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Forum: NHL TradesJul. 27, 2021 at 8:26 p.m.
Thread: (WPG/VAN) - for Schmidt
I got a tweet for yall to think about

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2020 Canucks post-draft offseason: resign Virtanen, sign Holtby, trade a 3rd for Schmidt 2021 Canucks post-draft offseason: buyout Virtanen, buyout Holtby, trade Schmidt for a 3rd legitimately hilarious</p>— Justin McElroy (@j_mcelroy) <a href="https://twitter.com/j_mcelroy/status/1420158493546336260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">July 27, 2021</a></blockquote>



Van with the next L on the list

Toffoli could have been in a Canucks Jersey rn along with Tanev

While Van has 26mill in cap space Hughes and Petterson are gonna eat a large portion along with Dickenson. Then they got to replace Holtby. So that space is gonna be gone quickly. Also you got to replace Schmidt and sure they are bringing back Schenn but okay you need a defensively minded top 4 Dman. Dont think were gonna see an improvement in Vancouver's GA.

Demko good luck man
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 17, 2021 at 1:26 p.m.
Thread: McCann to TOR since they are desperate
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Pensfan89</b></div><div>You guys act like it’s a bad thing. Right now the pens have like 12 forwards they don’t want to lose for nothing. If they trade one prior to the draft, they will just lose someone else they don’t want to lose. They’ve pretty much come to terms that they are losing a valuable player for nothing. It’d be different if the pens only had 1 good player they couldn’t protect and were ok losing someone else so they trade him for something like most other teams are doing. Or are trading a NMC to protect someone else. But this isn’t the case.</div></div>

no one near to the value of McCann. You are worries about losing 36 y/o jeff carter instead? or Aston-Reese? Blueger or Lafferty??? no one has any value near to Mccanns.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 2, 2021 at 2:39 a.m.
Thread: My biggest fear
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mhockey91</b></div><div>I agree, but burke is gonna Burke

Brace for impact</div></div>

I really don't think Burke is gonna have a say.
This is Hextall's show. In the power struggle over what the roster is he will win. Every single move so far points to that. Friedman, the hiring of scouts all connected to Hextall.
Hextall isn't a guy looking for goon over talent. Especially when the team is winning. If anything he wants to build a team out the draft. He's good at that.
They use to have 2 roster spots on this team. I think most people are comfortable saying there is now 1 thanks to Gaudreau.
Right now they have what they are looking for in that last spot in Angelo.

I think this year there are so many issues with making deals at the TDL.
1st is Seattle, which I really think is holding the penguins back. Their first priority is probably working out what it takes to make that happen. There is no doubt they are working on that.

2nd is the lack of games to adjust. There are 19 games left. If they are coming from Canada they already lose a few of those games. You wait to TDL that's 5 games, you are down to 14. How long is a quarantine, if it's 1 week, you lose 3 more games. You are at 11.
The risk is just way to high that the guy will never adjust to a new team. Chemistry matters. 11 games just isn't very long.
If teams were going to really make these deals, it's best to do it now, not wait.

3rd is the price. Who wants to cough up a ton for a guy who might play a whopping 15 games for them. I think teams are having to really question that kind of move. As most of these TDL deals will not pan out. Only 1 team wins. So that's a lot to throw away for little.