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

[McAsuno]

I see what you’re saying- but who cares at this point in time. All chips in. I’ll worry about our cupboards in 4-5 years when those prospects would have been ready to play…if they make it. Draft picks are overrated outside the first round.


Love it!

I'm in favor of going all in for a player like EK65, brother.
I just don't see him as a realistic target or would the Oilers give up the cupboards to that extent for him either. I already feel like with the extra money the Oilers have after putting Kane on the shelf to recover, they'll use it to fill the holes in the lineup starting with Top 4 D.

 

[Jarvi]

I'm in favor of going all in for a player like EK65, brother.
I just don't see him as a realistic target or would the Oilers give up the cupboards to that extent for him either. I already feel like with the extra money the Oilers have after putting Kane on the shelf to recover, they'll use it to fill the holes in the lineup starting with Top 4 D.

In regards to whether the team is willing to give up a ton for 1 guy; I would hope they would at least consider it depending on how a few of our guys are looking come deadline. If there was a player to swing for, it would be either Rasmus Andersson or a retained heavily EK65.

Like if Philp looks great as 4c, that's one need checked off. There is also rumblings of Savoie getting a look, say he shows he can score and play responsibly in the top 9, well that adds to our wing depth. I think both guys are very close if not at that level. Stauff was raving about Savoie's defensive game, and he is 2nd in pts on the Condors.

If you bring in a guy who can be a top 4 D for a couple seasons, where are we weak?

Nuge-McD-Hyman
Podz-Drai-Arvy
Skinner-Henrique-Savoie
Janmark-Philp-Brown
Perry-Ryan-Kapanen
Kane

Ek-Bouch
Nurse-EK65
Kulak-Emberson
Stecher-Brown



Who goes out if you bring someone in? I'm assuming most would say Skinner, but that may be difficult and I would like to see him given another honest look in the top 6 before we create a mess for ourselves to clean up.

I'd say if we can get Skinner looking reasonable, and Philp shows well, we can swing for the fences on D. Our two needs after that would be a #8 LH Dman and imo, a backup G. Fairly low risk if we can't fill those holes for cheap. And for next year, as long as we can resign Bouch we should be fine.

This is the year for the team to go all in, imo.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Unless you're also sending Bouch out the door, I don't see how Karlsson fits.

It's well proven he doesn't perform anywhere near his best when he's forced to share the offensive spotlight.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

If you're wanting a secondary option for offence from the blueline behind Bouchard, then Klingberg on the cheap makes far more sense than EK65. (even if he isn't my favourite target)

Ekholm-Bouch
Nurse-Emberson/Kulak(same setup as what we see now with Stecher)
Kulak-Klingberg

One big plus to Klingberg is this is a role Minny brought him in for back in 22/23, and he looked good in it.

Also if Naturalstattrick is to be believed, he actually spent most of those playoffs on his offside with a rookie Faber. So if you want to ride with Nurse-Kulak, Klingberg-Emberson is possible. (Similar to the Stecher-Emberson paring we see currently)