Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread: "Wheat Kings and Pretty Things, Let's See What The Expansion Draft Brings

[McBooya42]

So we give up assets to get a Duncan Keith contact.

Islanders have to give up assets to get RID of Andrew Ladds contract.

Seriously f*** this organization.

This is a bad post, and you should feel bad. Apples are in fact not oranges.

 

[McDNicks17]

From an Oilers perspective, I do not like. Assuming Kraken select him, Blues are likely going big game hunting for a winger which has a trickle down effect and increases the price of all UFA wingers.

Landeskog seems like a fit there.

 

[McTonyBrar]

I still think Holland should have waited until after the expansion draft to make this trade. There’s a chance that as we got closer to the deadline, Chicago would get more desperate to buy Kieth out or trade him with retention but we’ll never know because Holland blinked first.

Why aren't fans realizing that Chicago didn't want to trade Keith at all? They traded him because of his request to go close to BC that's all. With retention, I guarantee they wanted a first round pick. Would you trade that?

 

[CycloneSweep]

From an Oilers perspective, I do not like. Assuming Kraken select him, Blues are likely going big game hunting for a winger which has a trickle down effect and increases the price of all UFA wingers.

They have like no forwards signed anyways. If Tarasenko goes it's... O'Reilly, Schenn, Perron, Blais, Clifford. Barashev, Kyrou and Thomas are RFA's.

A few teams are already going to overpay guys to overpay

 

[Bring Back Bucky]

Fml not for 5.5 giving up assets. Has the entire world gone crazy?

sorry. What was it Nick leddy and Duncan Keith have in common again ? One was wanted by a team. One was desperately wanted off a team.

 

[CycloneSweep]

sorry. What was it Nick leddy and Duncan Keith have in common again ? One was wanted by a team. One was desperately wanted off a team.

Chicago has no issue keeping Keith, Islanders couldn't keep Leddy

 

[McBooya42]

And I don't believe Holland should be employed by the Edmonton Oilers, I've been pretty vocal about that.

 

[brentashton]

sorry. What was it Nick leddy and Duncan Keith have in common again ? One was wanted by a team. One was desperately wanted off a team.

This^^
In fact, one was wanted by at least two teams, but one agreed to move him at his request and the other one wasn’t wanted by all 32 teams.

 

[Louis Cypher]

Depends on how Keith plays. Maybe we'd rather have the LTIR space.

As for giving stuff for Keith's entire 5.5M. It's still a joke around the league with everyone except a portion of Oilers fans.

It's a joke around the league? Yeah like you're connected around the league too.

 

[McAsuno]

 

[McXLNC97]

From an Oilers perspective, I do not like. Assuming Kraken select him, Blues are likely going big game hunting for a winger which has a trickle down effect and increases the price of all UFA wingers.

Seattle's probably going to take Dunn. If the Blues are prepared to lose Tarasenko for nothing, there's probably some redflags in regards to his shoulder.

 

[McSuper]

So we give up assets to get a Duncan Keith contact.

Islanders have to give up assets to get RID of Andrew Ladds contract.

Seriously f*** this organization.

If you think these 2 players are equal maybe you are better suited to watching girls figure skating or curling. It is obvious by your statement you don’t know hockey.

 

[Frank the Tank]

Seattle's probably going to take Dunn. If the Blues are prepared to lose Tarasenko for nothing, there's probably some redflags in regards to his shoulder.

Or they realize how much they miss having a #1D in Pietrangelo and hope to free up enough cap space to sign Hamilton.

 

[Spawn]

I thought Seattle had exclusive negotiating rights with any exposed free agents for the next 3 days? Or did the Rangers end up protecting him?

 

[StargateSG1]

Whether or not the deal works out, Duncan Keith played 24 minutes a game as his teams #1 defenseman last year. Andrew Ladd played exactly 1 game... with the AHL Bridgeport Tigers, after playing most of the 18-19 season with the Bridgeport Tigers.

You can dislike a trade without making stupid, disingenuous comparisons that ruin an entire page of this thread imo.



Eh. He lost the starters job after several years of decline to a 26 year old making less than a million.

5.8 million for two more years of sub .900 goaltending is... not ideal.

No! By game 15 of the season he was playing 17 minutes per game against lesser opponents and still stunk

 

[McShogun99]

What if he was picked in the expansion draft?

Then that’s Seattle’s loss instead of ours but I hope I’m wrong.

 

[SK13]

No! By game 15 of the season he was playing 17 minutes per game against lesser opponents and still stunk

So your assertion is that he played like 45 minutes a game in those first 15 games? Because that math doesn't work otherwise.

EDIT: All it took was a quick glance at his Game Log to see this post is BS. He averaged a consistent 23+ minutes in every single split. He played under 20 minutes three times: First game, last game and one in mid-February.

Regardless, the comparison is idiotic. Ladd has legitimately not played in the NHL for two years. He's a pure cap dump. Keith is an NHL player that asked for a trade, and is going to play in the NHL. It might be bad, but it's not in the same category of trade. Clearly.

 

[McShogun99]

Why aren't fans realizing that Chicago didn't want to trade Keith at all? They traded him because of his request to go close to BC that's all. With retention, I guarantee they wanted a first round pick. Would you trade that?

It could all be posturing by Chicago. I’m sure they’d rather have the 4.5 million in cap space over keeping Kieth on the team.

 

[McSuper]

And I don't believe Holland should be employed by the Edmonton Oilers, I've been pretty vocal about that.

And I think 1/2 poster on here calling people names should be banned for life . I am also 100% sure Holland is smarter then most posters and with that even tho I didn’t like the trade I will wait and see how new season plays out

 

[Beerfish]

This is a bad post, and you should feel bad. Apples are in fact not oranges.

You feel the guy we got is awesome sauce he doesn;t why should he feel bad? the whole issue are the people that love the player and those that think he is done like dinner. The oilers are paying a huge price for this guy so he better bring what the lovers say he is going to bring.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

Watch Bobby nicks reunite team Canada.

Getzlaf, Keith and price.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Then that’s Seattle’s loss instead of ours but I hope I’m wrong.

Again I’m talking why i think it was done before the ED. Not if it was a good trade or not.

 

[SK13]

Watch Bobby nicks reunite team Canada.

Getzlaf, Keith and price.

Well, 2/3 could be a thing.

I haven't heard as much about Getzlaf as I was expecting. There was a rumor over a year ago the Oilers were on his trade list (as in, he would come here). As a right-handed veteran centre with probably enough juice to play 3C, if he's game... I'd have time for it.

Is there any talk about what's going on with him?

 

[McVirginOil]

We should get Quick, he has cup rings and experience, he also plays 60 minutes a night!!

 

[Morpheus]

Watch Bobby nicks reunite team Canada.

Getzlaf, Keith and price.