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Matt1567

Matt1567
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Forum: Armchair-GM12 hours ago
Thread: Marner
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MitchJr</b></div><div>I mean - no law against posting trades but 🤦🏻. Why would either team do this? Why would Marner waive to join a rebuilding team (in a contract year)? Why would Marner agree to waive and then extend in Anaheim? Why would a rebuilding team move assets for a player like Marner when they are far from competitive window? I could keep going but… you get the message</div></div>

Anaheim are reportedly looking for a top 6 RW, and while they're bad now if all Marner cares about is getting paid Anaheim is the place for him (idk if he does but it's possible), while the Ducks can't possibly get any worse and have a very promising future with the abundance of prospects they've drafted/acquired. They move on from Vatrano and Gibson who are both unlikely to be around when the team is at its best, a young depth forward whose had injury problems but has been solid when healthy, a defensive prospect whose not necessarily got a spot going forward, and some picks that likely aren't good enough to make them regret getting Marner and Liljegren.

As for the leafs, they get a goalie on a reasonable deal assuming he can bounce back, which I think he can given how bad the team infront of him has been, a hyman-esque winger in Vatrano whose cheap, and 2 young players that could develop into full-time NHLers if they're not there already, plus some picks to restock the prospect cupboards or acquire other pieces, while clearing up cap space to add in free agency / trades
Forum: Armchair-GM15 hours ago
Forum: Armchair-GMSun. at 3:20 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 23 at 10:34 a.m.
Thread: Questions for my fellow Habs fans
I'm skeptical on Reinhart because he's broke out in a contract year, which in the past has happened a lot and then the player gets paid and drops back to their former self, if Reinhart's not scoring 50+ goals then I don't think he's worth 10+ million, I looked at Reinhart as a really intriguing option last summer (looking ahead at the upcoming FA crop) but I think he's priced himself out of interest to me, I just don't trust that he'll score as much. His career shooting % before this season was 14.2%, this season he scored 24.5% of his shots, that's unsustainable, just like Kuzmenko last year who shot 27.3% and with the Canucks this season only shot 12.7%, he's bounced back in Calgary to 24.1%, but the point is had he shot his career average percentage he'd have 33 goals, a drop of 24 goals, and a player with 33g 37a 70points isn't worth 10+ million, but he'll get it and whoever pays it to him better hope his shooting % stays above 20%.

That being said, if Jake Guentzel hits the market we better make an attempt to get him, everyones biggest concern with him was how good is he without Crosby, well this season the answer is 0.43 points per game better without "the guy that carried him." The only downside with Guentzel is that he's a little older, but I think he'll still be productive 6-7 years from now
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 22 at 8:31 p.m.
Forum: Fauteuil - DGApr. 20 at 8:10 p.m.
Thread: Anderson cap dump
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>People think of a "cap dump" as a player with a high cap hit who's no longer worth that amount. That's incorrect . . . or, at least, incomplete. The definition of a "cap hit" is a player who is no longer worth his cap hit <strong>which is a burden to his team because it brings them too close to the cap ceiling</strong>. You have $20 million in cap space here and plenty of open roster slots, so Anderson isn't a burden that way, either. I think that it's foolish to expend resources getting rid of a contract which may be a visual annoyance but is little more. Even buying him out is preferable to this, no matter what the cost is.

I've had this discussion previously with Habs fans who say But we need the cap space that would be taken up by Anderson's buyout down the line 2, 3, 4 seasons from now to re-sign x, y or z. I think you can afford to wait to cross that bridge when, and if, you get there.</div></div>

a man with logic, not too many of them around here.