Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | Y'all Got Any Good Goalies?

CanadasTeam99

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Another tidbit from Friedman

There’s a belief that Bowen Byram eventually wants to be the number one defenseman on whatever team he’s playing for and that’s something to keep an eye out as he gets closer to UFA status
 
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McTonyBrar

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Buffalo is going to make a terrible move here. That's a team that needs to clean house before any major trades are made - have the track record of Eichel, Reinhart, et. al.
They're trying to trade Cozens as well and Nashville is gunning for him. Is Buffalo ever going to realize their foolish decisions?

They traded Eichel and Reinhart early. Look at what happened to them
 

Shanahanigans

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I don't think Tage Thompson is a true #1 C, and aside from Dahlin I don't trust their defensemen, including Byram. I think they're going to get rid of the wrong players and continue to toil. Cozens had 31 goals as a 21 year old C 2 years ago, something clearly is there, but the environment stinks. I feel bad for Mcleod, that franchise is a death stamp for so many players especially if you aren't a star.
 
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bucks_oil

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I don't think Tage Thompson is a true #1 C, and aside from Dahlin I don't trust their defensemen, including Byram. I think they're going to get rid of the wrong players and continue to toil. Cozens had 31 goals as a 21 year old C 2 years ago, something clearly is there, but the environment stinks. I feel bad for Mcleod, that franchise is a death stamp for so many players especially if you aren't a star.

I'm still a big believer in Owen Power.

Unfortunately we have nothing of value to send their way for him (that they didn't already have and discard).
 

AddyTheWrath

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Like the most hilarious of overreactions. EVERY time a trade is made this fanbase freaks out. Then using a 1 game sample size to be angry about not getting Cam F'n Fowler is PEAK hfboards lol.
It's usually just 1 poster who freaks out whenever the Oilers aren't involved in any trade (regardless of whether it was a good or bad one lol)
 

BarDownBobo

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I was the biggest McLeod supporter on the board, but he isn't better than Henrique defensively, the fundamentals of Henrique's defensive game and defensive awareness is markedly better, what McLeod did better was drive possession (mainly through leveraging his skating advantage offensively and defensively) which is what is actually being shown in his analytics.

What I have been arguing for this year is we need to target an upgrade to pair with Henrique who helps him with zone entries and helps stimulate offense and zone possession for his line. Henrique still has offensive chops, but he needs a straw that stirs the drink.
If/when the team gets healthy I could very well see Kane-Henrique-Kapanen being put together as the third line and being a very very effective one at that.
 

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