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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 16 at 4:56 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 16 at 8:58 a.m.
Thread: Ullmark to LA - Lindholm and Hanifin via Free Agency
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CBA</b></div><div>Thanks for the feedback guys
I got to say some things tho since I didn’t elaborate

- I know Lindholm contract isn’t a nice one. I just went for the higher end that I think a team could give him. It could definitely be less.

- Ullmark trade : the 2025 1st round pick could be replace with a 2nd round pick &amp; switch Jack Hughes for Arthur Kaliyev maybe ? Just spitballing.

- The backup position wasn’t that important. Any UFA vet on a 1 year deal or if management are good to go with Bussi/DiPietro, then be it</div></div>

worth noting, friedman made it sound like he thinks boston had the best offer in on lindholm, but wouldn't do it without an extension worked out - so vancouver got him. I'm guessing if they were offering 7x9, he would be a bruin now.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 15 at 11:52 a.m.
Thread: Celebrini
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>habitantlecolon</b></div><div>hockey is a 200ft game. I'd rather build the offense aspect of a guy who's already suited on the def awareness part of the sport than build the def aspect of the game for an offense-first player.</div></div>

This is an exceptionally bad take.

First of all, I would argue that it is easier to get a young talented player to learn and improve defensively as long as they are willing (that is on coaching, culture, and systems) than it is to get a mediocre player that is decent defensively to get better offensively.

Second of all do you even watch Zegras play, or are you just running with that narrative? Here is his career numbers on the rebuilding Ducks in comparison to Suzuki's numbers on the rebuilding habs.

ZEGRAS: 47.14 GF%, 47.09 xGF%
SUZUKI: 46.65 GF%, 47.47 xGF%

I'd wager you think highly of Suzuki, and yet the net results and expected results in terms of Goal % between the 2 players are pretty similar.

For reference here is Kakko's numbers on the contending rangers:

KAKKO: 50.40 GF%, 49.64 xGF%

Not even that much better than Zegras and Suzuki playing mostly sheltered minutes on a contender. However what Suzuki and Zegras bring individually is way beyond anything Kakko does.