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

[McDNicks17]

I didn't notice that Brett Leason is a UFA too.

I would have been a big fan of adding him, but the team almost has a logjam at RW now.

 

[belair]

I think its a bit unfair to say they don't mesh. I'd like to see him fully healthy on this current squad. He was very positively impactful in the first 2 rounds and start of the Dallas series. I'm ok if they move on from him if it opens up space for a quality Ceci upgrade and re-signing Henrique at 3C, especially given the Arvidsson signing. But I'm also completely fine with them running it back with him hopefully healthy. He's a difference maker when he healthy and can actually skate in more than just straight lines. The injury clearly neutered his effectiveness against a fast Dallas and aggressive Florida team because he had next to no lateral mobility.

I'm past that hope because I think we're at a point in his career where injuries are going to be a thing for him. I also think that Draisaitl benefits from having linemates that retrieve pucks and make quick, accurate passes. Kane is an atrocious puck distributor and a player who kills possessions with low quality shots.

That being said, you alluded to where my focus always is. Filling that 3C role with an effective veteran. If not Henrique, then someone with a similar impact. And yes, that top four RD upgrade that everyone and their dog has been hoping for since Larsson left. I'd also take Jeff Skinner over Kane in an instant.

Free up that cap!

 

[belair]

Chychrun for Jensen+3rd?

Sens can't get value for their assets. First Tarasenko and now this. That's a horrific return.

Oof. Remember when Button said we made a mistake going for Ekholm and not Chychrun? LOL.

Remember when this forum had a meltdown when we wouldn't trade Bouchard for this guy?

 

[Oilhawks]

Someone had a deleted post about 20 mins ago on Reddit claiming that Janmark signed here. Must have been a hoax

Wonder what's going on with him though, figured he'd be signed here or elsewhere by now

 

[McTonyBrar]

End of the podcast (last 2 minutes). Skinner only wants to go to Canada if its Edmonton and things have gone a little sour with Kane

 

[Oilhawks]

End of the podcast (last 2 minutes). Skinner only wants to go to Canada if its Edmonton and things have gone a little sour with Kane

Kyper is a shit disturbing Oiler hater, so I take what he says with a grain of salt

 

[belair]

Someone had a deleted post about 20 mins ago on Reddit claiming that Janmark signed here. Must have been a hoax

Wonder what's going on with him though, figured he'd be signed here or elsewhere by now

If, for whatever reason, Janmark decides to sign elsewhere, the move has to be Zemgus Girgensons. Very similar playstyle and high character veteran.

 

[Oilhawks]

If, for whatever reason, Janmark decides to sign elsewhere, the move has to be Zemgus Girgensons. Very similar playstyle and high character veteran.

The belair Girgensons dream will never die

 

[TheNumber4]

Remember when this forum had a meltdown when we wouldn't trade Bouchard for this guy?

I don't. But I do remember TSN Jeff O Neill saying we should trade Bouchard for a Goalie lol.

 

[Canovin]

I’m okay if we sign Jeff Skinner and Alex Carrier. Trade Ceci and hopefully also sign Henrique

 

[K1984]

Look into the details of the "bad" stuff he did. And there's alot of nothing burger there. Mostly all nothing burger.

One of the more ridiculous things I’ve ever seen in sports media was that TSN reporter absolutely grilling him in a sit down interview before he signed. Tenor of it was in the vein of a politician being roasted for some misdeed, except in this case it was a hockey player that broke some COVID rules and gambled.

Questions like “Do you still gamble? Yes or no. Did you break the COVID rules? Yes or no.”

Like f*** off. It’s a hockey player for Christ sakes, not the Prime Minister.

 

[McDNicks17]

I’m okay if we sign Jeff Skinner and Alex Carrier. Trade Ceci and hopefully also sign Henrique

Carrier re-signed.

 

[FlameChampion]

I’m okay if we sign Jeff Skinner and Alex Carrier. Trade Ceci and hopefully also sign Henrique

Carrier signed with Nashville

 

[iCanada]

If, for whatever reason, Janmark decides to sign elsewhere, the move has to be Zemgus Girgensons. Very similar playstyle and high character veteran.

I think you want Zemgy regardless lol.

Girgles plays center doesn't he?

 

[sepHF]

they don't have to fix the D today. Let the new GM figure that out. Just re-sign Janmark please and maybe Henrique if the dollars are reasonable

 

[McDNicks17]

I think you want Zemgy regardless lol.

Girgles plays center doesn't he?

Looks like he hasn't played center full-time since 2017.

 

[TheNumber4]

One of the more ridiculous things I’ve ever seen in sports media was that TSN reporter absolutely grilling him in a sit down interview before he signed. Tenor of it was in the vein of a politician being roasted for some misdeed, except in this case it was a hockey player that broke some COVID rules and gambled.

Questions like “Do you still gamble? Yes or no. Did you break the COVID rules? Yes or no.”

Like f*** off. It’s a hockey player for Christ sakes, not the Prime Minister.

Lol. And it ended up that the Covid thing he wasn't even in the wrong for. Sharks admitted to being in the wrong there. And gambling? Well gambling is an addiction, a shitty one at that, if anything there should be sympathy if he's an addicted gambler.

 

[iCanada]

Looks like he hasn't played center full-time since 2017.

Yeah but we could still call him girgles.

 

[MoontoScott]

End of the podcast (last 2 minutes). Skinner only wants to go to Canada if its Edmonton and things have gone a little sour with Kane

What did he say about Kane? Sorry but I am too lazy to fast forward to the end of the podcast.

 

[48g90a138pts]

Why can't the Oilers keep Kane and LTIR him for 3-4 months and get 2.5-3.5 mil LTIR cap room?

 

[McDNicks17]

Why can't the Oilers keep Kane and LTIR him for 3-4 months and get 2.5-3.5 mil LTIR cap room?

LTIR only really helps if the player is out for the whole season or at least the remainder of the season after the deadline.

 

[dustrock]

Why can't the Oilers keep Kane and LTIR him for 3-4 months and get 2.5-3.5 mil LTIR cap room?

But what do you do when he comes off LTIR.

There's a reason Stone gets hurt every February and healthy in April

 

[bobbythebrain]

Missing out on Gryzlyk sucks.

 

[TheNumber4]

One thing I'll say about our shitty 2nd pair, is that a better Line 2 probably drives those analytics up for them. Our 2nd line was no good all year either. And we all know Ek-Bouch played nearly exclusively with McD's always elite line.

 

[McDNicks17]

Missing out on Gryzlyk sucks.

Doesn't seem like he was a fit here. Small, slow D are kind of the opposite of what they've looked for.