Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | With Klingberg in the Mix Who Are Our 7D After the Deadline?

[Mcnotloilersfan]

Rantanen was only asking for 11.75 mill..

I heard that was Avs highest offer, not the other way around

 

[McDrai]

I heard Rantanen is building a Mansion close to Katz’s house. Should be done by the end of August

 

[The Nuge]

Yeah but that doofus, Dubas, didn’t want to “bend the knee”.

Well ya. Why would you want to get free assets when you could mildly inconvenience a team in the other conference? I really want Petrov to pan out considering he was the pick Dumbass declined

 

[McHelpus]

I heard Rantanen is building a Mansion close to Katz’s house. Should be done by the end of August

Probably bought the land from Hall. Maybe that's why he went to Carolina as well, needed to get the deal done in person.

 

[Canovin]

Probably bought the land from Hall. Maybe that's why he went to Carolina as well, needed to get the deal done in person.

What I’m hearing is if you sign Rantanen you also get Hall in a package deal

 

[SupremeTeam16]

Blackwood with another stellar performance tonight rocking the .852 and the insanely well managed Avalanche now 1-3-1 in their last 5.

 

[North]

Blackwood with another stellar performance tonight rocking the .852 and the insanely well managed Avalanche now 1-3-1 in their last 5.

The assets they gave up for Blackwood and then that extension, layers of messy.

 

[Oilhawks]

Blackwood with another stellar performance tonight rocking the .852 and the insanely well managed Avalanche now 1-3-1 in their last 5.

The assets they gave up for Blackwood and then that extension, layers of messy.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

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Swayman got lit up for 6 by the Sabres tonight as well.

 

[foshizzle]

Idk about that. No one hated Pronger in the slightest until he left.

Pronger was like if you took the best of Ekholm, mixed in the best of Bouchard, mixed in the best of Nurse, and then had him play 35 minutes a night while hitting everything and never making mistakes.

Pronger was f***ing bulletproof.

It is absolutely true. I remember all the venom on the radio shows. It wasn’t until the playoffs everyone fell in love with him. Oilers barely made it into the playoffs that year and he took a lot of heat. He became bulletproof in the playoffs.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Blackwood with another stellar performance tonight rocking the .852 and the insanely well managed Avalanche now 1-3-1 in their last 5.

Blackwood on a skid and they just nuked their locker room. Could get worse.

 

[Mr Positive]

The assets they gave up for Blackwood and then that extension, layers of messy.

Trading for him was a great move. Signing him so quickly and with so much term was the puzzling one.

There is speculation that they want to add another forward, perhaps to replace Mittlestadt. Although, now their fans want a move on defense.

That was a big reason why the Klingberg gamble was great. There are too many other teams lining up to add the kind of Dman we really want.

 

[North]

Trading for him was a great move. Signing him so quickly and with so much term was the puzzling one.

There is speculation that they want to add another forward, perhaps to replace Mittlestadt. Although, now their fans want a move on defense.

That was a big reason why the Klingberg gamble was great. There are too many other teams lining up to add the kind of Dman we really want.

I still say the spent too much to acquire Blackwood.

 

[Mr Positive]

I still say the spent too much to acquire Blackwood.

I guess it depends on how good Kovalenko is.

Goaltending is a critical position so I could see having to pay up to get one that lots of teams would want, and also pay more to force an early trade.

However, a contender shouldn't have to sign a guy long term without seeing how they gel with a team long term first. It's like the Campbell signing.

And I get that if he was worth 8 million then they saved a lot by signing him for 5. But the issue is that goaltending is a single spot. If you overpay a top line forward and they regress to the 2nd line, you can still use them. If Blackwood becomes a backup for them, that's a lot of money on the bench.

 

[Roof Daddy]

Really hoping Jake Evans is available come deadline day, but the Habs are knocking on the door. He would check a lot of boxes for us.

RH Center that is above average on the dot (51.8%)

Average/above average physicality.

Excellent PKer (most SH TOI among Habs forwards, on the #6 PK in the league)

Solid offence, especially considering his role.

Then we could roll out:

Hyman-McD-Drai
Kane-Nuge-Arvidsson
Podkolzin-Evans-Perry
Janmark-Henrique-Brown

He also has previous experience playing with Perry.

Not sure what the price tag is, but I would pay a 2nd if we had to.

 

[Fourier]

Blackwood with another stellar performance tonight rocking the .852 and the insanely well managed Avalanche now 1-3-1 in their last 5.

This is why I don't get the furor over missing out on Blackwood. He has always been inconsistent. At his cap hit he would have potentially been "the move" for the Oilers. Having two guys who on any given random night might tank your chances of winning is not really all that much better than having one. But if the two guy cost you double on the cap it may even be worse.

 

[Canovin]

I heard that was Avs highest offer, not the other way around

If that's true which I doubt, the Oilers could beat the offer easily.

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

I hope this doesn't mean that we are sticking with Klingberg even if he sucks (although I think its very likely he's the guy we need for the top 4)

I kind of think he is going to be our "upgrade" which is disappointing.

I really hope I'm wrong.

 

[94 Oil Drops]

Some have been saying that Buffalo is entertaining the idea of trading Owen Power. It's too bad his contract is so big cause I could see that kid thriving here for years under Coffey's defense coaching system.

 

[Canovin]

Some have been saying that Buffalo is entertaining the idea of trading Owen Power. It's too bad his contract is so big cause I could see that kid thriving here for years under Coffey's defense coaching system.

I never saw Power as a cornerstone for a team even during his draft year. I do think he could be a good as Parayko one day

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

Some have been saying that Buffalo is entertaining the idea of trading Owen Power. It's too bad his contract is so big cause I could see that kid thriving here for years under Coffey's defense coaching system.

Power lacks intensity. He's a big teddy bear.

No Thanks

 

[LTIR]

Really hoping Jake Evans is available come deadline day, but the Habs are knocking on the door. He would check a lot of boxes for us.

RH Center that is above average on the dot (51.8%)

Average/above average physicality.

Excellent PKer (most SH TOI among Habs forwards, on the #6 PK in the league)

Solid offence, especially considering his role.

Then we could roll out:

Hyman-McD-Drai
Kane-Nuge-Arvidsson
Podkolzin-Evans-Perry
Janmark-Henrique-Brown

He also has previous experience playing with Perry.

Not sure what the price tag is, but I would pay a 2nd if we had to.

Sure to Evan but it will be a logjam.
I will play Kapanen over both Arvidssson and J.Skinner

 

[Vagabond]

The Sens were insanely smart for jumping on Ullmark when they did. Got him while the Oil were still playing for the Cup. He's who I wish somehow we got our hands on. Boston kept the wrong goaltender.

 

[FiveFourteenSixOne]

The Sens were insanely smart for jumping on Ullmark when they did. Got him while the Oil were still playing for the Cup. He's who I wish somehow we got our hands on him. Boston kept the wrong goaltender.

I have a feeling this will be Boston's very own "Redden/Chara" debacle.

Except this time they're not benefiting from the f*** up.

 

[94 Oil Drops]

I never saw Power as a cornerstone for a team even during his draft year. I do think he could be a good as Parayko one day

Which would be fine it were making 5.5 million per year but he makes 8.3 per year(!) Oh well.