Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | Dermott on a PTO, Will We See More PTO's? Can We Get Some Toughness Too Please?

[McFlyingV]

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.

 

[CornKicker]

No. You are right. Every stereotype about the leafs can be applied to oilers fans on this site as well. Only most are too biased here to see it. It’s cringe worthy.

its true, the only difference is there is at least 2.5x more leaf fans so their message get amplified

 

[Oilhawks]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841849066369507372

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]

Forgot to add the oilers have to send their 3rd to Vegas as compensation as well. Lol

Why wouldn't you call this a "fixed league"?

 

[McAsuno]

Well since we aren't making the decisions we just get to sit and watch. regardless, I stand by my point that none of these guys are it for a top 4 role. If we could acquire a top 4RHD I would have Emberson paired with Kulak and then probably Dermott for the #7D.

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]

its true, the only difference is there is at least 2.5x more leaf fans so their message get amplified

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]

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.

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.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

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.

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

 

[K1984]

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).

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!

 

[Tobias Kahun]

doesnt make any difference, this is his team now and its culled of all relevant youth and not good enough for game 7, or game 82 or game 1 imo.

The future is now and its not enough. Somethings gotta change and the RD market is eerily reminiscent of that time we traded league MVP for a shutdown RD. Im not confident that Bowman will have anything better up his sleeve.

It’s not bowman’s fault for there being no “youth”. But go on, keep yelling at those clouds.

 

[McAsuno]

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!

Me at the bolded

 

[Broberg Speed]

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).

Who did we replace them with?

 

[Duder54]

The whole Josh Brown thing makes no sense, and it never made any sense. Three years was a weird term for a guy that you can't count on to make your team in year one, let alone year three. And it certainly seems like he's going to be on the opening day roster, regardless of how poorly he played during camp.

I haven't been following camp closely, but it certainly seems like Stetcher could be getting the short end of the stick here.

I haven't been able to figure out for the life of me how Brown secured a 3 year deal... seriously.

 

[McFlyingV]

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!

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.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

I haven't been able to figure out for the life of me how Brown secured a 3 year deal... seriously.

He can be waived and cost 0 against the cap.

Who cares

 

[bellagiobob]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841849066369507372

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.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Forgot to add the oilers have to send their 3rd to Vegas as compensation as well. Lol

And Ottawa has to forfeit a future 1st. The league has some hard and fast rules.

 

[McAsuno]

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]

He can be waived and cost 0 against the cap.

Who cares

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

 

[brentashton]

I haven't been able to figure out for the life of me how Brown secured a 3 year deal... seriously.

 

[JeffSkinner53]

Why wouldn't you call this a "fixed league"?

I would

 

[dem]

Apparently we should have just had Sad Sack Jack not come for his physical and we would have been off the hook.

 

[Fourier]

Gary already lost one of his beloved desert franchises, will move mountains to make sure that never happens again.

This decision is just so obviously pro-Vegas that it is hard not to laugh.

 

[unicornBLOOD]

He can be waived and cost 0 against the cap.

Who cares

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]

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.

I don't understand why you or anyone thinks any of this will work out. Because someone in the sports media said so?