mr grieves
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I'd take a chance on Skinner and try to sign Burns as a 5/6 PP-specialist.
Armchair GM Thread 2025/26
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I'd take a chance on Skinner and try to sign Burns as a 5/6 PP-specialist.
OldTimeHockey
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Samsonov as a #3 goalie?
L K
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Scratch Appleton off the list. 2 years in Detroit at 2.9M AAV. And Suter to the Blues for 2 years @ 4M
Appleton at $2.9mil would have been a little intriguing but Suter on that deal feels like a downright steal for St. Louis. I fully expected him to be one of most overpaid players this free agency considering the lack of centres but that's maybe the best contract signed so far. He's not a perfect player but I'm kind of baffled at this deal. I'd have done this and probably even offered him a 3rd year.
dappleganger
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Yeah, not the most perfect player but I would have taken Pius on that deal.
I think Jack Roslovic is maybe the only viable center option left unsigned.
No lie was literally looking through Kunin's stats to see if he's be a fit here right before I saw this tweet. Wouldn't be the worst 4C option or 4RW if Laughton stays there.
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dappleganger
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Ok, fellas. Any chance the Leafs could pry Shane Wright out of Seattle? Something along the lines of Wright for Robertson, Danford and 2027 2nd round pick?
I doubt they'd be keen to move Wright but there has been some friction there in the past.
Thoughts?
I doubt they'd be keen to move Wright but there has been some friction there in the past.
Thoughts?
A couple of player swaps that I think make some degree of sense for both teams involved: Kampf to Vancouver for Dakota Joshua and McMann to Chicago for Tyler Bertuzzi.
Joshua's name is floating around as a trade option as he's coming off a down season and is likely going to be stuck on Vancouver's 4th line which will be too expensive for them. Vancouver also desperately needs to add a centre, particularly a penalty killing centre, after losing Suter. Joshua is 29 years old, Kampf 30. Joshua has 3 years left on his deal with a $3.25mil AAV, while Kampf of course has 2 years left at a $2.4mil AAV (which doesn't have nearly as much actual $$$ left). Joshua had 7 goals and 14 points in 57 games last season, Kampf had 5 goals and 13 points in 59 games. Joshua lost his role on Vancouver with the addition of Kieffer Sherwood, Kampf lost his with the Laughton trade. Joshua of course has the big edge in physicality, while Kampf has the edge in defensive play.
Bertuzzi's stat line looked fine with Chicago last season: 23 goals and 46 points in 82 games, but by most accounts he was underwhelming and didn't really find a good fit in Chicago's line-up. That actually led to some speculation about whether they would decide to buy him out this offseason. I highly doubt that was actually considered as it wouldn't make any sense for where they are as a team right now but it's led to further speculation that they could be looking for dump his contract. McMann gives them a suitable replacement for a fraction of the cost that they could either look to flip at the deadline or re-sign long-term. I thought about a Bertuzzi for Domi swap instead, as I've long wondered if it made sense for both teams to go after the other player in free agency last year instead, but kept Domi for now in the hopes that he can have a bounce back season in a more clearly defined role.
Throw Robertson in one of these deals as a sweetener where needed.
Bertuzzi-Matthews-Domi
Knies-Tavares-Nylander
Maccelli-Roy-Joshua
Lorentz-Laughton-Jarnkrok
Pezzetta
Rielly-Carlo
McCabe-Tanev
Benoit-OEL
Myers
Stolarz
Woll
That's a deep 22-man roster with lots of line-up flexibility and just over $1mil in cap space. Moving Jarnkrok of course still an option if more cap space is required.
Joshua's name is floating around as a trade option as he's coming off a down season and is likely going to be stuck on Vancouver's 4th line which will be too expensive for them. Vancouver also desperately needs to add a centre, particularly a penalty killing centre, after losing Suter. Joshua is 29 years old, Kampf 30. Joshua has 3 years left on his deal with a $3.25mil AAV, while Kampf of course has 2 years left at a $2.4mil AAV (which doesn't have nearly as much actual $$$ left). Joshua had 7 goals and 14 points in 57 games last season, Kampf had 5 goals and 13 points in 59 games. Joshua lost his role on Vancouver with the addition of Kieffer Sherwood, Kampf lost his with the Laughton trade. Joshua of course has the big edge in physicality, while Kampf has the edge in defensive play.
Bertuzzi's stat line looked fine with Chicago last season: 23 goals and 46 points in 82 games, but by most accounts he was underwhelming and didn't really find a good fit in Chicago's line-up. That actually led to some speculation about whether they would decide to buy him out this offseason. I highly doubt that was actually considered as it wouldn't make any sense for where they are as a team right now but it's led to further speculation that they could be looking for dump his contract. McMann gives them a suitable replacement for a fraction of the cost that they could either look to flip at the deadline or re-sign long-term. I thought about a Bertuzzi for Domi swap instead, as I've long wondered if it made sense for both teams to go after the other player in free agency last year instead, but kept Domi for now in the hopes that he can have a bounce back season in a more clearly defined role.
Throw Robertson in one of these deals as a sweetener where needed.
Bertuzzi-Matthews-Domi
Knies-Tavares-Nylander
Maccelli-Roy-Joshua
Lorentz-Laughton-Jarnkrok
Pezzetta
Rielly-Carlo
McCabe-Tanev
Benoit-OEL
Myers
Stolarz
Woll
That's a deep 22-man roster with lots of line-up flexibility and just over $1mil in cap space. Moving Jarnkrok of course still an option if more cap space is required.
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WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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I really don't want to see Jarnkrok again, he is so beige.