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[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Like I said, we're likely a better bubble team, but we still don't have the assets or depth to be a contender now, or in the future in that scenario. That's the same tail we've been chasing. We're But trading Myers just gives us the cap space to give Miller a raise and bring in a cheaper replacement. Marino and Garland is cap-in, cap out. You're not actually gaining any cap space. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
And even this, in and of itself isn't the uncorrectable tragedy some make it out to be. Yes, we spent assets/picks on guys like Miller. That's only a problem if we don't do (IMO) the correct thing now and sell him to recoup those assets (and more in all likelihood, as he's only increased his value since we acquired him). Spending those assets in the first place, is only truly a problem if we make it one by not selling high and cashing those increased value assets in, while continuing to build for our actual window, with our actual core. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
But we don't have the talent to be a contender, right now, with Miller. So paying him an extra $4m and with none of the cap space or trade assets or youth to develop from moving him... how do you propose we fix those issues? Yes, we could nibble away at the edges and replace Myers with a cheaper guy (which we should do anyway IMO) and try to move out guys like Dickinson etc. And between a (hopefully) more cohesive team, and those extra couple million we're ...a slightly better bubble playoff team, still stuck in the murky middle, with minimal youth/draft assets. And then it just gets worse was Miller ages and declines. No thanks. -
Again, simply keeping Edler would have been a better option. And I'm sure there were other options than the few guys I listed. Either by free agency or trade. NHL management is well paid to figure those things out. And again, I have zero issue with at/near league minimum depth like Schenn, Burroughs etc. Those are EXACTLY the types of players we should have targeted instead for depth. Spending a combined $5.5m of cap on Hamonic and Poolman was just dumb. Not because they're poor players or not worth those cap hits individually, but because it's dumb to allocate that much cap to redundant pieces.
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[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I'll ask you... How does keeping Miller get us that high end talent? If you agree we're not a contender (not just a playoff team) the next few years with, or without Miller... Keeping him just means picking more in the middle-late part of the draft and even more/worse wheel spin... (And worse cap allocation the further we go). -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Minus the horse shoes, less of a step back and no New York draw, sure. It's similar but different starting places. Don't expect a Panarin or Fox to land in our lap though. We've certainly got a harder road to travel there. But IMO, that's our only realistic route out of this. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
This thread should give you some hints Thing is, we don't need a whole lot more of "elite" guys. We've largely got ours (none of whom were top 4 picks FYI). A top flight RHD would be nice, but those guys can be had in the mid first (McAvoy, Chychrun etc). But we do need to actually take some shots at them at the draft, find them, and develop them. And even then, with the strength we have on the left we can likely "get away" with Marinos and Lyubushkins on the right in the interim. Beyond that we probably need a top winger at some point, but that's the "easiest" piece to find. What we really need is solid role players, and cheap ELC/bridge depth to rotate in around them. And loads of them. And that just takes time. That and better, more cohesive team construction. And simply time for those young guys to get stronger, experienced, learn how much of a guantlet 82 games + playoffs is etc. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Also contrary to popular belief, they didn't rebuild an entire roster. They did more of a retool (with massive horse shoes and the new York draw that allowed then to easily land Panarin and Fox). Good luck replicating that "plan". -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Nice rant Sorry bruh, the entire discussion your shoved your proboscis in, was on peak aged (late 20's/early 30's) players leading their teams deep in to the playoffs. My point being that our core is still years away from that time frame. And by the time they even dip their toes in to that time frame, Miller will be well in his mid 30's and a declining anchor. AKA not a guy in his late 20's/early 30's. Zig Zag that all you like with another off tangent rant. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Contrary to popular belief, you need more than a few years to rebuild an entire team. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Hell be closer to 32 and like coconuts stated, we're likely only a (hopefully) couple round playoff team by then. Actually getting to conference and league finals consistently, will likely take a couple more years then that. Now Miller is 34, declining and eating up massive cap, as we should be making our biggest push... Bad math Jimmy, just like we've been saying for months. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Yeah, I think the 2-3 year time frame would be just the very tip of the contending window opening (assuming things go relatively well). Certainly not the depths of it. Hopefully that's the start of some deeper playoff runs that set the stage for eventual finals runs/cups in 4+ years. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
You clearly don't have the first clue what I think. Hint, it's not that: "29 is a declining asset". You're still miles away from the gist of my post. Here's a hint: How old are Pettersson, Hughes and Demko? Now compare that to your list of conference final players leading the way on their teams. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Correct. Glad we agree -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I mean OEL qualifies as well but the team isn't winning a cup with just Miller and OEL. I don't think some folks really grasp where this team is in reality -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Good thing our team is chock a block full of elite players in their late 20's/early 30's and we're heading to conference finals like them... oh wait. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I think you missed the gist of my post... -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I must have missed when the Canucks made the conference finals this year, on the backs of a bunch of +/- 30 year old guys. -
Any agents around? With our season over, there's a few guys we'd like to wrap up before the contract year rolls over.
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Congrats and best of luck to @Squeakand @lethunderin the final!
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[Signing] Rangers re-sign Vitali Kravtsov
aGENT replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Interesting.... -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Other than potentially Forsberg, I don't really want or expect us to be big in the free agent market though. I would LOVE to be in on the pending RFA on a cap strapped team market though. Which equally uses up cap space. Being able to take on Dadanov and gaining guys like Roy and Hague from Vegas for instance.... Need cap space to do that too and that's a HELL of a lot better than overpaying older guys in free agency! Pearson and Dermott for Dadanov, Hague and Roy....? Dickinson I don't expect will be clearing any cap though. It will likely be an underwhelming guy on another team for him in a cap in, cap out scenario, if he's moved at all. You get a disappointing guy buck that's hopefully a better fit for your roster needs/needs a change of scenery. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Yup... Same for Colorado IMO. How good would Miller look right now, filling in for an injured Kadri, while heading in to the final against the potentially three -peating cup champs...? Colorado at least still had one more season before their cap gets more dicey. But THIS season they could have had Kadri AND Miller, that's not likely the case next year. -
[Rumour] J.T. Miller Trade/Contract Talks
aGENT replied to Podzilla's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Yeah, I think people are getting a little carried away, particularly in the country club thread I think you can pretty easily scratch most of the under 26'ish crowd off the list of "widely available". I mean, don't get me wrong, if the Islanders called up wanting Rathbone and Hoglander for Dobson... they're gone lol. But I doubt we're "shopping" them. I think we'll easily see a few big pieces and a few smaller ones moved though. Especially over the next couple seasons. Between our cap issues, poor fitting/non cohesive roster, age and succession issues... There's not really a lot of choice. But I REALLY don't think we'll be changing out 80% of the roster or "rebuilding". -
Sure there's always a matter of the quality of analytics, who's deciphering them and what you're doing with that information etc. But there are just as many good teams like Carolina, Colorado, Tampa etc "heavily involved" in them as there are Arizonas or the Toronto First Round Exits. Point being, analytics themselves aren't the "problem" (any more than they're an outright "solution").