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[Ol' Jase]

Sounds like we offered Rantanen a contract and he decided to accept the Dallas offer of 8X12

Don't know how we would have fit a 13 AAV hit in or whatever we offered.

How did we offer a player of the Carolina Hurricanes a contract in the middle of the season?

 

[Drivesaitl]

Most teams would have given a first I’m sure.

I'm particularly averse to rats or places that have Alligators and Crocodiles and crazy shit happening. No to Florida. No to rats. No to going to the US heh

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Also LA scored big and got.... Kuzmenko. Honestly I say we have a good chance to make it to round 3

The east is a bit uncertain for me. If Florida doesn't make the finals then I don't see the big deal. Even Tampa

This team is not beating Vegas, sorry.

 

[foshizzle]

Goaltending was the problem that people wanted addressed. It was #1 A rated problem that was foremost in minds of 99% of fans here. Oilers didn't even touch it or even consider it. What do you expect the reaction to be?

<Roof is caving in on house> "Lets build a fence that'll be good....."

Take your car in because piston is shot. They fill up your tires, that'll work...

Bob did say if the Oilers flame out due to goaltending- there will be serious change to it in the offseason. I guess watching it collapse twice isn’t enough

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

They should have upgraded Pickard and traded for Donato, but here we are. I hope for positive improvement going forward.

 

[Heavy Dee]

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says here they're over the cap by 1.1 mil with Kane on LTIR, unless I'm missing something

They only used 534k of Kane's 5.25 LTIR

 

[Soundwave]

Vegas stands directly in our way (as I predicted months ago) and I don't think there's a chance in hell we beat them the way we are right now.

I don't think this team as constructed would beat Colorado either.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Bob did say if the Oilers flame out due to goaltending- there will be serious change to it in the offseason. I guess watching it collapse twice isn’t enough

They'll offload Skinner for futures and Schwartz will continue the cushiest job in the world.

 

[LTIR]

Sounds like we offered Rantanen a contract and he decided to accept the Dallas offer of 8X12

Don't know how we would have fit a 13 AAV hit in or whatever we offered.

Don't think this is what happened. CAR didn't even let DAL talk to Rantanen until the return was agreed upon.

Oilers just didn't have the pieces or the cap space for Rantanen as a rental

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

So it's a failure by every single GM in the league other than Florida.

Again, tell us how you not having Brad Marchand as an Oiler, which was absolutely never going to happen, is a specific failure to Bowman?

Bowman failed because we should have traded Savoie or O Reilly for a top 6 winger and we didn't do that. You need to be aggressive. (They were in on Rantanen and knew we needed a top 6 winger)

Bowman also failed because our opponents got stronger and we didn't keep up. It's cup or bust and our cup window is closing.

Crosby had 3 cups at 29. Toews and Kane had 3 at age 29. Mcdavid and Leon have 0

 

[Bumblebee Man]

Barbashev was a decent size add for Vegas, Colorado added Manson, Tampa added Coleman and Goodrow.

Those are depth, equivalent to what we just did

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

Don't think this is what happened. CAR didn't even let DAL talk to Rantanen until the return was agreed upon.

Oilers just didn't have the pieces or the cap space for Rantanen as a rental

I think it did happen

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Don't think this is what happened. CAR didn't even let DAL talk to Rantanen until the return was agreed upon.

Oilers just didn't have the pieces or the cap space for Rantanen as a rental

This is of course partially due to holland's utter bumbling at the draft table and signing bloated contracts.

 

[LTIR]

Bowman said they only found out about Kane situation yesterday? Something is defiantly in the water.

He also said that Kapanen looks good at C.

:/

The guy should just keep his mouth shut til the offseason now.

 

[McAsuno]

Bob did say if the Oilers flame out due to goaltending- there will be serious change to it in the offseason. I guess watching it collapse twice isn’t enough

3 times the charm. 1st or 2nd round exit guaranteed.

 

[Mr Positive]

This team is not beating Vegas, sorry.

They've been almost as flakey as we have been. They have some key players aging as well.

 

[Bumblebee Man]

By your logic, when’s the last time the oilers went all in. I know you’re a boot licker with the management but you really think this team is going far with Skinner and Pickard? LOL.

I know you're a habitual whiner...and yes

 

[Drivesaitl]

Bob did say if the Oilers flame out due to goaltending- there will be serious change to it in the offseason. I guess watching it collapse twice isn’t enough

One could even say more than twice. Other than one Talbot season we've had shaky goaltending throughout a Decade of McD and Drai. The chronics here will bleat: "Hey Oilers fans will never be satisfied no matter what"

hey just give me a goalie. Like on par with any goalie we EVER face in playoffs.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

They've been almost as flakey as we have been. They have some key players aging as well.

They also have home ice advantage and the potential for an easy matchup against Minnesota.

 

[Mr Kot]

Stankoven and firsts?

It's just based on a very small sample size of Carolina games. He probably won't be wortht hat tbh

 

[Ol' Jase]

Sorry, but this management doesn't get a pass. We hear the same shit every year, "It's hard to make trades" "Oh we tried really hard" blah blah blah. You get paid millions of dollars to put a competent roster around two amazing talents.

It's an endless cycle with this org.

Dude, you spent the entire regular season last year proclaiming we were dead in the water and wouldn't get passed the first round under any circumstances.

I agree with the "same shit every year", but it certainly has a different context.

There is a pretty important UFA coming up, and people are losing their minds because we don't have Rantanen for $12M+ for 8 years.

I mean, seriously, that just wildly laughable.

 

[North]

They should have upgraded Pickard and traded for Donato, but here we are. I hope for positive improvement going forward.

I still don’t get what Davidson is doing.

If he re-signs Donato it makes some sense but why not trade him as a rental and then re-sign him in the offseason?

 

[iCanada]

Bob did say if the Oilers flame out due to goaltending- there will be serious change to it in the offseason. I guess watching it collapse twice isn’t enough

Third time's the charm I guess.

 

[McAsuno]

I know you're a habitual whiner...and yes

Yeah you’re gonna cry too watching this team lose in the playoffs cause of these two.
Don’t post about it when it happens though since you’re clearly so smart

 

[Soundwave]

They've been almost as flakey as we have been. They have some key players aging as well.

Adin Hill will make Stuart Skinner his bitch in a best of 7 playoff series, while Stu will get bent over by Eichel.

Vegas is not Vancouver.