Unofficial 2013-2014 Armchair GM Thread

[nutman]

John Shannon-
Hearing the names Craig Ramsay and Rick Tocchet as possible assistant coaches in Toronto with the Maple Leafs.

Hope not, there are much better choices out there.

 

[moon111]

I think player talent wins games, coaches prevent losses. (Call a bloody time-out Carlyle!)  Allot of coaches get glamorized by being behind some great talented teams.  Perhaps the Leafs resign Kulemin, Ramsay might be the perfect coach for him.  Maybe Tocchet is just the ticket to get a line playing in a way that would implement rather then alienate David Clarkson's playing style.  Or maybe Dave Poulin is just getting his buddy a job.

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

I think Ramsay is a good choice, however I don't know much about Tocchet's coaching abilities. He knows enough about hockey.

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

I built this roster based on somehow landing Statsny in free agency.

I traded picks and prospects, along with Lupul and the rights to Reims and Franson and ended up with Evander Kane and Giordano. I don't know how attainable Giordano is, but I think Kane is available. We could likely replace Giordano with another top 4 rearguard, but the premise is that we need one. Anywhooo.

CAPGEEK.COM ARMCHAIR GM ROSTER
CapGeek Armchair GM Roster

FORWARDS
James Van Riemsdyk ($4.250m) / Paul Stastny ($7.500m) / Phil Kessel ($8.000m)
Evander Kane ($5.250m) / Nazem Kadri ($2.900m) / David Clarkson ($5.250m)
Peter Holland ($0.851m) / Tyler Bozak ($4.200m) / Leo Komarov ($2.000m)
Jerry D'Amigo ($0.700m) / Brian Boyle ($2.000m) / Carter Ashton ($0.851m)
Troy Bodie ($0.600m) / Trevor Smith ($0.700m) /

DEFENSEMEN
Morgan Rielly ($0.894m) / Dion Phaneuf ($7.000m)
Jake Gardiner ($2.900m) / Mark Giordano ($4.020m)
Carl Gunnarsson ($3.150m) / Petter Granberg ($0.800m)
Korbinian Holzer ($0.788m)

GOALTENDERS
Jonathan Bernier ($2.900m)
Al Montoya ($1.300m)

BUYOUTS
Mike Komisarek ($0.000m)
Mikhail Grabovski ($0.000m)
Tim Gleason ($0.833m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS
(estimations for 2014-15)
SALARY CAP: $71,100,000; CAP PAYROLL: $69,636,000; BONUSES: $950,000
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $1,464,000

Face-offs are covered, top line center covered, size on the wings covered, revamped bottom 6 forwards covered, back-up goalie covered, promotion of some prospects in the system and a team that's harder to play against I think.

Realistic? Who knows? Things could go a lot of different ways this summer, especially with all the chatter and guesses by insiders that there will be a lot of movement this summer. Big names also available they say. I've heard Kesler, Spezza, Thornton, Marleau and Mike Richards.

 

[hockeyfan1]

I built this roster based on somehow landing Statsny in free agency.

I traded picks and prospects, along with Lupul and the rights to Reims and Franson and ended up with Evander Kane and Giordano. I don't know how attainable Giordano is, but I think Kane is available. We could likely replace Giordano with another top 4 rearguard, but the premise is that we need one. Anywhooo.

CAPGEEK.COM ARMCHAIR GM ROSTER
CapGeek Armchair GM Roster

FORWARDS
James Van Riemsdyk ($4.250m) / Paul Stastny ($7.500m) / Phil Kessel ($8.000m)
Evander Kane ($5.250m) / Nazem Kadri ($2.900m) / David Clarkson ($5.250m)
Peter Holland ($0.851m) / Tyler Bozak ($4.200m) / Leo Komarov ($2.000m)
Jerry D'Amigo ($0.700m) / Brian Boyle ($2.000m) / Carter Ashton ($0.851m)
Troy Bodie ($0.600m) / Trevor Smith ($0.700m) /

DEFENSEMEN
Morgan Rielly ($0.894m) / Dion Phaneuf ($7.000m)
Jake Gardiner ($2.900m) / Mark Giordano ($4.020m)
Carl Gunnarsson ($3.150m) / Petter Granberg ($0.800m)
Korbinian Holzer ($0.788m)

GOALTENDERS
Jonathan Bernier ($2.900m)
Al Montoya ($1.300m)

BUYOUTS
Mike Komisarek ($0.000m)
Mikhail Grabovski ($0.000m)
Tim Gleason ($0.833m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS
(estimations for 2014-15)
SALARY CAP: $71,100,000; CAP PAYROLL: $69,636,000; BONUSES: $950,000
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $1,464,000

Face-offs are covered, top line center covered, size on the wings covered, revamped bottom 6 forwards covered, back-up goalie covered, promotion of some prospects in the system and a team that's harder to play against I think.

Realistic? Who knows? Things could go a lot of different ways this summer, especially with all the chatter and guesses by insiders that there will be a lot of movement this summer. Big names also available they say. I've heard Kesler, Spezza, Thornton, Marleau and Mike Richards.

Like this roster, especially Stastny so that frees up Bozak to centre the third line.  This prototypical roster evens things out somewhat.  Sounds doable.  Will it be?