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NYR Viper said:
Holy crap, has anyone looked at the Oilers cap issues?!?!

8 forwards signed
6 d-man
2 goalies

Still have:
Puljujaarvi, Yamamoto and McLeod to sign

$1.318m cap space

They may gain some of it back with Smith and Klefbom if they are on LTIR, that would be an additional $6.3m but is Klefbom 100% out for the season?
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What? I thought they had good amount of cap after Keith retired.
 
NYR Viper said:
Holy crap, has anyone looked at the Oilers cap issues?!?!

8 forwards signed
6 d-man
2 goalies

Still have:
Puljujaarvi, Yamamoto and McLeod to sign

$1.318m cap space

They may gain some of it back with Smith and Klefbom if they are on LTIR, that would be an additional $6.3m but is Klefbom 100% out for the season?
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I'd take McLeod
 
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NYR Viper said:
Holy crap, has anyone looked at the Oilers cap issues?!?!

8 forwards signed
6 d-man
2 goalies

Still have:
Puljujaarvi, Yamamoto and McLeod to sign

$1.318m cap space

They may gain some of it back with Smith and Klefbom if they are on LTIR, that would be an additional $6.3m but is Klefbom 100% out for the season?
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Vegas is worse.

16 guys signed and they are already over the cap by 1.3

just noticed the Weber cushion
 
Kovalev27 said:
I’m fairly certain at least during the regular season Reaves is going to play almost every night as he should. That’s what we need him for.
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He's a valuable piece to this team and, although imperfect, really helps with the way this team wants to play. I really like the addition of Trochek and a guy like Carpenter. I'm hoping Lafreniere and a guy like Schneider can continue to come into their own and start asserting themselves a bit more physically.
 
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Reaves will be in the press box come playoff time which is fine. But during the slog of the regular season when you’ve got clowns from Ottawa or nj trying to make a name for themselves yapping at Panarin on a Wednesday night in December Reaves will be in the lineup. That’s his job and it worked quite well this past year.
 
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Bacon Artemi Bravo said:
The thing I like most about Chris Drury, and this is extremely rare in human beings - he understands a sunk cost. He's not afraid to admit a mistake and walk away.

What I mean is that, you can make a mistake, what it costs you now and in the past is what it is, there is no changing it. The best course of action is self evident, and sometimes it's messy. Sometimes the way you get to the best future outcome is by cutting bait and admitting your mistakes.

Perfect example of this is Nemeth. Sure, you can roast Drury for signing him to the deal he did in the first place. It didn't work out. It was a failure. All GM's will make mistakes. Instead of making it worse by not admitting the mistake, he bit the bullet and got him off the books. Onward and upward. Hope he learned his lesson.

Example number 2 is Copp. He actually helped us a lot last season, I truly believe he was a catalyst going into the post season. That being said, that 2nd line, including him, were hot garbage in the playoffs. Turns out he's not a natural center. He never won the coaches trust playing the middle. As such, Drury didn't pine over the cost of what he paid, he moved on and he found a solution.

Being quick and decisive, not letting your ego get in the way of your decisions, being adaptable and nimble - these are all the hallmarks of excellence in any field. I hope Drury continues to show that he's not afraid to admit a mistake and learn from them as well.
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Well said. I think it's also worth stating that a player like Nemeth is what a lot of teams covet... big physical, defensive defenseman. The desire to fill a role is correct... but the player just couldn't deliver.

Copp brought a lot of value. The late season injury didn't do him any favors. And if the need was a center then, and still was leading up to yesterday, then signing Copp to play as wing made no sense.

You can also say that Drury had enough sense not to resign Strome, regardless of the supposed chemistry he had with Panarin. It we saw those 2 working well together in the playoffs, maybe Strome is still here.
Drury didn't sign Strome for a reason as well.
 
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RangerBoy said:






Vancouver misread the market. They don't have any cap space. Vancouver signed Mikheyev yesterday. $4.75M. All of this stuff about creating cap flexibility by moving money to other teams for picks and prospects. They picked a wrong time.
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Why are Pens looking to move Marino? Cao space?
 
JimmyG89 said:
The best thing about every move made yesterday is that the JT Miller and Kadri discourse is dead. Especially Miller. Kadri just would have cost too much. If he goes back to Colorado, he's taking a discount.

All the things that their fanbase wanted in return for Miller. Now they're talking about moving him to Pittsburgh and the main piece of their return is John Marino. That fanbase deserves whatever shit they get from Rutherford. Marino basically a #4. It wouldn't be Hall for Larsson, but it would be pretty bad.

They deserve to be left holding the bag when they are a bubble team, lose in the 1st round, and Miller walks for nothing.
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I saw some of your discussions with them on the main boards. Some were very delusional about his worth for a 1 year rental since teams weren't allowed to talk to him about a possible extension. They were talking like he was McDavid. Vancouver overplayed their hand and will have to settle for less. Same thing happened with Eichel situation in Buffalo. I remember those jokesters were asking for both Fox and Laf. Too funny.
 
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I feel like the eastern conference as a whole improved a lot. The Metro is still going to be a gauntlet next year with the only "bad" team probably being Philly. The Atlantic is going to be much improved too, Detroit and Ottawa got massively better and all of the big boys are still going to be good. Montreal is probably the only team you can expect to be "bad" in that division.
 
PuckLuck3043 said:
I saw some of your discussions with them on the main boards. Some were very delusional about his worth for a 1 year rental since teams weren't allowed to talk to him about a possible extension. They were talking like he was McDavid. Vancouver overplayed their hand and will have to settle for less. Same thing happened with Eichel situation in Buffalo. I remember those jokesters were asking for both Fox and Laf. Too funny.
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It got to the point where they were asking for Lafreniere as part of a package for Miller. The #1 pick two drafts ago for a 1 year rental off a career year.

It's insanity. He's never been worth that much. Sure, 99 points is a lot. When you try and explain to people he'd be getting 2nd line minutes and he'd be in a different position on the PP unit, it was like speaking another language.

If you want a 1C return, you have to move him to a place where he would be a 1C and a place where they would extend him. The Rangers were not that and were never going to be that.
 
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