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

[Jarvi]

2026 1st (better draft allegedly) + 2027 3rd + Sam O'Reilly + Max Wanner + Klingberg (for cap).

Nurse-Dobson has the potential to be a very strong unit. Kulak-Emberson full time would then be one of the best third pairs in the league.

Yeah, not a chance that gets it done. The Isles are moving him because they have a surplus of D, and they want a scoring forward. Max Wanner is nothing, and if we are picking up a longterm RD, I'd try and move Akey rather than O'Reilly. That's why I think we need a 3rd team, with hopefully a F they want to move for picks/Prospects. So the deal would be

Akey++ to Team X for Scoring fwd.

Team X Fwd++ to NYI for Dobson.

Edmonton gets dobson with Akey++++ out .

Maybe they like Arvidsson (seems like a Lou guy to me) so if we could convince them Arvy+Akey+++ for Dobson. But I doubt it, they will probably get offers with better F's and less picks, which seems to be what they want.

 

[Jarvi]

He would cost more for sure. But I think guys like Savoie or Akey or SOR are better prospects than Schaeffer was. These types of trades are generally less than what some people think they will be.

As much as I’d love to keep Savoie I would much rather trade a 1st + Savoie + whatever for Dobson than a 1st + whatever for Connor Murphy for example.

I think Savoie is near untouchable. A scoring winger, with blazing speed, good defensively that looks like he could be in the league this year on a lesser roster? With 2 more years on his ELC? That's our most valuable asset by far, imo. Especially if we are taking on Dobson who along with Bouchard will push us right to the limit cap wise next year, we'll need that cheap production. Him, Podz and Drai is a perfect line if the youngsters can take a step next year.

If we get a longterm RHD like Dobson, I do everything I can to put Akey in that deal. He won't have an opportunity here for like 8 years if we keep him and get a guy like Dobson.

 

[CupofOil]

This one is right up there with "The Oilers will have the worst prospect pool in the NHL if they trade more prospects!!!1"

Who gives a shit

What do you mean "who gives a shit". You should absolutely give a shit when you already have a 9.25m Dman, another one likely getting a contract in the range after this year and their other top Dman due for another contract after next year as well. I don't know how you fit three $9m+ Dmen in.

I'm all for adding Dobson as well but it's a few month rental or you're parting with one of Nurse or Bouchard and keeping Dobson long term. It should absolutely be in consideration when making a trade like this.
Same thing with Rantanen. It's going to be difficult to fit him in and pay everybody else.
The Oilers cap is about to get very complicated as is.

All of McDavid, Ekholm and Skinner have contracts expiring after next season, Bouchard after this one. I just don't see how the Oilers can add another big long term salary without moving core guys out.

 

[Zerotonine]

Lebrun’s new article interviewing Bowman will surely have some people upset, he seems to be VERY content with running our back end as is, including Skinner/Pickard… can’t say I agree but they better be planning a big move up front then. Even that seems to be contingent on where Nuge plays..

Will be are down fall of we run into the playoffs with Skinner/pickard again. IMO goaltending is the simple reason we are cupless in the mcdrai era

Im thinking Schwartz has way to much say and or pull. Adding a goaltender questions Schwartz amd his job. Dont think they want to bring attention to it yet everyone and there dog knows goaltending is edmontons elephant in the room

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Dobson is a pipedream.

The speculation in that article ties his prospective availability to a run at Elias Pettersson and an immediate roster upgrade. It then links to a terrible speculative blogger post under the Hockey News banner (so sad how this publication has slipped into garbage) who spins even more nonsense that Dobson maybe wouldn't even be needed in a deal for Pettersson.

Old Lou might cut some fat around the older fringes of his team. But it won't be a yard sale of a core prime year defender. As much as we and likely 30 other teams wistfully dream. haha

 

[oXo Cube]

What do you mean "who gives a shit". You should absolutely give a shit when you already have a 9.25m Dman, another one likely getting a contract in the range after this year and their other top Dman due for another contract after next year as well. I don't know how you fit three $9m+ Dmen in.

I'm all for adding Dobson as well but it's a few month rental or you're parting with one of Nurse or Bouchard and keeping Dobson long term. It should absolutely be in consideration when making a trade like this.
Same thing with Rantanen. It's going to be difficult to fit him in and pay everybody else.
The Oilers cap is about to get very complicated as is.

All of McDavid, Ekholm and Skinner have contracts expiring after next season, Bouchard after this one. I just don't see how the Oilers can add another big long term salary without moving core guys out.

I mean who gives a shit. None of these problems are unsolvable nor do they need to be solved immediately. They don't even need to be solved this summer necessarily.

