Rumor: Rumor and Proposal Thread: Anything Cooking After Soli-Gate?

[BoldNewLettuce]

Yeah, and you can have multiple retention. I remember on Dubnyk, we retained half and then Nashville retained half of that half to trade him to Montreal

hmm....oh so i guess im thinking of players already retained up the max.

 

[SPIRIT]

It's amazing Bob is able to whip this board into a frenzy, still.

Dude is going off vapours.

 

[gqmixmaster]

This wouldn't surprise me. Not too many like him on here, but I can see how a GM might decide there's still a set of tools to work with.

Other GM's probably think their organizations are smarter than the Oilers so they give Schultz more credit as a player than he deserves.

 

[Seachd]

At times I do miss the ol' keyboard and chain...

At times like this it sure would be nice... I think I'm way too cranky for that now. JTS wouldn't stand a chance.

 

[Paralyzer008]

Or when Horcoff was traded? But who will be the next scapegoat?

We don't have anyone as bad as Schultz in terms of failing on reputation combined with suckage.

Yakupov might be the next whipping boy. Eberle/RNH already feeling it.

 

[1990*]

To back them, I personally see no point in arguing with you but your points, I agree, are dumb.

Someone else who has no interest in actually exercising their mental faculties. Thank you for at least being honest about it!

 

[SometimesY]

Justin Schultz being traded is going to be the best day of the Oilers franchise since drafting McDavid.

(or maybe signing Sekera)

Unless that expiring contract brings back a useless albatross contract.

 

[DavidOilTroops]

Or when Horcoff was traded? But who will be the next scapegoat?

Probably Yak. He is already on "thin ice" with most people. (pardon the pun)

 

[Fairy McGodfather]

Newish jock straps for everyone!!!

 

[Mr Positive]

It's amazing Bob is able to whip this board into a frenzy, still.

Dude is going off vapours.

imo it is the Lavoie tweet, not Stauffer. Stauffer is just going off the tweet and then just pumping it up for ratings

 

[Not Robin Brownlee]

We don't have anyone as bad as Schultz in terms of failing on reputation combined with suckage.

Yakupov might be the next whipping boy. Eberle/RNH already feeling it.

no, yak is going for drouin straight up. then drouin becomes the whipping boy. or tom poti, you pick.

 

[Cloned]

At times like this it sure would be nice... I think I'm way too cranky for that now. JTS wouldn't stand a chance.

I'm pretty sure you're just experiencing PMSD like the rest of us.

 

[McDeathbyCheerios*]

Someone else who has no interest in actually exercising their mental faculties. Thank you for at least being honest about it!

Everything that needs to be said has been said. No point in him repeating it.

 

[PBandJ]

Someone else who has no interest in actually exercising their mental faculties. Thank you for at least being honest about it!

No point when you refuse to have an honest discussion.

 

[Aerchon]

A potential bullet dodged with the Phanuef trade. But also the field of available d-men narrows. That sucks.

Come on Chiarelli, work your magic. Get us a discounted Harmonic somehow please.

Oh and Schultz and Yak are both currently whipping boys and both need to go asap. Both represent current and past failures IMO. This team will be better off without those two no matter what they end up doing elsewhere.

 

[1990*]

Everything that needs to be said has been said. No point in him repeating it.

Well, yes, I suppose his calling me dumb is perfectly in line with the sort of brilliance and creativity I've run up against thus far.

 

[Zaddy]

Thats not what we are arguing. We are arguing if he improved the team. Which statistically he has.

Has he made the team into winners? No.

Has he improved the team? Yes.

That's still debatable. Just because the team has slightly more points and better goal differential does not necessarily mean he has improved the team. In fact one could argue the increase has to do with Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. Two guys Chia had nothing to do with.

 

[1990*]

No point when you refuse to have an honest discussion.

"Honest" discussion: taking shots from the sidelines while letting other debate for you. Again, yes, I'd say your definition matches what we've seen here this afternoon.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

That's still debatable. Just because the team has slightly more points and better goal differential does not necessarily mean he has improved the team. In fact one could argue the increase has to do with Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. Two guys Chia had nothing to do with.

agreed.

in conclusion. we will be better judges next year, and better still the year after that....and so on.

This team was assembled years ago.

So far I think Chiarelli is a fine GM.