mhockey91

mhockey91
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Forum: Armchair-GM14 hours ago
Thread: Why not take a crazy chance
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PenGoater99</b></div><div>Neal's contract is a bigger burden than Johnsons. Neal is a power forward type winger in his 30's who has some health issues. The league is embracing speed, he's the literal opposite of the types of players the Pens should target.

Fleury is a project at this point. The Pens need players that help them improve now, they have 2-3 years of contention left and they need to take advantage of that window.

Jost is 21 and has yet to surpass 30 points. Again, the Pens need players that can be big-time producers now. No need to give up a big asset for 2 players (one being a prospect) that are going to projects. ANy trade the Pens make with regards to trading Kessel probably won't make them better now, that's why it's pointless to trade him.</div></div>

fair enough on the Neal trade. im not saying I want the pens to get him. I just rather him than jack Johnson. in an ideal world we can dump JJ without taking back a contract

I agree fleury was a project but so was Schultz and that worked out great. pens have to buy low on these high potential high risk guys.

a kessel trade probably wont make them better right now, but it'll extend their window. pens can still be a Stanley cup contender with Crosby/malkin in their late 30s if they load up on some high skill young players around them. Pittsburgh needs another Guzental and I think Jost could fill those shoes in a kessel trade.
Forum: Armchair-GM15 hours ago
Thread: Why not take a crazy chance
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PenGoater99</b></div><div>No way the Pens should make the Calgary trade. Neal's contract is too much of a burden to take on.

Carolina trade isn't great. Pens have enough LHD as is and Fluery isn't even that good. You're also selling way too low on Rust

Kessel trade is bad too. The Avs pick will be no better than 20th overall and Jost doesn't make the team better.</div></div>

#1- at least Neal has bounce back potential. he was amazing next to Malkin. im not saying hes gonna get 80 points 40 goals, but I could see him getting 20+goals, 50+ points. Johnson is completely useless, Calgary may sell low on Neal.
#2- Fleury could be a late bloomer. just look at Dumolin once he left Carolina. aside from a 2 week stretch, rust was rather poor last season and hes not worth the 3.5 million price tag with our current roaster. id move him just to shed some salary and ill take a gamble on Fleury.
#3- Jost is exactly what the pens need. a young, high potential winger whose on the verge of breaking out. I wouldn't be surprised if Jost got over 60 points next season. hes the perfect trade target in a kessel deal
Forum: Armchair-GM19 hours ago
Thread: Option 2- Move Kadri
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jamiepo</b></div><div>Kadri or turris could play the wing. You will notice that in my other two agm’s I have him playing 1LW.



Nashville is deep on RHD and thin on offence. I think this trade could fit both sides well and think the value is fair. If Kadri wouldn’t have acted like a bonehead I might have asked for more. But I think that hurts his value.

Bracco is ready. If not for the solid RW depth he would have been on the team this year. Could also be filled by a league min ufa if you don’t like that.

I would rather keep Kadri and move him to 1LW. 2 snipers for marner and our 3 best defensive forwards to match top lines.</div></div>

kadri and turris are both natural centres. playing them on wing would be dumb.
Forum: Armchair-GM19 hours ago
Thread: Option 2- Move Kadri
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tomato43</b></div><div>I could see us trading Kadri if the return is Fabbro. I think Getting a second for Brown from any team is a wet dream. Taking into account that Edmonton will likely be a poor team next year and thus the 2nd rounder will be a relatively high one makes it even more unlikely. I could see Edmonton trading away the islanders 3rd rounder they hold in the future though and i would take it. Brown is a 4th liner and he cant be making 2+ million for that role. In a scenario where we trade away Kadri and sloti Nylander into 3C, i would rather call up Bracco and have him play a top 9 role and have Moore play the left wing.</div></div>

unless Nashville moves turris, I dont see them going for Kadri, though that return is pretty damn fair. They have RyJo-Turris-Bonino as their centre punch and Granland who has played centre in the past. bracco isn't getting any more than a 3rd round pick.
Forum: Armchair-GM19 hours ago
Thread: Eklund says Malkin is available
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bcarlo25</b></div><div>I think the league has fully soured on subban. They’ve realized that there was the cool factor. I call him the Bryce Harper of the nhl. He’s jus not that good, but when he does something good, it looks really cool. When he scores a goal it’s a rocket bar down, and you think, wow, that guy is so good. Buuuuut at the end of the day is he really that much different than Krug, or Tyson Barrie? Probably not. He didn’t deserve his Norris.

The only way a one for one could happen is if the league starts to sour on Malkin too</div></div>

I disagree. I'm not a Nashville or Montreal fan so I never had any direct "bias" for Subban. I think what we saw this season was an off year. it happens to players throughout their career. subban is one of the few defensemen that can take over a game. just last year during the 17/18 season he was a second team all star and nominated for the Norris. he got 59 points and averaged over 24 mins a game. he was a beast. in MTL he was by far their best skater, and it wasn't even close. Krug and Barrie just don't have the "game changing" ability that subban has. hes not "great" defensively but neither is Brett Burns, Erik Karlsson, etc... I think subban's offensive skill set is among the best in the league.