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Forum: NHL SigningsTue. at 7:42 p.m.
Thread: San Jose Sharks signed Will Smith (3 Years / $4,150,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AStovetop</b></div><div>Whos saying this? He's literally graded as on Par with Matthews and Hughes. Behind only the two generational talents in the Connors in the past decade. He's absolutely that guy.

You don't need a generational talent to win a cup. Look at LA 2012 &amp; 14. Look at the four teams remaining, only Edmonton has a player of the caliber that you're talking about. You might as well just tell every team that's not Edmonton, Chicago, or Colorado to stop trying because according to you, if you don't have a top 5 player in the league you have no chance at a cup.

Do you think Smith is going to take this team from 32 to a bubble team? No they're still rebuilding. Also Smith has said that he's willing to play in the AHL if that's what's best for his development.

You have genuinely no clue about this sport</div></div>

He has not graded out on par with Matthews and Hughe.
There is no point in talking with someone who makes crap up as they go.
Forum: Armchair-GMTue. at 5:38 p.m.
Thread: Blues
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AC14</b></div><div>His skating hasn't been an issue. And he's only 31, 34 at the end of his contract.

Age doesn't always mean that skating is gone.

If you look at Saad's career he's been about consistent as they come.

There wouldn't be a dump cost to Saad, it's a short term, very low risk pretty market value deal for a guy with his production. It's a much lower risk contract than Acciari is given his playstyle.</div></div>

he's 32 this season.
He's not the player he use to be. He use to be a guy hard to play against known more for his defensive game but having offensive upside. That part of his game is going going gone.
Like I said, a few years ago, I would have acquired him. now, now no thanks.

Acciari's contract isn't an issue. At most he costs 800k or so against the cap if he's buried. Saad on the other hand is a 4.5 mil cap hit.
I'd much rather have Acciari's contract than Saad's
Forum: NHL SigningsTue. at 5:04 p.m.
Thread: San Jose Sharks signed Will Smith (3 Years / $4,150,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>A_Habs_fan</b></div><div>Celebrini arguably is a generational talent, Smith and Eklund both look like future elite players</div></div>

Celebrini is one of the lowest level 1OA in years. Many scouts have pointed that out. This is not a great draft.
He graded out lower than Bedard in CHI, and Beniers in SEA who was 2OA and is graded out as a 1st liner not franchise level talent.

He's also already graded lower than the next two years 1OA who are already known.

I don't really know how else to break that down for you. He's not that guy. Not saying he's not going to be a decent player. High possibility he is.
But he's not that guy.

You can be mad about it all you want, I just don't get the joy of heading a team dead set into mediocrity. They are already at the bottom.... keep tanking... that should be the goal. Not playing the youth. **** sit them in the AHL if you have to. Keep tanking.
Forum: NHL SigningsTue. at 4:59 p.m.
Thread: San Jose Sharks signed Will Smith (3 Years / $4,150,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HockeyScotty</b></div><div>You have strong opinions about it clearly but I'm just asking for clarification.

All it sounds like to a 3rd party (I'm not a Sharks fan) is:

" Sharks fans are idiots for listening to all the hype about their young players and getting irrationally excuberant because everyone in the media is not a qualified analyst/idiot and instead should be listening to me because I said so: even though I've provided no reasoning for my opinion"</div></div>

I've provided plenty of reasoning.
Nothing there says franchise level player.. your odds of winning a cup without one are low.
In the last 10 years it's a 30% of those winners didn't have one.... some say Eichel on VGK played like one so could be 20%. But I don't buy that as I don't view Eichel as a FP and neither do most other people.

Point clearly made, is rushing a team into mediocrity isn't helping the team. People way to excited to run into mediocrity....aka like LA fans. They should be trying to stay on the bottom right now. Not bringing in every good young talent at a young age. Which will prevent them from finishing 1OA again.

Go ask LA fans now what they think, and most of them realize they are stuck in the middle now. Which is the worst place to be.
Fact is next year and the year after have much better high end talent in the draft. 26 has a generational level player in it..... they real plan is keep losing.