Wo, hold on. Did we stop keeping track of the thread number?
Wo, hold on. Did we stop keeping track of the thread number?
Like a year ago
Wow, where have I been. Also, just looked it up, 103 I think is the correct number.
Wow, where have I been. Also, just looked it up, 103 I think is the correct number.
If the Oilers core was as successful as our has been these three seasons under Roykic, there would be less talk of breaking their core up...and unlike the oilers we've already had to move a core piece out to better round out our team in the future. Nevermind our core being more well rounded to begin with with Landy, Varly, EJ and Barrie on board.
They should be trading one of their skilled forwards for a defenseman or a good two-way forward. All of their core players are the same (other than McDavid).
Avs already traded a core player for futures last offseason, which implied they might be patient. Instead, they could trade another core player this offseason if the team fails to make the playoffs. Oh and one of those core players who could be traded? It's just our captain and IMO, the only good two-way player left in the top six since Stastny and O'Reilly are already gone.
Meh. Swap Varlamov/Pickard for Talbot/Nilsson and the teams would probably swap spots in the standings.
Except Nurse is getting so overplayed as a rookie that he's looking braindead.
If all 6 defensemen in October got hurt I still wouldn't have called up Nurse. I said it from the start but all my Oilers' fans friends said "Nurse is awesome he needs to be here!" and now they are realizing that Nurse looks so lost out there it could be disastrous. He's not physical, he's turning the puck over, he's nervous, they really aren't doing him any favours.
What kind of contract do you guys think the Avs give Grigorenko this summer? He's become a pretty big part of our team the second half of this year, really done a good job gaining Patty's trust and has been producing at a decent clip lately for us also.
My guess is they sign him for 2 years at around 1.75-2M. I also really hope they can find a way to bring Boedker back for 4-4.5M. He's looked good here so far and I think he can be a regular 50-60 point guy playing in our Top 6 with better Centers then he had in ARI.
He'd be a cheaper option then the likes of Radulov/Eriksson/Okposo and give us more money to spend on Defense or Barrie/Mackinnon.
2 Years, 1.5M per season is what I think Grigorenko will get and I think he'll jump at the opportunity to sign that kind of contract here. I believe he likes it here.
He has 3 RFA years left, you don't want to do 3 years. I like the proposed 2 x 1.5. It's kinda hard to predict, that's definitely role player money but he can't really ask for more until he has some points to ask for it.
MacK already said he doesn't want a bridge, I don't think that's a good idea to force him into it.
Lol the Oilers' defence has really been something else though. Since 2006-2007 they haven't had any defensemen close to EJ/Barrie/Beauchemin. I don't know if any goalie would help that team. Trending in the right direction, though, with Klefbom/Davidson/Nurse/Sekera
At what point do we consider moving Varly? I love him. But I actually can see Pickard being a better goalie long term.
It would leave a lot of cap space and we should be able to get a ton for him still.
Not necessarily saying I want it to happen. Because Varly is our best player like 75% of games but it's worth asking.
Whenever a tandem of Pickard/Martin is good for a 1-2.