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squashmaple

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Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 9:00 a.m.
Thread: Hmmm
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>squashmaple</b></div><div>Commeasurate with a first line forward, as there's no pressure or reason to trade him for peanuts. The team has plenty of cap space. He's at the absolute nadir of his trade value. Trading him now would be first of all impossible, as he's in the PAP, and second of all, a terrible look for the org. He's well-liked by the room. He stepped up to mentor Fantilli and volunteered to learn center to help the team, although both of those fell by the wayside as his season was derailed from injuries stemming from dirty hits.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SK101</b></div><div>Probably more than the ducks will want to pay. Jackets value laine as a nearly PPG top line forward. Whereas most teams probably see him as an injury prone player who has missed a lot of time over the past few years and is highly paid</div></div>

Appreciate the input fellas!
Forum: Armchair-GMSun. at 12:57 a.m.
Thread: Dont flame me these were ALL proposed by the Habs writers at the Athletic
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>westcoasthabslifer</b></div><div>2 - Say the very people who continue to post on Habs’ fans posts for literally no reason. It’s incredibly annoying. </div></div>

My dude, you can’t come on this website and propose a CBJ trade (whether from you or another source), then get upset when CBJ fans post a reaction shooting it down. How would that work vice-a-versa?

This just feels like a ****tier version of the old “I’m just asking questions” argument as a means to avoid having to address the underlying issue. Here - that as much as Habs fans (or I guess, Habs beat-writers) want these trades to happen, they absolutely will not, and to sell ads and brain-space on the idea they could happen is disingenuous.

The frustration mostly is that this is not just a universally bad trade, but one <a href="https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/820755?post_id=4811193">we’ve been telling you to stop making</a> for awhile now.

(Takes deep breath)
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 25 at 12:38 p.m.
Thread: Ranking first overall picks since 2000
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DanielSan92</b></div><div>I guess the point isn't getting across...

McDavid being stuck with a **** GM who can't build a team around him doesn't make Crosby the better player.</div></div>

McDavid has proven he can be the best player in the league during the regular season. There is no argument there.

My argument is McDavid will be considered a better player than Crosby when he wins a cup and a conn smythe.

The ultimate goal of any pick is to win a cup. The highest award in the game of Hockey is the Stanley Cup, which Sidney Crosby has won 3 times, 2 of which he was considered the best player during those 32 wins, he did that on back-to-back seasons, something never done in the history of the game.

Point totals, longevity of career, hardware, and cups should all be important when discussing a player being hall-of-fame worthy. Every name other than McDavid on that top-5 has won a cup. I just want to see a guy in his prime win a cup before I say he's the best draft pick in 25 years.