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zreich4

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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 15, 2021 at 10:25 p.m.
Thread: What is with all the insane Eichel valuations
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BCAPP</b></div><div>Fiala is a top line player, but a top line winger also isn't as good as most people think.

Perhaps it's just that the leafs really need a guy like Greenway that makes me appreciate him so much more (I say as a Leafs fan)</div></div>

Fiala puts up similar numbers to guys like Boeser, Tkachuk, Svechnikov, Gaudreau, Nylander, Barzal, Couturier and Ehlers while playing with bottom six players. He's ahead of guys like Reinhart, Laine, Forsberg, Kuznetsov. All of those players play with their teams best forwards. If you gave Fiala similar linemates to those types, he'd be putting up top 20-25 numbers league wide. Probably point per game paces.

The reason Fiala and Kaprizov don't play together is because the Wild coaching staff wanted to spread the offense across lines, rather than have one super line and not much else. The fact that they're considered roughly equal offensive talents should tell you what you need to know.

Fiala is dangerously good at generating offense and very few people outside of Minnesota realize that because they look at the stat lines and see that he's "nothing special", rather than watching him play and understanding the context behind the numbers.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 15, 2021 at 10:00 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 13, 2021 at 10:52 a.m.
Thread: For fun
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>zreich4</b></div><div>First point I hope he can get more than 3 years. This contract is practically a worse case scenario.

Second point no argument.

Third point I have to disagree. Kessel only having one year left, can still score, and brings another right hand shot to a lineup (more importantly PP) that could use more. Just for the fact that we get out of 3 years of Parise's cap hit is a win in my book. However in Russo's article on the Athletic today he did come out and say we would still be on the hook for recapture penalties even with a buy out so maybe Parise will stay.</div></div>

From the 3rd point, my perspective is wild have like a zillion Wingers, and by trading for Kessel, you are preventing Matt boldy from having any chance at playing unless it's injury.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 4, 2021 at 7:29 p.m.
Thread: Off season
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>zreich4</b></div><div>Yea and no. I’m a fan not a GM. It addresses the biggest need this franchise has. But like everyone says the trade is more than likely going to hurt at least somewhat to acquire him.</div></div>

Yeah because we have 145k in cap space with no 13th forward or 7th defenseman, no money left to meaningfully upgrade the roster in any way in the next 2-3 years, you can't give anyone raises, you desperately need cheap talent and you traded Boldy and three firsts away so you don't have any.

Hockey is a team game. Winning the Cup is about having guys playing above their contracts. Most of your money is going to guys who can not realistically play above their contracts.

Eichel is a great player. If we could sign him as a UFA for 10M this summer without giving anything up for him, we still probably couldn't without losing a good piece or two to the salary cap. But trading for him compounds the issue because of what you're also giving up to acquire him. He's just not worth it, even though he is a true 1C.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 4, 2021 at 7:25 p.m.
Thread: Off season
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>sabres89</b></div><div>Taking rask, for instance, is taking cap. Taking parise thats going to cost 8 million a year in cap for the next 4 years, thats something different. I bet it costs those 3 firsts, PLUS, just to get somebody to buy parise out. That makes the rest of the package boldy (obviously nice), dumba who doesnt fit our timeline, and khovanov, which seems pretty light for eichel.</div></div>

Um, Parise doesn't cost $8M in cap for the next 4 years if he's bought out... that's ludicrous. It only gets that close in years 3 and 4. Even then that's an exaggeration.

It's spread out over 8 Years.

Year 1: $2.37M
Year 2: $6.37M
Years 3-4: $7.37M
Years 5-8: $833k

If I'm Guerin, I stay away from this deal anyway. I agree with <a href="/users/Caerii" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@Caerii</a>.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 19, 2021 at 10:38 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 19, 2021 at 5:48 a.m.
Thread: Win now
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Mintyfresh</b></div><div>I would imagine Kaprizov does a bridge contract. If he does sign long term, I'd imagine it more around 7.5 mark. I don't think Minnesota is gonna just give him 9 mil for 8 years so quickly. Although Nolan Patrick isn't worth what you are giving up for him at his current point, I could imagine the Flyers trying to use him as a trade piece or as a sweetener in expansion for the Kraken to take Voracek's gigantic contract.</div></div>

Here's the problem with a bridge deal:

- If we give him a 3 year deal, he's just reached UFA. Obviously a bad move,
- If we give him a 2 year deal, he's still an RFA, but now he has all the leverage in negotiations. We have no power and if he wants out, all he has to do is elect to go to arb where we have to give him a 1 year deal then he's a UFA and gone.

Our options are a 1 year deal or long term. We can give him a 1 year contract to make sure he's legit, but if he has another great year or does even better, his price keeps going up. It's a slight risk going long term, but Kirill just turned 24 a couple weeks ago so even on an 8 year deal, he'd only be 32 at the end of it. We'd be out of the deal before he starts to fall off too much.