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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 1, 2022 at 7:52 p.m.
Thread: Hello there sharks fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tkecanuck341</b></div><div>I don't think you realize how much "significant salary retention" costs. Toronto had to pay a 1st round pick to Carolina to get them to eat Marleau's $6.25M contract for 1 season, and Marleau wasn't even going to play for them.

There's 5 years remaining on Karlsson's contract, so at $4M retention, you're asking San Jose to eat more than 3x of what Carolina had to eat on Marleau. You're also getting a top quality offensive defenseman, even if he is a defensive liability these days.

As you can see from the chart above, he's still an offensive "star" in the league, he just has a bad reputation because he plays on a bad team and is suspect in his own zone.</div></div>

Right Toronto (the team Marleau was on) traded a 1st round pick to Carolina to get them to buyout Marleau which was 6.25 million dead cap. If SJ wants to get rid of at least some of that Karlsson cap hit because he hasn’t been the 11+ million dman that they hoped he’d be, they won’t get much. They probably won’t have to pay to get rid of him because they aren’t hurting terribly for space and Karlsson is still playing decently, but he’s not spectacular. So I doubt even with 40-50% retention he gets more than a 1st and top prospect at best.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 31, 2022 at 10:17 p.m.
Thread: Sabres
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Buffalove</b></div><div>I go to Pens games (in Pittsburgh) every single year- i have family in the Pittsburgh area
And i often cheer for them in the playoffs, since my Sabres have been terrible

Zucker is beat up &amp; has missed significant time 3 years in a row now- missing half the season or more in the last 2 years

U really think you’re gonna get something, for a 30+ year old goal scorer, who:
-doesn’t score at the rate he used to (scores at about a 15goal per full season pace now)
-misses half the season with injury
-costs a 5.5mil cap hit (eliminating many teams that simply can’t fit him in)
-and has a 10years NTC which eliminates even more teams

🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sure pal, good luck with that

He’s a Cap dump
PIT will have to pay to get rid of him</div></div>

Well thanks for clarifying that you don’t watch the pens. That was pretty obvious before though lol
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 29, 2022 at 6:36 a.m.
Thread: Sabres
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Buffalove</b></div><div>It’s not that far off

Dumoulin gets you a 2nd at best, maybe only a 3rd
What’s Hornqvist worth at half price? A 3rd?
So that swap is close to being even

And to get rid of Zucker, it’s gonna cost you a 2nd
So less that a 1st, but not too far off


Your counter proposal is straight up trolling</div></div>

It won’t cost anything to get out of Zuckers contract lol. Anyone that thinks it would simply doesn’t watch hockey outside of their own team. But it’s par for the course here when it comes to pens players lol. They said it would take at least a 2nd to get rid of Gudbranson, at least a 2nd to get rid of Bjugstad, at least a 1st to get rid of Hornqvist, etc. The pens always seem to find a way to not have to pay to get rid of player. Zucker is better than all of those players. Why would the pens spend a 1st and a top 4 defenseman just to bring back Hornqvist? Who by the way they traded because he doesn’t fit here anymore. He is way too slow.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 24, 2022 at 6:51 p.m.
Thread: Pens
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>WhyWait</b></div><div>Yeah, the guy that ignores Hallander and the 1st because they haven't played a game yet tells me that I am using EA Sports logic. You need to Google both "logic" and "strawman".</div></div>

I didn’t ignore them. They haven’t played a game for the team and possibly never will whether they are here or not. And even if they would, Hallander’s ceiling is a solid bottom 6 and a late first is likely a middle 6 player. Miller is a top line player that is a ppg + player and has positional flexibility. Poolman gives the team another veteran RHD. All for a guy that has played what? Like 80 games in 2.5 seasons with the pens, a prospect who has yet to play a game for the team and whose ceiling is bottom 6, a late 1st rounder that’s no guarantee, and a 2nd pair RHD who may get better but may not. But you stick to your ea logic while the rest of us know you have to give something up to get something.