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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 8, 2021 at 9:07 a.m.
Thread: Final Opening Night Lineup Predictions for NSH
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>herzausstein</b></div><div>Moving on from Ekholm would be best in my opinion. He’s entering the point in his career where dmen really begin to regress. Forsberg… I still tend towards trade simply because I don’t think this is going to be a cup competitive team for Atleast 2-3 seasons which puts Forsberg near 30…. But due to him being younger now I’d be fine with extending him.

Forsberg a injury history also gives me pause. Not sure how well he’s going to age</div></div>

Ekholm has just been such a big part of this team for so long now that it would really be hard to see him go. It's just emotional attachment honestly. With Fil, he's the best goal scorer on this roster, and this roster's biggest problem is goal scoring outside of Fil, when he's healthy. It would be a lot longer than a couple seasons before we are competitive again if they trade Fil, or if they keep him for this season and he decides to sign elsewhere.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 7, 2021 at 4:59 p.m.
Thread: Final Opening Night Lineup Predictions for NSH
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>villenash</b></div><div>It feels like Tomasino is gonna be on the team to start the year (though he hasn't blown me away). We'll see if he's still there after 9 games though. And I think Afanasyev finds his way on the team by the end of the year -- and maybe Novak -- after they trade a few guys out, like Cousins and/or Grimaldi. Same for Davies when/if they trade Boro or Benning. It just may be closer to the end of the season that we see the youth take over.</div></div>

Very true, and I'd like to see that youth movement like I said. I just hope Poile holds on to Fil and Ekholm. They are key pieces to this team, and trading those guys by the deadline means no more "competitive rebuild" that he's talked about recently, in my opinion. Especially Filip Forsberg. Of course they could get all kinds of assets for him, but he's 27 years old and easily our best goal scorer.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 6, 2021 at 8:31 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 6, 2021 at 7:43 p.m.
Thread: Preds Opening Night Lineup
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>villenash</b></div><div>Swap Fabbro/Carrier, Olivier/Cousins, and Grimaldi/Tomasino -- that's probably the starting roster. Cousins may be 3rd line and Jeannot 4th, but that's basically it.

Gotta decide what to do with Ingram though -- if he gets sent down, I don't see how he goes unclaimed. Would rather keep him over Rittich if it comes to it.</div></div>

I liked the Herd Line of Trenin/Sissons/Olivier together, and I think Tanner Jeannot deserves 3rd line ice time. I like what Tomasino is doing but I still think it could be just a year early. Grimaldi has been very good this preseason, he's just so consistent. He does a lot of things right that usually go unnoticed. I'm not big on Cousins, personally. He's decent, I just haven't seen enough from him. The goalie situation is a tough one. I like Big Save Dave, and he would be a reliable option for 20-30 games. I hope Saros can go up to 65 games, but he's never been the #1 for an 82 game season, so I'm expecting more like 55-60 games from him. Ingram has no NHL experience, and I don't like the idea of throwing him to wolves like that. But I agree that I don't want him to get claimed.