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Nah man everyone loves him and doesnt like the oilersCongrats to the Blues for marginally improving your team but making every GM hate you
Nah man everyone loves him and doesnt like the oilersCongrats to the Blues for marginally improving your team but making every GM hate you
I see you're a "live 10 years in the past" kind of guy lol.
So the old "numbers matter unless you don't like them... then they are meaningless". Gotcha.Does that mean the Oilers were a fluke? No.
Does that mean that the trio can't make it again? No.
It's just a stat that means nothing to his argument.
There is only one "Stan the Man". He played his entire baseball career in St. Louis for the Cardinals. To have a rapist-enabler like Bowman take that moniker is an insult.Most Oiler fans thought it was too pricey and seems they got their wish. See what Stan the Man does now.
If I did it was mistakeThought you said Holloway for some reason. Disregard.
This is a GM doing his job and might be the quote of the century! Respect to Army.
Hilarious reading Oilers fans in here. In the other thread where it looked like they would match Broberg and let Holloway go Broberg was going to be elite and Holloway sucked anyways. Now in this thread they both suck haha
Sounds more like something Stan Bowman would say.Interesting quote by Armstrong that he'd do it to his mother.
I doubt other teams will give a damn. I am sure the Oilers will hold a grudge over it though.Might have just been business from the Blues end of things, but I guarantee you, other teams will remember this, and the Oilers won't forget it.
Damned if you do and damned if you don't. And the funniest part is the Oilers did it to themselves. They could have avoided this situation completely but they decided signing an over the hill Corey Perry and company was more important.I have stayed out of the discussion and have been watching the humour from both sides.
But lets not bullshit....you would be laughing regardless. If the Oilers signed them to that kinda deal you would have laughed. If they Oilers matched....you would have laughed. They let them walk, laugh.
Offer sheets happen at a rate of about one successful one per decade.I doubt other teams will give a damn. I am sure the Oilers will hold a grudge over it though.
Not bad for pick. #64 and #96St.Louis adding 2 young players for a 2nd and 3rd . Smrt
I am not doubting they made an enemy out of Edmonton. I full on don't believe that other GM's will give a damn. He didn't do it to them so they will carry on as normal.Offer sheets happen at a rate of about one successful one per decade.
Two tendered to one team is predatory. The GM community is an old boys club and Armstrong just spat on that.
Might take awhile, but make absolutely no mistake about it, the Blues earned themselves an enemy with this move and Edmonton will absolutely look to put the screws to them one way or another, 3rd round pick and a B prospect apology or not.
I really do think this will have a trickle down effect league wide, and the Blues will want to do their level best to get Jake Neighbors under contract as soon as humanly possible.I am not doubting they made an enemy out of Edmonton. I full on don't believe that other GM's will give a damn. He didn't do it to them so they will carry on as normal.
We paid the price as fans in Montreal for a terrible offersheet that had no chance of happening in Aho. That was 5 years ago and we still hear about it. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out long term around the league even if it’s lesser names. Teams seem reluctant to do these for a reason.Offer sheets happen at a rate of about one successful one per decade.
Two tendered to one team is predatory. The GM community is an old boys club and Armstrong just spat on that.
Might take awhile, but make absolutely no mistake about it, the Blues earned themselves an enemy with this move and Edmonton will absolutely look to put the screws to them one way or another, 3rd round pick and a B prospect apology or not.
This thinking amongst fans and outsiders only. Teams utilize offer sheets every year. We just don’t hear about most of them because they rarely get accepted by the players. Broberg reportedly had 3 offer sheets extended to him and signed with the blues. This is a tool GMs use and are aware of the risks. This is why you need to plan ahead and plan accordingly.Might have just been business from the Blues end of things, but I guarantee you, other teams will remember this, and the Oilers won't forget it.
Might have just been business from the Blues end of things, but I guarantee you, other teams will remember this, and the Oilers won't forget it.
Why would Montreal management care what people on hockey message board say?We paid the price as fans in Montreal for a terrible offersheet that had no chance of happening in Aho. That was 5 years ago and we still hear about it. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out long term around the league even if it’s lesser names. Teams seem reluctant to do these for a reason.
I think there's a better than 50% chance that the Blues walk away from Broberg's qualifying offer in a couple of years. I don't think Edmonton even fleetingly considered that.We paid the price as fans in Montreal for a terrible offersheet that had no chance of happening in Aho. That was 5 years ago and we still hear about it. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out long term around the league even if it’s lesser names. Teams seem reluctant to do these for a reason.
Yep. I doubt we ever see a repeat of this. It was a perfect storm of poor management leaving two important players unsigned and having no cap room.Total mismanagement by the oilers to lose two young prospects.
You also got lucky to have Kotkaniemi offersheet signed by Canes after. Habs dodged a bullet not re-signing him.We paid the price as fans in Montreal for a terrible offersheet that had no chance of happening in Aho. That was 5 years ago and we still hear about it. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out long term around the league even if it’s lesser names. Teams seem reluctant to do these for a reason.