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Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 2:15 a.m.
Thread: Marner to Vegas
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Tderps08</b></div><div>Vegas has a few defensive pieces ready to take the next step (whitecloud, hague) which wont be as good as theodore but they can allow for it to happen and go out and get an 100 point scorer (with some salary retained for one year atleast) to replace some of the missing points in marchy and everyone. he’d fit in well with stone and eichel and without immense pressure cuz theyve already won a cup unlike Toronto he’d absolutely shine come playoff time just book it</div></div>

I wouldn't bank on that. No one is denying Marner's a great player, but he has had one weakness throughout his entire career and it's showing up when it truly matters.

Add that to the fact you'd be moving two of the most consistent playoff performers you have (Marchessault and Theodore) to a player like that and I think overall as a team Vegas is taking an L here.
Forum: Armchair-GMSun. at 4:35 p.m.
Thread: Marner to Vegas
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>carter_mackenzie24</b></div><div>Knights will lose Marchesaualt and one of Mantha or Stephenson so you get Marner with retntention for a year and give up a d-man who will get 8 mill about. So I think because of the offensive they are going to lose I think it makes some sense or they keep their team which is probably more likely</div></div>

Solving the issue of losing Marchessault/Mantha/Stephenson by trading Theodore, who is harder to replace, to an asset that's costing TWICE as much as Theodore does for the final year, just seems very counterintuitive to me.

Toronto is imo a great example of what happens to a team whose is in terms of payroll very constrained due to having several players costing almost $9M or more. Acquisition of Marner would mean that Vegas is investing almost half of their cap to Marner, Eichel, Stone and Pietrangelo - and considering they won the cup by having immense depth, this just further increases the counterintuitiveness to me.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 23 at 7:07 a.m.
Thread: Trade Deadline Predictions
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Shibbal18</b></div><div>Wow, no to that Philly trade. Seeler isn't a top 4 dman and Laughton is really f'in bad by all metrics, and Philly has been trying to move him since the summer, he's verifiably a negative. Jokiharju alone is too much, let alone Ostlund. Don't understand the point of the Edmonton trade. You also can't retain 4+ salaries</div></div>

Pretty sure it's not just Philly trying to move Laughton, there's been heavy interest for him for over a year now, some reports suggest Briere declined an offer of 1st+ in value for Laughton during last year's draft. They're not simply just gonna ship him away.

That being said, that is wayyyyy too much for him. Would be a more reasonable package without Östlund, but does BUF even need Laughton? Don't see it...