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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 10, 2019 at 11:01 a.m.
Thread: Hughes Falls
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BSpadaro83</b></div><div>What part of "Godfather Offer" do you fools not get. Obviously its an over pay, but Vancouver has made it public it will try to trade up for Hughes. There is no other offer that would work for the Rangers to give up a near guaranteed franchise player unless they get a near guaranteed franchise player in return, and then some. Also, Hughes with 3 years of an ELC before a big second contract is a big difference than Petterson with only 2 years left on his ELC. Its basically a full year of not having to pay a 10% cap hit during what should be a window to compete for both teams. If the Canucks are dead set on the marketing and sales benefits of a decade of the Hughes brothers coming in to sell jerseys like the Sedin's did, they are gonna have to pay to get him.</div></div>

If you can find me one Canucks fan in the world that would accept this deal, let me know. I think you're overvaluiing the Hughes narrative, and undervaluing what they think of Petterson there.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 10, 2019 at 9:19 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 9, 2019 at 4:16 p.m.
Thread: Under the cap and upgraded
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hackadart</b></div><div>Ever heard of a bridge?</div></div>

Alright, try and follow rational thinking here for a moment. I'm not a Leafs fan nor a hater. Here are the four things you're proposing here...

1. Sign Marner for 8 x 10.5. No issues here, totally fair.

2. Bridge Kapanen for two years for about half of what he's worth on the open market. A bridge deal isn't 2 years AND less money than what a guy is worth. He could get more money in arbitration and be a UFA next season. Why would he accept two years under market value just to roll off into free agency in 2022? What's the bet he's making on himself? Even if he outperforms his contract, you think the Leafs are going to have the room for him in 2022? They'll be paying 3 forwards $30M, they'll be resigning Freddie, and they'll be a year away from having to pay Rielly. He simply doesn't fit into this equation. He might as well hit free agency as soon as possible. You need to give him a reason to stick around, and $2.8M aint it. In my mind, the only way they can hang on to him is if they offer him term at a fair number.

3. Trade all the guys you don't want anymore to one of your biggest rivals. They might be able to unload these guys one by one, for sure. I just can't see Ottawa accepting all your cap relief with open arms, regardless of their situation. There's a lot of teams looking for cap dumps... I can't see Ottawa being Toronto's safety net.

4. Trade the rights to Andreas Johnsson (who you'd have a better chance of signing @ the bridge # you wanted to offer Kapanen btw) in exchange for 3 years of Colin Miller at $3.8M. Why in the world does Vegas accept this?