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krakowitz

Blues GM v4
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Forum: Armchair-GMSat at 5:42 pm
Thread: Can they win the Cup
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Kylonetic8</b></div><div>If I could like this twice, I would. So far Lav has seemed to find the old Kuzy overall.

But I think it still comes down to what VV and Sammy can do. We don't have the old reliable in Holtby anymore. Despite his overall decline the last few years with the Caps, he still played very well/clutch in the 2018 cup run (we'll see if our young goalies can perform similarly)...plus there's The Save™️.</div></div>

Spot on. Up until 2019, Holtby was statistically one of, if not the, best playoff goaltender ever. Granted the Carolina and NYI series were tough for him (if it wasn't for two weak goals we would have easily won Game 7 against Carolina and walked to the Finals), so I'm intrigued to see our youngsters in there. If I were to make my best guess, I'd say we roll the hot hand of whichever goalie is playing the best at that time. I'd love for this to be the coming out party of Samsonov where he shows that first round talent, but VV feels like the safer pick.
Forum: Armchair-GMTue at 4:11 pm
Thread: Next summer
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AllCaps_BestTeam</b></div><div>Not Orlov / Oshie? Think the caps protect those two?
Could certainly see VV / Jensen / Schultz (not disagreeing with you) - just curious to see your thoughts about Orlov and Oshie</div></div>

Can't lose either of them. It's amazing how much of a night and day difference there is in our team when Oshie is in the lineup compared to out. As bad as that contract might look at the end, he's way too important to our on ice product and culture to let go. Even if we do go through a rebuild during his contract, he'd be a perfect guy to help the transition to the next core and maintain the culture as much as possible. I want to see him play through the contract.

Orlov has just been playing too well to lose for nothing. We can't replicate those minutes with anyone we have now and it doesn't look like there'll be a lot available in the offseason, unless Ekholm becomes available (even then, the price of a trade acquisition + cost of extension is going to be big).
Forum: NHL TradesTue at 2:23 pm
Forum: Armchair-GMApr 5 at 7:49
Thread: Ideal Deadline Targets from an Outside Perspective
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PleaseBanMeForMyOwnGood</b></div><div>The defence TO has has done a great job of defending against the high powered offence of Edmonton and Winnipeg. Savard hasn't been doing the same in his division.</div></div>

Fair. I haven't really watched Columbus this year with the exception of a few games, but I know he's been playing fairly heavy minutes against a lot high end talent, which won't happen in Toronto. At the very least, I think he's an upgrade to Bogosian (even though he hasn't played poorly) and gives them more depth. I do think he'll do better in Toronto than he has this year in Columbus. His track record is much better than this, and CBJ being a dumpster fire this year doesn't help
Forum: Armchair-GMMar 15 at 6:38
Thread: Outside the box off-season
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>brady_t12</b></div><div>I was super sour on Jensen before the playoffs, but he’s been amazing since then. Due to his contract and his development, it would be a mistake to let him go. Out of the top 4, Dillon is the most easily replaceable and I think Schultz won’t be a huge loss if he goes since we just picked him up in free agency.

Honestly the whole point of this post was just to do something different and generate some discussion but apparently people don’t like that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯</div></div>

There's nothing wrong with a new idea, it's just that it's not an idea that I personally think is wise, so we had a discussion about it. I personally think that in our cap crunch, spending $2.5M on a third pairing defenseman could be better used elsewhere, especially given our defensive depth and strength of our top four.