Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | Savoie Gets an Audition With the Trade Deadline Looming

[brentashton]

HFOil is my neighbourhood

I’ve seen you working the street corners!

 

[McTonyBrar]

Pierre Lebrun said he thought the Oilers were only going to add a depth piece a month ago. Now, he has no clue. He is asking what the priority is now. Both Stauffer and Lebrun, now say they do not know.

But Boob is now disgustingly defending Skinner. Preaching patience, bringing up Roloson as a comparable. Disgusting

 

[frag2]

All his teammates everywhere he's played say the complete opposite.

I think some conflate fiery competitor with head case.

 

[brentashton]

Dobson is back tomorrow.

Even without Dobson [as in still injured], Sorokin himself can steal games

Sorokin.

Now your just playing with our emotions…

 

[frag2]

That should have been Skinners spot all season. You think the goal scoring winger they signed in free agency would be given a shot next to the best playmaker in the league.

I think Knob wanted to run with Nuge McD Hyman because Nuge simply cannot be a center

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Pierre Lebrun said he thought the Oilers were only going to add a depth piece a month ago. Now, he has no clue. He is asking what the priority is now. Both Stauffer and Lebrun, now say they do not know.

But Boob is now disgustingly defending Skinner. Preaching patience, bringing up Roloson as a comparable. Disgusting

Holy f***, is that his only fall back solution? No, Bob. We are out of patience. We have two generational superstars on this team and they still do not have a #1 starting goalie after 10 years in the league.

Imagine Crosby & Malkin being saddled with Dan Cloutier instead of Fleury, or Toews & Kane being told “patience” with a goalie like Ben Scrivens. It’s just asinine they refuse to acknowledge goaltending is important and just trot out whoever because of the belief “we can just outscore our bad goaltending”. No you can’t.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Pierre Lebrun said he thought the Oilers were only going to add a depth piece a month ago. Now, he has no clue. He is asking what the priority is now. Both Stauffer and Lebrun, now say they do not know.

But Boob is now disgustingly defending Skinner. Preaching patience, bringing up Roloson as a comparable. Disgusting

Patience lol we are in our cup window.

 

[elmeroil]

Bowman hard at work picking up all of the waiver players even if he's already waived them. How in the eff did he get this job? Feels like the worst GM we've ever had. Gifted 2 of the best players in the world after a game 7 loss in the SCF. Just need a goalie, can't even do that.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Bowman hard at work picking up all of the waiver players even if he's already waived them. How in the eff did he get this job? Feels like the worst GM we've ever had. Gifted 2 of the best players in the world after a game 7 loss in the SCF. Just need a goalie, can't even do that.

Waiver pick ups literally have nothing to do with us getting a goalie…

 

[Zerotonine]

That should have been Skinners spot all season. You think the goal scoring winger they signed in free agency would be given a shot next to the best playmaker in the league.

Skinner is think is too slow slow for mcdavid. I thought Skinner would of been prefect for drai but they won't give it much of a chance and keep forcing Arvidsson with drai.

All his teammates everywhere he's played say the complete opposite.

Always having temperature tantrums on the ice.

 

[Stoneman89]

I know there are a whole whack of people here that couldn't wait to get rid of Codi Ceci. I'm not saying he was great, and a lot of Nurse's troubles were brought on by Nurse himself. But if you're going to move on from him, then you absolutely must upgrade on him. That has not worked out IMO. In order, his replacements have been Dermott, Emberson, Brown, Stetcher, and now Klingberg. I would argue that absolutely none of them have been any kind of an upgrade. Emberson has been the best of a mediocre bunch, and they've tried their best to hide him and protect him as much as possible.

 

[ToeMcDrag83]

There's got to be a name out there that hasn't really been considered that's moving. No one saw Hertl coming last year for example. Curious who that player or players are this year.

 

[Tarus]

Sure, but I'm not signing him to a 5 year extension.

I'm adding him for a playoff run.

Adding him for the playoffs is the risk, for the reasons I mentioned. You really don't want to be the team that discovers your deadline goaltending add really is just a mediocre backup that was having a career season in a cushy situation while you're in the middle of the playoffs

Just ask LA from a couple of years ago.

 

[Ck1]

Gibson, Vejmelka in
Pickard skinner out
Make it happen

 

[McDrai]

Any other AHL players we can pick up off waivers?

 

[foshizzle]

Jason Gregor just moments ago with Derek Van Diest “the oilers are 1st in xGA on the PK and 26th in actual goals against. I don’t know what it is- maybe a lot a lucky goals and bounces”.

Just f***ing say it’s shitty goaltending. The lengths he goes…

 

[Oilhawks]

Pierre Lebrun said he thought the Oilers were only going to add a depth piece a month ago. Now, he has no clue. He is asking what the priority is now. Both Stauffer and Lebrun, now say they do not know.

