 2-4 mil per year savings. And you’re not paying for an aging player on the back half of that deal. Fiala at 31/32 would still be productive. Just look at the regret a lot of teams have with signing expensive FAs in their late 20’s.</div></div>

most fans want a lowball offer bc they see minny is in a really tough cap situation and fiala is almost certainly on the way out, which lowers his value as we’ve seen in the past. trades like buchnevich and devon toews were terrible but all were born of this specific situation. i’m very curious to see what it ends up being, but i don’t think his value is holtz/2OA high
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 2, 2022 at 3:14 p.m.
Thread: Holtz or 2 OA
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jstratfd61</b></div><div>I'm sure the Wild would love to do this but they can't afford him.</div></div>

I’m so curious to see what the actual return for Fiala ends up being. Most fans don’t want to give up anything “painful” to get Fiala. They kinda just want him for a low ball offer. The alternative always seems to be go big game hunting in FA but that’s no certainty and likely much more expensive. Fiala at 7.5 mil over 6/7 years compared to what Johnny / Forsburg gets, that might be 2-4 mil per year savings. And you’re not paying for an aging player on the back half of that deal. Fiala at 31/32 would still be productive. Just look at the regret a lot of teams have with signing expensive FAs in their late 20’s.