krakowitz

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Forum: NHL Signings24 hours ago
Thread: Anaheim Ducks signed Trevor Zegras (3 Years / $1,775,000 AAV)
I understand the thought process of wanting him to stay at BU another year, but BU is losing a lot of good players. Harper already signed with Nashville, Farrance most likely will sign too. Curry is in the Detroit system now. That's three of the four top scorers on the team gone, and Zegras is the fourth. Nobody else on the team averaged more than half a point per game, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the program is going to add a whole lot next season.

While I think it'd be valuable for him to learn how to elevate other players, there's a certain element of not wanting your top prospect developing on a bad team that comes into play. Is it best for him to play at a lower level on a bad team in the hands of a completely different program, or play some games at a higher level under the Ducks' watch, maybe getting some NHL games sprinkled in there? I'd rather see him in the AHL for a little, released to go play at the WJC and hopefully come back from that tournament ready to be a full-time NHLer.
Forum: Armchair-GMThu at 6:55 pm
Thread: Flat Cap
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pharrow</b></div><div>yeah he's not signing that.
The first thing that disappears when FA starts is any capable defenseman.
Considering teams will be playing musical chairs with defensemen this FA period, your odds of him signing that deal are slim to none.
You are talking about a market that throws money at defense men. 39 year old Hainsey got 3.5 million on a 1 year deal. If that's what you are offering he sure as hell will be gone.
For a guy who can play a top 4 role, he'll be making at a minimum 4-5 million this offseason.</div></div>

The only teams that are going to be able to give him more money are the lower end teams. There are only two other legit contenders that I can see making a run at him right now - Colorado and St. Louis. Colorado has a lot of money and he'd be a nice add, but they don't really need him given the way Graves has played and Byram coming up. St. Louis is only interested in him if Pietrangelo leaves and they can't resign Scandella, and even then it's not going to be a significantly larger contract than this one.

If he wants to sign with Detroit or LA or Ottawa to make more money and lose, that's his call. But he's not worth that money, so why not take what you're worth and have a chance to win a championship?
Forum: GM Game 2019-20Tue at 4:36 pm
Thread: 2019-20 GM Game - Messages to the BOG
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>phillyjabroni</b></div><div>I think we have everything in place to run the lottery, but all the lottery teams should be able to know the range they are drafting in based on the lottery right now. If you are outside the top-3, the best you can get is 1-3 and the worst is your current position -3.

I think it makes the most sense to hold off on running the lottery until the NHL decides how the rest of the season will be played out. Games could still be played that have lottery position implications.</div></div>

For the sake of the game, something should happen soon. There are no games going on so there won't be a scoring update. Realistically speaking, if there are games again, they won't happen until mid-May in all likelihood. The gap between the 16th place team (ARI) and the 17th place team (NYR) is quite large, so the playoff teams shouldn't change whatsoever, even if the league has a couple games to end the regular season. While there may be lottery implications based on those last few games, for the most part, we'd all like to run the lottery sooner so we can get a grasp on who to look at. For example, I have the best lottery odds, but I don't want to spend time trying to make a decision on who I'd take at 4 if I'll have pick 1. Other teams feel the same way. We'd all rather know now where we're picking so we can spend our time scouting the range of players we need to scout in.
Forum: NHLMon at 5:06 pm
Thread: 2019-2020 Playoff season format suggestions ?
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>draft_em_sign_em_trade_em</b></div><div>Was there ever any valid points in your statements to consider as a discussion ?</div></div>

Yes, there were. Taking home ice advantage from the higher seed is a huge disadvantage and I don't see it as a fair way to award the trophy. Teams play all year to try and get home-ice advantage, and now teams like Boston and St. Louis don't get home ice against the bubble teams that barely snuck into the playoffs?

