Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | Forwards & Goaltending Under a Microscope, Which Bottom 6 Forwards Do You Keep?

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

I don't know it seems like our general managers over the years can use all the help they can get. No fan was handing out a contract of 9.25 to Nurse or running it back again with Skinner/Pickard etc etc

McDavid would have given him an even 10 because he's his BFF.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Steve Tambellini looks more competent.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Sam Oreilly as a 19 yo never playing a game of pro doesn’t seem like the type of move that puts the team over the top.


Savoie? Meh. Basically Kailer Yamamoto without NHL experience.

Savoie and Yamamoto are only comparable if you know nothing about Savoie

 

[oXo Cube]

You guys are overthinking the Gibson stuff. He would be an Oiler if the Oilers had wanted him. It was pretty widely reported that they did not view him as an upgrade on Skinner.

Perhaps their attitude has changed since the last trade deadline.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

I don't trust Gazzola anymore ever since he said the Oilers wouldn't be going for a Dman at the deadline. Plus, Verbeek wants Gibson gone. Why would he ask for something stupid?

Have you seen how he GMs? lol.

 

[Canovin]

Sam Oreilly as a 19 yo never playing a game of pro doesn’t seem like the type of move that puts the team over the top.


Savoie? Meh. Basically Kailer Yamamoto without NHL experience.

O'Reilly plays a mature game. I could see him starting in the OHL and then playing in the NHL mid season. Florida has a similar player to him and that's Anton Lundell. He's been anchoring the 3C for 4 years now. Played in the NHL after D+1

 

[Tobias Kahun]

O'Reilly plays a mature game. I could see him starting in the OHL and then playing in the NHL mid season. Florida has a similar player to him and that's Anton Lundell. He's been anchoring the 3C for 4 years now. Played in the NHL after D+1

We can’t call him up from the OHL unless it’s an emergency recall

 

[aggressive forecheck]

I don't accept Bowman's proclamation that the defense is good to go. The D corps needs significant upgrades. Kulak fans be all up in a tizzy. He shit the bed in the finals for a second straight year. Goodbye Kulak.

Ekholm, my favorite D on the Oil is old and coming off serious core and groin issue. He might be relugated to driving the second or even third pairing if the Oil want to get back to the finals.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

I wish Chiarelli did that. Those first 5 years of his career probably would have went much better.

Your forgetting McDavid was a big fan of Lucic and that was probably a major driving factor of Chiarelli signing him in the first place.

I always felt that for an organization to achieve maximum success hire the best people for the job (that is a whole other conversation with the Oilers LOL) and then let them do their job. Running a team or a business is not a democratic enterprise.

You risk burdening your superstar with added failure (well we did what you wanted Conner and it didnt work) or frustrating your superstar by not executing on what he thinks you should do when you asked his opinion of the matter (Stan keeps asking my opinion on things but never does what I recommend).

Asking for opinions of McDavid all the time on seemingly everything has a risk, albeit small, as well as an upside. My opinion is McDavid should just worry about what he can control.

 

[oXo Cube]

I don't accept Bowman's proclamation that the defense is good to go. The D corps needs significant upgrades. Kulak fans be all up in a tizzy. He shit the bed in the finals for a second straight year. Goodbye Kulak.

Kulak got scored on twice in the finals. Fewest on the defense.

The guy who shit the bed in the finals was Walman.

 

[frag2]

Savoie and Yamamoto are only comparable if you know nothing about Savoie

Yamo wasn't even 'that bad' until Landeskog knocked his brains out. Savoie is just better than him.

Would be stupid to not give the latter a shot and just cast him off.

 

[WaitingForUser]

I don't accept Bowman's proclamation that the defense is good to go. The D corps needs significant upgrades. Kulak fans be all up in a tizzy. He shit the bed in the finals for a second straight year. Goodbye Kulak.

Kulak is a great LS d man. He can’t play RS to save his life. For this reason and this reason only he needs to be dealt for a RS d man. The other 2 are better and Nurse is not being moved

 

[oXo Cube]

Your forgetting McDavid was a big fan of Lucic and that was probably a major driving factor of Chiarelli signing him in the first place.

