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Yet, we're giving Carrier (who is also 4th liner, yes?) a 6 year deal and keeping Martinook who, in another team would probably be a 4th liner.
To me, keeping Noesen would have been the smart thing to do.
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Yet, we're giving Carrier (who is also 4th liner, yes?) a 6 year deal and keeping Martinook who, in another team would probably be a 4th liner.
To me, keeping Noesen would have been the smart thing to do.
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He’s a fourth liner getting paid more than we want to pay a fourth liner. Good for him though.
Martinook played some of the toughest minutes on the team and had the 5th most 5v5 points.
Carrier’s AAV is very low and getting lower as the cap goes up.
Overpaying 4th liners like Noesen is not smart.
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Team’s f***ed, everybody sucks, and none of it matters because we’re all gonna die anyway
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HisIceness
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Well this is probably why no one gives me a GM job
But, I was really hoping we'd move from Martinook. I get it, but I was hoping for new blood.
At least it appears TDA won't be back.
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I won't believe that last part until he signs somewhere else
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I mean, bringing Ghost back is all the evidence you need.
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Really hoping we end up making a move or three to help our top 6. Lineup is looking rough at the moment
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Thanks for the replies on my Necas question. I understand the "him not wanting to be here angle" but I have seen several posts saying trading Necas would help the forward production and I just don't get that part. Just have to wait and see how it plays out.
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Ghost is bad at D but not tda bad
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Thats the diff in 1 and 3m. Gost is not 2m better than TDA but maybe, I guess whatever.
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First free agent frenzy I didn’t track live in quite awhile (stupid WORK), my thoughts that you all totally want:
- Honestly, pretty darn good job rebuilding the D. Excited to have Ghost back and excited to see what Walker can do in this system. Good players at good contracts. We weren’t going to get a Skjei-Pesce level pairing, instead we got an above average 3rd pairing (or the equivalent, depending on how we do the pairings) for the cost of just Skjei.
- Really still waiting for that final move at forward to feel like this team is “complete”. Martinook’s number surprised me though perhaps it shouldn’t have. I don’t hate locking in a guy like Carrier but he’s certainly not filling much of a team need. Jost is a nothingburger of a signing. I do like what Tulsky is saying about leaving room for a kid or two to make a difference, but this team, just like at this same time last year, is a Bunting-esque signing away from feeling like it’s a complete forward group (hopefully a Bunting-esque signing that works out better than Bunting did).
- I’m indifferent to keeping Necas or trading him, but I think it would be a mistake to come out of this without either Necas or a forward with commensurate production and skill. Earlier in the offseason when more things were on the table I would’ve entertained a wide range of outcomes there, but now that fewer options are on the table, it feels like weakening the top-end talent of the forward group even further would be a mistake.
- Ultimately, I would’ve loved to come out of the day with a top 6-9 forward, but there’s still time, and the moves we made the rest of the day proved that this front office isn’t quite dead yet, even if this offseason is screaming “Plan C” instead of “Plan A”.
- Honestly, pretty darn good job rebuilding the D. Excited to have Ghost back and excited to see what Walker can do in this system. Good players at good contracts. We weren’t going to get a Skjei-Pesce level pairing, instead we got an above average 3rd pairing (or the equivalent, depending on how we do the pairings) for the cost of just Skjei.
- Really still waiting for that final move at forward to feel like this team is “complete”. Martinook’s number surprised me though perhaps it shouldn’t have. I don’t hate locking in a guy like Carrier but he’s certainly not filling much of a team need. Jost is a nothingburger of a signing. I do like what Tulsky is saying about leaving room for a kid or two to make a difference, but this team, just like at this same time last year, is a Bunting-esque signing away from feeling like it’s a complete forward group (hopefully a Bunting-esque signing that works out better than Bunting did).
- I’m indifferent to keeping Necas or trading him, but I think it would be a mistake to come out of this without either Necas or a forward with commensurate production and skill. Earlier in the offseason when more things were on the table I would’ve entertained a wide range of outcomes there, but now that fewer options are on the table, it feels like weakening the top-end talent of the forward group even further would be a mistake.
- Ultimately, I would’ve loved to come out of the day with a top 6-9 forward, but there’s still time, and the moves we made the rest of the day proved that this front office isn’t quite dead yet, even if this offseason is screaming “Plan C” instead of “Plan A”.
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He’ll score 40+ on that team (and still be a - player)
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There is a reason why he is cheaper , he is a worse player. They don’t equal each other
This is good. The Oilers will miss the playoffs now and we can get Draisaitl.
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We all do it. In the end, Noesen at his contract might end up better than Martinook at his. Not an exact science.
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