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Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 23 at 4:44 p.m.
Thread: keeping ghost and kane well also making moves
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JSteff5656</b></div><div>You will not get the moon and the stars for Gibson, you are overvaluing him. If anything this is an overpay. He finished the year with an .888 and last year was under .900. If he doesn't get traded he will probably get bought out. Wallinder is far more than a middle of the road prospect. Sorry, but you won't get McDavid for a goalie who just posted an .888 on the wrong side of 30.</div></div>

Nobody is saying Gibson is worth that much. What he was saying is the package you have is bull****. The last thing Anaheim needs is left handed wingers or defense so half the package back is useless to the ducks. Add to that there is really no motivation to trade gibson, the team has tons of cap space, Verbeek can sit on gibson's contract for a couple more years at least until he needs to think about trading or buying him out. There is a reason he hasn't been traded the last several seasons, it's because the Ducks are perfectly happy to pay him to be mediocre as they ease Dostal into the starting role.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 5 at 11:19 a.m.
Thread: 24-25 offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>GeneralLandro</b></div><div>Tanev and Perry are both making double what they should while I think that Stammer deal would be perfect

I think Killer and Frank should swap spots in the line up otherwise I think it’s a pretty good looking top 9

We should just look to offload Strome if he is going to be our 4C, I’m sure we could find someone to take him for free if it came to that — wouldn’t mind him playing with Gauthier and Zegras on the 3rd line though

Helleson should play that RD3 spot with Cam imo — Luneau probably should get a full year in the A with big minutes after this last year with his infected knee

Why are we taking Yakemchuk? He make it to pick 24 or whatever Edmonton’s 1st ends up being?</div></div>

I tried to do overpays on the UFA signings because we have a lot of cap flexibility for the next two seasons and overpaying for some guys to ensure we get two year deals seemed worth it.

I also opted to keep strome but put him on the fourth for a couple reasons, 1) we could use the right handed center to take right side defensive zone draws and 2) he's good depth we can move up to a third line role if people get hurt. I think the added depth was worth keeping him, even if its an overpay for a fourth line center the flexibility seemed worth it when we have the cap space to keep him.

I picked Yakemchuk because he's considered a better defensive prospect and is a teeny bit bigger than Levshunov, but really could be either of those two. When I set it up I put Yakemchuk just because I could see him getting a 9 game tryout and then back to juniors for WJC, same as Luneau this past season. Levshunov is NCAA and would probably get signed immediately and then I don't know if they'd send him to San Diego or not. Helleson hasn't looked good enough in San Diego to warrant a callup imo. Lindstrom at least looks like a decent bottom pairing NHL defensemen and his underlying metrics are solid, he would be my pick for the 6th D if Luneau and whatever draft pick we get this offseason don't make the team out of camp
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 13 at 3:33 p.m.
Thread: Ducks 24-25 Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Lactic_Flaccid</b></div><div>Interesting trade idea. Trading Lacombe seems a little short-sighted imo, as he can be the perfect 3LHD once the Fowler contract is up and the Ducks are properly competing. However, Fowler still has 2 years after this one and a 4 team trade list. Ducks could buy him out, but I just don't see that being a realistic option with all he has done for the franchise. Depends how the team sees Tyson Hinds and whether or not he can move up in two years to replace Cam. I'm not sure what Pat will do on the backend, but I would at least consider trading Lacombe. Pat did mention that Luneau is likely to be a full timer next season, so if Ducks did draft a RHD, they would not make the team next year. Lindstrom and Vaaks would be 7/8, and I could see the Ducks keeping 8 Defensemen up to start next season. Pesce, Roy, or even Demelo if he makes it to FA would be ideal options if Lacombe is gone (contract dependent). Same with the top 6 winger, with both of those signings, term could be a killer, so no move might be the best move if Ducks cant get shorter term deals.</div></div>

The way I saw it, Fowler will have 2 years left still and is unlikely to be traded. Between him, Minty, Zell, Lacombe, and Vaaks we have 5 defensemen for 3 slots. I think this season has shown having any of them play their off side negatively impacts their performance and healthy scratching Lacombe for 2 more years behind Minty/Zell/Fowler felt bad. Seemed like finding a trade partner to take Lacombe or Vaaks and having the other as a 7th defensemen felt palatable, and Lacombe probably nets the better trade return of the two where we can maybe get an upside winger. If we don't have a replacement for fowler in the pipeline when his contract is up finding a bottom pairing LHD defensemen at that time can be addressed with a short term free agency or another trade.

As far as the right side, I missed Verbeek saying Luneau has a spot next year. He has basically took this whole season off though because of his knee issue, so I wouldn't mind giving him AHL time just to start the year. If we draft Yakemchuck we could always give him a 9 game tryout and then send him back to play in World juniors by December and call up Luneau at that time. Obviously not necessary though, could make do with Lindstrom if necessary, and Fowler-Luneau is an awesome bottom pair if Verbeek sticks to his guns and Luneau is up the entire time next season.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 13 at 2:18 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 29 at 12:12 p.m.
Thread: Sensible and cap fit
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SlimTJ100</b></div><div>Is Vatrano Pasta all the sudden? You guys are crazy with your evaluations. With all due respect. His numbers are bit skewed because of PP. He won’t play 1PP with us

It isn’t a huge piece. You need LHD?</div></div>

As the other guy said, Ducks absolutely do not need LHD. We mayybe could use a young stay at home RHD prospect, but biggest need is offensive wingers with a good shot. Issue with Berard is Verbeek has gone out of his way to avoid players who are under 6 foot. In the two+ years he's been GM he hasn't traded or drafted a single sub-6ft player - I don't think the return value for Vatrano is too far off but Verbeek just won't be interested if he isn't getting prospect with some size.