Trent Frederic

[CrazyJoeDavola]

Or you know they're letting it actually heal up fully so he's at his best for playoffs, instead of rushing him back and increasing his risk of re-aggravating it. As someone who works in the sports medicine field I always find some of the health related takes on here so bizarre.

You might be confusing me with someone else. I never questioned him not playing before playoffs. I questioned his injury and his effectiveness when he eventually starts at some point during playoffs. We've seen how debilitating a high ankle sprain is.

I question how effective he will be and the high cost we paid for retention for a complete question mark.

Hope I'm wrong and he is a force when he returns.

 

[McFlyingV]

You might be confusing me with someone else. I never questioned him not playing before playoffs. I questioned his injury and his effectiveness when he eventually starts at some point during playoffs. We've seen how debilitating a high ankle sprain is.

I question how effective he will be and the high cost we paid for retention for a complete question mark.

Hope I'm wrong and he is a force when he returns.

We've seen people play through high ankle sprains that weren't given time to heal and rehab properly. We haven't seen someone go through the actual appropriate healing timeline and rehab that Frederic is.

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

I don't understand why we traded for this guy when he has one of the worst lingering injuries you can have. He's going to be a shell of himself, mobility-wise, even if he plays.

And we spent even more for retention.

I'm with ya

 

[CupofOil]

This and previous regimes left us completely lacking the trade assets to win a bidding war for Rantanen. I’m somewhat impressed that Bowman would even try, let alone apparently get close. We’ve been talking about Frederic as a smart option for months and the only question was if Boston was going to fall out of the playoff race and make him available. Calling Frederic some kind of “desperation” or fall-back position after failing to miraculously reel in Rantanen is seriously disingenuous.

Which is a good thing. Rantanen is now reaching the backside of his prime, has been very underwhelming away from MacKinnon albeit a small sample size and will paid as a franchise player through his late 30s. This was a bullet dodged by Oilers management tbh.

In terms of Frederic, if he performs well in the playoffs even as just a rental that's well worth a mid to late 2nd rounder plus filler stuff.
As with all the Oilers acquisitions, they will be judged on how they perform in the playoffs.

 

[Canovin]

Which is a good thing. Rantanen is now reaching the backside of his prime, has been very underwhelming away from MacKinnon albeit a small sample size and will paid as a franchise player through his late 30s. This was a bullet dodged by Oilers management tbh.

In terms of Frederic, if he performs well in the playoffs even as just a rental that's well worth a mid to late 2nd rounder plus filler stuff.
As with all the Oilers acquisitions, they will be judged on how they perform in the playoffs.

If Frederic plays well in the playoffs, he has to be signed. 2nd x 3rd just for the player to walk is bad asset management.

 

[Soundwave]

If Frederic plays well in the playoffs, he has to be signed. 2nd x 3rd just for the player to walk is bad asset management.

For other teams it's bad asset management, for the Oilers it's just a Tuesday, lol. It's the way things go around here.

 

[McFlyingV]

For other teams it's bad asset management, for the Oilers it's just a Tuesday, lol. It's the way things go around here.

There are a lot of teams who give up far more than that for a pure rental every single trade deadline. Are you guys living under a rock?