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rockybaker

rockybaker
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Forum: Armchair-GMDec 14, 2020 at 11:53
Thread: Lines with Robertson
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Barilko14</b></div><div>I'm factoring in PP time for those 2 as well. Nights when Clifford was getting 7 min per night, he wasn't on any special teams.

Also, this may not be the season to roll Matthews and Marner out there 22+ min per night, considering it will be the most condensed sched they'll likely ever play. There will likely be months with 15+ games.

IMO, you are taking a sizable risk if those guys play as much as they did last year (if 21/22 is back to normal, I'm fine with them playing big min again).</div></div>

Alright, if you average out the top 6 as 20 minute players (average), that still only leaves 10 minutes as an average for bottom 6 players. Regardless of special teams, there's still only 60 minutes in a regulation hockey game...and penalties fall into those 60 minutes. There's exactly 15 minutes (all situations) in regulation for the average forward, 20 minutes for defense.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec 14, 2020 at 11:12
Thread: Lines with Robertson
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Campabee</b></div><div>SImmonds in the top 6 would worry me a bit. Move Robertson up and Simmonds down to give the kid a real shot at succeeding.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Brad21</b></div><div>Vesey's expected to play with Kerfoot.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Barilko14</b></div><div>I have a feeling the taxi squad is going to help his chances. Could see him play 1/2 or 2/3 of the games this season, bouncing back &amp; forth between roster and taxi squad.


I agree with all of this. The only reason I have Robertson there is because I don't think they would withhold him from the WJC just to play 10 minutes on the 4th line. So I think he'll end up a middle 6 guy, trading places depending on performance with Simmonds and Mikheyev...those 3 are a toss-up as far as lineup up. Will all depend on fit with linemates.
I have feeling that this can be true for several players at the bottom of the line-up.</div></div>
Forum: Armchair-GMOct 20, 2020 at 1:46
Thread: Leafs 2021 as is with Mik and Dermott
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jamiepo</b></div><div>Dubas’s plan doesn’t involve overpaying rfa’s and not carrying any healthy scratches.</div></div>

Kyle Dubas in an interview with the Toronto Star:

On the weekend, Leafs GM Kyle Dubas said he was confident the Mikheyev arbitration would work out favourably.
“Whether we have to go with a 20 men on the roster to start (instead of 23), or sending guys down to play for the Marlies rather than sitting out for us … it doesn’t appear that we’ll need to move anybody else out,” Dubas said on a conference call. “We’ve got the arbitration case with Mikheyev on Wednesday and then subsequently we’ll get Travis’s situation rectified and taken care of. But, at this point, we don’t anticipate having to move anybody out.”
Forum: Armchair-GMOct 20, 2020 at 1:29
Thread: Leafs 2021 as is with Mik and Dermott
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hammerwise</b></div><div>Vets cant be sent down, (well they can, but cant come back (waivers) ) and there isn't any youth nearly as good as they are.

Its a pretty thin lineup that has no cap space for even a 1 game injury. Its also a much older lineup, even before the Thornton signing. Less speed. and I have no idea who plays PK. Truly, its almost historical that you have some 3rd/4th liners who play PK, but in this lineup? Kerfoot, Mikheyev, Engvall? I don't see 2 way players on those 3rd/4th lines. This is a thin, older lineup designed to exhaust itself long before the playoffs. With Spezza, Thornton and Simmonds its almost guaranteed they wont play an entire season, even shortened.

All of which leads to the fact that another move has to be made.

Ive seen a lot of these 18 skater lineups for the Leafs, (because its the only way they stay under cap), and its just so unrealistic. There are rules that just don't allow you to carry players that don't count against the cap</div></div>

Dubas himself said he has no problem carrying a 20 player roster if need be. And it's not that they would carry players without them counting against the cap, it's that sending players up and down is much easier when your AHL affiliate (Marlies) play in the same city. As long as the transaction is made before the pre-game roster reports are given in, the player can make it to the game, no flights needed.

The waiver wire is also why I kept all the vets in the official lineup while sending down the kids. The kids can go up and down without issue.

As for making other moves, I'm only basing myself on what Dubas himself said about the roster. He said Mik and Dermott would be signed and then that's pretty much it, no more transactions. Weather you say they need to make other moves or not really doesn't matter when the actual GM of the team said otherwise.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep 15, 2020 at 9:55
Thread: Dont Sell Low
I like the tweeking idea. Trying to boost the value of bubble players in order to trade them at the trade dealine is usually how you get a higher value return. It's pretty basic.

The problem with your lineup is that NONE of those signings will be that low. Holl signed a 2x2 and you think Dermott will take under a million bucks? Pierre Engvall got 1.25 for 2 years and you think Mikheyeve will only take an extra 450k? Wayne Simmons has hit some bumps in the road for sure, but to cut his salary from 5 mil to under 1 millon? This guy still has a resumé, not a chance in hell. Radko Gudas might take that money if you're lucky but he is NOT the top pairing fill-in you're hoping for if Dermott faulters. Oh....and if paired with Rielly, Dermott WILL faulter because theyre both smaller offensive minded D-men. Do you think Dermott is much better defensively than Tyson Barrie or Cody Ceci? Didn't think so...
Forum: Armchair-GMSep 14, 2020 at 2:25
Thread: Blues blockbusterold guard
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Blues4TheCup</b></div><div>lol. It should be obvious that Parayko and Perron are two players the blues would not move based on how good their contracts are. Dermott has not proved to be a stable top 4 defenseman, Johnsson is coming off knee injury. Nylander is a nice piece but that is it. Things aren't looking good for Pietrangelo staying in STL, thus Parayko is the last player the y should be looking to move. I would say in terms of value, you would need to add 2 OF Robertson, Liljegren or Pick 15 in place of Johnsson and Dermott for the blues to even consider. My counter would be something like Parayko and Perron for Nylander Liljegren and pick15. Still not sure the blues do that though</div></div>

That's fair but I'm curious about something. Since you state that Dermott is unproven, why would Liljegren be a better option? I actually thought Dermott was the better player for you guys since you're much more shallow on the left side than you are on the right and he has proven much more the Liljegren has. THe left side depth is bad enough that Parayko (a righty) but has often played LD this year as a result of lack of other options.