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Forum: Armchair-GM13 hours ago
Thread: Marner to Seattle
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TMLBRIAN</b></div><div>Thanks!! I Knew about Florida, Alaska, Tennessee and Texas. Didn't know the others. I am Canadian so I don't need to know them all. But being a hockey nerd, this is helpful info. So thank you!

But I am surprised Washington state is on that list!</div></div>

Yeah, Washington is definitely the outlier, but even then, I'm not really surprised that a far-west state with a lot of public land and frontier-like space is on this list. Outside Seattle/Tacoma, Washington state is basically Idaho, which is extremely right-wing. New Hampshire might be New England but they're very leave-me-alone libertarian-right wing there, so I'm not surprised to see them on the list. And neither Wyoming nor North Dakota has enough people for income tax to matter anyway.
Forum: Armchair-GMSat. at 3:28 p.m.
Thread: Potential price to move up
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jacketsman61</b></div><div>Could you imagine if we hired Holland and he didn’t have a say in who we drafted at 4OA? Not likely. If it is an experienced GM they will likely want to have a say on that pick.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dk325</b></div><div>You're not getting that the new GM can literally be blocked from participating by his previous team as a requirement for allowing him to be hired. It's not a debate, it's an a or b thing based on what the previous team mandates.</div></div>

Exactly. It’s essentially a non-compete, and when the industry only involves 32 maximum jobs who all have to work together, honoring things like that is critically important.

If it’s Hunter or someone else currently outside the NHL, then sure, no restrictions. But if it’s Tulsky or Holland or Bergevin or someone we haven’t publicly even heard mention of, I’d be surprised if the Hurricanes, Oilers, or Kings didn’t request that courtesy in exchange for letting their employee go.
Forum: Armchair-GMFri. at 4:05 p.m.
Thread: upgrade----gt2025
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>kysovich</b></div><div>In my opinion, Columbus is an overcrowded mess, they need to do something.... to move in the right direction... or they going to lose all those valuable prospects... there are only so many spots on the team... just like the Kings starting to loose their high-valued prospects if they don't move them for the right fit...</div></div>

So they should trade the actual best player on the team for some late picks, a bust, a C-grade-at-best prospect, and a Finnish guy with an approximately .7% chance of coming to North America? And that's ignoring the fact he's got a full NMC and no interest in moving anyway. He's the player you make all the other moves around, not the one you move out. I mean I know you're a Kings fan so you don't understand asset management after watching Blake fumble the bag, but come on. You don't get to be condescending like "Columbus is such a mess and I'm just trying to help them" then propose a trade that makes them actively worse.

Also, Werenski and DuBois do not like each other, and Mr. Dubious is your problem for most of the next decade.