Is it possible to buy-out Horcoff and re-sign him for 2.5M/year?
Too bad the NHL doesn't have the ability to restructure contracts - or for that matter no guaranteed contracts.Zero chance the oilers buy out horcoff.
Only if we trade him to another team and be bought out by them.
I don't think you can trade for a buyout and use an amnesty buyout on them. I believe you have to have had the contract since before the lockout.
We're going to need more than depth defesemen.
It'll be a complete failure if we go into next season with a top 4 of Smid-Petry, Klefbom/Schultz-Schultz.
I think this is right.
We could always buy out Horcoff and ask another team to sign him and trade him back to us for a pick or something
dekeyser is in detroitWhat do you see as our defense for next year? You've got us re-signing Smid and giving Dekeyser $3M. Klefbom seems like a lock and 4 of the current Oiler D are under contract next year. That leaves you with these 7:
Smid
J.Schultz
N.Schultz
Petry
Klefbom
Dekeyser
Potter
Who else are you adding, and where are you putting them? Keep in mind, there's probably a good chance Fistric is also re-signed. So if you're adding defensemen, then one or two of the above names (and their cap hits) go away.
What do you see as our defense for next year? You've got us re-signing Smid and giving Dekeyser $3M. Klefbom seems like a lock and 4 of the current Oiler D are under contract next year. That leaves you with these 7:
Smid
J.Schultz
N.Schultz
Petry
Klefbom
Dekeyser
Potter
Who else are you adding (not to mention, where are you going to find these guys), and where are you putting them? Keep in mind, there's probably a good chance Fistric is also re-signed. So if you're adding defensemen, then one or two of the above names (and their cap hits) go away.
They traded for Sharp, they didn't "attract" Him.
I think this is right.
We could always buy out Horcoff and ask another team to sign him and trade him back to us for a pick or something
If we're going into next season with Smid, Petry, Klefbom and Schultz, ideally I'd like to add two NHL defensemen for the second pairing.
Smid-Petry
xxx-xxx
Klefbom-Schultz
Potter/Fistric
Nick Schultz and Peckham should be long gone. I don't care how.
I'm not sure who we could add. Probably could get Kuba for next to nothing. And maybe pick up Niskanen or someone similar for Hemsky.
Smid-Petry
Kuba-Niskanen
Klefbom-Schultz
Potter/Fistric
Depending on how well Klefbom and Schultz play, they could move up/mix and match with Kuba/Niskanen.
Personally I would rather use Hemsky to get an NHL caliber D core than have a little extra secondary scoring on the 3rd line for $5M.
Looks like we're at 2/12 to getting into the playoffs. I really hope something comes out for that hilarious no goal call though. Basically costed the BJ's a point tonight and might turn out to be huge for their playoff chances.
The Oilers seem ready to play themselves right into 10place, so I suppose we're improving not going to get a good draft pick.
Gags has great value right now, I think it would one hell of a good time now to trade him, I think we could set us up for next year pretty well.
Is it possible to buy-out Horcoff and re-sign him for 2.5M/year?
What's the point? He's still a useful player; we have cap space for the duration of his contract (2 more years). Unless fans care about Katz's money, Horcoff's contract is completely a non-issue.
I would imagine, they will use the amnesty buy-out on Eager.
N.Schultz won't be going anywhere. He's having a down season, but we won't find better players in free agency and they can't trade for two top 4 d-men without giving up significant assets.
Or the season before that, or the one before that etc etc.If we go into next season hoping Nick Schultz and Klefbom can handle 18+ minutes a night, it's going to be no different than this season.
Is it possible to buy-out Horcoff and re-sign him for 2.5M/year?
This might surprise everyone around here, but Horcoff likely could sign a better contract than 2.5/year right now.