Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | Post Free Agent Frenzy, Will JJ Show His Pimp Hand Again to Upgrade the Defense?

[McDoused]

I'm kind of surprised Kailer Yamamoto still doesn't have a league minimum contract somewhere. Would you bring him back at 775k?

 

[KCC]

I'm kind of surprised Kailer Yamamoto still doesn't have a league minimum contract somewhere. Would you bring him back at 775k?

Nope

 

[Sanchez]

I'm kind of surprised Kailer Yamamoto still doesn't have a league minimum contract somewhere. Would you bring him back at 775k?

2 way deal but we don't need him

 

[La Bamba]

I'm kind of surprised Kailer Yamamoto still doesn't have a league minimum contract somewhere. Would you bring him back at 775k?

I would bring him back as an AHL guy like Drake Caggiula

 

[LTIR]

No roster spot for Yamo left on the team.
We need to sign Holloway pretty quick .. I think Broberg's may sign an offersheet and should be top priority

 

[Fourier]

I'm kind of surprised Kailer Yamamoto still doesn't have a league minimum contract somewhere. Would you bring him back at 775k?

Sure. But he would basically be an AHL guy. That said it would still depend on how this would impact development. If he could help in that regard great. If he would simply be a road block, then I'd rethink my position.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

No roster spot for Yamo left on the team.
We need to sign Holloway pretty quick .. I think Broberg's may sign an offersheet and should be top priority

Maybe, but it sincerely doubt it, even the best GMs in this league are still fundamentally too conservative and scared to open that box fully

 

[McDoused]

Sure. But he would basically be an AHL guy. That said it would still depend on how this would impact development. If he could help in that regard great. If he would simply be a road block, then I'd rethink my position.

If we brought him bring him back at 775k, the expectation would be that he is waived to start the year. My reservation about him being an AHL guy is that he probably doesn't work well with Savoie (if that's his center) or against Savoie (if hes not a center) or Lavoie on the right side depth chart.

As the roster stands right now we have either 1 or 2 spots open (if Kane is out). Right now Pederson is probably our 4C and Lavoie is our 4RW.

One of my concerns is that one or both of those guys will need to be able to play on the PK at some point with McLeod and Foegele gone. Skinner and Arvidsson don't really PK. We can add a depth PK at the deadline if Lavoie/Holloway/Peterson aren't able to fill that role.

 

[DrDrai]

All I have to say is playing NHL 24 with all the recent signings is pretty fun. Not a bad offensive line.

 

[McDoused]

Any interest in John Klingberg at league minimum? Seems like a no brainer to me as a guy who wants to reestablish himself in the NHL?

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Maybe, but it sincerely doubt it, even the best GMs in this league are still fundamentally too conservative and scared to open that box fully

I’m not sure it’s an about being conservative or scared. Offer sheets almost never work out. Give up picks for a player you are probably going to have to overpay. Then leave your future RFAs wide open for an offer.

Or they don’t sign and you still burned a bridge. Just doesn’t seem worth it unless the player is a game changer.

 

[belair]

I'm kind of surprised Kailer Yamamoto still doesn't have a league minimum contract somewhere. Would you bring him back at 775k?

I'd prefer Zadina over him at this point. Surprisingly we're a little lean on left shots in the organization with McLeod and Foegele moving on.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

All I have to say is playing NHL 24 with all the recent signings is pretty fun. Not a bad offensive line.

I haven’t played any kind of sports video game in a lot of years. Now that they’re all web-based, do the games automatically upload and update all roster changes?

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

I haven’t played any kind of sports video game in a lot of years. Now that they’re all web-based, do the games automatically upload and update all roster changes?

They have regular roster updates.

 

[Broberg Speed]

After hyping the Oilers offseason moves in the media everyone goes on vacation.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

After hyping the Oilers offseason moves in the media everyone goes on vacation.

When else are they supposed to go on vacation?

 

[Broberg Speed]

When else are they supposed to go on vacation?

After the GM is named, the Draisaitl contract is signed, the team is cap compliant and we trade for a puck rushing defenseman.

 

[smokersarejokers]

Any interest in John Klingberg at league minimum? Seems like a no brainer to me as a guy who wants to reestablish himself in the NHL?

Not even for a second. I'd rather see if Paul Coffey could still play.

 

[K1984]

I'm kind of surprised Kailer Yamamoto still doesn't have a league minimum contract somewhere. Would you bring him back at 775k?

He’s not a good bottom 6 player and he’s not a top 6 player, so no.

He’s also a candidate for a coaching staff to try too hard to stuff him in the top 6 to the detriment of the team like last time. Just no.

 

[Broberg Speed]

Not even for a second. I'd rather see if Paul Coffey could still play.

What if Vancouver signs Klingberg for 975K ?

 

[McBooya42]

Ok whatever you say. I'm just pulling facts from the Oilers website and what JJ said. Your just sniffing your own farts.

You literally did the same thing you berated me for. If you can't see the obvious idiocy in that, well i'm not surprised. You're saying JJ made those deals before free agency? Think about that for a second, and then think about if that's allowed, and then think about how that would go if JJ said he was actually doing that in an interview. Maybe, just think before posting?

 

[guymez]

I'm kind of surprised Kailer Yamamoto still doesn't have a league minimum contract somewhere. Would you bring him back at 775k?

This version of the team is just too deep. There is no place for him.

 

[ozhenson]

You literally did the same thing you berated me for. If you can't see the obvious idiocy in that, well i'm not surprised. You're saying JJ made those deals before free agency? Think about that for a second, and then think about if that's allowed, and then think about how that would go if JJ said he was actually doing that in an interview. Maybe, just think before posting?

Except GMs are definitely, 100% making calls before July 1. If you think GMs around the league a dropping a billion in contracts in one day without any prior contact, I've got a bridge to sell you.

Tampering is absolutely happening with regards to FAs and any other opinion is willfull ignorance.

Granted nothing is signed prior to the day, but there's loads of frameworks being negotiated ahead of time.

 

[McBooya42]

Except GMs are definitely, 100% making calls before July 1. If you think GMs around the league a dropping a billion in contracts in one day without any prior contact, I've got a bridge to sell you.

Tampering is absolutely happening with regards to FAs and any other opinion is willfull ignorance.

Granted nothing is signed prior to the day, but there's loads of frameworks being negotiated ahead of time.

Some initial talks are done beforehand for sure (Skinner for sure was not), and we know Arvidsson was reaching out to Ek beforehand. Sure as hell JJ wouldn't be admitting to tampering beforehand however, as alluded by Luis. Everything was indeed signed off on the 1st, and the details hammered out before signing too. They may have had ballparks to think about, but nothing done until that day. Every player that extended fielded other offers - all of them.

 

[McHelpus]

I'm kind of surprised Kailer Yamamoto still doesn't have a league minimum contract somewhere. Would you bring him back at 775k?

He was fine on the Oilers and at 775k that's a steal.