Productive 25 year old right handed defenders are on the market basically never. You add him now while you can and figure out how to make it work later, even if I do personally think Dobson is much closer to a Nurse level player than a Bouchard.

 

[CupofOil]

I mean who gives a shit. None of these problems are unsolvable nor do they need to be solved immediately. They don't even need to be solved this summer necessarily.

Productive 25 year old right handed defenders are on the market basically never. You add him now while you can and figure out how to make it work later, even if I do personally think Dobson is much closer to a Nurse level player than a Bouchard.

You have to give a shit, there's many layers to franchise altering trades like this one especially. You can't just wing it and say, fine trade whatever for him and worry later, there's future years to consider as well.

As I said, I'm all for them trading for him if he is indeed attainable but one of Nurse or Bouchard are almost certainly gone in that case and probably Bouchard because Nurse, while playing better this season, is virtually immovable.
Either that or you flip Dobson after this season. Maybe you work out of a bridge contract but that's going to be one tough negotiation with arbitration looming etc.

Either way, this is all pie in the sky stuff, it's not happening. I could see a team like Vancouver paying the price.

 

[CanadasTeam99]

Connor Ingram?

Working on an extension. Read that today

 

[MuzzaFuzza]

Dobson is a pipedream.

The speculation in that article ties his prospective availability to a run at Elias Pettersson and an immediate roster upgrade. It then links to a terrible speculative blogger post under the Hockey News banner (so sad how this publication has slipped into garbage) who spins even more nonsense that Dobson maybe wouldn't even be needed in a deal for Pettersson.

Old Lou might cut some fat around the older fringes of his team. But it won't be a yard sale of a core prime year defender. As much as we and likely 30 other teams wistfully dream. haha

As much as I like to dream I have to agree it’s likely far fetched. A top 4 of Nurse-Dobson Ekholm-Bouchard sets you up nicely though, i’d definitely look if NYI bites on a couple 1sts and a top prospect but I feel they’re looking for more of a “hockey trade”

 

[oXo Cube]

You have to give a shit, there's many layers to franchise altering trades like this one especially. You can't just wing it and say, fine trade whatever for him and worry later, there's future years to consider as well.

As I said, I'm all for them trading for him if he is indeed attainable but one of Nurse or Bouchard are almost certainly gone in that case and probably Bouchard because Nurse, while playing better this season, is virtually immovable.
Either that or you flip Dobson after this season. Maybe you work out of a bridge contract but that's going to be one tough negotiation with arbitration looming etc.

Either way, this is all pie in the sky stuff, it's not happening. I could see a team like Vancouver paying the price.

FTR I agree this is mostly just me wasting time at work about a pipe dream, but I really don't think it would be that difficult at all.

RNH(5.1) - McDavid(12.5) - Hyman(5.5)
XXX - Draisaitl(14) - Arvidsson(4)
Podkolzin(1) - Henrique(3) - XXX
Janmark(1.4) - Philp(1) - XXX

Ekholm(6) - Bouchard(10)
Nurse(9.25) - Dobson(9)
Kulak(2.75) - XXX

Skinner(2.6)
XXX

+2.3M dead cap for the Campbell buyout and you're at 89.4M. Still over 6M space at the current projections to fill out the rest of the lineup. The only player that would NEED to go immediately is Kane who the team has already proven we don't need.

 

[McTonyBrar]

BOWMAN WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU

 

[CupofOil]

FTR I agree this is mostly just me wasting time at work about a pipe dream, but I really don't think it would be that difficult at all.

RNH(5.1) - McDavid(12.5) - Hyman(5.5)
XXX - Draisaitl(14) - Arvidsson(4)
Podkolzin(1) - Henrique(3) - XXX
Janmark(1.4) - Philp(1) - XXX

Ekholm(6) - Bouchard(10)
Nurse(9.25) - Dobson(9)
Kulak(2.75) - XXX

Skinner(2.6)
XXX

+2.3M dead cap for the Campbell buyout and you're at 89.4M. Still over 6M space at the current projections to fill out the rest of the lineup. The only player that would NEED to go immediately is Kane who the team has already proven we don't need.

Feasible for next year but McDavid's raise will take up a lot of that $6m and you need to find a #1 goalie the year after as well, new Ekholm contract plus fill out a bottom 6 as you can't have a bottom 6 of all 1-1.5m players and a top 6 forward btw. The cap is projected to shoot up but so will player salaries.

 

[Canovin]

FTR I agree this is mostly just me wasting time at work about a pipe dream, but I really don't think it would be that difficult at all.

