N. Suzuki / Celebrini ++ trade scenario

[CAN-AM Commish]

I’ll add I offered Makar for Michkov and Cellibrini and got turned down. With not even a counter so I don’t think this is close at all

for clarity that was not with me. That was another owner in the other league.

[CAN-AM Commish]

Trade completed. Here are the details.

I give:

Celebrini
S. Cossa
Alexander Holtz

I get:

Nick Suzuki

[weezer]

This makes me grimace a bit, but I hope it works out for you!

[Belexus75]

yeah i think you will regret this...but GL

[CAN-AM Commish]

Thanks.
I like Suzuki and I think Montreal's trajectory is on the up and he's only 24 and I think much untapped potential still.

Celebrini will probably be awesome, but how MUCH better than Suzuki at his peak?
Cossa might be good, might be bust, who knows? I can replace Holtz in my lineup pretty easily.

I am trying to win now....so that also plays into it.

[Bubba55]

I'll be honest, I really don't like this. But who knows. I just can't help but think that at some point really soon if MOnteal wants to improve and Martin St Louis wants to keep his job he will have to ice 2 and possibly 3 legitimate scoring lines, not 1. If you think Slaf, Caulfield and Suziki will play together forever, I suspect you are seriously mistaken. We'll see.

[CAN-AM Commish]

I'll be honest, I really don't like this. But who knows. I just can't help but think that at some point really soon if MOnteal wants to improve and Martin St Louis wants to keep his job he will have to ice 2 and possibly 3 legitimate scoring lines, not 1. If you think Slaf, Caulfield and Suziki will play together forever, I suspect you are seriously mistaken. We'll see.

Yep I get it. But Celebrini at the moment has 0 NHL points and he'll probably be 2-3 years away from what I need. So it makes sense for me now.

[DangerCat]

The trade you made is certainly better than the initial offers but I’m still not sure I would’ve made it. I like Suzuki but I think we’ve seen his ceiling 70-80 points every year. Now that may well be Celebrini’s ceiling also. I’m not sure I buy the 100 point ceilings I hear but it’s possible, he is good. Overall you helped your team this year and I hope you get the championship!!!

[Rockies & Hockeys]

If I were that other GM I’d be absolutely pumped right now.

[CAN-AM Commish]

If I were that other GM I’d be absolutely pumped right now.

He might be but so am I.

my centers are now complete

McDavid
Matthews
Larkin
Suzuki

then I draw in on wing, K. Connor, A. Debrincat, J. Kyrou, Joseph

My defense is meh, but good peripheral guys and then in goal I have Hellebuyck and Oettinger.

I am looking to win now and Suzuki does that for me, more than Celebrini will.

I appreciate everyone's feedback

[Pengwin7]

I'm still interested in how (the rights to) Celebrini ended up on your team in the first place.
There's no world where your roster gets you to a spot in a reasonable fantasy league to get the Celebrini draft pick.

???

[Nylander]

I'm still interested in how (the rights to) Celebrini ended up on your team in the first place.
There's no world where your roster gets you to a spot in a reasonable fantasy league to get the Celebrini draft pick.

???

Depth

He has guys like Joseph, Noesen, Lafferty, Pohling, Blais. My worst player on team is Johnny Guadreau and I still didn’t make playoffs

[Pengwin7]

So OP finished last!?! (or around last to win Celebrini)
I'm not understanding...

[CAN-AM Commish]

So OP finished last!?! (or around last to win Celebrini)
I'm not understanding...

I finished in the bottom 4.
We have a lottery drawing for bottom 4 teams. I jumped in the lottery to 1st overall.

I also did some other trades recently to acquire Hellebuyck, for example.
I made a few trades at deadline to improve such as Oettinger. etc.
Each week last year I would lose by a slim margain, just always seem to go against a hot team THAT week. I just had a rough year overall.
All of that wrapped up into me being in bottom 4 and in the lottery.