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Oilers Biggest Roster Need?

  • 2nd Pairing RD

    Votes: 87 39.5%
  • Starting Goalie

    Votes: 124 56.4%
  • Top 6 LW (RNH, Podkolzin and Jeff Skinner Aren't Getting it Done)

    Votes: 3 1.4%
  • Top 6 RW (Arvidsson and Hyman Aren't Getting it Done)

    Votes: 1 0.5%
  • 3C

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Physical Bottom 6 Wingers

    Votes: 1 0.5%
  • Other (Post Your Opinion)

    Votes: 4 1.8%

  • Total voters
    220

Scrapin Ice

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Management need to be bold and put Rodrigue in for a few games. I wonder how Binnington and Dustin Wolf actually earned a starting job. Flames had Vladar, prior to that Markstrom. Then they cleaned house and somehow Wolf had a horseshoe up his ass. The flames fans must be stoked to have the goalie of the future come out of nowhere while he continue our musical chairs which all began after the departure of Roloson. We had Dubnyk and fans ran him out.
Lets trade Rodrigue before they put him in. Lets trade him with another asset and get a top AHL goalie...one that projects to be something we can use.
 

TheNumber4

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I don't like what I see of Jiricek in highlights, maybe I'll watch a CBJ game and see if I like him more. But I like the idea of getting a former top 10 pick to finally fill the hole we've had for years and to steal a developing prospect.

In general, I don't like players that won't take AHL time seriously as a development step. So if we don't get him, whatever.
 

dem

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I think it's a combination of them drafting a guy who needed a huge improvement in skating that hasn't happened and him/his agent publicly calling for ice time when he clearly isn't ready.

They'd be smart to sell high right now, IMO.

Surprised a dman with bad skating would be selected so high.
 

McTonyBrar

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Stauffer shot down anything Jiricek related. He did say players want to come to Edmonton and he keeps hinting we ain’t doing shit until the deadline.

I don’t think we will get any Dman. Every team will know we are desperate at that time. That’s just my opinion. I’m keeping hopes down but I don’t believe in Bowman.
 

Zerotonine

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I'm hoping for a goalie upgrade big time I also hope Skinner goes the other way and finds his game and excels. I like Skinner amd he shown he can be a #1 in this league. But his consistency is beyond brutal. And also him finding his game under another goalie coach hopefully expires fking Schwartz for once
 

TheNumber4

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Stauffer shot down anything Jiricek related. He did say players want to come to Edmonton and he keeps hinting we ain’t doing shit until the deadline.

I don’t think we will get any Dman. Every team will know we are desperate at that time. That’s just my opinion. I’m keeping hopes down but I don’t believe in Bowman.
Makes sense. Hope he busts now.

A Vet RHD makes more sense. It's just there's barely any available.
 
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Oilhawks

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Stauffer shot down anything Jiricek related. He did say players want to come to Edmonton and he keeps hinting we ain’t doing shit until the deadline.

I don’t think we will get any Dman. Every team will know we are desperate at that time. That’s just my opinion. I’m keeping hopes down but I don’t believe in Bowman.

Yeah him and Friedman poured water on the Jircek thing

That being said, they did make it sound like they want to add for the TDL, which is some Captain Obvious type stuff
 

LevelingSolo

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Philadelphia. Then St. Louis, San Jose, Seattle. Then Tampa, Toronto.
Toronto and Montreal say "sup"

What are they going on about now?
Ok Toronto for sure, dunno about the rest though

Penguin fans still think they have a good team and it’s Mike Sullivan solely holding them back from winning again with that core

Any suggestion of a Crosby trade and they lose their minds
 
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McTonyBrar

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Bob Stauffer did says he’s intrigued about where the Edmonton Oilers will acquire their top 4 defenceman. He thinks it will be a surprise

Makes sense. Hope he busts now.

A Vet RHD makes more sense. It's just there's barely any available.
Nah he said left handed
 

CanadasTeam99

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Stauffer shot down anything Jiricek related. He did say players want to come to Edmonton and he keeps hinting we ain’t doing shit until the deadline.

I don’t think we will get any Dman. Every team will know we are desperate at that time. That’s just my opinion. I’m keeping hopes down but I don’t believe in Bowman.
Team doesn't care about the division. Just going to go into the "Hope and Pray" that goaltending improves
 

Mr Positive

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I'm hoping for a goalie upgrade big time I also hope Skinner goes the other way and finds his game and excels. I like Skinner amd he shown he can be a #1 in this league. But his consistency is beyond brutal. And also him finding his game under another goalie coach hopefully expires fking Schwartz for once
There's rumors also that Colorado is looking for a goalie. They've already tried 4 goalies this year too. Our team is content to just let Skinner figure it out. I highly doubt the team will get another goalie
 

TheNumber4

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my worry is they'll look at trash like Savard or Chiarot, when we should be speeding past those guys at twice the speed limit.
I hope we go all in on an off the radar solution. Similar to what we found in Ekholm. Those guys aren't it, we'd be settling.

I really don't think we lost much with Ceci either. I think Knob's system can keep afloat alot of mid-tier defenceman. To really make an impact on this roster we need someone better, someone that has the talent to bring offence too. I'm skewed towards the puck movement end of the spectrum for whoever we get.
 
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Jimmi McJenkins

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Ok Toronto for sure, dunno about the rest though

Penguin fans still think they have a good team and it’s Mike Sullivan solely holding them back from winning again with that core

Any suggestion of a Crosby trade and they lose their minds
I mean the last bit I understand, but that's usually how it is with disastrous teams. I wonder if they'll hire Dallas Eakins to right the ship lol.
 

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