SalarySwishSalarySwish
Avatar

turtlemountain

Member Since
Jun. 20, 2015
Favourite Team
Colorado Avalanche
Forum Posts
2697
Posts per Day
0.8
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 24 at 7:38 p.m.
Thread: Buy Now for a cup
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>csick</b></div><div>Byram looks horrible , look at what Jfresh last posted</div></div>

He’s been up and down this year but man I hate when people just look at a percentile and ignore all components and other factors that go into that result.

Similar **** happened with Girard last year. WAR models had him as a bad player because he was worse with Jack Johnson than other Avs defensemen were. Reality was: Girard and JJ don’t have chemistry. Now Girard is 80%+ in those same models.

I’m not an anti analytics guy by any means and don’t get me wrong: Byram hasn’t been great for most of the year and it’s frustrating knowing how good he’s been for stretches. But people lose a lot in translation when they take a player card and think it tells the whole story.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 21 at 2:17 p.m.
Thread: Avs Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Xspyrit</b></div><div>It also doesn't work for Ottawa. They already have to trade Brannstrom at some point to make a spot for Kleven. And they also have the Chabot vs Chychrun debate

Girard is not the type of player and body the Sens need to add on defense.

Sanderson - Zub
Chabot/Chychrun - ??????
Kleven - ??????/JBD/Guenette

Also, Forsberg is better than Korpisalo, just has run into injury problems a bit... Unfortunately Dorion was a really bad GM and went after the wrong guy, or at least gave him a contract with too much term

If the Sens make that trade, they would then have to trade Girard and find another goalie. If you think you can make a significant enough profit do it but that also doesn't really happen this way in the NHL. Teams trade from a position of strength to fill a position of need or make a simple "hockey trade"</div></div>

Yeah I’m speaking for Colorado specifically. Setting aside individual team needs, the value isn’t there.
Forum: Fauteuil - DGFeb. 17 at 9:23 a.m.
Thread: Some ideas
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Larrylnh</b></div><div>What would you change?</div></div>

COL just doesn’t have a use for Matheson. He wouldn’t get PP time and wouldn’t be used on the top pairing. Basically, he’d be cast in the same role as Byram: a solid player that probably needs more ice time.

The only difference is that Matheson is older, more established, and more expensive. The end result here is that you have one of Girard, Manson, or Matheson on your third pairing. Each of those guys makes $4.5-$5M. That’s too much to commit to long term.

I’m a Barron stan, but he doesn’t fit in Colorado. The Avs tend to use their bottom pair for a PK vet (like Jack or Erik Johnson). Barron is not that.

I don’t know if the value is off necessarily, it just doesn’t address Colorado’s needs: a 2C.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 17 at 12:58 a.m.
Thread: Offer sheet I hardly know her sheet
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Campabee</b></div><div>Once again you know nothing about the crap you spew, Matheson has 21 ESP, last I checked 21 &gt; 19. The fact that Girard (who is supposed to be an offensive D man) doesn't get PP time is a statement about how little he is trusted by his coaches. I know that being from Boston it's hard for you to grasp the concept of numbers and math in general but please try at least before you make a fool out of yourself (oops too late)!! You know just cause you are a Bruins fan doesn't mean that everyone is automatically better than all Habs players right?</div></div>

You’ve said a lot of nonsense in this thread, but blaming Girard for not being a PP QB over Cale Makar (the best PP guy in the world) and Devon Toews (PP1 on most teams in the league) is the worst of the bunch.