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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 20 at 2:29 p.m.
Thread: A gamble
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>Rangers (and other teams) might have do that type of deal to get rid of unwanted cap like Nemeth.
Rakell isn't going to sign for so little.
Lots of RFAs to sign in 23/24 with little expiring contracts makes a problem.</div></div>

Moreso the problem with a Nemeth trade is his bonehead M-NTC. So he could block a trade to teams willing to eat the contract, you know. That's why he's gonna have to be a package deal, whether it's Kravstov or a pick, etc. But he's not a bad player, just a weird contract. He can definitely be a serviceable bottom pairing defenseman on any team. The Rangers' cap crunch makes him expendable.

You might be right on Rakell's contract. It's a tough thing, because he was nearly a PPG for a while, but he's dipped down now. I don't like this route anyway, but just putting it on paper vs discussing it in chatrooms to see how the money works, you know
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 15 at 5:57 p.m.
Thread: Just trade Matthews now - next years look
I think this is a really interesting concept. Obviously it won't happen, but I think it's interesting and... maybe fairly believable? My big issue is with losing Muzzin, though. That just can't happen. If you're gonna lose Matthews, you need a solidified top 6 and top 4 that's better than what you had. In this team, Churchrun just replaces Muzzin on defense... I don't necessarily think that's a straight upgrade (especially since you confusingly don't even use Churchrun on the power play???). I think Kerfoot has to go the other way in the trade, and you gotta keep Muzzin. Otherwise, I think the top 6 is better with Matthews, and the top 4 defense is pretty much just the same.

On the ARI side, they don't give up any of their 1st round draft picks so they can still fully do a rebuild, but I think that haul of players would still move the needle on Matthews. However, I don't think they are gonna bail on their goalie. Unless there's someone else already in the system. It's not easy to come by a young goalie that can potentially be your franchise goalie.

I also don't think there's a chance in hell this happens this season. This is definitely an off season move. So I would change the time it happens, and find a way to make the cap work to keep Muzzin, and ARI doesn't give up Vej. Maybe they retain salary on one of the pieces for compensation?

Probably the most interesting aspect here... Matthews can't even block this. How does Patrick ****in' Nemeth weasel out a M-NTC, but Matthews has nothing!?
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 12 at 2:48 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 6 at 3:31 p.m.
Thread: Personal wishlist
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ricochetii</b></div><div>50% retention is not an option. Even $1M for 5 years is ill advised. Certainly not with a contract coming back.

Anderson should be a 1st and Schneider minimum (without retention). No, his value isn't that high at this time, but it could rise and until it does he has more value to Montreal than in a trade.
His line with Suzuki and Caufield is clicking because he's a great fit. Keeping them productive and improving is more important than a couple picks and prospects.</div></div>

50% is definitely steep, but to make it work for NYR it'd need to be that much (or close to it). With Domi, anyway. I was definitely just having a little fun here. But I don't see how they'd trade Anderson without any retention at all. It gets them a young potential top 6 winger and offensive minded top 4 defenseman, which I think would really help them. I don't see them getting close to that for him from anywhere else. But as a fan of MTL as well, I'd love it if they kept him and that line anyway.

Again, all assuming that they do indeed enter some sort of a retool. And I may just be looking too much into it, but I also kind of thought putting him on the 1st line was to beef up his potential trade value
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