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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 26, 2020 at 1:27 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 26, 2020 at 12:34 a.m.
Thread: Rielly Trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tkecanuck341</b></div><div>Carter is a veteran presence to mentor the kids. I agree he's on the trade block, but not if they have to retain 50% of his salary. Rebuilding teams look to acquire more draft picks, not send them away.

Johnsson isn't better than Iafallo or Kempe, so at best he's a 3LW on the Kings. They already have a logjam at bottom six forward, so they're not going to give up a draft pick to acquire a more expensive bottom six forward. If the Leafs are going to pass on re-signing Clifford, then the Kings can re-sign him themselves and now they have another bottom six LW that they didn't have to give up a pick for.

The Kings won't know that Toronto doesn't intend to re-sign Clifford when they make this trade, so they're not going to trade that pick.</div></div>

Fair point on the status of the Clifford pick , revised the deal. I disagree on Johnsson being classified as a bottom 6 fwd, he could slot in on a second line. Would keep him based on age over Carter, but looking for a veteran presence that has won the cup.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 14, 2020 at 11:15 p.m.
Thread: Im not even sure about this one
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>newballcoach</b></div><div>I'm not sure about this either. I have no idea where the fascination with Josh Anderson comes from, he is nothing special.

If you're looking to get an RHD out of LA, I'd be thinking about looking at Sean Walker. He's older then most of their guys from playing in the NCAA and fits into the Leafs window more then the Kings window. LA might even be adding Drysdale so they will be okay with moving somebody at RHD. I think they like Roy more and obviously Doughty is their #1 guy. They also have Durzi so I think Walker is the odd man out.

Bigger Q is what do they want. This isn't it. I would assume picks. Maybe a prospect, not sure what we have that might interest them.</div></div>

Anderson can score but also play a game with some bite which is what the Leafs need.

Walker is gonna cost somewhere in the $2m range which doesn't work since Holl has a NTC and that's where Walker would slot in, whereas Durzi is going into the system. Since someone else commented that Callahan is done I had to rework the bottom six so changed the LA deal.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 13, 2020 at 3:19 p.m.
Thread: Everyone trying to trade Ekblad so
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TCMonkey</b></div><div>I know Anderson had season ending shoulder surgery but should be more than fully recovered by the time next season starts. He's also a guy who scored 27 goals in 18-19, while leading his team in hits. He's absolutely the player Toronto needs, but that offer won't do it. And let's be honest, no GM sees Bracco as a potential player. He's an undersized prospect coming off his worst AHL season, who even in his best season was never given an NHL game by Toronto. IF (and that's a big IF) Columbus were to shop Anderson there'd be much better offers from teams like OTT, NJD, MTL, LAK...</div></div>

If Toronto went the offer sheet route for Anderson, CBJ has just over $5m in cap space next year and Dubois is gonna get paid that plus some so they won't be able to match and take a 2nd.