guymez
The Seldom Seen Kid
- Mar 3, 2004
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Its either him or Stecher.I really hope they don't set the kid up to fail putting him with Nurse.
Its either him or Stecher.I really hope they don't set the kid up to fail putting him with Nurse.
I don’t think our D is much better. I’m just saying him managing to stick out defensively in a positive way on a terrible team is a good thing not a bad one.How can you look at this dcorp and say "oh this is much better"
Broberg was suppose to replace Ekholm in a few years (now they have nothing). You are putting faith in some American who will most likely walk when given the sliver of a chance.
That defense is not very good no matter how you look at it. We've already gone the "Just outscore the problems" route. It doesn't work. One injury and this season might be wasted.
That is of course assuming that was the only contract he'd sign.I don’t see how. If the Oilers weren’t going to give Broberg $4.58 million a year when they actually had cap space, they weren’t going to do it because they have slightly more cap space.
If the Oilers could do that we wouldn't be in this mess to begin with.JFC.
The overactions to not matching these stupid contracts is embarrassing.
If we were so dependent on Broberg and Holloway going forward then we didn't have f*** all to begin with.
Move on and use the cap more efficiently.
Exactly so why are you saying that the Oilers largely downgraded their defense?Emberson was basically playing as a 4th Dman for San Jose, the problem is that San Jose was horribly bad last year. He is likely perfectly fine as a 3rd pairing guy truthfully. His underlying numbers are pretty good from what I've seen, especially given the team he played for.
The problem, as it was last year, is the 2nd pairing right side.
Holland probably still has a job if not for this signing.I think the implication is they wouldn't be in a position to be offersheeted not being up against the cap with the Nurse contract for a 2nd pairing dman making 9.25 this year.
I was upset for a bit at this mornings news but I’ve since moved into just laughing at the whole debacle of broberg, boldy/zegras and Hollands old school approach to new school playersI thought we had turned cormer and were starting to care about developing prospects.
I was wrong. I cant believe we let Broberg walk here.
Holland probably still has a job if not for this signing.
Shouldn't have been hired to begin with.Ken Holland is like 80 years old and luckily for us pulled a Biden and retired.
We made deals with Sharks and Nucks, we may as well invite the rest of the Pacific division to the party. (Not the cup party though)Weegar and Rasmus Andersson are the best fit on the Oilers. It's a question if Calgary wants to deal with us or not. Or we need to get a 3rd team involved
Yes they were playing him on the right side because he wasn't going to be playing over Nurse or Ekholm.You do know that Bakersfield was playing Broberg on the right side too.
You dont think that hindered his development at all? I mean why would Holland insist on playing this player on his off side all the way along? I know that the team was weak on the right side but in all honestly I think the Oilers f**ked up with this player in multiple ways.
Now that St Louis has Broberg I doubt very much that they will repeat the same mistakes the Oilers made.
What’s insane to me is how many people now think these two players moved the needle for us this year…Just so absolutely comical (and predictable) that many "fans" that were calling Holloway and Bro busts are now losing their shit that we lost these 2. Just whatever they can do to shit on the Oil. Pick a lane, fellas.
Arvidsson and Skinner make exactly what they should be making. It's Nurse/Campbell buyout/Brown bonus that prevented the Oilers from signing Holloway and BrobergI hope Ardvidson plays well because his $4m is probably what prevented us signing Broberg and Holloway earlier.
I hope Ardvidson plays well because his $4m is probably what prevented us signing Broberg and Holloway earlier.
Hey now, they are welcome to celebrate our cup win.We made deals with Sharks and Nucks, we may as well invite the rest of the Pacific division to the party. (Not the cup party though)
They're fine but 3rd pair players on a contending team. Also Brown rotating in for tougher road games when they need a crease clearer.All I will say in regard to the defense is that Emberson and Stecher are a lot better than what most people think.
Time heals wounds.Why would Larsson come back after why he left?
The 1.4 million to Perry is such a waste. Wish they would have matched for Holloway.I hope Ardvidson plays well because his $4m is probably what prevented us signing Broberg and Holloway earlier.
You can't accrue cap space if you are going into LTIR room. Only can accrue when you are under the cap without using any LTIR room. Like we are right now.To me, this screams some veteran RHD on PTO. The Oilers start with Kane on the LTIR (to accrue cap space) and a contract is signed with a vet is shortly after the season starts.
Schultz, Barrie, etc.