Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | Oilers waive Lavoie again

[bellagiobob]

The only problem I see with this is - who do you scratch? Although not perfect, I thought the bottom 6 as a whole wasn't much of a problem last night, and more or less did what they needed to. Both bottom 6 lines even produced a few solid chances.

The guys truly deserving a seat all occupy the Top 6, and they aren't going to give a rip if Lavoie comes in for Podkolzin, for example.

They play back to back Sat/Sun, so ideally Ryan and Perry shouldn't both be playing in both games, so you sit one of them in each game and play Lavoie. But I agree with your point that the issue last night wasn't our foot soldiers, it was with our best players.

 

[McShogun99]

Did you just call Barrie a top 4 Dman?

He is if he was on the Oilers right now.

 

[jellybeans]

I hope someone claims him i don't want it to end there, its to entertaining.

 

[Oilhawks]

"Adding Kesselring is so dumb. That's what it cost for 450K retention? Sheesh, just dumb for an inconsequential rental. I hate it tbh but I'm a Kesselring guy."

Hated it then and even moreso now. Never understood why Kesselring was a throw in for a bottom 6 center rental. Holland just loved throwing away picks and prospects.

Unfortunately, NHL GMs seem to care very little about prospects drafted under previous regimes (unless they are established NHL players...and even then, you never know). We're seeing this again with Lavoie (IMO)

 

[Canovin]

I will bet you the rights to my HF account that if Nurse has a top 4 Dman on his pairing (like Barrie), he’d be good again

I'm happy with one account. I don't need another account.

 

[North]

I will bet you the rights to my HF account that if Nurse has a top 4 Dman on his pairing (like Barrie), he’d be good again

He won’t.

 

[Oilhawks]

He won’t.

All they need to do to prove Nurse is cooked is play him with Bouchard or Ekholm. He would still look bad with either of them, and we all know that they are legitimate top 4 / top pairing D

 

[North]

All they need to do to prove Nurse is cooked is play him with Bouchard or Ekholm. He would still look bad with either of them, and we all know that they are legitimate top 4 / top pairing D

Nurse playing with Bouchard would absolutely crater Bouchard.

Ekholm playing with Emberson would probably help Emberson.

Unfortunately for Nurse’s partner they have to somehow anticipate his mind boggling decision making and try to cover.

 

[Jarvi]

Nurse playing with Bouchard would absolutely crater Bouchard.

Ekholm playing with Emberson would probably help Emberson.

Unfortunately for Nurse’s partner they have to somehow anticipate his mind boggling decision making and try to cover.

Obviously we want to put our players in the best position to succeed. Buuuut, I don't think having Bouchard have a worse season than last would necessarily be bad thing with him reportedly looking for 11m+ on his next contract. Have him show us that he is that guy, and it's not Ekholm covering for him.

I personally think Bouch is that guy, but if it's better for the team as a whole, and can help lower his ask, I say split him and Ek up as it would also be huge for Emberson.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Said it before, saying it again and yes it is a hill I am prepared to die on. S. Skinner is not the guy who will backstop this team to a championship. You can’t rely on hoping to get “good skinner” on a game to game basis. The defense has holes too and it’s another vortex of mystery. We’ll see what kind of patience Bowman has and what he does to manage the cap.

 

[Faelko]

He is if he was on the Oilers right now.

He’d be over his head just as much as Emberson is right now.

 

[FlameChampion]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844438100828880904

This organization is so bad with young players

 

[foshizzle]

He is if he was on the Oilers right now.

No, he is not

 

[foshizzle]

I will bet you the rights to my HF account that if Nurse has a top 4 Dman on his pairing (like Barrie), he’d be good again

Lol, dude- that's a horrible bet. the fact that you think Barrie is a top 4 d-man has you losing the bet. Most of Nurse being garbage is a result of Nurse making piss poor decisions that have nothing to do with his partner.