kimzey59
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Wasn't ownership of Scottsdale part of Big Walt's 'Yote's contract back in the day?
Maybe that's what they mean?
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Wasn't ownership of Scottsdale part of Big Walt's 'Yote's contract back in the day?
Maybe that's what they mean?
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That's weird that Cooper kept starting Binnington every game. Didn't anyone tell him what his GSAx was?
joe galiba
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well, Cooper’s defense, look who else he has to choose from
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He will be 29 on July 1, but Sam Bennett looks like a guy that could bring to our team what ROR did in the Cup season. Probably not going to like the contract he’s going to sign, though.
Yeah I’d love him but there’s going to be a major bidding war if he walks from Florida. He is a hell of a player that everyone will want. I can’t see us bidding high enough.
Coop and Binner had a really cool moment together during the celebration that they showed on TV.
I like Cooper a lot. Just hearing him talk to the media, and obviously the success he’s had, he seems like a coach that would be awesome to play for. Cool dude.
Hope the team gives Binnington and Parayko a couple of games to rest up while the rest of the team knocks the rust off.
Binny will almost certainly get some down time; hopefully 55 does too.
Binny will almost certainly get some down time; hopefully 55 does too.
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bleedblue1223
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Great to see that from Kyrou, but damn what an acquisition Holloway has been. Definitely has the makings of a future leader of the upcoming group.
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No way they start Binnington on Saturday especially with the Jets going with Comrie in that game. I think he'll be back for Sunday's game though. Parayko is a workhorse. I wouldn't be surprised to see him play both but with a lighter workload than usual.
I can't figure out why Oilers let him walk. They could have afforded his $. Broberg I get them not matching (and am thrilled we got), but letting Holloway go at his $ makes no sense.
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As my kids say, they were "butthurt."
They let emotion cloud their judgment. It's never good when that happens.
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That is great Holloway is a keeper for sure. Now hopefully we can find a proper home to move Kyrou to.
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They wanted to keep cap flexibility for moves later on. I don't think anyone projected Holloway to be as great as he has been so early into his time here. Good for us, but makes their gambit look even worse. They made a calculation and chose the worse option. It happens, but they won't get any empathy from me over it. We all know and established that this situation for EDM was self-inflicted.
Nah, they were emotional about having their sweat tactics blowup in their face spectacularly. They spent months haggling both of them over a couple hundred thousand in cap, and just walked away like petulant children. Edmonton's offer to Holloway was 3yrs, 1.05mil AAV, they were basically asking him to sign another ELC, that's how much they valued him.
Was it even the same management? Bowman handled the offer sheets but Jeff Jackson was interim GM when free agency started IIRC. Why would Bowman be emotional about someone else's tactics blowing up?
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From what I've heard in interviews, there weren't that many offers exchanged back and forth over the summer. Holloway himself said he was waiting and waiting for an offer or an answer from the Oilers before his agent eventually made a move. I don't recall the 3 year deal but Holloway said what he was asking for wasn't that unreasonable. They just never heard back from the Oilers.
Broberg was similar although he had made up his mind earlier that he wanted to move on. I'm not sure when the last contract offer was made to him but I got the sense there wasn't a lot of communication between the agent and the team leading up to them signing the offer sheets.
I'm guessing that the GM change played a role as Bowman may not have known exactly what the situation was. The Oilers probably figured they'd just get a deal done later and didn't prioritize them enough. They should have traded Broberg once he requested it and Holloway wouldn't have even been at risk of an offer sheet. A lesson in GM incompetence.
