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Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 4, 2023 at 8:15 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 12, 2022 at 9:08 a.m.
Thread: Organ Doners
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jonh514</b></div><div>Hey. You know what? It's cool. I'm just saying one of the players in this trade plays against Mathews, McDavid, Crosby on a nightly basis and looks good doing it and the other plays in College in a weak division.

You think the College player is better than the NHL player who is shutting down Mathews as a 20 year old playing on arguably the worst defensive team in the league and on his off side. That's your perogative sir. Far be it for me to tell you you are wrong. Time will do that well enough.</div></div>

Habs fans are amazing, you do realise that simply playing against players doesnt mean anything if that player is getting destroyed every single time right? You do realize that him playing 20 mins a night is a massive reason why the Habs are arguably the worst defensive team in the league right?
If that's how you judge a defender than Holl must be a perennial all star and future hall of famer because he actually gets good defensive results against elite players.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 9, 2022 at 1:51 p.m.
Thread: Toronto depth chart if healthy What should they add and subtract
I think it would be interesting to see if a top 6 LW like Niederreiter who plays with a bit of an edge, bottom 6 RH center like gritty and pending UFA Acciari in St Louis as a possibility (but he has now scored 6 goals in the last 11 games and might be valued for more than what he is actually worth), a bottom 6 RW like pending UFA Hathaway and a Muzzin replacement added. Luke Schenn would be nice as well for the playoffs but I am not sure who he would replace in the top 8.

The defense is the toughest position to correct in my opinion.

Muzzin is a physical 6'3" 217 lbs LHD that averaged approximately 2 hits a game and had an offensive upside of approximately 0.5 ppg. He was just about to turn 30 when the Leafs acquired him and his 5.8% Cap hit at the time would be equivalent to approximately $4.9 MIL with an additional year left. Not sure who replaces him in the league currently (LHD or RHD) . There is certainly no Leaf that can replace that role. I feel we need to find some way to replace Muzzin but....what current dman in the league born around 1992 that is 6'3"+ 217+ lbs who plays physical and scores at a 0,5 ppg pace while being signed for around $5.0 MIL this year and next?

And who do we move to get that fiction dman?
- Rielly has struggled on and off for a few years (not sure what the advanced stats say) but now has a NMC for 8 years at $7.5 MIL. He's not going anywhere.
- Giordano took a MASSIVE pay cut to play in TO and has been playing great. He's not going anywhere.
- Brodie is owed $7.5 MIL in real money next season and has an NTC. He's not going anywhere.
- Benn is a 6'2" LD that can play both sides on a league minimum contract. He's not going anywhere.
- Dubas just acquired 6'2" RD Timmins who is still under team control as an RFA. He's not going anywhere.
- Sandin and Liljegren are young with decent talent. They're not going anywhere.

That leaves UFA Holl on a rental contract to move but he might not get back his current value to the Leafs so I am not sure if he should be moved or not.

Contracts NEED to be moved so it has to be prospects and NOT picks like you said. Currently they can't sign Knies even if he wanted to play for us. It's crazy!

Goaltending is solid which has surprised me and I suspect most Leaf fans.

Something like:

Bunting / Matthews / Nylander
*Niederreiter / Tavares / Marner
Engvall / Kampf / Jarnkrok
Aston-Reese / *Acciari / *Hathaway
Rielly / Brodie
Sandin / *Unicorn
Giordano / Liljegren
Murray
Samsonov

scratches:Malgin, Benn, Timmons

Out:Kerfoot, Holl, Prospects and maybe some picks
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 5, 2022 at 9:30 p.m.
Thread: Josh Anderson
Insane overpay for Anderson, insane underpay for Fabbro.

Anderson is not worth one of Toronto's best prospects or a '23 1st, let alone both of them in the same deal. It ties up $5M AAV over the next 4 years in a player that does not produce - he's scored at a 36 pts/82 GP pace since joining Montreal, and it's not like he's not getting put in a position to succeed - he's averaged 1:56 per night on the PP since joining the Habs. Until he can consistently turn his talents into actual results, he's not worth any sort of premium assets - not at that cap hit.

-Fabbro, meanwhile, is still only 24 and has RFA control left. I think he's regressed some this year but he's been a solid RD2 the past few years for the Preds, and I can't see them just selling low on him after 25 mediocre games. Robertson hasn't shown much of anything at the NHL level yet, Gogolev is basically a lottery ticket ECHL prospect at this point, and Justin Holl is probably the best asset you're sending to the Preds. I'd also argue that Holl's been playing well enough that I'd rather keep him around and add to your depth instead of having Jordie Benn &amp; Connor Timmins be your next guys up if someone gets hurt.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 1, 2022 at 4:42 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 18, 2022 at 9:12 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 18, 2022 at 8:23 p.m.