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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 24 at 1:32 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 19 at 12:32 a.m.
Thread: werent there like 5 or 6 injuries a couple of weeks ago
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Canucks33</b></div><div>Assuming full health Stone takes that last spot at 2RW. I think its interesting that Mantha would be in over Howden or Roy given that those other guys are more suited to the bottom 6, have established chemistry and Mantha's history as an inconsistent player. I've been a big Dorofeyev fan from his draft days but I don't see how Cassidy plays a 23 year old over the other guys.

The amount of players this team has is ludicrous.</div></div>

Will be interesting to see what Cassidy does. I'd like to think the top 6 guys and the 4th line will all be in the lineup assuming they're all healthy no matter what. The only question mark to me is who will be Karlsson's wingers and all of Mantha, Amadio, Howden, and Dorofeyev (Dorofeyev least likely) will be considered and could be deployed pending their form and the matchup.
Although his usage in the playoffs might not be that high Dorofeyev has a great chance to be a quality middle 6 contributor for a long time and I'm really hopeful that GM's lack of offer sheeting will continue because cap should be tight and if someone did want to they could really handcuff the Knights on Doro
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 12 at 4:03 p.m.
Thread: Next year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>rosenj</b></div><div>Vegas gave Pacioretty away for future considerations. It's less about worth and more about other teams knowing that Vegas needs to do these deals to make room for the players they actually want to sign, so they don't have a ton of leverage. I'm not saying this exact trade would be the one to go through, maybe a third wouldn't need to be added (although ~4 million is quite a bit of cap to dump for free), and maybe it wouldn't be with the Preds, it's more about the idea of dumping those players to make room for signing Hanifin, Marchessault, and Stephenson.</div></div>

Pacioretty is a lazy comparison. Guy on the wrong side of 30 with a 7M cap hit coming off a season that he missed more than half the games because of injury is not the same as a 27 year old at 3M for 3 more years having a career year. He could take Stephenson's place in the lineup today and it would be hardly noticeable, there's no reason to prioritize him over Roy especially when the Hertl trade was effectively choosing Hertl over Stephenson long term. Saying that Vegas has a history of dumping guys out for new ones is not wrong, but there's no cap dump comparable to Roy to suggest he's close to being the next one.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 11 at 2:26 p.m.
Thread: Post-Cup Crunch
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BruinsWoahWoah</b></div><div>I would imagine Marchessault would be about the same price as the $4M that is allocated to Stephenson here. IMO Vegas would essentially have to decide to move on from both Stepheson and Marchessault to re-sign Hanifin. I don't think the $1.9M of moving Howden is really going to move the needle - would probably be a cap saving of just about $1M to replace with a minimum contract and there would be a real lack of depth at the F position (see: Kolesar as 2RW).

Maybe Roy gets moved?</div></div>

Roy should be last on the list to move he's excellent. Lots of corners will need to be cut in the offseason. Start with not giving Dorofeyev close to 2M for ~70 games of NHL duty. Howden 1.9M might not move the needle too much but the list of people to move should still start with him he's replaceable. Decent chance you have to move one of McNabb, Hague, Whitecloud, or Korczak. Definitely choose Marchessault over Stephenson if given the reasonable option. Unless they're truly committed to being the mercenary team, <em>someone</em> needs to be given the chance at a VGK retirement and Marchessault is the best candidate assuming his ask isn't outrageous. Will need to be nickel and dimeing going on that won't be easy and might get uncomfortable but they'll figure it out somehow I'm sure.
Forum: NHL TradesMar. 8 at 6:09 p.m.
Thread: (SJS/VGK) - Hertl, 2025 3rd (SJS), 2027 3rd (SJS) for Edstrom, 2025 1st (VGK)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tupty</b></div><div>VGK fans help me out here. Was center a position of concern? Does this make it harder to replace Martinez in the offseason? Does it make a Hanafin extension impossible? And doesn't this all but send either Marchessault or Stephenson packing due to the cap?

I think VGK soundly wins the trade with those 3rds going back, but why does Vegas make this move from a strategy standpoint? Are they going to try and flip him in a year or something?</div></div>

100% signals the end for one of the two, likely Stephenson and will make retaining Marchessault difficult. Shouldn't affect Hanifin deal. Center was not a position of concern but they like being strong down the middle and this only reinforces that.