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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 19, 2023 at 9:35 p.m.
Thread: Reeling in a Giant Hani-finned Squid
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ledge_And_Dairy</b></div><div>Why do you think Sprong can't move up the depth chart in Seattle but can in Calgary? Huberdeau, Toffoli, Mangiapane, Dube, Coleman, Coronato, Pelletier, Duehr, Ruzicka. Calgary is at no shortage of middle 6 wingers</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>yycofred</b></div><div>To your point here, I don't think the value is off by much but I don't think the Flames would look at a guy like Sprong as they have Dube, Mangiapane, Pelletier, Coronato, Coleman, who all either do or should be putting up similar production next season. The Flames have enough of what Sprong already brings. If they're moving Hanifin I think it will be in a deal that's worked around a more sure thing forward or futures I don't think they're in a spot to take a chance on a guy who hasn't consistently produced throughout his career.</div></div>

Appreciate the perspective. Seattle could easily switch out Sprong for another draft pick in a Hanifin trade. That would probably fit Francis' trading MO anyway, he typically trades draft picks to acquire players instead of using prospects or current roster players.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 14, 2023 at 6:45 p.m.
Thread: Dhhdjdj
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>yycofred</b></div><div>As a guy who has gone to basically full time lurking on this website since Nov. because of how toxic it can make people (including myself) dont fall into these two idots traps. the wrangler guy just wants to argue with everyone i think havlf his posts are just to bait the RnR guy. the RnR guy did say weird stuff about smashing the other guys mom and underaged sister after threating to smash in the guys face, was a wild thread to say the least. both are absolute morons who want to feel right as opposed to propsing ideas that people can critique. Tough to enjot this website with guys like that around, enjoy it for what it is though and the good convos that can come from it.

Vlad should start most of the game down the stretch. Markstrom should get the tougher halves of the b2b's (Dal, LA, Vegas, Winnipeg) cause if the flames get into the playoffs Markstrom will start unfortunately, we saw it happen with Smith and Rittich in 18/19, with 4 back to backs it might not be the split that fans want right now, i bet vladar gets 13 - 16 of the final 28. markstrom will be here to stay though, the only valid point from above here is that he has a full NMC that was crucial to him when negotiating his deal.</div></div>
Thank you for the positive response. Wish their were more people like you!!
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 5, 2022 at 2:51 p.m.
Thread: Flames interested in Josh Anderson
Look, as a plea to all Montreal fans with their prospective Josh Anderson trades, at least look at a team's future cap if you're going to try and dump Anderson on them.

Calgary literally cannot do this. They gave out about $9.1M in raises to Jonathan Huberdeau, Mackenzie Weegar, and Dan Vladar with the idea that Lucic's $5.25M is expiring this year. There's no way they can fit the 3 additional years of Josh Anderson onto their cap without dumping a guy they currently have.

Not only is Josh Anderson definitively not worth a top prospect like Coronato *AND* a 1st, he's certainly not worth putting yourself into a cap predicament for. He's a middle-6 guy - would you add a middle-6 guy to Montreal that would require you to dump someone else's contract to get under the cap?
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 2, 2022 at 1:32 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 2, 2022 at 11:43 a.m.
Thread: The price for Josh Anderson
I've said this in other threads (today even) but as much as NHL GMs do like big, power forwards, there are enough red flags here that I can't see anyone paying a ton of money to assume the last 4 years of that contract. Getting into the Josh Anderson business through his 33rd birthday is a recipe for disaster - in the 6 seasons he's been an NHL regular, he's missed 10+ games in 3 of those (including last year), and big, physical guys tend usually don't tend to get *more* durable as they age.

I really think a cautionary tale to look at for Anderson is Milan Lucic - similar archetypes as big power forwards with a stronger offensive game than your typical bruisers (Lucic more so than Anderson, obviously.) Lucic also had a longer track record of durability - hell, to date, the 2009-10 season remains the only year he's missed more than 10 games. Lucic's age-28 season looked more or less like what you'd expected out of him to that point: 23-27-50 in 82 GP.

The next 4 years for Lucic? 34, 23, 20, &amp; 21 - these are his point totals in full seasons after he turned 29. Not saying that this guarantees Anderson's production will slow down, just saying his player type doesn't age gracefully. Even the all time best power forward types usually fall off after turning 30 - Kevin Stevens, John LeClair, Clark Gillies all saw huge drop offs and mounting injury concerns as they entered their 30s. That combined with the fact that Anderson has basically peaked as a 45-50 point type doesn't bode incredibly well for the back half of his deal.