Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | Where's the Beef?

[Bryanbryoil]

It wasn’t just Strudwick. There were many posters on this board questioning his decision. Course we were told how the rebuilding situation in Detroit was going to ‘ideal’ for him and how he was finally going to a team where he was ‘wanted’. That lasted all of 33 games.

@McDNicks17 had a good post recently that summed it up well. There’s almost nobody on this board who didn’t like Kositin and want him back at reasonable money. But the reality is that other teams with more money to spend can offer overpays. It’s hard to put ourselves in a player’s shoes and say we’d leave money on the table. But it’s easy to say that after I took the money and went elsewhere, I wouldn’t come back to town, put on the Oilers jersey and pretend I’d always been loyal to the crest.

I don't blame Vinny or Kostin as they are both depth players and took roughly double what we would've offered.

 

[Drivesaitl]

I don't blame Vinny or Kostin as they are both depth players and took roughly double what we would've offered.

Exactly. How is this even an issue? Imagine in pro sports that players go for the money when they suspect their careers could be limited.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Exactly. How is this even an issue? Imagine in pro sports that players go for the money when they suspect their careers could be limited.

I remember the risk that Hossa took trying to win a cup. he took a cheap 1 year deal instead of a massive long term deal.

 

[Drivesaitl]

I remember the risk that Hossa took trying to win a cup. he took a cheap 1 year deal instead of a massive long term deal.

Good example. Not really comparable and probably pretty isolated. Still, nobody would blame him if he hadn't. Well maybe in Chicago.