Busted up David Backes just got 5 years. I don't think you know how the UFA market works kidMan Chia is a dumba** 7 years has he gone mental 4 or 5 would of been fine starting to hate this guys so much
Busted up David Backes just got 5 years. I don't think you know how the UFA market works kidMan Chia is a dumba** 7 years has he gone mental 4 or 5 would of been fine starting to hate this guys so much
Man Chia is a dumba** 7 years has he gone mental 4 or 5 would of been fine starting to hate this guys so much
you guys should just boycott games til he fired lol
he lost every trade he has made so far what a bum
i'm still so chapped at the hall trade can't believe he couldn't even get a damn pick out of it
but that subban trade is pretty bad
i think we are kind of f we have barely any fire power mcd
man chia is a dumba** 7 years has he gone mental 4 or 5 would of been fine starting to hate this guys so much
The hate in this thread is great... everyone know the Oilers have balanced their roster and did what all of the Oiler haters said they needed to do... "Stop over valuing your players", "trade your forward talent for character guys, size and positions of need", "you will have ot overpay because of your desperation" ... done. Some over pay was involved... Oiler fans, don't argue this point... every one of us thought we would get more for Hall, some would have thought alot more, me I would have thought a 2nd rounder or something along those lines BUT anying at at resembling 1st pairing RHD were not on the market... you were going to overpay. Lucic, AAV was OK but term was probably 2 years too long (or at least 2 years more than we would have hoped) BUT look at the $5.5 - 6m deals... Lucic (28 yrs old) $42/7, Okposo (28) $42/7, Eriksson (31) $36/6, Ladd (30) $33/6, Backes (32) $30/5.
Lucic through to 35
Okposo through to 35
Eriksson through to 37
Ladd through to 36
Backes through to 37
It is market value when 5 teams are doing it.. If one of these contracts is bad, they all are... which might be the case. FYI: Lucic is a full NMC for the first 5 years then 2 year limited NTC.
The Oilers are a BETTER TEAM today than they were on June 24th. Thank you to many non-Oiler posters who acknowledge that... the rest of you haters can go... well you know.
Lot of money and term for a guy who's only cracked 60 pts twice, and not since 2011-12.
The hate in this thread is great... everyone know the Oilers have balanced their roster and did what all of the Oiler haters said they needed to do... "Stop over valuing your players", "trade your forward talent for character guys, size and positions of need", "you will have ot overpay because of your desperation" ... done. Some over pay was involved... Oiler fans, don't argue this point... every one of us thought we would get more for Hall, some would have thought alot more, me I would have thought a 2nd rounder or something along those lines BUT anying at at resembling 1st pairing RHD were not on the market... you were going to overpay. Lucic, AAV was OK but term was probably 2 years too long (or at least 2 years more than we would have hoped) BUT look at the $5.5 - 6m deals... Lucic (28 yrs old) $42/7, Okposo (28) $42/7, Eriksson (31) $36/6, Ladd (30) $33/6, Backes (32) $30/5.
Lucic through to 35
Okposo through to 35
Eriksson through to 37
Ladd through to 36
Backes through to 37
It is market value when 5 teams are doing it.. If one of these contracts is bad, they all are... which might be the case. FYI: Lucic is a full NMC for the first 5 years then 2 year limited NTC.
The Oilers are a BETTER TEAM today than they were on June 24th. Thank you to many non-Oiler posters who acknowledge that... the rest of you haters can go... well you know.
Lot of money and term for a guy who's only cracked 60 pts twice, and not since 2011-12.
the Canucks and Canadians were interested in him too....
Taylor Hall is a very good young star who was misused in Edmonton.
Hmm. Bergevin and Benning were fighting Chia for him?
That hardly inspires confidence in the deal when the three worst GM's in the entire NHL are in on the player.
he wasn't misused, the previous old boys club management had no clue on how to build a successful team around these kids and subsequently the Oilers couldn't win with them despite these guys being productive.
The hate in this thread is great... everyone know the Oilers have balanced their roster and did what all of the Oiler haters said they needed to do... "Stop over valuing your players", "trade your forward talent for character guys, size and positions of need", "you will have ot overpay because of your desperation" ... done. Some over pay was involved... Oiler fans, don't argue this point... every one of us thought we would get more for Hall, some would have thought alot more, me I would have thought a 2nd rounder or something along those lines BUT anying at at resembling 1st pairing RHD were not on the market... you were going to overpay. Lucic, AAV was OK but term was probably 2 years too long (or at least 2 years more than we would have hoped) BUT look at the $5.5 - 6m deals... Lucic (28 yrs old) $42/7, Okposo (28) $42/7, Eriksson (31) $36/6, Ladd (30) $33/6, Backes (32) $30/5.
Lucic through to 35
Okposo through to 35
Eriksson through to 37
Ladd through to 36
Backes through to 37
It is market value when 5 teams are doing it.. If one of these contracts is bad, they all are... which might be the case. FYI: Lucic is a full NMC for the first 5 years then 2 year limited NTC.
The Oilers are a BETTER TEAM today than they were on June 24th. Thank you to many non-Oiler posters who acknowledge that... the rest of you haters can go... well you know.
If what LeBrun tweeted is true, the biggest problem with Lucic's contract is that almost half the money is in the form of a signing bonus plus he has a full NMC for all 7 years. The large signing bonus is not the case with the other contracts, tho I personally think the term is too long on all of them. Too long term (or too high $) is almost standard for July 1st FAs, tho.