Brown beat goalies 3X. Two of his goals were ENG. Tabulations should separate those out. Not the same.
Then I guess look elsewhere then. If that's going to hold him up, no point in trying to deal with him. Sincerely.
Brown would be fine if he signed again for cheap enough. I suspect he signed his Oiler friendly "cheap" deal this past year though, and will find someone else to pay him more.
I've been thinking Olofsson for a few days now. He has some flaws in his game, but he can bring top six scoring ability.
Don’t get me wrong I don t believe Gibson is the right play myself. Unless we have a better backup plan for when he misses 1/4-1/2 a season with injury that is. Just seems like a rock and a hard place as far as getting a goalie goes.
It wasn't just one or two things that costed us Broberg and Holloway. It was a long sequence of blunders. Holland jamming their lineup spots with inferior leech veterans like Henrique, Ryan, Kulak etc played a role. Not communicating with them properly and jerking them around the AHL or healthy scratch pressbox, making them unsure of their future role here also played a role. Holland not signing them mid-season 2023-24 after Jackson told him to did the same. Same for Jackson not firing Holland, or at least taking it into his own hands that same year when it became evident Holland wasn't going to comply. Jackson re-signing Henrique and also signing Arvidsson and Skinner on top of that was the nail in the coffin. And finally, the funeral song, where we blundered and kept these worthless veterans instead of just accepting our mistake, moving out more Henriques and Kulaks and keeping Holloway/Broberg.
If that was the case why wouldn’t they just have gone Kane for Demko? Cap is more or less a wash. I probably would have been happier with that.
Could be, but wouldn't we still have to clear out significant cap space if we brought in Demko?
AS per the poll 85% of the posters want Henrique gone so its a little dislike. Every board has stuff like that. The coaching staff like him, the fans not seeing much because of him being buried.
I had Glass, Appleton, Gaudette, Saad, Olaufson, Beauvillier (sp), as some possible cheap options that can put up 12-18 goals in the bottom 6. I don’t buy the need for a top 6 guy as much as I think the team needs bottom 6 scorers when McDavid and Draisaitl are getting checked to hell. Florida had no fear of anyone other 29/97 scoring.
Optics possibly. Maybe Canuck management thought there might be fan backlash about bringing in Kane, and didn't want to compound that with making it for Demko. Maybe they wanted additional stuff to do that deal and the Oil didn't want to add anything else?
One of the biggest disappointments this year to me is that our 3rd line that was supposed to be great this year (based off of last years playoffs) was largely 'blah' at best.
Demko is so enticing. Easily the safest, high ceiling tender available, contract wise. I would way rather him than Swayman or Saros in that regard. At least with Demko, if he sucks you just let him expire next year.
Fair point. I just don’t think Henrique can keep up anymore. I’ve wanted Henrique for years before he finally became an Oiler. He’s always had underrated hands.
The rest of those names I don't mind, but Saad is completely washed and Olaufson is better on a team like the Sharks, he won't get much icetime in Edmonton, imo, because he can't really play down the lineup.
Is it that we want him gone? Or do we just want an upgrade? I'd be fine with Henrique as 4C, aside from his pay day.
Fans don't even know who they want in net from one minute to the next in Vancouver.
I agree, I just gave the Cole's Notes version is all.
Most want him gone to free up the cap and not due to his play. Would you pick him over Frederic if it came down to it in the end? We only have 4 forwards who make more than Arvidsson and Henrique now with Kane gone.
Depends on what the rest of the roster looks like. The oilers have about 17M in space right now. Arvidsson is likely gone and same with Henrique. That’s another 7M. So roughly 24M. 10 of that is to Bouchard. 3.8M to Frederic. That’s leaves about 10M. Demko makes 5M. oilers probably also have to move out a left D. Say Kulak at 2.75M. You can round out the roster with cheaper contracts like Glass, Gaudette, Saad, Olaufson, Appleton, Beauvillier. None of these guys were costly last year. If I had my way, I’d bury or move Janmark too
Some insider executive/scout said back in 2022 that Demko was on a limited hockey lifespan due to hip issues.
Yeah, idk the depth of it at all, but nothing I've heard makes it seem like something he will be able to put in the rearview.
