Playing the hypothetical game there's also a question that Holland would make Brown a day 1 signing priority with money and term. Jackson's group have come to a fairly easy conclusion on a guy they signed when free agency opened for organizational depth as a #7 or 8. Brown can get his frequent flyer points up and down between Bako and Edmonton if/when this team needs a big, physical face-puncher.
Both were scratched a chunk during the playoffs. Ryan got manhandled the deeper we went
Henrique? He centered arguably the best 3rd line of the entire playoffs. I'm not worried about Henrique at all in that role.
Kind of seems like he'd be an ideal pick up.
Its hard to move the puck when you are fishing it out of the back of your own net, hence Dermott has more value. Just because passing is his best asset does not mean its better than others. His puck skills are less than Ceci's (3X the turnovers, less assists).
He was. Henrique was a good addition and a great re-sign at a reported discount. Not sure who in the system would be an equivalent or an upgrade for the type of game Henrique plays, if they didn’t fill spots like that with some battle tested players.
And Lander showed potential one season too. Scored 20 points in less than 40 games, but never built up on it. Who knows. The Oilers don't do well developing Swedish/Finnish prospects (Paajarvi, Lander, JP, now Broberg). Maybe the problem of club culture. On top of that the team was bad and there was a mess with the management and head coaches coming and going almost every year.
Question is if the $125k extra in cap hit (assuming Dermott signed league min) would be worth it for what is going to be the #7 guy. He’s not going to play ahead of Kulak and the fact he’s a LD precludes him from playing over Stetcher does it not?
theyre giving Emberson a shot and most people are crying about it lol
