villenash

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Forum: Armchair-GMFri at 11:21 am
Thread: Trash Nashs Stash
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MG1986</b></div><div>Nashville is receiving more offense here, which is what they are lacking and Bracco should be the NHL. He is too soft on the back-checking, which is why I think he would flourish on a team like Nashville, where playing defense is written each of these players' DNA. In my opinion, Barrie is worth a 1st and a mid-level prospect, so Nash could either parlay that, or use Barrie, and I think he would do well in Nashville too, because their D is also pretty defensive-minded, which would allow Barrie to be more himself (aka offensive).</div></div>

Maybe in past years, but not this year. Nashville is all offense and no defense/goaltending this year. So this deal doesn't really help them in that regard. They are scoring goals, just can't keep them out of their own net. Again, just not the right pieces for the Preds. If they make a move like this, it would be in the off-season too. Preds may sell - in which case, Granlund, Smith, Hamhuis, Weber, Irwin, Bonino, or Grimaldi could be traded, or they may buy - in which case, they would be looking for depth D and PK-specialist forward depth.
Forum: Armchair-GMFri at 9:47 am
Thread: FORget about the other trades - would this work - NSH NJ
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Propeller09</b></div><div>Don't want this come off as bad - I think Forsberg is awesome and I would take him on the Bruins in a heartbeat, but does he not seem like he should be better? I don't watch him daily, but when I see Preds games, he is force. I know he is still young, but I feel like he should be pushing 100pts/Panarin like numbers. How come he isn't getting there?</div></div>

I think injuries have hurt his progress a bit - two years ago he had 64 points in 67 games which was his best ppg year, last year 50 in 64, and this year 40 in 53 so far. But this year is a down year for nearly the whole Preds team except for Josi, Ellis, Bonino, and Grimaldi basically. He looked unstoppable with Duchene at the start of the year, but that fizzled when he got injured. I think if he could stay healthy for a full season he would get 75+ points and that would boost his confidence for the following season. Unfortunately, he can also get a bit lazy sometimes so that doesn't help either. But other times, he puts the team on his back (much like Josi can). All in all, I think it's mostly related to health and confidence, and when healthy, he is a beast.
Forum: Armchair-GMThu at 11:11 am
Thread: Solidification
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Blynasty</b></div><div>I suppose the pick could be made to a 2nd, conditional 1st if he resigns but the chances of that are fairly slim. He could have to excel, which would likely mean getting paid at his current level or better, which the Penguins wouldn't be able to afford. So it would essentially be a 2nd round pick. Prospect probably gets lower as Hallander is likely the 3rd best regarded offensive prospect in the Penguins system. Granlund fits that age range the Penguins could get the most use out of in the Crosby/Malkin era, but the move-out requirements would be pretty heavy.</div></div>

Maybe performance-based condition as opposed to a re-signing condition then. But I think that you're right though on your initial thoughts of what Poile would want out of a Granlund trade considering he gave up Fiala to get him. I have the feeling that if he doesn't see something he likes then he will just sit on Granlund and try to sign him in the off-season. That would be a big miss for Poile if he doesn't either re-sign Granlund or get a good return for him in a trade. Luckily Granlund is playing much better since Hynes has been head coach, so maybe that is upping his trade value.
Forum: Armchair-GMTue at 11:18 pm
Thread: Trades
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gmgb</b></div><div>If Petry agrees to a trade to NSH, the Preds don't have to honour the NMC/NTC. Subban had a clause that was set to kick in after he was traded to the Preds, and Poile declined to honour it.


Given some of the trades that have gone down so far, I think you could get more than a 2nd for Smith - especially if you're retaining $2M.</div></div>

I think that only worked with Subban because his NMC hadn't kicked in yet - Petry already has those conditions in his contract this and next year.- if the player currently has an active NTC or whatever and gets traded then they don't suddenly lose that clause in their contract. I think it is still there - it's part of the contract. For instance - Zucker was just traded and he has a modified NTC this year and the following three years in his contract. He waived it to go to PIT, but he will still have those conditions while in PIT even though he was traded. So if PIT ever trades Zucker again, his modified NTC is still part of the equation - he still has it in his contract according to this site too. So Petry would still have those conditions as well. That's my understanding, but maybe I'm off somewhere