RNH(5.1) - McDavid(12.5) - Hyman(5.5)
XXX - Draisaitl(14) - Arvidsson(4)
Podkolzin(1) - Henrique(3) - XXX
Janmark(1.4) - Philp(1) - XXX

Ekholm(6) - Bouchard(10)
Nurse(9.25) - Dobson(9)
Kulak(2.75) - XXX

Skinner(2.6)
XXX

+2.3M dead cap for the Campbell buyout and you're at 89.4M. Still over 6M space at the current projections to fill out the rest of the lineup. The only player that would NEED to go immediately is Kane who the team has already proven we don't need.

That's next season and it's doable.

For this season, Dobson at 50% would be 2M. That's huge for the playoffs

 

[McTonyBrar]

… does this buffoon not want a top six winger??? Going into the playoffs with Podkolzin in the top six… lmfao..…

 

[Paralyzer]

… does this buffoon not want a top six winger??? Going into the playoffs with Podkolzin in the top six… lmfao..…

How many times has Holland said he didn't think they'd do much of anything at all, and then we get 4-5 players we didn't expect at all. Settle down. Why let the league know our plans? We are in 3rd, and climbing. We need to keep our cards to ourselves.

 

[VeteranPresence]

… does this buffoon not want a top six winger??? Going into the playoffs with Podkolzin in the top six… lmfao..…

We have a lot of third pairing (or worse) righties because that's the only caliber of player Bowman is able to acquire. What a dum-dum.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

… does this buffoon not want a top six winger??? Going into the playoffs with Podkolzin in the top six… lmfao..…

Another over reaction because the GM doesn’t tell everyone exactly what his plans are.

 

[CanadasTeam99]

BOWMAN WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU

That's his risk to waste another year of 97/29 (if it falters). Hopefully one of the two guys can carry us all of the way. All you need in some games is a goalie to make saves where the other teams fans swears at their tv's (like we do every game)

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

As much as I like to dream I have to agree it’s likely far fetched. A top 4 of Nurse-Dobson Ekholm-Bouchard sets you up nicely though, i’d definitely look if NYI bites on a couple 1sts and a top prospect but I feel they’re looking for more of a “hockey trade”

For sure would be amazing. I was/am a big fan watching Dobson as a dominating defender in two Memorial Cups. Who wouldn't want an age 25, big, right shot elite skating defenseman who's already got a 70 point NHL season under his belt?

For reference though the last high pedigree, big right shot d guy and yet not NHL proven was dealt in season for 5 assets that included a 1st round pick. A player like Dobson as unlikely he would be an in-season trade on a team fighting for playoff time and revenue would command quality NHL talent in return. This is well beyond the Oilers price range.

 

[GhostfaceWu]

Well first of all it's not the same time, McDavid doesn't need a new contract until after next season. The combination of a rapidly rising salary cap and significant dead weight coming off of the books would make it pretty easily workable.

There are multiple posts in this thread demonstrating ways the team could fit a 14M contract for Rantanen. 9M for Dobson wouldn't be a challenge and you could even consider just bridging him if it is.



A forward not playing for the Oilers and a defender who is fine but the definition of just a guy? Done easily.

Yeah thanks chief he can sign in the off season similar to Leon where yes you guessed right that would be influenced by paying two rfas who both had 70 plus points seasons within the last two years 9 million plus.

 

[North]

Lebrun’s new article interviewing Bowman will surely have some people upset, he seems to be VERY content with running our back end as is, including Skinner/Pickard… can’t say I agree but they better be planning a big move up front then. Even that seems to be contingent on where Nuge plays..

Sigh…GMs do not tip their hand regarding their plans.

It means nothing if he doesn’t lay out exactly what he wants to do.

I’m not sure what people want from these interviews.

 

[McTonyBrar]

Sorry for the explosion by me. It happens a lot ahahah

 

[ChaoticOrange]

… does this buffoon not want a top six winger??? Going into the playoffs with Podkolzin in the top six… lmfao..…

I like Podkolzin and his type of game will be valuable in the playoffs but going into the deadline looking for *at best* a 3rd liner and a healthy scratch LD.... man. That's disappointing as f***.

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

People have been saying this all year and its just not true.

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ok sorry we are old, slower than last year and lack scoring aside from Mcdrai.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Back to the future with Kevin Weekes who thinks Oil need is "big and strong" while flinging out Klim Kostin and Big Unit Bjugstad as deadline targets. lol. Meanwhile Mike Rupp is pimping the summer speedy youth loss to find a wing footed forward.



Oil with a strong, deep and very good roster has the compass pointing in all directions with people projecting different complementary finishing help.