Rumor: Rumours & Proposals Thread | Kypreos: OTT & EDM have had Hoffman for Picks/Prospects talks
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KeithIsActuallyBad
You thrust your pelvis, huh!
Jimmi McJenkins
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Jimmi McJenkins
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If Wayne Simmonds is available, even slightly, the Oilers really need to look into bring him into the fold.
Oilfan2
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I agree.
Unfortunately it's Chia so he'd give up Drai, and probably the first, to do it....
KeithIsActuallyBad
You thrust your pelvis, huh!
No he wasn't, of course. I would also hope we'd aim a little higher. Sekera is sorely missed.
joestevens29
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I don't get why you and others care so much about contracts. It really means nothing.
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If you hit the cap, you can't do any moves without moving anyone, likely at a big discount because teams don't do anyone any favours. The contract thing gets overplayed sure but it definitely means SOMETHING.
joestevens29
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And that isn't exactly hard to do. For some reason fans think it's hard.
Not that long ago the Leafs acquired Grabner. Remember what they gave up? 5 contracts.
Paralyzer
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Agreed. Dumping players isn't that hard to do. Especially if the teams they deal with have tons of contract spaces.
Faelko
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One-way contract isn’t really the issue, it’s the waiver exempt status.
I’m guessing the Oilers didn’t want Ellis sitting on the bench all season. I think it’s the right call, let Ellis develop in the AHL for a season.
The issue is, this next stretch of games can completely destroy our season. This isn't the time to be giving a young goalie with 45 pro hockey games under his belt his first taste of the NHL. If we had a bunch of wins and were in a good position than sure. But we aren't.
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Hard to be worse, right now, than LB.
Two big things stand out, to me, about LB and I'm not sure why..maybe it's confidence..don't know.
First big one is positioning. He seems to not have a good sense for where he is in relation to the net. That's why pucks 'squeak by him at the post. He's almost always too far in his net, leaving the opposition too much to shoot at. This is also part of his positioning.
Other thing is on his knees too much (although Talbot has this issue, somewhat, as well). High shots beat him and it's hard to be great laterally when in that position.
Perhaps that's confidence as well. I don 't know what he's been told or how he practices.
He seems to be quick, with a decent glove hand.
I don't like his rebound control but that's actually fixed pretty easily (Talbot had the same issue for awhile).
Anyway..back to rumours
I have faith in Ellis but we need to go find an experienced backup to take over for a few weeks. Brossoit is not that guy and giving Ellis a chance is very risky.
Oilfan2
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Oh, I agree. This stretch while waiting for Talbot is very important.
I think LB's issues could be ironed out by coaching..in the AHL
Jumptheshark
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Please list the other trades like that? It is hard to find a dance partner to get out these jams. Also the two guys we claimed one guy will be sent to the farm shortly and unless Larsson is out for a long time come Jan Davidson is a healthy scratch. Spare contract spots come in handy come trade deadline time
Jimmi McJenkins
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It's hard to aim higher when you want to trust your team internally (Also, no one expected Klefbom to be this bad to start the year, he's coming around though) and if you do that then you're left in a tough spot, roster wise, when he comes back.
Bryanbryoil
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Realistically any trades that would help this team need to come from the Eastern conference. No team in the west wants to give us a lifeline unless they are robbing us blind.
oXo Cube
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In my experience, teams in the Eastern conference don't really want to give us any lifelines either.
CantHaveTkachev
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should've upgraded our back-up goalie situation
Talbot's poor play and Brossoit's as well is the #1 reason we are where we are
My guess is the Oilers would rather take Lehner - and Buffalo would probably like to move his contract. I'm sure the money is the big issue with moving Lehner. There is still more than 2.5M on his cap hit this season. If the Sabers could eat a good portion of it and take back a contract from the Oilers (lets say a Patrick Russell or other marginal AHLer - maybe throw in Brossoit or Pasquale), I'm sure the Oilers would gladly give up a 4th round pick in the deal. Lehner is a proven NHL goalie. He's not a starter but is a fine backup option.
If the Sabers would eat 1M (about 40%) of Lehner's remaining salary...pull the trigger Chia. I'm personally not as sold on Chad Johnson and would rather have Lehner for the same money if possible.
If the Sabers would eat 1M (about 40%) of Lehner's remaining salary...pull the trigger Chia. I'm personally not as sold on Chad Johnson and would rather have Lehner for the same money if possible.
Have to disagree about wasted waiver claims. Walker is an upgrade on Pak man. Davidson is needed given the injury situation on D and the club's familiarity with the player means he can easily transition into the line-up. He's better than Auvitu and Gryba as well. Both moves made the team (very marginally) better.
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I think the number of contracts is such an overblown discussion point. Sure it's nice to have some flexibility, but if there's a deal to be made I'm sure that the other team having to take back a guy like Platzer or Betker just to even out the contracts wouldn't be a deal breaker.
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