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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 30, 2022 at 4:20 p.m.
Thread: Realistic Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gmgb</b></div><div>I agree that NSH got a poor return for Ellis, but doubling down on that mistake by paying the price you're asking for Petry just makes it worse.

Ellis got injured early into this past season and only played four games - it's not really a year to compare the two players. Besides, Ellis was less detrimental to Philly from his couch than Petry was to the Habs for most of last season anyway.</div></div>

That's a good point, and he had a horrendous start to the season. This doesn't fully make up for it, but people seem to forget that he was a serious Norris candidate for most of the season, two years ago. Maybe the price isn't right, but he could definitely help Nashville for maybe a slightly worse prospect instead of Evangelista, as well as the pick.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 30, 2022 at 4:14 p.m.
Thread: Realistic Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>turtlemountain</b></div><div>Dvorak may have played in the top 6 on the worst team in the league, but he’s not a top 6 forward on almost every other team in the NHL.

He’s under contract for 3 more years at $4.45M and has some trade protection in the last 2 years. That contract is going to be tough to move. I would temper your expectations if you’re expecting a 1st round pick in return.

“Only has one down year” is also just not true. He’s a 35 pt forward who has had mediocre analytics the majority of his career.

Also, Erik Johnson has a NMC. He wouldn’t waive for Montreal.</div></div>

Erik Johnson has a NMC that allows him to get traded to 19 teams. I'm not sure if he's allowed to change it every year, but if he can't, then I don't assume Montreal would be on that list. If he is allowed to, I agree with you.
However, for Dvorak, his metrics are bad because he's played on Arizona most of his career. In Montreal, I won't defend him too much because I'm not his biggest fan, but he played injured most of the season and had a good end to the season when he seemed to get healthy. His 200 foot game is undeniabely a valuable asset to most teams, and makes up for a potential lack of point production. He's consistently been a top faceoff man in the league, and is a strong defensive forward.