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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 11 at 3:50 p.m.
Thread: Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Garak</b></div><div>It really isn't, though. They aren't tanking, they are rebuilding. There is a difference. KD has preached patience and wants any progress to happen from within, through drafting and development. Any outside additions will more than likely be supplementary and short term. He has adamantly and emphatically stated as much multiple times since taking over as GM. Maybe when the kids are in their second contracts and the team overall is a lot closer to being ready to contend, they look to free agency and trade availability, but that almost certainly won't be for a few more years.

Most UFA's over the next two summers will be in their early to mid 30's by the time this team is ready. KD doesn't want contracts with a high potential of becoming boat anchors, to be on the books when this team is ready to contend again.</div></div>

Semantics. Yes, they're rebuilding, and Davidson also intentionally assembled a roster he knew would be bad enough to have them in the running for the 1st overall pick again, which a lot of people would call tanking. Davidson easily could have accelerated his timeline once Bedard was drafted, but he has remained patient knowing that building the prospect pool is priority #1. Having 2 first round picks in 3 straight drafts should help that.

You're right in that any move he makes this offseason will be with an eye on Bedard (and even Korchinski) needing a contract extension in 2026. I could see him potentially paying over market value for guys on a 1 or 2 year deal just because of all the cap space he needs to fill until then.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 20, 2023 at 6:43 p.m.
Thread: Leafs get a 2nd to get Tanev deal done
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Garak</b></div><div>Quite the opposite. He is their best veteran defensive defenseman, he eats tons of minutes, he is a consummate pro, a leader on and off the ice, an RHD, and CHI's longest tenured player. Sure his stat line tells a different story, but he is a good defenseman that they are in no rush to move, and likely wouldn't do it without a very good package coming back. It's not his fault CHI is the worst roster in the league and he has to babysit defensive liabilities every night.</div></div>

No, he's bad. He's always been bad. It just used to be easier for them to hide his deficiencies on better rosters. Bowman was dumb to acquire him in 2017, and he was dumb to extend him in 2021. He won't be of any use to the organization by the time they're ready to compete. A first rounder for him would be plenty.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 23, 2022 at 11:18 a.m.
Thread: Lots of Moves
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Aussie_Blackhawk</b></div><div>please take this the right way but do you actually support CHI or follow the team?

Some of the moves here are just plain no good for CHI. In no way should we be taking on additional cap and moving our top young player. KD has already confirmed he doesn't want unnecessary cap so this proposal is contrary to whats been announced.

CHI underselling CAT is also something that goes against what KD has proven to date. He didn't want to ship Hagel though got an offer he couldn't refuse. As much as I like CGY, this isn't the move and they cannot afford if they resign Chuky and Johnny.

Kurashev for a 6th! Another quality player u23 on a rebuilding team who's proven he can play in the NHL as a Bottom 6/Middle 6 in most situations is worth far more to us than a 6th.

Overall, most of these moves favour the other team and quite heavily. We need to turn a page, Stan isn't the GM anymore. If he was still in place, these sort of moves could occur (albeit still bad)</div></div>
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I’m unloading Stan’s garbage so that they can start fresh. Kurashev’s grow on trees in this league.

It says in the description that this is based off of Gaudreau leaving Calgary and signing in Philly.

The only reason they got 2 firsts for Hagel was because of his cap hit. Obviously DeBrincat is a more skilled player than Hagel, but that doesn’t always mean you get more for him in a trade.