The league needs an influx of HHR after the shutdown, and having neutral site games with no fans available for PPV doesn't do a whole lot for them. The league would make more money televising games as they normally do in the playoffs than having each individual game available for PPV. Most fans are only going to buy their teams games, and that is going to get really expensive for them. How are the fans going to react to having the season shut down and then all of a sudden having to pay every time they want to watch? It will be a PR nightmare for the league. People will be crowding bars and watch parties for the games, where the league would make significantly more money from having the games on NBC/NBCSN and getting national commercials.
Forum: Mock-DraftMar 23 at 2:08
Thread: Who might cause a surprie ?
I think Sanderson is absolutely going top 10 this year. He's a physical shutdown defenseman, but still mobile and can probably chip in 30-40 points in the NHL at his peak. I agree with you that Rossi might slip due to his size, but I still think he's in the 4-7 range for most scouts. He's very strong on the puck and in the corners, which is part of why Caufield fell. Rossi doesn't have that issue, and I think it's a huge mistake to let Rossi fall past that range.

Even though they're on the same team, Quinn has only spent about half the season on a line with Rossi, IIRC. He's doing a solid job of driving play for a winger and he's also no slouch defensively. I like him a lot.

I have absolutely no idea what's going to happen with Askarov. I can see the scenario you mentioned happening, but I can also see him dropping into the mid-late teens because he's a goalie and goalies are voodoo. And as crazy as it sounds, I can see Detroit considering Askarov if they're picking at 4 and if they don't love any of the centers available, especially since a goalie of the future is a huge need and Yzerman did draft and develop Vasilevskiy. I don't think that's likely, but I also wouldn't say it's impossible.
Forum: NHLMar 23 at 1:38
Thread: 2019-2020 Playoff season format suggestions ?
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>draft_em_sign_em_trade_em</b></div><div>Looking at the Standings this is what I'd do;

In the East no contender has played more than 70 games, but Flo, Pit, Phi, Was all have played 69 games and Car and NYI have played 68 games. You have Was V. Phi (to decide who wins the Division) and you have NYI V. Car play a double header to decide the Wild Card spot. I guess Pit V. Flo would be pointless to the Standings. Clb only makes the playoffs if the NYI lose both games.

In the West no contender has played more than 71 games; Dal, Nas, Min, Van all have played 69 games and Col and Cal have played 70 games. You have Col V. Cal (if Col wins they can leapfrog STL) for 1 game and have Min, Van and Nash all play against each other (Min V. Van, Min V. Nash, Van V. Nash) to decide the Final Standings. Pointless to force Dal to play a game, their spot will not change. Winnipeg and Cal, both holding onto playoff spots right now but both can fail to make the playoffs.

Have no travel and play the games at neutral arenas so the Playoff games can be played every night if needed.

Your Welcome Gary Bettman for doing your job.</div></div>

There's no way the league can do all neutral site playoff games. You mean to tell me that diehard fans of the teams that bought playoff ticket packages in December can't go? It also completely eliminates the regular season in gaining home ice advantage. This is not a fair way to award the trophy
Forum: NHLMar 23 at 3:46
Thread: 2019-2020 Playoff season format suggestions ?
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>rangersandislesfan</b></div><div>Well, the players suggested finishing the regular season in late July, August-September playoffs, draft/FA/etc in October and beginning 2020-21 in November ... even if that isn't enough rest, they can shorten the playoffs, finish the regular season, or whatever ... I really think the NHL will do whatever it can to award the Stanley cup this year without needing to shorten the season next season.</div></div>

Just because the players suggested it doesn't mean that it will happen. The draft also can't happen in October, especially since most eligible prospects will have resumed play by that point. The injury risks of players playing essentially for basically 13 straight months with only one month off is going to be a nightmare.
Forum: NHLMar 22 at 11:44
Thread: 2019-2020 Playoff season format suggestions ?
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>rangersandislesfan</b></div><div>I'm optimistic that the season will resume. Obviously it's super hard to predict, but the NHL really wants to award the Stanley cup, and even though the top priority is to play all 82 games next season it sounds like they're willing to delay it to November.</div></div>

