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Forum: Armchair-GMFri. at 3:43 a.m.
Thread: Chaotic offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CowanDeBrabarian</b></div><div>I don't even know if this team makes the playoffs</div></div>

I don't know about that. I like some of the upside. Stephenson is one year removed from Selke votes and is a great 2 way centerman.

We get high upside in Necas and a motivated Arvidsson. I would say that should get Petey going.

Pesce should be motivated and who better to earn a big contract with than Hughes.

B.Dillon provides us some Toughness, reliability and ability for tough minutes. He played nearly 20 minutes per this season.

Raty is a bit of a gamble, but I think he could compliment Miller and Boeser well.

Jokiharju is also a gamble, but I'd say at that price tag, he could man the 2nd PP and being in a winning environment with Foote and Gonchar may help him elevate his play.

I really like Kastelic as a 4th line center. Gritty, wins over 50% of his draws, could be a reliable penalty killer. Potential for a solid role player.

Tufte provides some size and could follow the mold of Joshua. Him getting a 2 year deal 1 way, may allow him to elevate his game.
Forum: Armchair-GMWed. at 3:58 p.m.
Thread: necas
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Caniac2000</b></div><div>Speculation, but Pesce's better and cheaper.... the contingency has always been if Pesce walks. If Pesce stays, which is what they're hoping for, Hronek isn't needed. Burns, Pesce, Morrow on the right, Hronek... doesn't matter. Hence, no interest. As for your KK buyout BS, Friedman discredited that a week ago. Carolina like the player, other teams want the player because he is a buy low candidate. Not a dump! Stop it now. No interest in this package</div></div>

Well Pesce is coming off his worst statistical season and was injury riddled all year. So you're willing to risk your right side of your Defense with a 39 year old Burns, a rookie in Morrow and Pesce who is coming off an injury riddled season? Doesn't make much sense.

What are you expecting for these players? Do you expect teams to just swallow the whole cap hit for KK who was demoted to the 4th line and is nearly 5 million per. I see the upside, but you're not even highlighting any risk.
Forum: Armchair-GMTue. at 2:16 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 25 at 3:30 p.m.
Thread: Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Tjm220</b></div><div>Suter is a fine player, but Jokiharju has value beyond what he does. Just by virtue of the fact, he is a right handed shot defender who is only 24 and has as much experience as he does he’s worth at least a second round pick to any team across the league. If he’s the odd man out in Buffalo, they should get more than a third line Center with a one year contract walking him to UFA.

It’s a similar argument to which of the top prospects in Buffalo is expendable compared to the others. Most other teams don’t have a prospect better than any of Buffalo’s top four: Kulich, Savoie, Ostlund, Rosen. Just because one of these players may be traded to make the core roster better doesn’t mean he’s less valuable than he would be if any of the others were in another team’s system. There’s a good chance whichever of them is traded if any is the best prospect for his new team. Jokiharju will probably not be the best right handed defenseman on the next team he plays for if he gets traded. But he could be a second pairing defender where he ends up next, and the return value should reflect that. I’m not expecting a gamebreaker in return for him alone, but if he’s part of a package to get one, that’s the type of trade I could see being made.</div></div>

I don't deny there is upside there with Jokiharju, but there is stability with Suter. He's not a top echelon player, but he can play in all situations. So I would say there is some reliability there. I don't watch Buffalo a tonne, but from what I've seen some reliability could be good as they integrate more youth in their lineup. You could argue that Nucks may need to dish out a bit more, but in my opinion not much.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 25 at 11:01 a.m.
Thread: Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Tjm220</b></div><div>Suter has a one year deal before he walks. Jokiharju is an RFA Right handed defender with years of experience and is only 24. Even if they didn’t want to resign him, he has trade value after the season is over. Suter doesn’t. I would be hesitant even to trade him if Vancouver added to their side of the deal.</div></div>

Suter had a great season and is a cheap winger/center that can play up and down the lineup. There is definitely value in that. Saying that, my line of thinking is Buffalo is trying to restructure their blueline, he could be an odd man out. You've got Dahlin &amp; Samuelsson on the left side and Power, Byram on the right side, you've also got Clifton there as well. I think this could be a deal that works well for both sides.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 20 at 4:34 p.m.
Thread: Next year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AStovetop</b></div><div>Stephenson, Amadio, Duchene, Domi, Teräväinen, Sprong, Duclair, Toffoli, Marchessault. There's a lot of options better than taking on a guy like Mikheyev and every year a couple guys price themselves out from competitive teams and sign short term with a high cap hit. If sharks didn't land Celebrini it would be much harder, but they did and that'll attract some guys</div></div>

I'm sorry to say, but you're a long ways from competing. Yes, Celebrini and Smith help, but your D Core is horrendous, don't have much on the wing. Have 2 anchor contracts in Couture and Vlasic.

Marchessault is going to want in the 7 million range over multiple years. Amadio is not better than Mikheyev and Sprong is a better offensive player, but Mikheyev is definitely the stronger 2 way winger.

Duchene is on his way to a cup final, only to go to the worst team in the league after? Domi is staying with the Leafs. I think the only player you could argue is Stephenson just from the sheer overpay they would have to do.

Or 2 years of Mikheyev at manageable cap hit.