Post-Game Talk: GAME 43 - The ship was the pride of the American side..... Oilers 4 BRUINS 0

RiverbottomChuck

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Sweeney… what’s his next play?
1. Put any injured player they want to keep on IR and call up the kids and play out the season for a good pick while selling off parts.
2. Rotate minor piece(s) out for other minor piece(s) and see if things click.
3. Go for broke by trading one of Pasta, Mac, insert other core player for another star.
4. Add and try to squeak in the playoffs until you statistically can't.

Definitely a tough choice being completely honest except #3, I don't think that's the answer.
 
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DKH

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Sweeney… what’s his next play?
Get Lindholm back call up Poitras & Lysell

1. Put any injured player they want to keep on IR and call up the kids and play out the season for a good pick while selling off parts.
2. Rotate minor piece(s) out for other minor piece(s) and see if things click.
3. Go for broke by trading one of Pasta, Mac, insert other core player for another star.
4. Add and try to squeak in the playoffs until you statistically can't.

Definitely a tough choice being completely honest except #3, I don't think that's the answer.
Trade 63 to Colorado
Trade McAvoy to Islanders
Trade Pastrnak to Chicago

Blow it up
 

BiteThisBurrows

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How bad does this team suck? Well, just about this bad. Basically generated no offense at all and were never in the game.

Get Lindholm back call up Poitras & Lysell


Trade 63 to Colorado
Trade McAvoy to Islanders
Trade Pastrnak to Chicago

Blow it up
Lindholm improves things a little but not enough to make a real difference.
Poitras and Lysell? Don't see them fixing it either.

Now blowing it up probably gets you to be good again faster, but how many years of pain and suffering would you accept if you blow it up totally, because there will be many years of sucking bad if you trade away those three.

Clearly we are not winning the cup this year and we will have a hard time even making the playoffs so moving all the UFAs is certainly the best plan right now. You can move Marchand to a contender and then re-sign him next year if you want. If he wants. He'd definitely understand. He's a pro. Why not give him a cup run? He should get us a first back.

I wonder if Vancouver would have any interest still in Lindholm and/or Zadorov? Can Sweeney undo that mistake? I'd be fine with a dump of much of this roster for decent returns. Swayman included. I'd want a big return for Pasta or McAvoy but I'd take the phone call.

This season is a bust.
 
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Was at this one. First and likely only live game of the season for me. Cool to see McDavid live, that's where the positives end for tonight lol.

This team just doesn't have it. I trade the UFAs at the deadline, and see what you can get for Coyle and Carlo, and start fresh in the offseason. Hopefully we can get some younger complimentary pieces that will fit better with the core of Pasta-McAvoy-Lindholm-Lindholm-Zadorov-Swayman that we have locked up long term.

Freddy can hopefully get a 2nd. Marchand maybe gets a 1st from a contender like how Foligno got a 1st for Columbus a couple years ago. Carlo could definitely get a late first+ decent prospect. Coyle could get a decent prospect. Take those assets and try to flip them for a a couple solid players at the draft.
 
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nORRis8

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Marchy: "We’ve kind of gotten away a little bit from the way that we were playing to have some success. We just have to get back to playing that same way.”

Ummm, more like the teams which featured mostly teams in the same boat as us or even worse were on the schedule.
The schedule now is tighter ( likely due to the 4 Nation Horsecrap Tournament) plus we are playing top notched teams.
The success Brad speaks of was more like a mirage.
 

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How bad does this team suck? Well, just about this bad. Basically generated no offense at all and were never in the game.


Lindholm improves things a little but not enough to make a real difference.
Poitras and Lysell? Don't see them fixing it either.

Now blowing it up probably gets you to be good again faster, but how many years of pain and suffering would you accept if you blow it up totally, because there will be many years of sucking bad if you trade away those three.

Clearly we are not winning the cup this year and we will have a hard time even making the playoffs so moving all the UFAs is certainly the best plan right now. You can move Marchand to a contender and then re-sign him next year if you want. If he wants. He'd definitely understand. He's a pro. Why not give him a cup run? He should get us a first back.

I wonder if Vancouver would have any interest still in Lindholm and/or Zadorov? Can Sweeney undo that mistake? I'd be fine with a dump of much of this roster for decent returns. Swayman included. I'd want a big return for Pasta or McAvoy but I'd take the phone call.

This season is a bust.
If I knew for sure that blowing it up would land McKenna, then I would do it without hesitation.This group is not a true core because none of them are centres .Don't get me wrong I think these are the best players they have ( McAvoy Pastrnak Marchand) but it's not getting them where they need to go without a legit top centre.Making playoffs would be a feat.
 
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BiteThisBurrows

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If I knew for sure that blowing it up would land McKenna, then I would do it without hesitation.This group is not a true core because none of them are centres .Don't get me wrong I think these are the best players they have ( McAvoy Pastrnak Marchand) but it's not getting them where they need to go without a legit top centre.Making playoffs would be a feat.
Sure, but if you blow it up I'd say again, how many years of sucking would you accept? Look at the teams that tank like Chicago. Got Bedard, still suck. That's what we would be at best.
 
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