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lilfimpen

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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 18, 2021 at 2:19 p.m.
Thread: yamo signing and some cap movement
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mooner55</b></div><div>The logic being the jackets wont be good for a few years. elvis would be out of his prime. koski isn't the big part of the deal he will go to the KHL next year its the 1st and a 2nd are very valuable. not to mention elvis can literally leave next year for nothing. which wouldn't shock me (see every other good player you have ever had). acquire assets now and trade for a goalie when you team is ready to compete before ruining their confidence</div></div>

Love the shot that he will leave like everyone else has. Yet he has literally said this summer that he “loves this team and this city” while in tears he truly loves it here. He may be one of the few.
I know it doesn’t fit the “narrative “but there is more to it than what’s on the surface.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 17, 2021 at 6:37 p.m.
Thread: can anything be still improved
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>lilfimpen</b></div><div>I respectfully disagree about Skinner bouncing back before Karlsson which is why regardless of NMC's or retention I wouldn't accept this. Karlsson has 62 points in the last two years, as a defenseman while Skinner has 37 as a forward - granted playing for one of the worst teams in league history.</div></div>

Oh, I'm not denying that Skinner's point totals over the last two seasons have been <em>beyond</em> terrible and way worse than Karlsson's, but looking to the future: EK65 is <em>not</em> aging well, his groin is made of silly string and tissue paper, and his contract is structured in a way that renders him essentially immune to a buyout. I really feel like Skinner could wind up being a good contributor on the 3rd line (although, woof, possibly the most overpaid 3rd liner in the history of the sport) and his contract is <em>much</em> more buyout friendly, which I think we all acknowledge is probably going to happen to him sooner or later.

All of that being said, I'll admit that EK65 is...well, he's not my Favorite Shark (I have no reason for this and even I find it completely inexplicable - I ****ing adored him when he was on the Sens??? IDK man, sometimes my brain is just a nest of weasels) <em>and</em> I hate his contract <em>so much</em>, so I am proooobably not the most unbiased person when it comes to CapFriendly rosters that move him. :p