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mytduxfan

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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 3, 2022 at 9:35 a.m.
Thread: Ducks Deadline
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mytduxfan</b></div><div>If that is the case then why would they be interested in Lindholm anyway? They're not a playoff team so the deal is basically for Larson + 1st + 2nd. In that case, I agree the deal is a little light (for what I think is a top 4 D-man). Having said that, we could move Lindholm to a team that will actually benefit from him and who may even sign him and get more value in return.

As far as Chychrun being the better player, have you got any evidence to support that? I'm asking this in the most unconfrontational way possible. I am totally open-minded to him being the better player. I just haven't seen it in what I've seen of him this season (a handful of games). My assessment would be that he's a high IQ player with a more well-rounded game than Lindholm and can play big minutes, but isn't elite in any one area and isn't particularly physical either. Hence, I question his top pairing potential. He also plays quite stiff and low energy, perhaps because of the big minutes he's doing/being forced to play. Anyway, that is just my opinion. Would love to add him to the team, but wouldn't want to sacrifice the elite shutdown skills that Lindholm brings in the process. Personally, I think losing Lindholm would be devastating for the team. He and Drysdale seem to have a working partnership and compliment each other in terms of their skillsets. However, happy to hear your opinion.</div></div>

The only reason they'd be interested is if they knew they could flip Lindholm for a decent return afterwards.

Depends what evidence you want. Eye-test? Chychrun is absolutely more well-rounded and he's actually good offensively. Hampus has never been great offensively, but he's been worse this season. His defensive game has also been rather poor this season. Not horrible but considerably worse than before. Hampus is still a Top 4 D-man but not an elite shutdown player. The following isn't his fault, but the fact that he's on the PP as much, while being bad at it, doesn't help his case. Chychrun doesn't have to be elite in one area (Hampus isn't either at the moment) because he's good at almost everything and if he's on a good team, those areas will be really good again, I'm confident of it.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 1, 2022 at 11:03 p.m.
Thread: LeBrun Interviewed Verbeek
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mytduxfan</b></div><div>He's a better performer based on your numbers as well... Lol. Also, you're dumping on DeBrusk, but then saying Rakell is no better. Rakell best seasons may have been 4-5 years ago now, but he still had them and DeBrusk hasn't. It still proves his capacity to have those high scoring seasons. Anyway, not going to waste anymore time trying to persuade you that Rakell is an upgrade on DeBrusk. He is and I'm confident most neutrals would agree. The question should really be what would the cost of that upgrade be, considering contracts, retention, etc. IMO, I think the deal above is fair, but you are of course welcome to disagree.</div></div>

Did the math as I said before, the p/gp gap over the last 3yrs is 10 points over 82 games. That's with Rakell getting prime toi and 1PP time, which DeBrusk hasn't. I'd think the gap would be much larger, but its not.

Bruins don't need retention to fit Rakell in so it can be taken out. Don't need to move Moore and can just bury him. No use for Steel either. I'm not going to debate if it's fair, but i will say it wouldn't be of interest to Boston as constructed by OP