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Damnit why does everyone steal my jokesHuberdeau to Florida for past considerations...
Damnit why does everyone steal my jokesHuberdeau to Florida for past considerations...
So you want us to have a total of 8 top sizers cause 2guys are banged up? Literally only Boston has that.As I said, Kane and Yammo presently out and have been in and out all year long. Holloway also out (possible reinforcement in case of the other injuries). Can you rely on any of those guys being At their best or even making it to game 1 at this point.?
Then, as I said, every team takes at least a couple playoff injuries on the way to the big dance. If Nuge or Hyman gets banged up on top of all our other problems?
I get that we can’t plan around the worst case scenario, but at least plan around the uncertainty we have in Yamo/Kane/Holloway. Don’t plan to start Out short handed and pray that no injuries hit.
Start out with at LEAST 6 top 6ers so if we go down to 5 or 4 we can still hang.
Dont start with 4.
So you want us to have a total of 8 top sizers cause 2guys are banged up? Literally only Boston has that.
We do. This team sees Yamamoto as a top 6 guy. Who’s how is only having 6 a gamble. Boston is literally the only team that has more and that’s because of how cheap Their top 6 centres are.No I want 6 top 6ers. Thats a gamble in and of itself, but its a gamble We can afford with the way our roster is constructed. Every team has at least that.
I can’t see them moving him with retention. Not with 2 more seasons. We would need 50% retention so like, 7mill of retention total. Add a couple firsts to that offer
We do. This team sees Yamamoto as a top 6 guy.
1.5 but with the deadline it’s like 800k of real money. So like a a2nd and 3rd each season.by league standards 1.5 is a 5th
one first, if that.
Show me all the teams that have more than 6 top 6 forwards healthy/injured.But he’s not, at least not in his current state. Its a huge gamble to think he might be healthy for the playoffs. Every time he gets hit it looks like he’ll be back on LTIR. He either needs to be traded or upgraded and put on the 3rd line. For one reason or another, he cannot perform at a top 6 level.
1.5 but with the deadline it’s like 800k of real money. So like a a2nd and 3rd each season.
Show me all the teams that have more than 6 top 6 forwards healthy/injured.
All those teams have more than 6 top 6 forwards? BullshitYou mean like LA, Vegas, WPG, DAL, COL, etc? A lot of teams we will have to go through, and thats to say nothing of the stacked-ass East.
100% agree with everything but you could also deal Kulak in this scenario no problem. He’d be 3rd pairing with Broberg on his heels and surpassing him quickly. Send him off and get a cheaper 6-7 D.I mean here's my offer
Ceci
Bouchard
Yamamoto
EDM 1st 2024
for
The exact amount of retention it takes to put Karlsson on the roster + replace the roster spots of the above players. There's no real other way to do the deal.
That's not going to change in the summer. Like things don't magically change in the summer just because.
Either that or they can retain 50% of his contract full stop. IMO Grier blew this. He could've gotten a much better package from the Oilers at this deadline if he had not been so green at his job.
If we got Karlsson we almost certainly don't get Ekholm and San Jose would have gotten a lot of those net assets (2023 1st, Schaefer, etc.).
You could argue Dallas and the Avs maybe Vegas but it’s a real stretch. The bruins do but only because they bought the NHL this deadline.All those teams have more than 6 top 6 forwards? Bullshit
I’m sure he is but there really isn’t any top 6 forward rentals available and not really any rumours of guys around Yams cap or lower on the moveYammer is a great kid but we can't depend on him surviving through the season and the playoffs. I hope MackD is whispering in Kenny's ear and asking for someone better.
I feel like our D would actually be steadier as is. Maybe that's just me though.You guys hate Yamamoto way.. way too much.
I still think we are going to go for Klingberg
You guys hate Yamamoto way.. way too much.
I still think we are going to go for Klingberg
That's a really nice looking lineup. I'd switch McLeod and Bjugstad but I don't remember an Oilers lineup in all my years of watching Oilers hockey that just about everybody in the lineup is slotted where they should be. The only one that really sticks out is Ceci on the top pairing and Yamamoto in the top 6 but when you have five 1st line forwards, it's ok to have a winger a bit too high in the lineup.Kane McDavid Yamamoto
RNH Draisaitl Hyman
Kostin Bjugstad Foegele
McLeod Ryan Janmark
Shore
Nurse Ceci
Ekholm Bouchard
Kulak/Broberg Desharnais
Skinner
Campbell
Is basically our lineup. Still think I would like to add Zack McEwan tomorrow.
Too easy to move off the puck. Looses about a half a dozen puck battles a game, a couple where he has position and leverage and just get out muscled at the stick. If he scored more, you could overlook that.You guys hate Yamamoto way.. way too much.
I still think we are going to go for Klingberg
You guys hate Yamamoto way.. way too much.
I still think we are going to go for Klingberg