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

[McAsuno]

Holy shit, Connor!

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

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

Don't underestimate the powers of love and friendship.

 

[CanadasTeam99]

Holy shit, Connor!

I can't even watch anything game 7 related. I still have some days where I cannot believe we could have won the damn cup. Same as 2006. I have never ever watched any videos or highlites of that game 7 lol.

I turned the game off this year as soon as the horn went. Have not seen handshakes or cup celebration

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

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

Not only that...signed within the first few hours of Free Agency

weird weird signing

 

[McAsuno]

I can't even watch anything game 7 related. I still have some days where I cannot believe we could have won the damn cup. Same as 2006. I have never ever watched any videos or highlites of that game 7 lol.

I turned the game off this year as soon as the horn went. Have not seen handshakes or cup celebration

I refuse to watch the handshakes or cup celebration personally. But this? Gave me chills.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841834708029657315

Not sure if I'm ready to see the captain crying though.

 

[CanadasTeam99]

I refuse to watch the handshakes or cup celebration personally. But this? Gave me chills.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841834708029657315

Not sure if I'm ready to see the captain crying though.

I can see McDavid crying a lot. All of that hard work to lose in one game. There is never a guarantee they will get back to the cup finals. It's hard.

 

[bellagiobob]

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.

Hopefully it’s enlightening for JJ as he evaluates his pro scouts as to which one of them pushed for this player.

 

[brentashton]

Watch Vegas flip Aidin Hill to Boston for you know who….

 

[iCanada]

I can't even watch anything game 7 related. I still have some days where I cannot believe we could have won the damn cup. Same as 2006. I have never ever watched any videos or highlites of that game 7 lol.

I turned the game off this year as soon as the horn went. Have not seen handshakes or cup celebration

That's after game 2, McBoudreau mode activated.

 

[K1984]

Watch Vegas flip Aidin Hill to Boston for you know who….

There wouldn't be anything more Vegas than swinging a massive deal for a star player right after the NHL twisted themselves into a pretzel to make special exceptions to accommodate their cap situation.

 

[iCanada]

Lol why does the NHL even have a salary cap?

What a joke.

 

[McHelpus]

Lol why does the NHL even have a salary cap?

What a joke.

So they can do this stuff to screw the Canadian teams

 

[popo]

Who did we replace them with?

McLeod was replaced with Henrique.

I know Henrique was here last year as a rental but we committed to him with 3rd line Centre money that McLeod would have otherwise taken. This is a big upgrade. Henrique can do everything better than McLeod except skate fast. Henrique has proven he can contribute points without being on Draisaitl's wing - McLeod has not been able to do that.​

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Foeggle was replaced with Arvidsson

Arvidsson was given the 2nd line winger money, a higher price than Foeggle. Foeggle is a great energy third liner, but a guy who couldn't think the game or pass the puck effectively to play with Draisaitl. Don't think Foeggle hits 20 goals again, but think Arvidsson should out produce him.​

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Kane was replaced with Skinner.

Until Kane returns from Long Term injurry, Skinner gets to play top six and provide some goal scoring. Something he has proven he can do.​

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Holloway was replaced by _____.

By committee really. It could be Perry, it could be Lavoie, it could just be Brown/Janmark paying more minutes and having better seasons. Holloway was going to play 3rd to 4th line minutes here. I will miss him and will be a challenge to replace his potential, but we can easily replace his 6 goals.​

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[PositiveCashFlow]

So if there's someone we want to get off our books can we just feed them a bunch of donuts and have them fail their physical?

 

[McAsuno]

So if there's someone we want to get off our books can we just feed them a bunch of donuts and have them fail their physical?

As soon as Bettman hears that its the Oilers on the phone, he'll just say "Nope, and if you do, you'd have to forfeit a 1st round pick to the Calgary Flames" and then hang up.

 

[unicornBLOOD]

Hopefully it’s enlightening for JJ as he evaluates his pro scouts as to which one of them pushed for this player.

I hope so too. If this happens, great. Something that doesn't really hurt them all that much, can teach them a lesson, to hopefully help in the future.

 

[North]

McLeod was replaced with Henrique.

