Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | Post Draft, Pre Free Agent Frenzy

[McIce Whole]

Bowman seems like a dumb rumour. Based off how this org has operated since JJ took over, Bowman doesn’t strike me as the guy JJ would hire.

Have a feeling we go in a different direction.

 

[Cloned]

Fun fact:

Bowman signing Seth Jones to a 9M+ deal is what (more or less) directly lead to Nurse’s contract.

Yeah, GTFO with this rumour. It better not be true.

 

[oobga]

Fun fact:

Bowman signing Seth Jones to a 9M+ deal is what (more or less) directly lead to Nurse’s contract.

Yeah, GTFO with this rumour. It better not be true.

Think the org was desperate to make any splash they could to distract from the scandal. Luckily Holland was open to helping them free up cap space and trade them Seth's bro to make it all easy!

But yeah, no Bowman pls.

 

[FlameChampion]

Kinda surprised that Tanev and Guentzel haven’t signed yet

 

[Oilhawks]

Kinda surprised that Tanev and Guentzel haven’t signed yet

Maybe they’re going to cuck the teams that traded for their rights.

It would be amusing, at least

 

[FlameChampion]

Bowman doesn’t seem like a Jackson hire to me

 

[McTonyBrar]

Patrick Kane signs with Detroit for 1 year

 

[Oilhawks]

Patrick Kane signs with Detroit for 1 year

3 Cups was plenty for Kaner

 

[oobga]

Bowman doesn’t seem like a Jackson hire to me

Probably too much baggage. Was just looking at his trade history. He did pretty well to retool before his top guys couldn't really dominate anymore. Made lots of winning trades in Chicago.

Stakes so high with this hire. Feeling the stress

3 Cups was plenty for Kaner

$115M career earnings. Gotta squeeze every last possible penny still with no chance at a cup. So crazy

 

[McDoused]

If you think 4.5-3.3=1.4 then I'm glad you didn't become an accountant.

By buying him out we save a total of $1.2 more than we would by burying him in the minors, not $1.2 million total. We save $4.5 million.

The important thing anyway is the distribution of those savings. We are saving $9 million over the next three seasons and then paying $4.5 million over the three seasons after. With the rising cap, the penalty that we will be paying in years 4-6 will become a smaller percentage of the cap every season.

Hes arguing with a guy who was actually an accountant.

 

[Oilhawks]

Probably too much baggage. Was just looking at his trade history. He did pretty well to retool before his top guys couldn't really dominate anymore. Made lots of winning trades in Chicago.

Stakes so high with this hire. Feeling the stress



$115M career earnings. Gotta squeeze every last possible penny still with no chance at a cup. So crazy

In all seriousness, I don’t understand why he’s bothering with a bubble team like the DRW. Might as well just retire if he’s not willing to go outside the big metro areas in the East

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

In addition to all the moral objections to Stan Bowman didn’t he basically dismantle the dynasty Hawks?

 

[FlameChampion]

In all seriousness, I don’t understand why he’s bothering with a bubble team like the DRW. Might as well just retire if he’s not willing to go outside the big metro areas in the East

Playing with Debincat must be a hoot.

 

[Oilhawks]

Playing with Debincat must be a hoot.

Risking injury to play for a nothingburger team when you don’t need the money, I’m guessing you’re right haha

 

[K1984]

Bowman seems like a dumb rumour. Based off how this org has operated since JJ took over, Bowman doesn’t strike me as the guy JJ would hire.

Have a feeling we go in a different direction.

Not to bring politics into this, but prior to joining the Oilers JJ was very sanctimonious politically on twitter. Some might even say woke.

May mean nothing, but doesn’t strike me as the type to shrug off Bowman’s history unless he’s a total hypocrite.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

In addition to all the moral objections to Stan Bowman didn’t he basically dismantle the dynasty Hawks?

Hiring him undoes a significant amount of the good will from the cup run, imo.

 

[WaitingForUser]

Risking injury to play for a nothingburger team when you don’t need the money, I’m guessing you’re right haha

What’s the price point at? Hopefully low enough we can grab him at the deadline

 

[oobga]

In addition to all the moral objections to Stan Bowman didn’t he basically dismantle the dynasty Hawks?

Dynasty ended when Toews and Seabrook dropped off. Same will happen one day with McDrai. Don't think he did that bad a job of retooling to win 2 more cups.

Think the worst move happened right before he took over. Last GM forgot to qualify a bunch of important guys in the 2010 run. One of the most bizarre events in NHL history lol.

 

[Mr Positive]

Fun fact:

Bowman signing Seth Jones to a 9M+ deal is what (more or less) directly lead to Nurse’s contract.

Yeah, GTFO with this rumour. It better not be true.

For sure if we would target Bowman I'd just be wondering why we didn't just keep Holland.

Do people think we would get Bowman just because we have a history getting players with off ice issues? (Kane and Perry?) If so that's just funny.

 

[ilovetheshowlost]

Besides Mark Hunter, and now Bowman.. have there been any other GM names connected to us? I can't even think of other potential candidates. Allegedly we want someone with experience, so I imagine whoever it ends up being will be a name we are at least somewhat familiar with.

 

[oobga]

For sure if we would target Bowman I'd just be wondering why we didn't just keep Holland.

Do people think we would get Bowman just because we have a history getting players with off ice issues? (Kane and Perry?) If so that's just funny.

We really should have our pick of anyone out there available. Chance to GM McDavid, Draia nd Bouch to a cup after what everyone just saw. Katz willing to pay whatever a guy is worth, maybe even more if needed. It's a once in a lifetime job opportunity for a guy to boost their reputation for life.

Now it's a matter of knowing what is out there and picking the right guy. I do really hope there are way better choices in Jackson's view right now than Bowman.

 

[iCanada]

Wasn't Bowman the one that f***ed up the Versteeg, Bolland, and (I'm missing one but I can't remember) qualifying offers by just straight missing the deadline?

Wasn't that like essentially a 6 million dollar extra cap hit that year when the total cap was like 45 million? That's like a 12 million dollar f*** up this year.

Yeah no thanks.

 

[Mr Positive]

We really should have our pick of anyone out there available. Chance to GM McDavid, Draia nd Bouch to a cup after what everyone just saw. Katz willing to pay whatever a guy is worth, maybe even more if needed. It's a once in a lifetime job opportunity for a guy to boost their reputation for life.

Now it's a matter of knowing what is out there and picking the right guy. I do really hope there are way better choices in Jackson's view right now than Bowman.

I'd guess whatever GM we get would be focused on advanced stats/ analytics. That was something that Holland seemed quite dismissive of.

I'd say Holland's attitude of buying the person kind of killed us with the Campbell deal, but maybe explains why he'd go extra hard after Hyman too.

 

[JeffSkinner53]

Bowman seems like a dumb rumour. Based off how this org has operated since JJ took over, Bowman doesn’t strike me as the guy JJ would hire.

Have a feeling we go in a different direction.

That same guy also linked Bowman to the penguins last year. It's not a legitimate rumor.

Kinda surprised that Tanev and Guentzel haven’t signed yet

Hope the leafs lose haha

 

[K1984]

That same guy also linked Bowman to the penguins last year. It's not a legitimate rumor.


Hope the leafs lose haha

I want to say he said Flames wanted Bowman too last year.