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There's always this guy to do business with:
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Rumor: Rumors and Proposals: 4 Days Until Armageddon (UFA). Lucic+Demers Day Out in Edm
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Mcnotloilersfan
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Having Demers here, (along with doing due diligence) could be a threat to teams that we are in trade negotiations with.
Paralyzer
Hyman >>> Matthews
That's a possibility. I also think this makes teams looking for defense more desperate to make a trade without justifying the value. Either way, it's good that Chia is doing this.
oXo Cube
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Alternatively, "Lower your price or we'll get Kris Russell instead!"
Yeah, that ain't going to work.
McDeepika
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Not sure we really need Lucic. A few years ago sure but our team isn't that small any more.
Draisaitl, Puljujarvi, Maroon, Kassian, Pouliot are all in the top 9 right now. That is pretty good size already. Rather go after a #3C and focus on the defense.
Draisaitl, Puljujarvi, Maroon, Kassian, Pouliot are all in the top 9 right now. That is pretty good size already. Rather go after a #3C and focus on the defense.
Jimmi McJenkins
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I'm pretty excited Demers and Lucic are going to tour the city soon, hopefully somewhat reasonable deals can be found.
And I will say this for Lucic, he's been very healthy so far in his career and that's a positive as he gets older. Perhaps any "cliff" he might go off in the later years of a deal might not be so high.
And I will say this for Lucic, he's been very healthy so far in his career and that's a positive as he gets older. Perhaps any "cliff" he might go off in the later years of a deal might not be so high.
Don't want demers on our team, he's another number 4 stop gap we have middle guys as it is. With the contract he will get to play middle pairing it isn't worth it
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Whats the rules on front loading contracts? I got no problem giving Lucic 6x6 average and paying him more the first 3-4 years to allow him to be easily traded in year 5 or 6
Mcnotloilersfan
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'Trading with you isn't our only option to address the right side of our defense, your price needs to come down"
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Mcnotloilersfan
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None of those players have the combined physicality and skill of Lucic. None come close.
Drai and Pulju are far more skilled. Maroon and Pouliot aren't as skilled OR physical as Lucic. Kassian is almost useless offensively.
There seems to be a pretty decent chance that Hall is dealt, so Lucic will become a need at that point. Plus Maroon and Kassian aren't full time top 6 players in all likelihood.
Lucic will create space for the skilled players which would be huge (can you imagine McDavid with all that space?), he's a load to handle in front of the net and he wins lots of puck battles. The concern is the term but he's absolutely a player that the Oilers need.
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Ugh on Kris Russell.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/the-incredibly-overrated-kris-russell/
I guess there's some positives to his game. He skates like the wind and blocks shots.
That's about it.
I'd be okay with him on the 3rd pairing at no more than a 1 year deal.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/the-incredibly-overrated-kris-russell/
I guess there's some positives to his game. He skates like the wind and blocks shots.
That's about it.
I'd be okay with him on the 3rd pairing at no more than a 1 year deal.
McDeepika
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Point is Lucic isn't a huge need any more. He'd be a very expensive luxury. Not sure it is worth getting slower either. We are already a slow team.
OilerFan4Life
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Does anyone know if Tyler Dellow is still employed by the Oilers?
Surely Dellow will tell the management team that Russell is the worst UFA d-man in the pool?
Surely Dellow will tell the management team that Russell is the worst UFA d-man in the pool?
The gap between the skill and physicality between those two and Lucic is more than offset by the fact than cost less combined than he will.
NewBoysClub97*
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I don't want to post anything on these boards and feel the wrath after, but people can PM me about a rumor another guy posted in the trade main forum yesterday. I can confirm a top guy they are going after and where I got the info from. They have had LONG discussions with this team.
Mcnotloilersfan
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McDeepika
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McDavid can play with anybody and be fine. He doesn't need somebody to create space for him. I would never want to spend big money on a player just to be McDavid's winger.
He's still one of the best power forwards in the league, he wouldn't be just "McDavid's winger", he can play with anybody and do well and if Hall is dealt, they are going to need to fill that void.
Bum
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Lucic and Demers are going to show up and just play with the goal horn all day while looking at each other and giggling.
Oil In My Veins
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I'm guessing the "Oilers have interest in Russell" talk is MacT sneaking off and secretly calling Russel's camp without Chia's permission...
OilerFan4Life
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@Sun_Tychkowski 26s26 seconds ago
"He has the ability to do the same thing in Edmonton that he did in Boston” - Milan Lucic, talking about Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli in April
"He has the ability to do the same thing in Edmonton that he did in Boston” - Milan Lucic, talking about Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli in April
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