But Boob is now disgustingly defending Skinner. Preaching patience, bringing up Roloson as a comparable. Disgusting

Skinner couldn’t even hold Roloson’s jock. That’s laughable

 

[foshizzle]

Pierre Lebrun said he thought the Oilers were only going to add a depth piece a month ago. Now, he has no clue. He is asking what the priority is now. Both Stauffer and Lebrun, now say they do not know.

But Boob is now disgustingly defending Skinner. Preaching patience, bringing up Roloson as a comparable. Disgusting

He was saying that yesterday too. Imagine preaching patience in a cup window.

 

[foshizzle]

People here keep saying McDavid is hurt, why doesn't he go on LTIR? Tkachuk is already out of the season and Florida is going to abuse his cap and so is Vegas with Theodore.

Speaking of Zito, he was interviewed for the Oilers GM position. Holland came on the scene and immediately the Oilers wet their pants. Zito had a shit team and won a cup. Holland had the best two players and had the same holes in year 5 as year 1. The irony of the Panthers beating the Oilers in the finals nags at me. Where the Panthers started and ended. Imagine giving Zito 97/29 to start with

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Speaking of Zito, he was interviewed for the Oilers GM position. Holland came on the scene and immediately the Oilers wet their pants. Zito had a shit team and won a cup. Holland had the best two players and had the same holes in year 5 as year 1. The irony of the Panthers beating the Oilers in the finals that nags at me. Where the Panthers started and ended. Imagine giving Zito 97/29 to start with

This org just loves to cock-block themselves

 

[MoontoScott]

Skinner couldn’t even hold Roloson’s jock. That’s laughable

I'm reading (mainstream media so beware) that Binnington to the Oilers is a real possibility but I don't see how the Oilers can manage this without trading the Skinner contract. I guess retention by the Blues would be the only real option? I don't follow it as much as you guys. Would the Blues really trade him?

 

[Trafalgar Sadge Law]

Speaking of Zito, he was interviewed for the Oilers GM position. Holland came on the scene and immediately the Oilers wet their pants. Zito had a shit team and won a cup. Holland had the best two players and had the same holes in year 5 as year 1. The irony of the Panthers beating the Oilers in the finals nags at me. Where the Panthers started and ended. Imagine giving Zito 97/29 to start with

Bill Zito: acquires players like Verhaeghe, Bennett, Forsling, Montour for cheap or even for free. Ken Holland: traded 2 2nds for AA and somehow not only didn't get a high pick back to take on the Duncan Keith cap dump but actually gave up picks. And that's not to mention the absolute franchise killing moves like the Campbell signing, the Nurse RFA situation botch, and trading a 1st for a non-NHL caliber player in Henrique. Zito had some shit moves like the Chiarot trade and Holland had a few good moves like the Ekholm trade and the Kane signing. But the gap in their ability to build depth and find talent for cheap is absolutely comical. One guy is getting impact on-ice players for little cap hit/trade capital while the other is paying a premium for... character???????????

 

[McShogun99]

Bill Zito: acquires players like Verhaeghe, Bennett, Forsling, Montour for cheap or even for free. Ken Holland: traded 2 2nds for AA and somehow not only didn't get a high pick back to take on the Duncan Keith cap dump but actually gave up picks. And that's not to mention the absolute franchise killing moves like the Campbell signing, the Nurse RFA situation botch, and trading a 1st for a non-NHL caliber player in Henrique. Zito had some shit moves like the Chiarot trade and Holland had a few good moves like the Ekholm trade and the Kane signing. But the gap in their ability to build depth and find talent for cheap is absolutely comical. One guy is getting impact on-ice players for little cap hit/trade capital while the other is paying a premium for... character???????????

Zito has a huge advantage of being the GM of a team in Miami and a tax free state. Players didn’t want to start coming to Edmonton until this off season after we made the finals. Florida will always have an advantage attracting players even if they’re a bad team. You switch GM’s 5 years ago and the results are probably still the same.
The GM everyone should be going after is Chevy in Winnipeg. It’s the least attractive destination for players yet he keeps building a competitive team and the guys that play there actually sign long term and not go UFA to get out of the city.

 

[Trafalgar Sadge Law]

Zito has a huge advantage of being the GM of a team in Miami and a tax free state. Players didn’t want to start coming to Edmonton until this off season after we made the finals. Florida will always have an advantage attracting players even if they’re a bad team. You switch GM’s 5 years ago and the results are probably still the same.

Yeah man I'm sure taxes are why the Oilers traded a 1st round pick for Adam Henrique and why the Panthers got Gustav Forsling on freaking waivers.

 

[McShogun99]

Yeah man I'm sure taxes are why the Oilers traded a 1st round pick for Adam Henrique and why the Panthers got Gustav Forsling on freaking waivers.

31 other GM’s passed on Forsling. No one expected what he would become when he was on waivers.