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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 23, 2023 at 2:03 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 28, 2022 at 2:37 p.m.
Thread: Hurry Up Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Quillanrocks</b></div><div>Seattle is not trading a pick for Tyson Barrie . . . none from this year's draft, anyway. I don't think Barrie would be of 2nd Round pick value to Seattle, either. (Curious what his value would be across the league knowing "what" he is and "what" Edmonton is up against.)

Anyhow, I'd wager that draft picks are more important to the Kraken franchise than any other in the league, currently. Plus, UFA period comes AFTER the draft. Kraken will take a stab at Klingberg, perhaps others, before even considering a trade for Tyson Barrie.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JBrger18</b></div><div>I appreciate your kind and thorough response. I can see where you are coming from with the priority in picks and I can completely agree. I think Barrie could warrant a 2nd round pick elsewhere like PIT if Letang doesn't sign back. The only reason I picked a second from this years draft was that the draft class doesn't seem as deep compared to next years, so I was valuing it less than the 2023 pick. Although if EDM can't sign back Kulak for like $2.5M I would like to see them looking for a Barrie for Soucy trade or something.</div></div>

Can I just say how much I appreciate you two. I'm sick of seeing trades and comments are like " this is dumb" "X team would never do this" and that's it. It's nice to see not everyone is grumpy on this site.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 28, 2022 at 9:47 a.m.
Thread: Possible
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Kjell_Forsman</b></div><div>Sharks don’t even consider. SJ knows how bad Oilers want Kane and will use that to their advantage. Oilers are simply not a contender without Kane.</div></div>

I don't think you are necessarily wrong but you forget how badly the Sharks don't want Kane to come back either. I'm not an expert on SJ at all but just looking at their cap situation, if they have to take on Kanes 7 million a year I think they will need to get rid of him this summer to make it work.

I also don't know how many other teams really want Kane so their options to get rid of him might be limited. As far as I've read (so obviously there could be more) the only other team interested in Kane at the time was Washington so the trade market for him might be limited.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 7, 2022 at 10:53 a.m.
Thread: Buyout Nation
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CD282</b></div><div>Smith isn't getting bought out weeks after taking the Oilers to the Conference Finals for the first time in 16 years. That's really dumb.

And the Kraken trade is a loss for Edmonton, they aren't doing that. Keith has more value than Soucy and Barrie has more than Driedger, so Edmonton isn't adding a 1st.</div></div>

I disagree . The first overall might be a bit of an overpayment (depending on how a team values Barrie) but Smith is not a starting goalie because he can't stay healthy long enough. Driedger is a goalie who could have a bounce back and I'd feel better with Driedger/Skinner over Smith/Skinner. Plus if you think of this trade as a way to keep Kane, Poolparty and Yammo then it makes a ton of sense.

My only gripe with this Armchair GM is I'd like to see Kassian traded as a cap dump, not bought out but I don't know the market for him right now.

Overall though I really like this from an Oiler perspective