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Armchair GM 2019-2020

AvroArrow said:
https://twitter.com/mikelitorus_69/status/1230952135673733120

Grain of salt and all that, figured it might at least generate some discussion.
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This twitter guy is Incarcerated Bob, Code, Eklund all over again.  he made a tweet about the LA trade and now he posts a bunch of nonsense and everyone eats it up.
 
L K said:
This twitter guy is Incarcerated Bob, Code, Eklund all over again.  he made a tweet about the LA trade and now he posts a bunch of nonsense and everyone eats it up.
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To be fair, he didn't just make a tweet about the LA trade, he nailed it.  But of course, that doesn't mean he's a connected insider, hence grain of salt.
 
I don't like the Seversen deal, but would do the Manson one.  I do think there should be a pick or something coming back with Manson, though.
 
AvroArrow said:
L K said:
This twitter guy is Incarcerated Bob, Code, Eklund all over again.  he made a tweet about the LA trade and now he posts a bunch of nonsense and everyone eats it up.
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To be fair, he didn't just make a tweet about the LA trade, he nailed it.  But of course, that doesn't mean he's a connected insider, hence grain of salt.
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Yeah. Maybe he?s knows a guy who knows a guy, but I don?t see any reason to believe he?s actually legit.
 
bustaheims said:
Yeah. Maybe he?s knows a guy who knows a guy, but I don?t see any reason to believe he?s actually legit.
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Or right place, right time and overheard it.

I wasn't trying to imply he's a legit insider, just thought the two trade proposals seemed reasonable, value wise, and might warrant discussion.
 
bustaheims said:
The Severson deal is close to workable. I?d pass on the Manson one.
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See, I'm the opposite.  I'd rather keep Engvall over Kapanen long-term, and I think Dermott is expendable with Sandin ready for the show.
 
AvroArrow said:
bustaheims said:
The Severson deal is close to workable. I?d pass on the Manson one.
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See, I'm the opposite.  I'd rather keep Engvall over Kapanen long-term, and I think Dermott is expendable with Sandin ready for the show.
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I?m just looking at the value. That?s more than I?d give up for Manson (or Severson, if the deals were flipped). The value going out for Severson is much more palatable.
 
It's pretty obvious what happened with this "Mike" fella. He's either friends or friends of a friend with one of the players involved in the trade. That's how he got advanced notice. That doesn't make him an insider in any way though. He's just trying to get twitter famous off of that. You'll notice he's also advertised some betting company he's involved with in some way. It's all a grift. Don't pay him any attention.

He's also said the Leafs were after Larsson. Surprise surprise. That's 3 of the big name RHD on the market so now if the Leafs get any of them he can act like he called it.
 
I've removed the source of the trade ideas from my original post, since it obviously resulted in the wrong discussion/direction.

I figured everyone would know to consider him not legit and that there would be no harm just linking the tweet, which seemed easier at the time.
 
Even ignoring the source, I doubt either of those trades would work for the other team. Didn't Friedman or someone way that Anaheim would need more than Kapanen for Manson? And I think that makes sense since he has 2 years of contract left vs. someone I've suggested like Savard who only has 1 year left after this one. And Severson is New Jersey's top defenceman, 25, and signed for 3 more seasons. He's getting more than a 3rd/4th liner, a good but not high level prospect, and a 2nd round pick.
 
AvroArrow said:
It's Kapanen + Dermott.

And have we decided Engvall has no potential now?
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Ah I missed the Dermott part. Ok value wise it might be there. Just depends on how much Anaheim wants to move Manson. I said before I don't really get why they would.

As for Engvall, I like him as a player but I think he sorta maxes out as a 3rd line guy who can hang on a 2nd line with say Tavares/Nylander or Matthews/Marner but still a 3rd line guy. Most other teams don't have those duos he can piggyback on.
 
I think it's much too early to assess Engvall as just a bottom 6 guy.  I agree his top 6 play has benefited from our big dawgs, but even on the 3rd line, he shows good skill and a high IQ.
 
Seravalli saying Leafs have had discussions with Calgary, Barrie for Brodie one for one. I guess Dubas really wants Brodie
 
Zee said:
Seravalli saying Leafs have had discussions with Calgary, Barrie for Brodie one for one. I guess Dubas really wants Brodie
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I think Dubas just really likes the analogy of 'shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic'.
 
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