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Forum: Armchair-GM13 hours ago
Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 2:41 p.m.
Thread: Sens
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Forum: Armchair-GMTue. at 4:46 p.m.
Thread: Marner to OTT will help both teams
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Leafsfan98</b></div><div>He wasn't, but he wanted more money than what he was making in Calgary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6JoXgkDtjM... The only "playoff" aspect where Tkachuk's better than Matthews and Marner is PPs drawn which Marner has 0 control over... And at that time, Tkachuk had significantly less points per game than Marner and Matthews

Tkachuk also said he would only signed a multi year deal with 4 teams... Otherwise, he'd walk a year later... That's basically a NMC

So, both of their situations are very similar</div></div>

I think if the Leafs decide to trade Marner (which almost seems like a given based on many in your fanbase's reactions), you are going to be disappointed in the return. Maybe I'm wrong, but we'll see.
Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 10:17 p.m.
Thread: Burnt toast
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JuanDamienNebraska</b></div><div>That’s funny, I don’t remember saying that they were particularly good. Seems as if you misread or misinterpreted what I wrote. PIT isn’t trading expiring Smith only to be clogged with term on an older, middle six player. Because it is expiring, Smith’s contract is much better than Saad’s to PIT. He and his cap hit can be traded at the deadline, or walk next summer. Therefore, PIT can get younger with that space while potentially even bringing back a useful asset in the process. Pretty simple concept really. I’ll make it simple for you by repeating, one more time, something that I wrote:

I’d much rather stick it out with Graves than take on Krug’s and Saad’s contracts.

We don’t want your bad contracts. We don’t want clogged for even longer with older players. No.</div></div>

Saad is 2 years younger than Smith and is signed for one more season for $1m less AAV and he actually lived up to his contract last year. Don’t let actually facts get in the way though…
Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 5:05 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 4:25 p.m.
Thread: Tavares unmovable so had to be Marner
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KoneDome</b></div><div>Why Marner, not Matthews or Nylander.
1. Hard to judge this year, but Nylander has been good in playoffs last few years. He is strong on pucks and style of play translates to playoffs much more than Marner.
2. Matthews: you just can’t move off that talent. You keep running it back with a player of that ability as long as you can.

Wasn’t aware you can’t attach conditional picks to players signing. Maybe they both resign immediately. Marner 8x 11.25 and Buchnevich at 8x8? After that the Parayko for Liljegren isn’t outrageous to make up for the value in Marner-Buchnevich. I’d hear leafs adding mid pick or prospect.

Parayko’s NMC. Obviously it depends on that. Maybe he wants to go to a team more likely to make playoffs and win (cue jokes about leafs winning in playoffs). Per Marner, all these Marner trades are built around him waving to get out. St Louis seems like a reasonably good option for him?</div></div>

Marner turtles in the playoffs - not the type of player the Blues are looking for let alone pay $11m per year.