I have no idea what Bylsma thinks, but I expect eventually Schwartz will find his way into a limited minutes role. His body isn't going to hold up to big minutes. As the season goes on Tolvy will eventually play ahead of him.
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I have no idea what Bylsma thinks, but I expect eventually Schwartz will find his way into a limited minutes role. His body isn't going to hold up to big minutes. As the season goes on Tolvy will eventually play ahead of him.
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Oilers fan coming in peace. What do you guys think happens with Will Borgen? He's of course a UFA after this year but doesn't look like he'll ever get a crack at top four duties in Seattle. Could the Oilers pry him loose before the season starts, especially if a younger guy is pushing for a job right now?
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You are right. It's unlikely he cracks our top-4. Montour, Larsson, Dunn are guarantees there. I put Evans ahead of Borgen.
That being said, I think it is unlikely we move him before the TDL. And the only way I see even that happening is if the team feels that Mahura can replace his productivity AND someone like Ottavainen is ready for bottom pairing minutes. Which I think is pretty unlikely.
Realistically, I just see him walk next off-season.
I like that your realistic view is that we aren't in the standings position where we'd be selling at the TDL. Not my realism, but I like the positivity. I personally expect us to be sellers and Borgen to fetch a pretty penny.
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I know we won't be buyers at the TDL. But I can see us be sellers if we are not in the playoff race around the TDL.
Moving Borgen and Gourde could both get us a really good return. Borgen is the likeliest to get moved b, but depending on how far out we are in the race, I can see Gourde being moved too. It is likely Francis trys to get him back on a deal similar to Eberle's but I would really like to start opening spots for the kids who are looking more and more ready to step in.
Tanev is another candidate b,ut I doubt he has that many suitors unless he has a really good run and we decide to retain on him.
reminder we have 4k of cap space and can't have a full roster of players and any small minor tiny injury = automatically LTIR.
I can see us being sellers, too. I think it is the smart thing to do. With the kids on their way up, I think we have a few players that other teams might value, and I hope we maximize these assets in the form of picking up added draft picks. Borgen and Gourde would certainly be in that category, valuable to a degree but expendable.
