If he's available to us at under $1m, you do it. All that matters is that he's affordable depth. Even his poor season last year exceeds the value of an $850k contract.
And I’m saying I think there are better players worth taking a flyer on in FA. We know what Yamamoto is - he’s largely ineffectual for long stretches and doesn’t fit in well in the bottom 6. If we’re getting Brown I really don’t see a role for Yamamoto here.
At $850k that contract would be buriable though. They can sign a dozen of those contracts. And as it stands, Yamamoto would probably still play in the top nine, even with Connor Brown.
I guess he could be a last resort option. I’d personally prefer someone who’s bigger, more physical and could provide a different dimension, especially with Kostin out. I’d honestly be inclined to give Lavoie a real look over signing him.
But he didn't get rid of him for nothing. He gave up a 4th line player that contributed more than he was being paid.
Exactly this. Now the impossible mission is to find somebody better or as good as Kostin for cheap. Which players are those, and most of our cheap fill have been misses rather than hits.
Except Kostin wasn’t going to be cheap enough for the Oilers to afford.
And when the same player allegedly seeks to increase his salary significantly, the value of said player changes (defined as player impact per amount of the salary cap allocated).
Id prefer a good hockey player.
Yet the Oilers have, and have had several players at much higher sticker price that have accomplished far less, particularly in playoffs. Many of the teams supposed leaders, who ARE in topsix and who are extremely well paid contributed no shows in the playoffs while Kostin somehow scored 3 EV goals and had dominating shifts albeit far too few of them. Theres a longlist of top players on this team that were putrid in the playoffs but we're paring one of the cheapest contracts on the team, and that would still be one of the cheapest contracts on the team.
Yeah, its interesting that those that just want to deride kostins contribution now have such a flimsy position that they now need to make up that he was asking for 3M longterm. its like a noise factory. As per usual in support of any decision the org makes. Kostin is a very useful player, the type anybody should want. He made all the contributions asked of him and more. He exceeded the EV scoring of all but two players on the team in the playoffs. But now he's chopped chicken liver that "we can easily replace".Well we have no factual reason to believe Kostin was asking for that. If we go that way we could use it after each bad trade. Like Bouchard is traded for a 2nd rounder and we say would it be better we'd signed him for 15 million for 3 years and so on
Its a strange story too as most contending teams that suddenly have to pare down their roster because they've drastically overspent are coming off a cup win. We haven't won shit, we've never won more than 8 playoff games (half the amount of a cup win) and we're fireselling talent we can't afford. Ironically one we signed just last season.
If Kostin went to the KHL the Oilers would still retain his rights for three more years. Next year they may well have been able to afford him. So it was an option to let him go.
It was the cheapest jersey in stock in the store.
Chicago should've done the trade we did with Detroit. They would've gotten some added toughness with potential to actually grow.
The good residents of St Paul, Alberta are tossing eye darts your way…It was the cheapest jersey in stock in the store.
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I had the same situation with a CuJo jersey back in the day. Got a year and half of wear out of it before he left, but I only get jerseys with names on them if I know they will be guys I reminisce about, like Hemsky. Or just ones I pull off the clearance rack. I got a Pajaarvi for 20 bucks after he was already traded.
haha. Couldn't help it. The post opened up the reply. I actually liked Brodziak but not enough to buy a jersey. I'm cheap too, I bought a Smyth jersey on sale with Drillers patch and all. My favorite Jersey, the Dark Blue. Still wear it. I'm never in fashion and don't care.The good residents of St Paul, Alberta are tossing eye darts your way…
I wouldn't care, he was my favourite Oiler.It was the cheapest jersey in stock in the store.
Gotcha. yet another depth player that this org didn't appreciate. Brodziak was a decent player that was let go. A long line of depth players that were.
This is a new low. usually the onsale price is 60bucks. lol. Paajarvi wasn't worth much thats for sure.
He's also kind of a celebrity in Vegreville where my dad grew up.
