Proposal: Campbell for Petersen
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King Karl
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No way Campbell gets traded this soon after signing with Edmonton. Would be a total dick move.
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This might be a good deal for Oilers. Who knows???
At this point, I keep Campbell and ride it out to see if he can turn it around. Less than a 10 game stint on this team is way to early to give up on him.
I wasn’t a fan of the Gazpacho signing to begin with but he probably/arguably was the best UFA option available to the Oilers at the time of his signing. I truly wanted Holland to take a bigger risk and offer Oettinger 7 x $7.5m.
I do believe Campbell is better than Petersen and if the Oilers don’t at least make the SC Finals after the 3 year mark it truly doesn’t matter anymore, they will have at least $21m in cap space, so that argument is mute.
At this point, I keep Campbell and ride it out to see if he can turn it around. Less than a 10 game stint on this team is way to early to give up on him.
I wasn’t a fan of the Gazpacho signing to begin with but he probably/arguably was the best UFA option available to the Oilers at the time of his signing. I truly wanted Holland to take a bigger risk and offer Oettinger 7 x $7.5m.
I do believe Campbell is better than Petersen and if the Oilers don’t at least make the SC Finals after the 3 year mark it truly doesn’t matter anymore, they will have at least $21m in cap space, so that argument is mute.
Has any team ever signed a player to a 5 year contract and traded him after 10 games?
Neutrinos
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Yeah, can you imagine if a company agreed to pay you 25 million to spend the next 5 winters working in Edmonton, and then just a few short months later said you'd now have to spend those next 5 winters in L.A.?!?!
#DickestMoveEver
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rajuabju
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When Campbell was in LA, he had a top-tier D in front of him. Thats how he (and so many of our former goalies we smartly moved on from) looked so good. Now, with a questionable D, we see the results (ie, Campbell in Edmonton or Peterson in LA). No way we want to hedge our future on Campbell; we need to find someone younger and make a move there while we wait out both Peterson and Quicks contracts. Having $10M+ tied up in goaltending is never a recipe for success.
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Seems a bit early to make a move like this if you're Edmonton
Campbell's less than stellar play is based entirely on an 8 game sample, whereas Petersen's hasn't been an NHL calibre goalie for more than a year at this point
Even with those 2 extra years on his contract, I think Campbell is more likely to return to his previous form as an average NHL starting goalie, than I am that Petersen will prove he's good enough to be a team's backup
Campbell's less than stellar play is based entirely on an 8 game sample, whereas Petersen's hasn't been an NHL calibre goalie for more than a year at this point
Even with those 2 extra years on his contract, I think Campbell is more likely to return to his previous form as an average NHL starting goalie, than I am that Petersen will prove he's good enough to be a team's backup
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Cal Petersen is making 5 million dollars? That completely caught me off guard. That seems like a weird decision with hindsight. He was really good for his first 19 games over 2 years, and then a decent season .911 over 35 games before signing that extension with a year left on his prior deal. How does that resume get 5 million dollars? Husso didn't even get that this offseason over the same term.
FerrisRox
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I don't think the Oilers front office is stupid enough to panic after ten games and additoinally I think Jack Campbell is a significantly better goaltender.
Neutrinos
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If the current version of Petersen is what he's going to be for the duration of his contract, the Kings have to get him off their payroll
He's not even good enough to be a backup at this point, and having to play him 20 or so games each season rather than a capable backup could be the difference between missing or making the playoffs
Petersen's contract may have been viewed as an acceptable gamble to take with the team committed to a rebuild, but once Blake pulled the chute on those plans, and began trying to compete, well, that gamble doesn't look so acceptable anymore
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unicornpig
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And? Smith was great once he was healthy last year, much better than Campbell and he LTIRetired this year. Which was probably always the plan to keep his contract aav lower.
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And he provided great value for his time in Edmonton. Especially the last two years.
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I think you are selling him short.
Campbell was significantly better than Quick and LA’s defense was not top tier either.
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No way LA is that stupid. Jack Campbell is not movable. No one is taking that contact.
