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

[dem]

The Skinner problem is off the books this summer at the latest.

You can't trade him for a longer more expensive problem.

 

[McBeastMode]

 

[JordanGalhanth]

I don't disagree, but a better 2C option improves the team, especially if one of McDrai ends up banged up and can't run their own line down the middle

Also this

I'm not able to see tweets anymore on mobile for some reason. What's the context?

NVM... It worked.

Not shedding one single tear about any Blues loss this season.

Ohhhhh myyyyyyyy

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Rantanen isn't happening. Don't even bother entertaining this idea.

 

[TKB21]

I'm not able to see tweets anymore on mobile for some reason. What's the context?

NVM... It worked.

Not shedding one single tear about any Blues loss this season.



Ohhhhh myyyyyyyy

Zero chance this can be done without gutting the team of any depth we have.

 

[94 Oil Drops]

I'm drooling like a bull dog at that idea...

Then again, that would mean bye bye Bouchard because signing both him and Rantanen would be impossible.

 

[VeteranPresence]

The Skinner problem is off the books this summer at the latest.

You can't trade him for a longer more expensive problem.

Agreed, if we're flipping Skinner for Saad I'd want picks coming back we could use to fill other holes. St. Louis owes us anyway, why let them out of a problem contract for free?

 

[dem]

Rantanen isn't happening. Don't even bother entertaining this idea.

A creative GM could definitely make it happen.

TBH.. its not even that hard with the cap space coming in the next few years.

 

[Cloned]

Rantanen isn't happening. Don't even bother entertaining this idea.

It’s possible because Bouch has lowered his value by about 3M per this year.

They’d have to trade/LTIR Kane and probably Arvidsson too but it’s definitely possible if Rantanen is willing to sign for around 11-12M.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

It’s possible because Bouch has lowered his value by about 3M per this year.

They’d have to trade/LTIR Kane and probably Arvidsson too but it’s definitely possible if Rantanen is willing to sign for around 11-12M.

He's probably going to want max term in which case I say "no thanks."

 

[Cloned]

He's probably going to want max term in which case I say "no thanks."

Last 3 years are going to hurt but realistically this team is going to be pretty similar to the Penguins in about 4-5 years.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Last 3 years are going to hurt but realistically this team is going to be pretty similar to the Penguins in about 4-5 years.

Also given that our dollar is even more in the crapper it's going to be even more expensive. Let other teams take on that anchor.

 

[Cloned]

Also given that our dollar is even more in the crapper it's going to be even more expensive. Let other teams take on that anchor.

Elite players help you win Cups.

The best part is we get to see how Rantanen works without MacKinnon for half a season first.

 

[spot]

Strickland has called things before. Edmonton would have to do some serious maneuvering to make this happen though.

RNH, Kane and Henrique would probably have to go, and maybe you're letting Bouch bet on himself better with a 2 year extension.

Not RNH but arvidson most likely

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Elite players help you win Cups.

The best part is we get to see how Rantanen works without MacKinnon for half a season first.

I mean we have two, possibly three of them. Part of the reason we keep losing in the playoffs is the rest of the lineup not contributing enough.

 

[FiveFourteenSixOne]

Also given that our dollar is even more in the crapper it's going to be even more expensive. Let other teams take on that anchor.

If Katz isn't worried about how the exchange impacts his hockey team, you shouldn't be either.

 

[Cloned]

I mean we have two, possibly three of them. Part of the reason we keep losing in the playoffs is the rest of the lineup not contributing enough.

If you keep adding elite players eventually the “rest of the lineup” starts to have some elite players in there.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

If Katz isn't worried about how the exchange impacts his hockey team, you shouldn't be either.

Katz should be worried about how poorly we draft and manage our assets.

Better yet I'd rather him not be involved at all.

If you keep adding elite players eventually the “rest of the lineup” starts to have some elite players in there.

It's not really working out well in Toronto, though.

 

[Cloned]

Katz should be worried about how poorly we draft and manage our assets.

Better yet I'd rather him not be involved at all.


It's not really working out well in Toronto, though.

Yeah and it didn’t work in Tampa either… until it did.

You have to give yourself the best shot. If it doesn’t work out at least you don’t have any regrets about not going for it.

 

[Canovin]

I mean we have two, possibly three of them. Part of the reason we keep losing in the playoffs is the rest of the lineup not contributing enough.

The Oilers would be losing Jeff Skinner, Arvid and Kane who are hardly helping the Oilers at the moment in order to sign Rantanen. The rest of the roster remains the same.

 

[Oilers88]

I have no idea how they would make that happen, but these forums would burn to the ground if it did.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Yeah and it didn’t work in Tampa either… until it did.

You have to give yourself the best shot. If it doesn’t work out at least you don’t have any regrets about not going for it.

Tampa succeeds because they draft super well, not because they went whale hunting every July. Imagine getting a Brayden Point in the third round.

 

[Mcnotloilersfan]

I do wonder if Edmonton tries a deferred contract route with both Rantanen and Bouchard this summer. If both players were game we could make it happen and still work in some depth. This is also where a contract like Savoie and Podz would ne huge

 

[Canovin]

I have no idea how they would make that happen, but these forums would burn to the ground if it did.

The signing of McDavid, Rantanen and Bouchard this summer would look like this

 

[Tarus]

Oof, that's a grenade of a rumor.

Ratanen would have to take a cut, along with Edmonton shipping out a few players.

Will have to pay attention a bit to how he does in Carolina, he was carried pretty hard in Colorado and this is his chance to show that he's more than a sidekick.