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Confirmed with Link: Klingberg signs in Edmonton

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iCanada said:
That's fair. But do you think he is rejecting that deal if his agent isn't telling him he can make more elsewhere?



Well no, can push bonus into next year's cap, and we haven't activated him into our roster yet - and even if we do - we can send down Brown or Ryan.
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The agent might have given him bad advice. To be honest, it is not possible for me to imagine being offered $50 to $60 million and saying, no thanks. God himself couldn't convince me to say no unless more money were literally offered and place directly under my nose.
 
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Drivesaitl said:
Pretty bargain basement cost. Can live with that. Insurance I guess. I'd hope though this doesn't mean any of our D have undisclosed issues. Didn't notice any difficulty with Ekholm yesterday for instance but he was game day decision this week.
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He's veteran who can move the puck, has playoff experience and has scored in the NHL from the blueline. He won't be "the solution" but he makes the team better and like the bet for the team.
 
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I will say this, and continue you to say it, he will have to blow the doors off, come in an immediately look as good as, at the VERY least, Brett Kulak for the Oilers not to try an add another body on the blueline.

Fishy McScales said:
Puckpedia is saying it prorates up to 1.6M, but on the other hand I'm not sure that's how prorating works and they were also wrong on the Oilers' cap situation just a few days ago so who knows.
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I think they misunderstand the situation, from the sounds of it, he's getting $1M prorated, and the $350K bonus bumps the actual salary to $1M
 
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Will be interesting to see how Knob used him as his reputation is not unlike Jeff Skinner’s.

Seems pretty low risk anyway so I’m all for it.
 
PuckPedia is correct.

350K signing bonus paid ~ mid year prorates to approximately 700k over the entire season.

That plus the 1M prorated base salary gives you a cap hit of about 1.7M.

Seems unnecessarily high.
 
One of the things to ponder on the current Oilers is how basically every D here are doing even better than expected under KK/Coffey. If you think about it every D we have has improved since the whacked Woodcrap segment.

For instance Darnell Nurse looked like a stud playing under Tippett and does again now. Ekholm is better here than even in Nashville. Booch bloom happened under KK/Coffey. Kulak looking best ever. Emberson coming in here and looking like a find.

Good schemes and coaching is more relatable to D and defending than any other facet of hockey.


The last time the Oilers had coaching staff that were good D whisperers it was Ronnie Low era. We had not great D back then but they looked better here than anywhere else. So thats the clear trend line that KK and Coffey establish here. EVERY D look better here and D with an offensive side just get more confident doing that here.

This is a factor I guess to consider in the Klingberg hiring as well is that we have D whisperers here and Coffey could be best in business.
 
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AddyTheWrath said:
PuckPedia is correct.

350K signing bonus paid ~ mid year prorates to approximately 700k over the entire season.

That plus the 1M prorated base salary gives you a cap hit of about 1.7M.

Seems unnecessarily high.
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I don't think they prorate the bonus as that is just a flat sum.

The question is what they mean by prorating the salary. To me, like when speaking about stats such as goals and points, it sounds like it would be something like 600k which would then prorate to just over a mill for the full season, but actual money paid out would be lower so that would lower the cap hit similarly to how you accrue cap space.

Anyway I'm literally guessing here so I suppose we'll see.
 
I am glad they are taking a swing at a free asset while there’s still time to see how he works out before the trade deadline . Hoping he regains his mobility and form from a number of years ago. If not, he’s good depth to have. Zero downside here.
 
AddyTheWrath said:
PuckPedia is correct.

350K signing bonus paid ~ mid year prorates to approximately 700k over the entire season.

That plus the 1M prorated base salary gives you a cap hit of about 1.7M.

Seems unnecessarily high.
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Reminds me of the Nylander situation in 2018-19, if I understand that situation correctly. He signed in December 2018 and his caphit was over $10M because it was prorated.
 
Drivesaitl said:
One of the things to ponder on the current Oilers is how basically every D here are doing even better than expected under KK/Coffey. If you think about it every D we have has improved since the whacked Woodcrap segment.

For instance Darnell Nurse looked like a stud playing under Tippett and does again now. Ekholm is better here than even in Nashville. Booch bloom happened under KK/Coffey. Kulak looking best ever. Emberson coming in here and looking like a find.

Good schemes and coaching is more relatable to D and defending than any other facet of hockey.


The last time the Oilers had coaching staff that were good D whisperers it was Ronnie Low era. We had not great D back then but they looked better here than anywhere else. So thats the clear trend line that KK and Coffey establish here. EVERY D look better here and D with an offensive side just get more confident doing that here.

This is a factor I guess to consider in the Klingberg hiring as well is that we have D whisperers here and Coffey could be best in business.
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That's the key imo. Coaching. Dare I say that even Brown has been a bit better compared to his preseason form

Stecher and Emberson are looking great too. I bet this isn't lost on Klingberg. Him simply fitting into our systems and following them should clean up his defensive issues.

Plus he's got a spot to fight for.

It's basically all coming down to whether or not Klingberg can physically do the job. He's got the hockey sense and talent.
 
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Fishy McScales said:
I don't think they prorate the bonus as that is just a flat sum.

The question is what they mean by prorating the salary. To me, like when speaking about stats such as goals and points, it sounds like it would be something like 600k which would then prorate to just over a mill for the full season, but actual money paid out would be lower so that would lower the cap hit similarly to how you accrue cap space.

Anyway I'm literally guessing here so I suppose we'll see.
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I think it’s posted above but the annualized amount would be what hits our cap if we operate in LTIR (which seems likely as I doubt Kane returns before the playoffs).

If we’re not dipping into LTIR I believe only the actual amount paid counts against the cap.
 
Could very much play a role that OEL played in Florida last year. A previously elite offensive D who has always been known as having a pretty poor defensive game, but who was able to succeed in sheltered minutes on a really good team.

I like the add even if it ends up being as say a 7D after TDL acquisitions. You could do a lot worse than Klingberg and Stetcher as your 7/8D injury depth in the playoffs.
 
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