I always felt that for an organization to achieve maximum success hire the best people for the job (that is a whole other conversation with the Oilers LOL) and then let them do their job. Running a team or a business is not a democratic enterprise.

You risk burdening your superstar with added failure (well we did what you wanted Conner and it didnt work) or frustrating your superstar by not executing on what he thinks you should do when you asked his opinion of the matter (Stan keeps asking my opinion on things but never does what I recommend).

Asking for opinions of McDavid all the time on seemingly everything has a risk, albeit small, as well as an upside. My opinion is McDavid should just worry about what he can control.

Let's be real.

Chiarelli definitely didn't need any encouragement from anybody to sign Milan Lucic.

 

[frag2]

Your forgetting McDavid was a big fan of Lucic and that was probably a major driving factor of Chiarelli signing him in the first place.

I always felt that for an organization to achieve maximum success hire the best people for the job (that is a whole other conversation with the Oilers LOL) and then let them do their job. Running a team or a business is not a democratic enterprise.

You risk burdening your superstar with added failure (well we did what you wanted Conner and it didnt work) or frustrating your superstar by not executing on what he thinks you should do when you asked his opinion of the matter (Stan keeps asking my opinion on things but never does what I recommend).

Asking for opinions of McDavid all the time on seemingly everything has a risk, albeit small, as well as an upside. My opinion is McDavid should just worry about what he can control.

McD being a fan was just some interview IIRC.
Chia was going after Lucic regardless because he wanted to. Has nothing to do with a 19 year old McD

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

McDavid never wanted him gone. He was pissed that he wasn't matched

I have never seen or heard that.

 

[aggressive forecheck]

Kulak got scored on twice in the finals. Fewest on the defense.

The guy who shit the bed in the finals was Walman.

Neither player excites me and I updated the post you quoted.

 

[North]

Steve Tambellini looks more competent.

Oh geez. That is terrible. Zegras is a flawed player but how could some other team not beat that offer?

 

[Faelko]

McDavid was not happy that the offersheets were signed while many others took discounts to stay.
I have read nothing that states he wanted them matched. I dont think he cared much for Broberg anyway.

Yeah I think it’s more about Holloway as well.

 

[North]

You guys are overthinking the Gibson stuff. He would be an Oiler if the Oilers had wanted him. It was pretty widely reported that they did not view him as an upgrade on Skinner.

Perhaps their attitude has changed since the last trade deadline.

I do seem to recall someone quoting analytics that indicated Gibson struggles with the same thing Skinner struggles with but I can’t remember who posted that.

 

[McTonyBrar]

Steve Tambellini looks more competent.

LOLOL that's it?? Give us Terry for Philp, a 3rd and a 4th please

 

[WaitingForUser]

Neither player excites me and I updated the post you quoted.

Until Walman was asked to play his offside he was absolutely killing it in his first ever playoffs.

 

[McTonyBrar]

You guys are overthinking the Gibson stuff. He would be an Oiler if the Oilers had wanted him. It was pretty widely reported that they did not view him as an upgrade on Skinner.

Perhaps their attitude has changed since the last trade deadline.

Actually Gibson didnt want to share the net with Skinner. Maybe his attitude has changed especially since Anaheim is going on a Full court sale

 

[Canovin]

It's essentially Zegras for Marner, Ekblad, Poehling, 2nd and 4th

 

[brentashton]

Savoie and Yamamoto are only comparable if you know nothing about Savoie

Well that settles it, I guess.

You’ve provided so much more insight to the issue.

 

[aggressive forecheck]

Kulak is a great LS d man. He can’t play RS to save his life. For this reason and this reason only he needs to be dealt for a RS d man. The other 2 are better and Nurse is not being moved

No, Kulak isn't a great defenseman. He's a third pairing defenseman on a club that expects to contend.

I hope he is delt for the straightforward reason that he is extraordinarily overated when he is accurately a league average defender at best.