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Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | Vegas Claim & Somehow Assign Lavoie to Farm... because Oilers.

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bellagiobob

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K1984 said:
The only problem I see with this is - who do you scratch? Although not perfect, I thought the bottom 6 as a whole wasn't much of a problem last night, and more or less did what they needed to. Both bottom 6 lines even produced a few solid chances.

The guys truly deserving a seat all occupy the Top 6, and they aren't going to give a rip if Lavoie comes in for Podkolzin, for example.
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They play back to back Sat/Sun, so ideally Ryan and Perry shouldn't both be playing in both games, so you sit one of them in each game and play Lavoie. But I agree with your point that the issue last night wasn't our foot soldiers, it was with our best players.
 
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CupofOil said:
"Adding Kesselring is so dumb. That's what it cost for 450K retention? Sheesh, just dumb for an inconsequential rental. I hate it tbh but I'm a Kesselring guy."

Hated it then and even moreso now. Never understood why Kesselring was a throw in for a bottom 6 center rental. Holland just loved throwing away picks and prospects.
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Unfortunately, NHL GMs seem to care very little about prospects drafted under previous regimes (unless they are established NHL players...and even then, you never know). We're seeing this again with Lavoie (IMO)
 
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Oilhawks said:
All they need to do to prove Nurse is cooked is play him with Bouchard or Ekholm. He would still look bad with either of them, and we all know that they are legitimate top 4 / top pairing D
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Nurse playing with Bouchard would absolutely crater Bouchard.

Ekholm playing with Emberson would probably help Emberson.

Unfortunately for Nurse’s partner they have to somehow anticipate his mind boggling decision making and try to cover.
 
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North said:
Nurse playing with Bouchard would absolutely crater Bouchard.

Ekholm playing with Emberson would probably help Emberson.

Unfortunately for Nurse’s partner they have to somehow anticipate his mind boggling decision making and try to cover.
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Obviously we want to put our players in the best position to succeed. Buuuut, I don't think having Bouchard have a worse season than last would necessarily be bad thing with him reportedly looking for 11m+ on his next contract. Have him show us that he is that guy, and it's not Ekholm covering for him.

I personally think Bouch is that guy, but if it's better for the team as a whole, and can help lower his ask, I say split him and Ek up as it would also be huge for Emberson.
 
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Said it before, saying it again and yes it is a hill I am prepared to die on. S. Skinner is not the guy who will backstop this team to a championship. You can’t rely on hoping to get “good skinner” on a game to game basis. The defense has holes too and it’s another vortex of mystery. We’ll see what kind of patience Bowman has and what he does to manage the cap.
 
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McTonyBrar said:
I will bet you the rights to my HF account that if Nurse has a top 4 Dman on his pairing (like Barrie), he’d be good again
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Lol, dude- that's a horrible bet. the fact that you think Barrie is a top 4 d-man has you losing the bet. Most of Nurse being garbage is a result of Nurse making piss poor decisions that have nothing to do with his partner.
 
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McTonyBrar said:
I will bet you the rights to my HF account that if Nurse has a top 4 Dman on his pairing (like Barrie), he’d be good again
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That isn't true whatsoever, lol. What's more comical to witness is that Nurse needs a partner to babysit his ass despite being in the league for 10+ years now. Emberson may or may not be a top four 4 d man, but how sad that he has to attempt on babysitting Nurse despite only having 31 NHL GP.
 
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Davo Ikinzom said:
Jultz, Giordano and Shattenkirk?

lol this team is f***ed
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At this point two of those three might be somewhat useful with Nurse and allow us to play Emberson with Kulak who I think would help him to grow his game.

Nurse can’t do that.
 
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