Echodek
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Not expecting the Oilers to do much if anything at all. Just try and tidy up their free agents and that’s about it.
Great postHe was, no exaggeration, the worst possible goalie for us to sign that offseason based on analytics profile and I said as much the weeks leading up to him hitting free agency. Did well into low/medium danger shots and had decent puck freeze stats, near the worst in the league for high danger shots, bad goals saved above expected, bad consistency, bad against tips/deflections. Then he came here and somehow couldn't stop low danger shots or freeze pucks either (probably Dustin Schwartz effect). As for the goalie department thing, we could literally hire the Rangers and Islanders staff combined and it still wouldn't matter b/c Dustin would find a way to ruin them anyway.
They need a top 4 d man and top 6 winger for Draisaitl. These are critical needsNot expecting the Oilers to do much if anything at all. Just try and tidy up their free agents and that’s about it.
And he gets to play with former teammate Bouchard and another young Swedish stud in the making in Broberg.Offer him the Ekholm rehab program. I think there’s good potential with him still
I agree. If they could convince him to come for under $2M to resurrect his value that would be great.Boqvist could be a nice buy low candidate.
There's got to be almost 300 people in that crowd. I've seen more turn out to a WNBA parade.Hockey gods…oilers fans endured, packed the arena when the team sucked…for 10 years and Florida wins. Edmonton and its fans deserved this cup
Another puck mover with some offense, would help the defense be more of threat top to bottomI agree. If they could convince him to come for under $2M to resurrect his value that would be great.
So was I, even though I thought it was to much for him. I still think he should have gotten a chance under Knob but Skinner has proven he's a starter and you don't need a 5 million dollar backup.I remember being so excited when we signed Campbell. Oh how naive I was.
Yes it would be great if every move the team made worked out perfectly.Because retention will end sooner. Who says it would be 2.5M? This season they have Brown’s bonus, Perry’s bonus, Neal’s buyout, and now Campbell’s buyout. That’s what 7M? That’s a significant player. That’s just a bad way to do business. All this is my opinion, of course. You are entitled to yours.
I’ve seen more turn out for my son’s kindergarten graduationThere's got to be almost 300 people in that crowd. I've seen more turn out to a WNBA parade.
I think Kane likes it here. Doesn't he spend his off seasons in Edmonton now? If Kane is healthy to start the year he'll be huge for us.Friedman said there were rumours Kane was asked to waive.
I wonder how much is coaching. Bobrovsky is a bit of a head case and I wonder how he would have looked here. Probably would have fallen into one of his slumps and maybe struggled to ever get out of it. Or maybe not.In an alternate universe Marky accepted our UFA offer, and bombed in playoffs, and we bought him out to try again by signing Campbell
Our goalie pro scouting needs to be way better. Hopefully the last inconsistent headcase we go all in on. We tried to go all in on 2 of them in the last 5 years.
He was an outstanding junior player and he'd be keeping that London Knights pipeline flowing. Mark Hunter...I agree. If they could convince him to come for under $2M to resurrect his value that would be great.
72% logicDoubtful
Kane hasn't been healthy for like 18 months so that's a big "if."I think Kane likes it here. Doesn't he spend his off seasons in Edmonton now? If Kane is healthy to start the year he'll be huge for us.
No one is saying every move. How about just the big ones? With analytics and scouting combined- big dollar pays need to work out every time. If there is even a little shadow of doubt- don’t invest.Yes it would be great if every move the team made worked out perfectly.
I think everyone agrees with that opinion
If you trade with retention then you still have all those other things but are 99% likely spending more on Campbell
There were red flags with Campbell from day 0. Those discussions are all out there.
That said, I also think it would be unfair not to acknowledge that he turned out to be somehow even worse than his biggest detractors thought he might be.
hopefully someday the story will come out why he wasn't placed on LTIRKane hasn't been healthy for like 18 months so that's a big "if."
Yes, and this move basically pays for the brown bonus with some left over.At the end of the day we are spending less on goaltending then we did last year and we have the same 2 nhl goalies.
Dead cap isn’t an investment when it lowers your overall cap space. Dead cap is literally a punishment for poor management. Calling it an investment is like saying your Tesla stock is down 30% so you’re jumping ship and calling your stop loss an investment. Your overall portfolio is down. You lost money. Sure you freed up some money to buy other stock- but you’re buying power is way less.
Anyways- he’s being bought out- no point discussing further