I have time for him as a Ryan replacement.
Hamblin is back.
Surprised he would want to come back to Canada
Mediocre D available with additional term*
Lol
Why is that the only option?Well put. It’s amazing to me that people are chomping at the bit to deal Ceci only to replace him with another version of him complete with more money and more term. Baffling.
"Stud goal scorer" must mean something different to him than it does to me.
Why is that the only option?
I'm not sure if a legitimate upgrade on Ceci is even available.IF they sign a top 6 forward, they probably can't afford a legit Ceci upgrade. Since there are more top 6 forwards available than top 4 Dmen that are clearly better than Ceci, it makes sense to pursue the forwards.
We traded for Ekholm during the year. Hoping we can do something similar for D this year, doubt we'll do much this offseason
Except that other teams that are a lock to make the playoffs appear to be going all in. Regardless, we don’t have the cap space to do much of anything.Ekholm is the prime example of why going all out in the off season is dumb for a team that is a virtual lock to be in the playoffs at the deadline. Teams that you don’t think will sell sell and players that you didn’t think were ever available become available.
Or we can sign Matt Roy for $6M or Tanev for 6 years.
Stuff like this is the reason the Oilers bring quiet is a risk. 3 needs are a Ceci replacement which is a trade not signing thing, a 3c to replace Henrique and so that we don’t try and put McLeod there again. And a winger for Drai.
WOW if Nashville get's Stamkos AND Marchessault, their forward group got a lot scarier.
WOW if Nashville get's Stamkos AND Marchessault, their forward group got a lot scarier.
Lol , So Toronto was adding 2 of the best available D and they sign a broken Tanev to 6 years and OEL who doesn't know how to play a lick of D. Dumbass 2.0 GMingSurprised he would want to come back to Canada
Mediocre D available with additional term*
Lol
Off-season champions, time to raise the banner
You CAN get an upgrade later in the year but doesn’t mean you will. We tried this past deadline and couldn’t do it and we had Ceci and Nurse cause us huge issues all playoffs.People need to relax on the Ceci-Nurse bs. Yes, they didn't play well together, but like people have alluded to, we can get an upgrade on defence later in the year. Ceci and Kulak also have 1 year left, so they'd be easy to move for an upgrade in any trade this year. For now, just get a #6-7 dman and just play with what we got. Broberg is a lock IMO. We should look more solid next year.