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

[McHelpus]

So Rasmus Andersson is Ekholm D partner on the Swedish team. Hope Ekholm is doing his part in recruiting Andersson

Ratmus probably wants to go to Florida, they really love rats down there.

 

[SupremeTeam16]

Wouldn't Soucy be cheaper both in terms of cost and AAV?

Rather Dumoulin than either of them.

 

[CupofOil]

I think that Chevaldayoff is the best trading GM in the league and I don't know if it's particularly close.

He's had to deal profile players that don't want to be there multiple times now and has still gotten full value even though everyone knows they want out.

He's the best Canadian team GM by a mile and has been for a decade and a top 5 GM leaguewide if not higher. Nobody got dealt a tougher hand than him and he's kept the team highly competitive without the benefit of winning draft lotteries, and yes that's a shot at the Oilers organization but I digress.

 

[Soundwave]

He's the best Canadian team GM by a mile and has been for a decade and a top 5 GM leaguewide if not higher. Nobody got dealt a tougher hand than him and he's kept the team highly competitive without the benefit of winning draft lotteries, and yes that's a shot at the Oilers organization but I digress.

I think if he was GM here starting 4-5 years ago, he'd have won a Cup here already. Definitely the best GM in Canada.

 

[Soundwave]

Necas adds another goal to give him three points and Blackwood finishes with a 0.930 Sv%. All in all a real bad night for folks who have an irrational hatred for competent management.

Rantanen not doing a ton in Carolina. Still adjusting and it's still early, but it does look like there's some method to the Avs madness.

 

[Soundwave]

Can’t even manage their way into a top spot in their own division, 4-5-1 in their last ten lmao.

Meanwhile Edmonton with their terrible management and worse goalie in the league is just roaming amongst the best teams in the league.

Would that be because of management or despite it? Because right now the Blackwood and Necas adds seem to be very good for the Avs.

 

[SupremeTeam16]

Would that be because of management or despite it? Because right now the Blackwood and Necas adds seem to be very good for the Avs.

I’m just stating facts, spin it however you want.

Oilers score more, allow less, win more games, get more points.

Colorado has to make piles of trades because the team their management put together in the first place wasn’t all that good. Oilers are coming off a cup appearance and running like a top once again.

 

[Soundwave]

I’m just stating facts, spin it however you want.

Oilers score more, allow less, win more games, get more points.

Colorado has to make piles of trades because the team their management put together in the first place wasn’t all that good. Oilers are coming off a cup appearance and running like a top once again.

I think it's more that the loss of Landeskog (and to a lesser extent a 70+ point Kadri) has left big holes that they've never quite recovered from, but that '22 team was a wagon because of how deep they were able to stack the roster.

Nothing you can do about Landeskog and they were probably right to move on from Kadri given his age.

 

[SupremeTeam16]

I think it's more that the loss of Landeskog (and to a lesser extent a 70+ point Kadri) has left big holes that they've never quite recovered from, but that '22 team was a wagon because of how deep they were able to stack the roster.

Nothing you can do about Landeskog and they were probably right to move on from Kadri given his age.

And the Oilers lost a top pairing defender in his prime on a great contract, shit happens.

I actually like Colorado, they were my second favorite team before I moved to Alberta as a teenager. But I think it’s hilarious when dummies hold up their management as some sort of savants. They’ve made mistakes and they’ve built a team that immediately turned into first/second round fodder since that one and done win.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

And the Oilers lost a top pairing defender in his prime on a great contract, shit happens.

I actually like Colorado, they were my second favorite team before I moved to Alberta as a teenager. But I think it’s hilarious when dummies hold up their management as some sort of savants. They’ve made mistakes and they’ve built a team that immediately turned into first/second round fodder since that one and done win.

also lost a #3 to UFA in Larsson

 

[CupofOil]

I think if he was GM here starting 4-5 years ago, he'd have won a Cup here already. Definitely the best GM in Canada.

Undoubtedly. Actually, I'd say there's probably at least 15 GMs that would have won a Cup with McDavid and Draisaitl if they had taken over in 2015. It took a special level of incompetence to botch this as long as they did.

 

[Sheikyerbouti]

Oilers have handled Philp's development well this year. Brought up at the perfect time and not he gets a few weeks to focus in the AHL with Ryan as a mentor.


I will never forgive Jackson for this offseason but the non GM stuff he has done, Kalle in development, Knob, Pracey, and even bowman hiring, I think have moved us forward.



I know people hate Bowman, but it's hard to find plug and play value like Podz and emberson. He has shown he has the ability we need the most.

 

[Sheikyerbouti]

Undoubtedly. Actually, I'd say there's probably at least 15 GMs that would have won a Cup with McDavid and Draisaitl if they had taken over in 2015. It took a special level of incompetence to botch this as long as they did.

I think it was harder than we can appreciate because the franchise was such a mess in McDavid year one. Our growth in scouting, analytics and development in the last ten years has been pretty massive. Got to consider where we started, and we were tens years behind the NHL imo. Didn't even have a farm team at one point.

Look at Buffalo, it's not an easy turnaround when good veterans don't want to play for the team, and your top prospects need good veterans to develop culture and habits. McDrai dragged us out of that spiral but not in year one.

Chia was literally surrounded by idiots who created the mess and he should have burnt it down. 5 idiots giving suggestions makes good choices impossible. An AI bot couldn't make good decisions if the parameters were Griffin Reinhart is a top 4 dman.

Holland burnt it down, and while the game passed him by, previous GM's shuffled chairs, whereas Holland prioritized getting 23 actual chairs. If he hadn't self immolated our cap structure in the process he would have been pretty good. Ya McDrai helped, but Holland created depth with a flat cap, and depth was our main issue since forever imo

 

[foshizzle]

He just played 21 minutes in an NHL game. Safe to say he's in game shape.

The only thing a conditioning loan would do is evade waivers aka what's not allowed.

I think he is far from game shape. His timing and skating are still off. I dont think the NHL would even question it because it really isnt circumventing anything. Like it would be a non-issue

Did he say anything related to a top six winger (other than Rantanen?)

Not that I remember. I was driving my kids so passively listening. The Ratanen thing caught my ear so I paid more attention to it.

 

[Senor Catface]

Oilers have handled Philp's development well this year. Brought up at the perfect time and not he gets a few weeks to focus in the AHL with Ryan as a mentor.


I will never forgive Jackson for this offseason but the non GM stuff he has done, Kalle in development, Knob, Pracey, and even bowman hiring, I think have moved us forward.



I know people hate Bowman, but it's hard to find plug and play value like Podz and emberson. He has shown he has the ability we need the most.

You don't think this is a little dramatic?