Jumptheshark
Rebooting myself
We need to add legit nhl d
Our D right now?
Ekholm
Bouchard
NURSE
Kulak
Josh brown
Ty Emberson
Troy stecher
Our D right now?
Ekholm
Bouchard
NURSE
Kulak
Josh brown
Ty Emberson
Troy stecher
I wouldn’t like to trade them but Savoie, O’Reilly, Akey, 2nd round pick are good chipsCool, do we have the assets required to bring in a top 4 D?
Sure. Akey, O'Reilly, Savoie to name a few.Cool, do we have the assets required to bring in a top 4 D?
Good enough for another 100pt seasonWe need to add legit nhl d
Our D right now?
Ekholm
Bouchard
NURSE
Kulak
Josh brown
Ty Emberson
Troy stecher
Agreed. He's worth a look. And he can stay in his house that is still for sale.For now I hope we sign Barrie to a PTO.
I don't think they want to trade him for a 2nd.Go get that Nashville goalie with the Blues 2nd
We can throw Rodrigue along with the pickI don't think they want to trade him for a 2nd.
Not an awful idea, although I expect that 2nd rounder will be used on a RD sooner or later. Probably later, ha ha.We can throw Rodrigue along with the pick
And not having to make more depth trades out to clear $5M of cap when Kane is back with your back against the wallAnd about 7.5M of cap space.
My biggest hope is that Knoblauch knows something about Emberson that the rest of the world doesn't, and he comes in and performs well right out of the gate.Ekholm-Bouchard
Nurse-Ceci
Kulak-Desharnais
Broberg
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Ekholm-Bouchard
Nurse-Stetcher/Emberson
Kulak-Stetcher/Emberson
Brown? Clifton? Wanner?
Doom and gloom, because, you know, Oilers. Should also be said the first d core wasnt exactly "fantastic". Probably middle of the pack. Ceci, for my book, is better than Stetcher. Agree to disagree. Desharnais, again for my book, is better than Emberson. Probably marginally, and Emberson has some untapped potential,
I'd say Broberg is the best player of the four mentioned, even on his offside, and his versatility will be missed if (when) injuries hit.
Bouchard, for his incredible skill in 2.5 zones, is not a particularly gifted defensive player, especially in front of his own net, and we are all aware of his still present penchant for give-aways. He was also very much our 3rd option on the PKAL. At least with Desharnais, we had one guy able to play defence (and PK!!!!!) on a shut-down high minute situation, until his untimely injury and subsequent downtick in play v Dallas, and Broberg performed affably on his wrong side.
Hopefully Emberson, a defensive defenceman who succeeded in SJS (that's positive), can step into Desharnais' role as a first option RHD on the PK. It'll be a lot to ask Bouch to be a #1PP option and #2PK option, so hopefully Stetcher's that guy. In all likelihood, we platoon and hope until the deadline, where someone wants 3 3rds (or something) for a 2nd pairing RHD. I think the vaunted offence probably gets us through till then, but I will caveat that Ekholm's mild injury to start 4 weeks of the season nearly killed our team. Blame the coach/Campbell and Skinner and Schwartz/McInjury/the weather, but it's a factor. We have very little depth if injury hits.
This wouldn't be that much of a deal if Nurse, in year 3 of his 8 year deal of waytoomuchcap.25 million, could play like a competent or even above competent 2nd pairing dman regularly. I'm not even asking for him to be a top pairing guy. Just play your minutes. Nurse from the regular season last year struggled to be a 2nd pairing dman regularly. Nurse from the playoffs struggled to be an AHL calibre call-up. We're in for a particularly "interesting" season if the latter shows up
Forced to shed cap as well, did alright imoBowman’s start with the Oilers
Broberg, Holloway, Ceci, 3Rd, 4th
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Podkolzin, Emberson, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd some 5th round dude
My biggest hope is that Knoblauch knows something about Emberson that the rest of the world doesn't, and he comes in and performs well right out of the gate.
The issue is not losing the players. It's that this was a self-induced situation that led them into inflationary market pricing on two young NHL players than exceeded their spent budget and risk threshold. They allegedly walked from a last deadline deal with these players for a retained Buchnevich.You don’t win by grossly over paying players who are still question marks.
This team is still a wagon and the team D they fostered in the second half of last year and playoffs is far more impactful then marginally downgrading the bottom half of the blue line.
Mark my words, this team wont skip a beat despite the personnel changes.
Yes, that's exactly why he might know something about him that nobody else does.You know he has coached Emberson?
He did have to shed cap, and he was kind of forced into a tough situation by Holland, JJ and Armstrong. However, unfortunately the org is in a worse spot it was a week ago and that sucks. Not blaming him directly as I think in a vacuum the Ceci trade is fine but that huge whole is unfortunate but, can't really do anything.Forced to shed cap as well, did alright imo
I have faith Emberson will be a solid 3rd pairing d.My biggest hope is that Knoblauch knows something about Emberson that the rest of the world doesn't, and he comes in and performs well right out of the gate.
The price will be too steep. But a good fit if he was on any team other than Calgary.Bring in the rat Rasmuss Andersson
Pretty sure he'd get beat up in his first practice, the dude is acutely unlikable.Bring in the rat Rasmuss Andersson
Hope is a very Oilers way of running a defence. Hoping it pans out too.My biggest hope is that Knoblauch knows something about Emberson that the rest of the world doesn't, and he comes in and performs well right out of the gate.
This won't happen, unless Nurse is traded or something, because they'll be in ltir as they break campKey is being able to accrue cap during the season.
Well, we've went for 2 years trying and failing to upgrade on Ceci, and it cost us games. Now they are in a position where they have someone else/lesser pencilled into that spot, but actually have more cap space flexibility to make that move. We just need to have someone else cover that role for a bit.Hope is a very Oilers way of running a defence. Hoping it pans out too.