Confirmed with Link: [EDM/FLA] Steve Pinizzotto & Jack Combs For Derek Nesbitt & Ryan Martindale

[Mr Forever]

Watch Martindale become a serviceable player for Florida, like McDonald in New York.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Watch Martindale become a serviceable player for Florida, like McDonald in New York.

He was doing really well before getting injured earlier in the year and the coach or GM was raving about his off ice work ethic. His skating needs improvement though.

 

[LTIR]

Kind of disappointed the org gave up on Martindale.

why? The guy was far from being a caonsideration for a call up and was going to be a RFA after this season... We were going to walk away from him after this season anyways...

Pitlick, Horak, Lander will get renewals for sure...

Martindale, Fedun, Abney, C.Hamilton, Miller and Bachman are others needing renewals after this season...
Not sure how many of these we can resign considering we need to add AHL vets to OKC roster AND possibly make room for Moroz, Khaira, Chase, Yakimov etc.

 

[ManByng]

Everything the Oilers do is piss poor so it shouldn't surprise you

i thought the Martindale pick was piss poor when they made it.

 

[frag2]

Watch Martindale become a serviceable player for Florida, like McDonald in New York.

Then kudos for him.

Obviously he wasn't working here.

I think HFOil should concern less about how said players fare on other teams and focus on what is [or isn't] working on our own.

 

[knockoutpanda]

Well Mac making trades to make trades.

 

[LTIR]

Watch Martindale become a serviceable player for Florida, like McDonald in New York.

servicable as in what? At the very best he will be S.Mathhias 2.0 .. No way he ever cracks the top 6 for them ..

 

[Bryanbryoil]

servicable as in what? At the very best he will be S.Mathhias 2.0 .. No way he ever cracks the top 6 for them ..

And on a team like ours we could use any serviceable NHL player that isn't a weak Smurf.

 

[Tad Mikowsky]

And on a team like ours we could use any serviceable NHL player that isn't a weak Smurf.

And Martindale clearly wasn't going to be answer.

 

[nexttothemoon]

The AHL roster looks sad.

Not saying that Martindale and Nesbitt were world-beaters and losing them was a big loss... but OKC looks like it's on an irreversible downward spiral mirroring the Oilers.

Very little of substance in the pipeline down there.

Lander
Horat
Fedun

That's about it for guys looking even halfway decent and honestly on that entire roster, Fedun is the only guy I could see that deserves an extended look at this point at the NHL level.


Guys like Klefbom, Musil, Kessy, Ewanyk, CHamilton all having uninspiring AHL seasons. Sure they are all still young but really it would be nice to have a little more from at least 1 of them to give some hope for the future.

Maybe Gernat and Pitlick looking "ok" but really that's it and as a group that OKC roster is looking sadly mediocre.

 

[Trafalgar Sadge Law]

who and who?

 

[BleedingOil]

"Edmonton Oilers ‏@EdmontonOilers 10m

#Oilers acquire forwards Steve Pinizzotto and Jack Combs from @FlaPanthers in exchange for forwards Ryan Martindale and Derek Nesbitt."
(Oilers official twitter)

Looks like it's:
Pinizzotto and Combs
for
Nesbitt and Martindale

Another beauty 3rd round pick (Martindale) wasted. Our scouting has been so bad for too long. Not impressed at all.

Name a team that has hit mutiple 3rd round picks? Its not that easy

 

[Supermassive]

Has losing made this fanbase dumb?

"Maybe it's one of their big young centers in Barkov or Bjugstad?"

"Hopefully Gagner is going the other way"?

C'mon HFOil. You're better than that. This is a minor league deal with minor league assets. Florida won't be giving us Barkov, Bjugstad, Matthias, or Kulikov. Minor league deals happen all the time. They don't hurt an organization. They're not usually a sign of someone else, nor to deals with minor league players "get bigger." It's a deal for OKC, and that's all it is.

It isn't going to destroy the franchise, nor does it mean that the organization is inept or blind to the issues on the big club.

Some of you expect way too much.

Much love for this post. Honestly, HF Oil feels like a drawer full of windup toys that do the exact same thing in each situation.

 

[bone]

Just started reading the thread, and couldn't believe how long it took for this to show up.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Watch Martindale become a serviceable player for Florida, like McDonald in New York.

And VandeVelde in Philly, who's currently their 4th line C. This team just can't develop players.

Lander will probably be the next to go, and I think he'll end up being a useful player for someone.

 

[The Nuge]

And VandeVelde in Philly, who's currently their 4th line C. This team just can't develop players.

Lander will probably be the next to go, and I think he'll end up being a useful player for someone.

CVV playing on Philly's 4th line is just sad. He's in no way an NHL calibre player

 

[Master Lok]

Well Mac making trades to make trades.

Ok, I guess you prefer last's years "action".


March 29: Traded Tobias Rieder to Phoenix for Kale Kessy
April 2: Traded Dane Byers for Garrett Stafford
April 3: Traded 2014 4th round pick for Jerred Smithson

 

[joestevens29]

And on a team like ours we could use any serviceable NHL player that isn't a weak Smurf.

What are we suppose to do never give up on any prospect because one day they might become a 4th liner on a crap team? Not like he went out and did well in PIT. He actually had a bad year if you compare his AHL numbers the year he left to the year he played in WBS. Went from 40G to 14G.

 

[joestevens29]

CVV playing on Philly's 4th line is just sad. He's in no way an NHL calibre player

He played what a dozen games for PHI? It's a 4th line center role, guys are always popping up out of no where to be 4th liners. He was always talked of as a non-flashy player that played a checking role well and that he would probably play the exact same game if he made it to the NHL.

 

[PaPaDee]

Seems like a pointless trade.

 

[The Nuge]

He played what a dozen games for PHI? It's a 4th line center role, guys are always popping up out of no where to be 4th liners. He was always talked of as a non-flashy player that played a checking role well and that he would probably play the exact same game if he made it to the NHL.

13 so far. Who cares what role he plays? He was the worst player on the ice when he was here.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

So no word on Penozzotti joining the team? I guess this is strictly an AHL move then?

 

[Shizuka]

So no word on Penozzotti joining the team? I guess this is strictly an AHL move then?

Straight AHL deal, I would guess they evaluated Martindale internally and decided to move on and turned him into some asset. I thought he was playing well recently though? So it's a headscratcher, but oh well. Nothing this organization does is a surprise anymore, is it?

 

[Kovacs]

MacT probably went on the HUT market and seen how much Pinizzotto was going for.

 

[Soli]

From a strictly AHL standpoint, the Barons are running Lander - Acton - Stretch - Ewanyk. Pitlick and Horak can play center, but they're seemingly being developed as wingers.

Acton they're trying to build an offensive game to contribute to a 4th line NHL role. Lander and Ewanyk are where I see them on an AHL depth chart. Yakimov and Khaira are likely OKC bound next season which clutters up the middle. Martindale had his at bats and didn't earn a spot in the next year lineup.