McFlyingV
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Well I really hope the Oilers keep Kane out until game 1 of the playoffs and go way over the cap after yet another league handout to Vegas.
Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | Vegas Claim & Somehow Assign Lavoie to Farm... because Oilers.
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CornKicker
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its true, the only difference is there is at least 2.5x more leaf fans so their message get amplified
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Shocked that the league helps out their precious golden bitches again.
Maybe MTL should try doing the same thing with Carey Price.
This shit is just so exhausting. “Rules for thee and not for me”. Why bother having a CBA?
Broberg Speed
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Of course. I think that was always the plan. Emberson on Nurse's pair, plugged up the bottom pairing spot with the likes of Brown, Stecher, and Dermott. Then they trade and acquire that top four d man before or right on trade deadline. It is what it is.
McFlyingV
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So many doomers on this board constantly. My favourite is people acting like Foegele, McLeod, Holloway, Broberg and Ceci were somehow key pieces to this team's regular season success last year. More like the key whipping boys (most of which was deserved btw).
Broberg Speed
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It's simple. If they don't they don't have a chance at winning. And I'll repeat it one more time. The idea of accruing cap for a deadline acquisition is fools gold.
I'm all for showing time preference but betting on the Oilers staying afloat... staying healthy isn't likely.
I can’t wait for the revision to the rules a week before the playoffs that to be eligible for the playoffs, the player has to be off LTIR for game 82
Conversely, those exact same folks would probably be saying the following had we kept all of them:
Foegele - $3.5M for a 3rd liner!? He's streaky and never scored until this year, and has no hands.
Ceci - "GET THIS BUM OFF THE TEAM!"
McLeod - lazy, sucked in the playoffs, soft, etc
Holloway - overpaid! Why isn't he making $1M like I wanted him to!
Broberg - overpaid! Why isn't he making $1M like I wanted him to!
It’s not bowman’s fault for there being no “youth”. But go on, keep yelling at those clouds.
Broberg Speed
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I haven't been able to figure out for the life of me how Brown secured a 3 year deal... seriously.
McFlyingV
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Pretty accurate. The first 3 players are all flawed players who have some good attributes and many that make them easily replaceable. McLeod and Foegele's production if you take out Draisaitl time is very mediocre to underwhelming for 3rd line players. One of my favourite arguments is their contribution to the Oilers PK which was middle of the pack in the regular season.
Holloway and Broberg did very little to contribute to this team making playoffs last year. One scored at a 4th line rate despite getting a decent amount of middle 6 minutes, and the other barely even played.
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Shocked that the league helps out their precious golden bitches again.
Maybe MTL should try doing the same thing with Carey Price.
Gary already lost one of his beloved desert franchises, will move mountains to make sure that never happens again.
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And Ottawa has to forfeit a future 1st. The league has some hard and fast rules.
Rules don't apply to the golden child of Bettman. Watch Mark Stone go on LTIR again this season and come back ready in G1 of the playoffs.
McFlyingV
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I think people are more worried about him getting a roster spot and throwing away games from his awful play. I'm not on that level. I'll wait to see what they decide for opening night roster, but as of now there's no way their opening D pairs should be anything other than:
Ekholm-Bouchard
Nurse-Emberson
Kulak-Stetcher/Dermott
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dem
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Apparently we should have just had Sad Sack Jack not come for his physical and we would have been off the hook.
Fourier
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This decision is just so obviously pro-Vegas that it is hard not to laugh.
unicornBLOOD
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you're right, unless they, management, are too prideful and they choose to keep this guy on the roster, or even worse, play him.
if they cut him, and send him to the AHL, then, it really is of ZERO effect on this team, unless we get to the 50 contract maximum and are prevented from adding someone that we wanted to. This is unlikely, and also usually not, a major issue.
what we does worry me about the signing is that the people in charge of this team, chose to sign a guy to a 3 year deal, when every measurable stat and analytic pointed to this player not being an NHL hockey player. It definitely makes me question what they were thinking at the time, even if, the deal can be buried in the minors.
Broberg Speed
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I don't understand why you or anyone thinks any of this will work out. Because someone in the sports media said so?
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