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[bellagiobob]

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Must have some serious defensive deficiencies to put up that many points and basically get league minimum.

 

[Old Boys Club]

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Must have some serious defensive deficiencies to put up that many points and basically get league minimum.

Defensive deficiencies and a diva. Rumours of him being a coaching disaster have followed him since junior

 

[Lay Z Boy GM]

So was Connor injured all year or not? Just from his social media posts, we've ween him golfing, working out, etc. I expected at least a month to six weeks off, and possibly surgery, from all the injury reports we heard after the year.

Right? I was sure he needed surgery, just bizarre how he went from 60+ goals to 30.

 

[Hockeylife2018]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1814353193704497375

I'm excited to see what these 2 are able to do in the AHL this year

 

[Senor Catface]

I feel all of us have worked with a guy who looks just like Sprong.

 

[oil Leaks]

Sprong, shave it my guy

 

[ujju2]

Oilers fans love the fact that Larsson and Parayko brings more value than Nurse. We rather have Parayko and Larsson over Nurse and J Brown

Ekholm-Bouchard
Broberg-Parayko
Kulak-Larsson

Trade Ceci and free up 3.3M

Missed an opportunity to put the Swedes together in Broberg-Larsson and the Edmontonians together in Kulak-Parayko...

 

[McDrai]

Sprong, shave it my guy

Either that or hair transplant

 

[McHelpus]

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Must have some serious defensive deficiencies to put up that many points and basically get league minimum.

I dont like it, this dude is a Oiler killer. But the Canucks are becoming the softest team in the league.

 

[Senor Catface]

Confirmed Signing with Link: - [VAN] F Daniel Sprong signs with the Canucks (1 year, $975k)

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The level of denial is so hilarious.

Can't fault getting a potential 20-30 goal guy for under $1 mil, even if he is a basket case in the D zone.

He’s the Canucks Jeff Skinner just at 1/3 the price.

Both have defensive warts
Both have coaching warts
Both had near identical production last season

 

[McTonyBrar]

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Hmmm I don't know. I don't mind Hunter but... Bowman?

 

[aspin3]

I'm excited to see what these 2 are able to do in the AHL this year

Let's layoff on the expectations for Roby. He wont be ready for the start of the yer and we saw how long it took Brown to get back to playing form.

 

[subnet]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1813790123223290185

Boob follows this guy

So… what does team friendly mean exactly? If it’s $13mil for McD and $10mil for Drai? That’s team friendly. Or is it$15mil and $13mil? That’s not so team friendly imho.

That being said we need to give them what we want, within certain limits of course. We have a lot of guys that took a lower deal to be with this club, and I HOPE our superstars leave a bit on the table to sign the lower-level guys…

 

[Oilhawks]

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Hmmm I don't know. I don't mind Hunter but... Bowman?

This guy an actual “insider”? Hardly any followers with the excuse being he’s new to twitter and a “retired” insider

 

[RandomGuy79]

I am fine with Hunter, but why are we so desperate to bring Bowman in?

 

[Vagabond]

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Must have some serious defensive deficiencies to put up that many points and basically get league minimum.

He's a good 3rd liner. I won't dog him just because he went to Vancouver. The market is still tough despite the cap going up. Good signing. Sucks the cucks got him tho for cheap.

Edit:

He's better than Foegele with less than a 3rd of the cost.

 

[nabob]

He's a good 3rd liner. I won't dog him just because he went to Vancouver. The market is still tough despite the cap going up. Good signing. Sucks the cucks got him tho for cheap.

Edit:

He's better than Foegele with less than a 3rd of the cost.

Agreed with you until I read the edit.

 

[McDNicks17]

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Hmmm I don't know. I don't mind Hunter but... Bowman?

Billy and his 160 followers definitely knows.

 

[Vagabond]

Agreed with you until I read the edit.

So.. You'd take Foegele for 3.5m over Sprong at less than a Mil? Seriously? Or is your judgment shrouded by your hate for Vancouver?

 

[McHelpus]

He's a good 3rd liner. I won't dog him just because he went to Vancouver. The market is still tough despite the cap going up. Good signing. Sucks the cucks got him tho for cheap.

Edit:

He's better than Foegele with less than a 3rd of the cost.

Foegele penalty kills, put up the same numbers, and mostly scores 5v5. Sprong is a powerplay specialist that doesn't play any defense.

 

[Vagabond]

Foegele penalty kills, put up the same numbers, and mostly scores 5v5. Sprong is a powerplay specialist that doesn't play any defense.

Sprong is ranked 11th overall goals per 60min 5v5 in the league. He's usually a very solid 2way player that touches 20 goals.

Foegele played a pile of min in the top 6 and just barely got 20 goals.

Edit: Defensively, he's very comparable to Foegele. They both do braindead plays and GA's. The difference is Sprong is a better 5v5 player at less than a third of the cost.

 

[Spawn]

Sprong is ranked 11th overall goals per 60min 5v5 in the league. He's usually a very solid 2way player that touches 20 goals.

Neither of these things are true. I don't disagree he's better than Foegele. But Foegele isn't an Oiler anymore, so who cares.

 

[belair]

Sprong is ranked 11th overall goals per 60min 5v5 in the league. He's usually a very solid 2way player that touches 20 goals.

Foegele played a pile of min in the top 6 and just barely got 20 goals.

Edit: Defensively, he's very comparable to Foegele. They both do braindead plays and GA's. The difference is Sprong is a better 5v5 player at less than a third of the cost.

Sprong is a guy that needs heavy sheltering. Good example of why you give maligned players a shot though. Depth offense can come from odd places on the cheap.

Foegele is a better all around player though. Plays a better cycle game and has the build to get himself into scoring areas. Sprong's shot is his bread and butter.

 

[nabob]

So.. You'd take Foegele for 3.5m over Sprong at less than a Mil? Seriously? Or is your judgment shrouded by your hate for Vancouver?

Nope I never said that. Why do people always need to strawman the crap out of everything.

But that’s not what you actually said. You said he’s better than Foegele with less than 1/3 the cost.

Hes not better than Foegele. Him being 1/3 the cost does not make him a better hockey player than Foegele. Edit: just saw you said Sprong is a very solid 2 way player heh heh

 

[Vagabond]

Neither of these things are true. I don't disagree he's better than Foegele. But Foegele isn't an Oiler anymore, so who cares.

When you break it down, it's definitely true. We're talking 5v5/min played per goal ratio. He's 11th when you combine the last 2 seasons.

Edit:

Over the course of Sprong's career he's litera 23rd in the league at scoring 5v5/min.

NHL All-Time Even Strength Goals per 60 Leaders

NHL players who hold the all-time record for the highest even strength goals per 60 in NHL. All-time even strength goals per 60 leaders for NHL players.

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