GDT: 2024 25 Other Games Around the League

[Bizz]

I'd totally take Meier back at 50% retention.

imagine an Eklund Celebrini Meier top line.

 

[OrrNumber4]

Ottawa is so raw and inexperienced that Toronto might actually beat them...

Of course, Toronto is great at snatching a loss from the jaws of victory...

 

[Levie]

I'd totally take Meier back at 50% retention.

imagine an Eklund Celebrini Meier top line.

All I'm imagining is this board getting angry when Meier disappears.

 

[Hodge]

OEL is lowkey one of the dumbest players in the league

 

[DG93]

OEL is lowkey one of the dumbest players in the league

I present to you: Henry Thrun

 

[Hodge]

Zeev Bustium looking extremely small and soft out there

 

[tiburon12]

Oilers are the saddest excuse for a franchise in the league. How do you blow the advantage of McDavid and Draisaitl in their primes making a combined 20 million? McDavid is a complete loser if he signs an extension to stay there.

He won't. Insider info from a senior network exec says that his wife is saying they wont re-sign.

 

[Lebanezer]

He won't. Insider info from a senior network exec says that his wife is saying they wont re-sign.

If that is the case, the trade watch for McDavid would be epic.

 

[Roasted Nuts]

See you next year Tampa… watching Florida vs Tampa is like watching Sharks vs Kings, the more skilled team getting crushed by the physical

 

[OrrNumber4]

See you next year Tampa… watching Florida vs Tampa is like watching Sharks vs Kings, the more skilled team getting crushed by the physical

I don't think that's fair because Florida has skill and physicality. Their defensive group is unimpressive, but their forward group can best you any which way.

 

[LadyStanley]

Like the little dots to show wins in each series

 

[OrrNumber4]

I wonder if Demidov is, right now, a net positive...

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[OrrNumber4]

That was one of the worst defensive breakdowns I have ever seen.

 

[Levie]

There's no way McDavid stays in Edmonton if they lose this series.

 

[OrrNumber4]

There's no way McDavid stays in Edmonton if they lose this series.

If Edmonton offers McDavid signed, long-term, for Dickinson, Eklund, and whoever is picked in 2025, do you say yes?

 

[The Nemesis]

Man, who would've guessed that having a rickety defence and crappy goaltending would come back to bite Edmonton?

-signed, someone who watched a rickety defence and crap goaltending all season long.

 

[Hodge]

Jake Walboy getting 3rd pairing minutes even with Ekholm out. I can't believe we got a 1st for that bum.

 

[LadyStanley]

McDavid is signed for one more season at $12.5m. He's eligible to sign extension this summer.

 

[The Nemesis]

If Edmonton offers McDavid signed, long-term, for Dickinson, Eklund, and whoever is picked in 2025, do you say yes?

First instinct is yes, but for as much as teh Sharks' problem is just getting more skill in the lineup and as fun as bludgeoning teams with a 3-headed monster of Celebrini, McDavid, and Smith would be, there's every risk that this team becomes what the Oilers are now: a top-heavy scoring machine that can't keep pucks out of their own net.

 

[gaucholoco3]

First instinct is yes, but for as much as teh Sharks' problem is just getting more skill in the lineup and as fun as bludgeoning teams with a 3-headed monster of Celebrini, McDavid, and Smith would be, there's every risk that this team becomes what the Oilers are now: a top-heavy scoring machine that can't keep pucks out of their own net.

Yeah I think if entertaining a McDavid trade you would want to keep one of Dickinson or Schaefer if drafted. Without one of them the D prospect pool is so bad that they would likely end up like Edm or Tor.

 

[OrrNumber4]

OK, McDavid signed, long-term, for Smith, Dickinson, and Eklund.

 

[OrrNumber4]

Edmonton's poor depth and goaltending isn't helping. But fundamentally, their top players aren't playing like top players. The bar for players like McDavid and Draisaitl is extremely high, and even Nurse and Bouchard need to be better.

What a play from Marchment!

I must say that this was not an impressive game from Blackwood. Yes, he had a lot of saves, but only a few big ones as his team had his back defensively.

 

[tiburon12]

OK, McDavid signed, long-term, for Smith, Dickinson, and Eklund.

Unless the oilers commit to a rebuild, McDavid is more valuable to the oilers than pretty much anything realistic in a trade return. Since they just signed Drai, it's unlikely they commit.

And by that I mean that even if McDavid says he's not re-signing, they wont trade him and will try to win with him