Is there any evidence about the virus that makes you optimistic about it? If the league is going to finish the season, they'll have to start it by the beginning of May. Anything after won't leave enough time for a proper offseason. Even though the rest may not be needed for these guys at first, towards the end of 2020-21, we'd see the contending teams getting worn out from playing into July and not having a full offseason.
Forum: NHLMar 21 at 7:17
Thread: 2019-2020 Playoff season format suggestions ?
At this point, as much as I hate to say it, it makes the most sense to shut the season down completely and not crown a champion. I hate the thought of that, but the league doesn't want there to be any major affect on the 2020-21 season. The playoffs would have to begin no later than late April to fairly award the Stanley Cup and have it not drastically alter next season. If the league were to shorten the playoffs and not finish the regular season, I feel that there would always be the asterisk next to the Cup winner for 2020 and it wouldn't be the same. I also don't think the COVID-19 situation will have any sort of practical resolution in time for the league to resume.

But for fun, let's say the season does continue. I'd have each team get to 72 games, just so they've had a couple games to get their feet back under them. I still don't like that it will effectively eliminate a lot of the bubble teams that way, so here's a solution. The playoff bubbles for each conference has three spots up for grabs. I'd rank the teams 1-11 in the conference. The top 5 in each conference have their spot secured. Then in each conference, 6 plays 11 for a spot, 7 plays 10 and 8 plays 9. It's one game, with the higher seed being the host team. All of these games are played in one day, with games staggered at the half-hour to increase viewership during intermissions (a game at 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:30). After those games, the conference is re-ranked 1-8 to accommodate the changes.

Now that we have 8 teams per conference, the matchups are based on conference seeding (1 plays 8, 2 plays 7, 3 plays 6, 4 plays 5). The first two rounds are a best of five, under the 2-2-1 format. The Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Finals are a 2-3-2 format instead of a 2-2-1-1-1 in order to reduce travel time and have faster series. Depending on when the league started back up, they could even do back-to-backs in the first round or two, but it's best to avoid that).

In terms of the offseason schedule, the draft would occur no more than a week after the end of the playoffs. The UFA period would open a short time afterward, and I imagine free agency would move fairly quickly as players will want to get situated into their new homes quickly. The biggest downfall to this is that it leaves a limited amount of time for teams to negotiate extensions with their own UFAs, especially ones acquired at the deadline. The 2020-21 season would start in mid-late October

I view this as the fairest way to award the Cup provided the season starts back up. Of course it's not an ideal situation but it would award the Stanley Cup, make up for a lot of the hockey related revenue the league is losing right now, make the fans incredibly happy, and would still proceed with the offseason in an almost normal manner, just sped up.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar 19 at 4:08
Thread: capitals have dynasty in them
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KakkoForMauriceRichardAward</b></div><div>Meh... I know Samsonov will only get better and that McMichael will be a star, but Johansen isn't looking like an elite prospects anymore and of course Ovi and Backstrom will start declining in 2 years.

IMO, and I know I'll sound crazy for saying it, but I mean it, they should move Kuznetsov after next season for an A prospect, two first rounders and a good roster player, like a 2nd liner...

Lineup in 21-22:
Ovi-Backstrom-Vrana
Oshie-McMichael-Wilson
Player they get in the trade-Eller-Panik
Hathaway-???-???</div></div>

Everything would have to fall into place for a move like that to go down. The Caps would have to be absolutely sold on McMichael being high end 2C if they want to win another with Ovechkin, especially since he wouldn't respond very well to Kuznetsov being dealt. The pieces coming back would also have to be phenomenal, and I don't see us being able to get a package like that for someone with such known defensive issues. Plus when Backstrom retires, we'll need a 1C to take his spot. I'm not sold on McMichael being a 1C, but Kuznetsov and McMichael could be a decent 1-2 down the road. I think most importantly, we just hit on our first round picks. No more Lucas Johansens. I'd like to see us get someone like Braden Schneider or Helge Grans in the first round this year to take a top four spot on the right side down the road. As long as we can get a top nine forward or top four defenseman with a first round pick, we can avoid a long rebuild process post Ovechkin.