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Post by tsn on Mar 23, 2017 1:28:36 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 1:33:48 GMT -5
Homer vote for Zaitsev. Only played one week in Raleigh but the value he brought to my team (via that trade and subsequent trades such as Boychuk + 4th for Ericsson + Hart + Kolesar + 2nd, 3rd, 3rd, 7th) exceeds the value of the other guys to the teams that signed them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 1:36:10 GMT -5
Zaitzev because he's awesome 👏 thank you World Cup for keeping good stats and giving a wicked preview of him on small ice.
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Post by casperx22 (PHI) on Mar 23, 2017 5:43:33 GMT -5
Grabner. Mostly because nobody wanted him and production was not expected while everyone else loaded up all their lotto balls on Radulov and Zaitsev.
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Post by TampaBayBolts (Josh) on Mar 23, 2017 7:20:11 GMT -5
Grabner. Mostly because nobody wanted him and production was not expected while everyone else loaded up all their lotto balls on Radulov and Zaitsev. Agreed. Not that surprising the other 2 did well, Grabner was the real steal of this group.
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Post by Koomzz (CHI) on Mar 23, 2017 7:43:32 GMT -5
I thought eaves would be worthy of a nom here value at a higher age is more impressive than a younger guy IMO.
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Post by jupper (CGY) on Mar 23, 2017 14:01:18 GMT -5
Grabner. Mostly because nobody wanted him and production was not expected while everyone else loaded up all their lotto balls on Radulov and Zaitsev. my exact reasoning on this as well
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Post by Koomzz (CHI) on Mar 23, 2017 14:13:48 GMT -5
Grabner. Mostly because nobody wanted him and production was not expected while everyone else loaded up all their lotto balls on Radulov and Zaitsev. I wanted Grabner.. Eugy won him and I right away PMd him to try to get him... never worked out, but this plays into the point that I think Eaves is just as worthy of this award, I reaped the benefits from him. He was my offer to Eugy for Grabner actually. So it worked out in the end
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Post by Jordan (BOS) on Mar 23, 2017 14:25:50 GMT -5
Went with Grabner for similar statements as already mentioned. Would have thought Gagner would have been in this but didn't realize Grabner had such a good year.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 18:46:10 GMT -5
Guys like Eaves and Gagner were very close to getting nominations, but ultimately there were only 3 spots and Zaitsev and Radulov were locks to be nominated, so we could only pick one.
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Post by Koomzz (CHI) on Mar 23, 2017 18:56:25 GMT -5
I don't agree that Zaitsev or Radulov are locks. You can make the argument that Radulov didn't meet expectations. No one expected Grabner to score 10 goals let alone 25. I guess the nature of the award makes it so the big names get acknowledged, but in reality Graber, Gagner and Eaves were all more impressive picks ups than the other two who were expected to perform.
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Post by Dr Tommy Vlasic Pickles (DAL) on Mar 23, 2017 19:01:50 GMT -5
Been interesting as hell to see who would win between the 3 of Grabner, Gagner and Eaves. Grabner get's my vote for this award
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 19:05:32 GMT -5
I don't agree that Zaitsev or Radulov are locks. You can make the argument that Radulov didn't meet expectations. No one expected Grabner to score 10 goals let alone 25. I guess the nature of the award makes it so the big names get acknowledged, but in reality Graber, Gagner and Eaves were all more impressive picks ups than the other two who were expected to perform. The award isn't "best FA find" though, it's "most impactful FA" and it's tough to say any of Grabner, Gagner, or Eaves was as impactful as Zaitsev or Radulov. If people prefer best find option we can adjust in the future, but this season the award is for most impact, and in that case Zaitsev and Radulov are clearly a tier above.
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Post by Dr Tommy Vlasic Pickles (DAL) on Mar 23, 2017 19:09:06 GMT -5
I think it's really personal preference as most impactful can be broken down a few ways
Number of lotto balls spent on player
What the two others were traded for
Their AAV salary
Ultimately I think it just depends how someone wants to define most impactful. I personally factored all those in my vote
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Post by Koomzz (CHI) on Mar 23, 2017 19:14:00 GMT -5
I don't agree that Zaitsev or Radulov are locks. You can make the argument that Radulov didn't meet expectations. No one expected Grabner to score 10 goals let alone 25. I guess the nature of the award makes it so the big names get acknowledged, but in reality Graber, Gagner and Eaves were all more impressive picks ups than the other two who were expected to perform. The award isn't "best FA find" though, it's "most impactful FA" and it's tough to say any of Grabner, Gagner, or Eaves was as impactful as Zaitsev or Radulov. If people prefer best find option we can adjust in the future, but this season the award is for most impact, and in that case Zaitsev and Radulov are clearly a tier above. That isn't best find at all. Simply looking at stats in our regular season, I'd rather Grabner and Eaves over Radulov, not only becuase production was virtually the same, bonus for Grabner SH toi, minus for 0 PPP. But give me either of those guys at 1.65M for grabner and 1M for eaves over Radulovs 5.75M. the added cap space for similar production is impactful as well. I'll eat crow if Radulov or Zaitsev win this vote, but I don't see it.
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