Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | What Do Our RFA's Sign For Edition

[brentashton]

So Calgary is penciling in Dube and Pelletier in their top 6 but we cant have Holloway on our 4th line?

What is going on here?

Have you seen Calgary’s depth chart? But yes Holloway is a lock to make this roster if he doesn’t shit the bed at camp.

 

[bobbythebrain]

I think any improvement you make to your roster has a trickle down effect to the other areas of it. And the bottom six is the part that is by far the easiest and cheapest area to tweak between now and training camp. It requires no additional roster movement.

People are still reacting to a playoff run that's now three months in the past. What happened then doesn't necessarily continue to happen in the future. And has been stated a dozen times already, this exact tandem won 50 games last season.

Stuart Skinner is a 24 year old goalie. And Jack Campbell is a goalie that was trending as a slightly above average starter before last season. More likely than not, you're getting an improved result on last season from them. Especially if the team in front of them makes their job easier.

Cmon dude. You've been here long enough to know that our players are incapable of improving.

Apparently the only way this team gets better is to over hype every other teams players

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Crazy how guys like Wheeler, JVR, Duchene all go for 800k to 3 mil. Free agency sure is somethin.

It's unfortunate that more players weren't looking to come here on short term and low AAV deals. That tells me that they might be skeptical of winning here, we simply can't manage our cap to get it done and/or they still don't want to come to Edmonton for the most part.

 

[Broberg Speed]

The Oilers might have enough. They need better coaching.

 

[Fourier]

It's unfortunate that more players weren't looking to come here on short term and low AAV deals. That tells me that they might be skeptical of winning here, we simply can't manage our cap to get it done and/or they still don't want to come to Edmonton for the most part.

There have been cap management issues for sure, but my bet is on the last reason. Especially with American UFA's who more and more are choosing prime US destinations.

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

It's unfortunate that more players weren't looking to come here on short term and low AAV deals. That tells me that they might be skeptical of winning here, we simply can't manage our cap to get it done and/or they still don't want to come to Edmonton for the most part.

Which players are you talking about? Wheeler was never going to sign with a Canadian team and we didn't have $3m capspace for the likes of Duchene and Domi

 

[Seachd]

 

[nexttothemoon]

The sad thing is that the Oilers had a player in Jack Campbell that has a career sv pct in the playoffs of 92%... and he was 96.1% in the 118 minutes he did play for them over parts of 4 games.... but Woodcroft was stubborn and kept going back to the same well over and over even though it was obvious Skinner wasn't quite in the zone.

You ride a hot goalie in the playoffs and sit a cold one... that's often the difference between a quick exit and a long run to the finals.

My bold prediction is that the Oilers would likely have been sipping champagne if Woody would have been more proactive and used Campbell more.

Sometimes players just don't have it in the regular season but something clicks in the playoffs and vice versa... Skinner took a step back and it looked to me like Campbell could have been taking a step forward.

Woody in my view was outcoached... the goaltending of the Oilers was subpar and yes team D wasn't good enough... but I think a more proactive coach could have utilized their roster better and squeezed a series victory out vs Vegas.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Which players are you talking about? Wheeler was never going to sign with a Canadian team and we didn't have $3m capspace for the likes of Duchene and Domi

Patches for one, JVR for another.

There have been cap management issues for sure, but my bet is on the last reason. Especially with American UFA's who more and more are choosing prime US destinations.

I think the lack of cap and the differences between the US and Canada politically could have something to do with it. Regardless it is a bit disappointing because I want to see Connor and Leon lift the cup as Oilers and end the Canadian Cup drought.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

I will not stop laughing if Kostin is part of the package

 

[Bryanbryoil]

So who is Debrincat's set up man in Detroit?

 

[Stud Muffin]

So who is Debrincat's set up man in Detroit?

Raymond probably

 

[belair]

Detroit is probably going to end up waiving an NHL player or two.

 

[Broberg Speed]

 

[Oilhawks]

Detroit is probably going to end up waiving an NHL player or two.

In before our friend Mr. Kostin gets claimed by ‘Zona

 

[McDNicks17]

So who is Debrincat's set up man in Detroit?

Larkin has put a couple of really good seasons together recently.

 

[CycloneSweep]

So Calgary is penciling in Dube and Pelletier in their top 6 but we cant have Holloway on our 4th line?

What is going on here?

Dube just had a 45 point season and Pelletier was just over a ppg in the AHL this year.
This is also a team that didn’t make the playoffs and isn’t a contender. Compare Pelletier and Holloway sure but Dube has played 4 seasons.

Holloway isn’t really a stand out over any player of our players yet, and doesn’t have to clear waivers so sending him to the AHL to get playing time could be ideal instead of getting 5-7 minutes a night.

 

[McTonyBrar]

So Calgary is penciling in Dube and Pelletier in their top 6 but we cant have Holloway on our 4th line?

What is going on here?

Oiler fans are not very bright. There’s your answer

 

[CycloneSweep]

Have you seen Calgary’s depth chart? But yes Holloway is a lock to make this roster if he doesn’t shit the bed at camp.

He could always Broberg it.

 

[brentashton]

He could always Broberg it.

There is that, but I have high hopes for the big guy. Can we not ask for one higher draft pick to turn quickly??

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

Patches for one, JVR for another.

2 more Americans, right. yeah I'm sure not seeing the Oilers as contenders are the reason... Caps and Bruins are in much better spots to win

 

[brentashton]

Oiler fans are not very bright. There’s your answer

wrong way to make friends here.

 

[McTonyBrar]

I hope Oilers sign Nosek

 

[belair]

That division is gonna be trash next season.

 

[Spawn]

It's unfortunate that more players weren't looking to come here on short term and low AAV deals. That tells me that they might be skeptical of winning here, we simply can't manage our cap to get it done and/or they still don't want to come to Edmonton for the most part.

It could also be as simple as the Oilers never reached out to these players. Rightly or wrongly, the Oilers had clearly zeroed in on Brown as their target well before free agency began. Beyond that they seem to be solely looking for a 4th line C.