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

[Jarvi]

Arvidsson has been disappointing for sure but I am really curious to see if his style of play is better suited to playoff games.

Not likely. His career stats drop off in the playoffs.

He's a shit player.

 

[Jarvi]

Rantanen might have to settle for league minimum next year with how he’s playing in Carolina.

I was called an idiot, reported, and chastised for saying it before and after the trade. He's a product of Mackinnon and Makar these days. No wonder they didn't want to pay him 12+, nevermind the 14 he is apparently asking for. That team was also too top heavy, so getting Necas+Drury+picks for an overrated player is a good deal for them imo.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Get someone who can put the puck in the net. Relying on McDrai to win us every game isn't going to end well.

 

[Burnt Biscuits]

lol. You’re twisting things into pretzels. I’m not even talking about Nuge or McDavid. Not sure how that entered the discussion.

Enjoy the game Burnt.

I enjoyed the game thanks. I'll simplify it for you.

You said Bouchard not covering Ekholm's PK mins when he was out sick reflected poorly on Bouchard's game.

RNH was also out sick earlier this season and neither McDavid nor Draisaitl covered his PK mins.

Does this reflect poorly on McDavid and Draisaitl's games?

If not? Why the double standard?

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Get someone who can put the puck in the net. Relying on McDrai to win us every game isn't going to end well.

I mean they do need another good forward.

That said, literally all teams do this with their best players, the Oilers just have another level of beat players

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

I mean they do need another good forward.

That said, literally all teams do this with their best players, the Oilers just have another level of beat players

The Oilers' inability to find scoring wingers is deeply frustrating.

That they keep stacking the top line is also frustrating because McDavid and Draisatl are quite poor in their own end when they're together.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

The Oilers' inability to find scoring wingers is deeply frustrating.

That they keep stacking the top line is also frustrating because McDavid and Draisatl are quite poor in their own end when they're together.

For sure, but I think it's something different than just concern they don't score. I think knoblauch is using this pre-break stretch to try them out and other combos. Honestly to see how it will go if they have to use them in the playoffs or down the stretch because of injuries or performance.

That all said, go get an impact forward.

 

[Burnt Biscuits]

The Oilers' inability to find scoring wingers is deeply frustrating.

That they keep stacking the top line is also frustrating because McDavid and Draisatl are quite poor in their own end when they're together.

I was looking at WOWY GF% numbers and do you know what's wild

McDavid actually has a sub 50% GF% without Draisaitl on his line.

Together they have a 65.8 GF%
McDavid without Drai has a 46.9 GF%
Drai without McDavid has a 55.0 GF%

the RNH - McDavid - Hyman trio has a GF% of 57.1, so it's still working, but pretty much every other experiment has failed dragging down his GF%, with the exception being Podz in a small 50-ish min sample size.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Arvidsson for Lawson Crouse.

I don't see why Utah would make this trade?

 

[unicornBLOOD]

HfOil would have burned down the oilers office and murdered them all in the street if we had the audacity to keep Talbot or Dubnyk or any of the good goalies we've ever had in the HF era.

both went on to have solid careers, not sure if HFBoards is the best on predicting goaltending success either. Koskinen was not good that season either and somehow landed a multi-year contract at fairly big money. I'd love Talbot back on this team today.

 

[5 14 6 1]

I've seen enough, bring in Marchand to play LW with Drai

 

[unicornBLOOD]

Talbot should have been a Vezina nominee that year, we won so many tight games because of him and he played a ton of games, in the playoffs he was our best player.

He was great, probably the best regular season, in relation to the other goalies in the league, since Fuhr. Cujo was great, and amazing in the playoffs, but at no time here, was he in the Vezina conversation.

 

[McDoused]

I've seen enough, bring in Marchand to play LW with Drai

What assets do you give up for Marchand though?

Boston would want a haul.

Not sure we trade away next years 1st ++ for him.

 

[McTonyBrar]

What assets do you give up for Marchand though?

Boston would want a haul.

Not sure we trade away next years 1st ++ for him.

Next years 1st round pick is on the table. Stauffer and Friedman hinted at it quite a bit on Oilers Now.

Question is, who would we want to give it for?

 

[LTIR]

Get someone who can put the puck in the net. Relying on McDrai to win us every game isn't going to end well.

Brown says hello!!

 

[CROTT]

A lot of posters talk up the Oilers high powered offense, but outside of the five 1st unit PP players the highest point producing player is Ekholm with 23 points... Highest forward is Brown with 21 points in 53 games. Absolutely no depth.

 

[McDoused]

Next years 1st round pick is on the table. Stauffer and Friedman hinted at it quite a bit on Oilers Now.

Question is, who would we want to give it for?

On one hand, you could do a lot worse than Marchand, even if he will be 37 in May.

On the other hand spending a 1st round pick for a rental isn't going to be enough to get him. We would be emptying the coffers to go all in.

I'd rather try and get someone with term even if they aren't on the same level as Marchand.

 

[5 14 6 1]

What assets do you give up for Marchand though?

Boston would want a haul.

Not sure we trade away next years 1st ++ for him.

I'd easily trade next years first for a Marchand rental

 

[McTonyBrar]

On one hand, you could do a lot worse than Marchand, even if he will be 37 in May.

On the other hand spending a 1st round pick for a rental isn't going to be enough to get him. We would be emptying the coffers to go all in.

I'd rather try and get someone with term even if they aren't on the same level as Marchand.

Yeah true. That’s why I hope we actually try for Dylan Cozens or Alex Tuch