Analyzing Moscow’s 3 trades this week

[Telkster 550]

Intro

Moscow have made 3 deals over the week that have made for a interesting start to the offseason. The up and coming Menace have made some tweaks to bolster their team into a definite ‘on paper contender’. We will have to wait a little over a week or so to see how these trades are working out on the ice.

Trade 1

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Ryo Yamazuki ll

Luke Thornton 

Moscow S75 2nd

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Mikko Lahtinen

To be honest, I didn’t see this trade coming at all. Or at least, not this type of deal. I will try and dissect it in order to make some more sense of it. Moscow gave up some value pieces back, while not hurting the current core too much. Luke Thornton (mid first rounder. looks like the biggest piece Moscow gave up, but necessary in order to go for the cup.  It was obvious that Moscow was lacking wingers, and I’m sure Lahtinen wasn’t the only player that Victor considered. I think it’s a matter of, the right player popped up for the right price. Yes the centre position may not be ideal. But it may have come down to him over say an equally skilled winger, yet the price for the skilled winger may have been much more. This isn’t the first time that Moscow have had an abundance of centres. Even my own player (Nate Telker) got 50 points as a 2nd line centre playing on the wing. Now obviously Gritty being there helped a lot with that season, but it shows it’s achievable. 
Trade 2

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Moscow S75 3rd

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Gino DiGiannantonio

This seems like a fairly simple deal that just gives Moscow that extra depth that never hurts on the wing. This essentially covers the loss of Yamazuki from the first deal. After seeing this deal, you could really see the forward lines come together like The Beatles. Lahtinen will man the 1st line probably with guys like either Gino, or Brandt, or even Calia could rotate through the wing. The 2nd line will most likely be lead by Telker through the middle, while possibly Moreau and Calia could also play on that line as well. 

Trade 3

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Alex Zouzouambe

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Darius Marimoto

Gabriel Johnson

All three players in this deal were recently drafted in S74. These 2 for 1 draft pick trades usually means that the team that got 1 back, had there eye on someone so they made a move. That someone for Victor was RW Zouzouambe. He may be a late round pick, but still has all the potential to become a great 2nd line winger, or even more if his TPE rate goes up. It’s a deal that makes sense for the future, with no end in sight to how many good centres Moscow will have years down the road, it never hurts to have some depth prospects in the system for positions you are weaker on. 
Outro

I had a lot of fun looking at these trades and picking them apart. I haven’t been this excited for a season probably since the year after Moscow won the cup and was going for the back to back. Next week I’ll be putting up my annual team analysis, where we will dive into some H2H matchups against the other top contenders in the league, and see how Moscow compares. To anyone I mentioned in the article coming to Moscow, big welcome to the team! The shows just about to start.

players mentioned: @Donno100 @Jtv123 @Beketov @pennypenny @VinCal @twists @Da Trifecta @BigZouzou

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 13, 2020 by Telkster

[Victor 10,946]

Moscow Moscow Moscow

[ThePerfectNut 563]

Holy shit they got 6 Centers wowww.

 

Victor probably never expected to see me be there at that pick anyway lol. It's still a big W that he got Mikko tho.