No argument there. But rather than looking at it as lowering the standards, maybe we should consider Price on a Bell curve, given he never had the benefit of playing on an exceptional team
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Oilers acquire Vasily Podkolzin from Canucks
The Edmonton Oilers have added some depth up front.
Oilers acquire Vasily Podkolzin from Canucks
The Edmonton Oilers have added some depth up front.www.sportsnet.ca
Well there you go... 4th. That's even less than I thought he'd go for.
Will be very interesting to see what kind of season he has... especially vs what Sprong does for Van.
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Former high pick in draft. If Oilers can right him.Oilers acquire Vasily Podkolzin from Canucks
The Edmonton Oilers have added some depth up front.
He is a likely a 4th liner. Holloway still has potential to be a scoring line forward. Bowman is an idiot. It would be a worthwhile risk for a team that has cap space to spare.
Now it would make sense if it is part of a bigger deal where Canucks take a Ceci and/or Kulak to open up cap room for the Oilers.
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Hmmm....weird move by the Oilers.Oilers acquire Vasily Podkolzin from Canucks
The Edmonton Oilers have added some depth up front.
It tells me they are letting both players walk, Broberg and Holloway
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Now that they have traded Ceci they are probably keeping Broberg
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Edmonton just traded Ceci, so Broberg is staying and Holloway is likely being let go.
What's interesting is Broberg has made multiple trade requests while Holloway wanted to stay. He had to be convinced to sign the RFA sheet.
It's likely that the guy who wants to leave, stays. And, the guy who wants to stay, leaves.
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May we never hear or read that dumbass Ceci name again
Looks like they might match on Broberg. Not cheap for sure.
Reminds me of a certain contract given to Breezer.
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That was my guess as well.
Damn, that's the total opposite of what I thought they would do.
Curious move for Grier...
Guessing he thinks Ceci will get plum minutes this year with them, pumping up his stats and opening possibility of a strong deadline return
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Going to be hard on Oilers as Bouchard and Drai are up next year.
Yep gotta be playing chess and not checkers. Better be thinking about Draisaitl and Bouchard.
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It's one of those where I'd keep certain top prospects off the table, but you have to at least sniff around here. Askarov's potential is sky high.
Preds have been dangling him in trades since 2021. Either teams knows something and they don't want him or the Preds think he's worth a lot more than what the rest of the league think he's worth.
If he puts it all together he will be elite. He is already the best puck handling goalie in the NHL and he isn't even in the league yet.
I like what Oilers have done this off season actually. We'll see if it translate but nice little moves.
Why? They still need to put Kane on LTIR to cover Broberg's salary. If they do they can keep Holloway too. Of course that doesn't explain trading for Podkolzin.
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Looks like the ole public stand off, Preds trying to save his value.
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