I know Henrique was here last year as a rental but we committed to him with 3rd line Centre money that McLeod would have otherwise taken. This is a big upgrade. Henrique can do everything better than McLeod except skate fast. Henrique has proven he can contribute points without being on Draisaitl's wing - McLeod has not been able to do that.​

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Foeggle was replaced with Arvidsson

Arvidsson was given the 2nd line winger money, a higher price than Foeggle. Foeggle is a great energy third liner, but a guy who couldn't think the game or pass the puck effectively to play with Draisaitl. Don't think Foeggle hits 20 goals again, but think Arvidsson should out produce him.​

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Kane was replaced with Skinner.

Until Kane returns from Long Term injurry, Skinner gets to play top six and provide some goal scoring. Something he has proven he can do.​

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Holloway was replaced by _____.

By committee really. It could be Perry, it could be Lavoie, it could just be Brown/Janmark paying more minutes and having better seasons. Holloway was going to play 3rd to 4th line minutes here. I will miss him and will be a challenge to replace his potential, but we can easily replace his 6 goals.​

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Don’t forget Podkolzin. He has scored 14 goals in a season, granted he hasn’t hit that for the last couple of seasons.

Hopefully he can get his confidence back.

 

[K1984]

Don’t forget Podkolzin. He has scored 14 goals in a season, granted he hasn’t hit that for the last couple of seasons.

Hopefully he can get his confidence back.

I don't know man.

Holloway's 9 points in 38 regular season games and 7 points in 25 playoff games is going to be really, really, really tough to live up to.

 

[TheNumber4]

Holy shit, Connor!

Connor wants it so bad.

f*** this series is gonna be heart wrenching.

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.

Such f***in bullshit man. I hate this f***in league.

Oilers out here losing 2 first round blue chip prospects due to cap reasons, but the Knjghts just cheat their way through e same cap issues.

 

[McAsuno]

Connor wants it so bad.

f*** this series is gonna be heart wrenching.


Such f***in bullshit man. I hate this f***in league.

Oilers out here losing 2 first round blue chip prospects due to cap reasons, but the Knjghts just cheat their way through e same cap issues.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841873583703720229

Watch Mark Stone get on LTIR so they can exploit and grab 2-3 more players.

 

[guymez]

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

Gary has been coddling the Vegas franchise ever since the purchase went through. I am quite convinced that the Vegas franchise was purchased with the understanding that Gary would do everything in his power to ensure success for Vegas as quickly as possible.

It started with the new rules for the expansion draft. The NHL created a scenario whereby Vegas could skip the steps previous expansion teams had to go through to build a potential winning team (steps that took years building through the draft) and just start in the League from day 1 with a playoff competitive team.
Vegas has been given preferential treatement ever since.
The Golden Knights are the NHL's golden child. Thats never going to change.

I cant stand that franchise for that reason,

 

[belair]

I don't know man.

Holloway's 9 points in 38 regular season games and 7 points in 25 playoff games is going to be really, really, really tough to live up to.

The only concern was his sudden increase in physicality. If that carried over to next season and he managed to turn into a Foegele clone in terms of productivity, that's a tough player to replace.

But odds are that Holloway's injury history makes it likely that he'll miss time in the future. So maybe Podkolzin may be able to fill in the gap left by Holloway over the next two seasons.

 

[soothsayer]

Holy shit, Connor!

Sounds like my wife as I'm trying to do the renos on the house myself.

 

[North]

The only concern was his sudden increase in physicality. If that carried over to next season and he managed to turn into a Foegele clone in terms of productivity, that's a tough player to replace.

But odds are that Holloway's injury history makes it likely that he'll miss time in the future. So maybe Podkolzin may be able to fill in the gap left by Holloway over the next two seasons.

Podkolzin has some underrated physicality to his game.

Ultimately, Holloway is a bottom six player who should be easy to replace.

His speed was nice but 2.3 mill for that speed is an easy pass.

 

[oobga]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841873583703720229

Watch Mark Stone get on LTIR so they can exploit and grab 2-3 more players.

Feb 15th announcement: "Mark Stone is suffering from a broken heart after watching The Titanic for the first time. We take the mental health of our players very seriously and will be playing Stone on LTIR for at least 2 months to give him time to recover"