thewookie1

How's this? https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/2394114

Don't do it Kevyn, nothing the Rangers can offer is worth the endless torment your fans will be inflicted upon.

Part of it was highly skilled management by Sakic. Part of it was just luck. For us We have questionable at best management Almost zero luck in regards to players or prospects coming here and just exploding.

When asked, Drew Doughty told the press that he would be unhappy next year if no major moves are made to improve the roster.

If they offer a 2022 1st and a random young player then yes; holding onto Eichel regardless is more valuable. It's about denying your enemy in that case. Essentially, if the opposing divisional rival gains far more advantage from Eichel than we gain via assets then eating his contract is more valuable. Hell if I were GM I'd come out and state that to the media. Let's say that the Bruins are a 86 point team and the Sabres are a 76 point team. If Eichel makes them a 96 point team and what we get only makes Buffalo a 78/80 point team then it is more valuable to hold onto him.

If he wants his surgery I'd get in writing that he waives his NMC for next year. Then he can play another year and we don't have to fret. If he demands Boston, Rangers, or another divisional rival I'd actually rather just healthy scratch him for 4 years. The value in keeping Eichel off Boston actually outweighs the downside of having him just exist for 4 years bored out of his mind.

Danualt would be my immediate target. Hell I wouldn't mind him regardless depending on the price seeing as he's a solid 2C.

Not good enough, Byfield is the primary piece because he has true 1C potential. Turcotte has more 2C low end 1C potential. Turcotte is approximately like Cozens in terms of upside. Byfield is more congruent with replacing Eichel in the long run.

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Broken sure but disgruntled is meaningless to his value. There’s no must trade clause

My minimal requirement is Byfield Turcotte/Vilardi A Lottery protected 2021 1st A Top 3 protected 2022 1st The conditions are the 2021 Pick can be pushed off but we then get the 2022 & 2023 1st Unprotected The 2022 pick can be pushed off otherwise to an unprotected 1st in 2023

If the Kings want Eichel, I'd demand Byfield & Turcotte/Valardi We are giving them what Byfield may or may not become, and with 5 years of control on top of it. If they don't want to, then we look elsewhere. If no one is willing to give us top tier prospects then I'd just keep him. Even if we get to next year he can't force a trade. If he tries what Hall did with his NMC, you just tell him no. Eating Eichel's salary for 4 years is actually more beneficial than trading him to a division rival for garbage. Sometimes denying your opponent can be more valuable to you.

That I could probably live with, hell I'll take Brown if they up that 2nd to another protected 1st (I want a lottery protect 1st in 2022 because then there's an opportunity to grab a non-conditional 2023 1st)

Vogl confirmed earlier on Twitter that the Colorado based 2nd opinion also recommended the same treatment as the Sabres.

I've got to say that I actually side with the Sabres on the surgery situation.

Essentially they have to based on typical NHL rules. We can't poach scouts from teams during a season due to the potential leaking of trade secrets. There are also not a ton of unemployed experienced and good scouts laying around. You could hire an army of rookies but I don't really see that as a more positive result than just going with what we have.

Does Trotz use polo shirts or would they cover his mouth?

I mostly agree with you that we cannot outright say who’s in the right in this scenario. We can however base opinions on what we know from Friedman’s article and our own knowledge on the general subject. What I do know is that surgeries regarding herniated disks are typically a last resort and can have life altering outcomes. For all we know only one of the doctors gave him this idea and he merely saw the shorter recovery time and jumped at it. Or the Sabres are being overly cautious to the point of alienating their superstar. It likely lands somewhere in between.

3 months from the date on a somewhat experimental surgery regarding one of the most important parts of his body. If he comes back and takes off, that’s good but still leaves us with his NMC hanging over our head if we can’t make him happy. However if he comes back and looks like a shell of his former self or has set backs that lead into November on; we still have the NMC over our heads but far less to work with.

Anything with Tkachuk involved would require a negotiated extension. I’m not trading Eichel for 2 years of Monahan and 1 year of Tkachuk. I’d offer Eichel, Reinhart(extended), and Ristolainen for Tkachuk(extended), Lindholm, Anderson and some type of protected 1st in 2022. Both sides get new blood and Calgary gets closer in their arms race with Edmonton. We get a good contract 2C, a grimy power forward with offensive upside and a young dman whom took a step back this year. (While maintaining our 3 Rasmi rule)

I can honestly understand both sides in this situation. Eichel is their star player and having him be the equivalent to the NHL's guinea pig with this kind of serious surgery isn't exactly a great situation. While MMA fighters have come back successfully; there are only two and the MMA is very different than NHL hockey in the types of strain and/or motions you need in your neck. I fully understand Eichel's side however as well since my father had the fusion done after his car accident and he regrets it entirely as he literally cannot look up any longer. (Since the initial fusion, two more have joined the "fun" over time) You also likely have some underlying suspicion around the front office if Eichel's merely looking for a way to kill a year with "setbacks" to wait on his NMC. Especially with how Hall treated us in the same NMC position. Effectively I'm sensing that the Sabres would rather he try and work out the problem than have the "1st of its kind" surgery, for the NHL that is, and have to deal with whatever those ensuing results produce. Hell, perhaps he has given them reason to believe he wants out prior to this and they are finding difficulty in finding out what his motives are. It certainly doesn't sound like he wants the surgery to get back to the team quickly; he wants the surgery because that is what he desires. And while I would almost always side with the player; something about his specific body language and phrasing strikes me as unusual; unless he already requested a trade behind closed doors

Give me Tkachuk and Lindholm and get a Tkachuk extension predetermined and accepted. I could live with that

Someone better get an olive branch then.... or some pitch forks and torches

Tried a slightly different approach Bring in Gallant and foster that under dog feel. https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/2385358

At the end of the day, I refuse to let NYC steal more from Buffalo. Not to mention the endless torment we'll get from Rangers fans and the implications of our former 1C poaching our newer 1C