Nordiques1979
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Unless by trading, don't see anyone worth it on the free agency market.Banking on guys stepping up helped sink the Oilers last season. They absolutely need a stopgap here.
Unless by trading, don't see anyone worth it on the free agency market.Banking on guys stepping up helped sink the Oilers last season. They absolutely need a stopgap here.
Where's the positive for this season?
Bouchard was always going to have a shot at 9 games if he did well in camp. If he does well that won't change. If he does poorly that won't change.So does it open a spot for Bouchard? Why not consider Bear? All in all I don't think the Oilers should go after someone else, seeing names left in the market, Garrison, Enstrom, Sbisa, Franson, Emelin, I don't see any good replacement for Sekera.
As others have said and all..this team has a scary October and need to come out 0.500 or better to have a shot this year. We needed a healthy Sekera for that. This injury followed up by us not really being able to replace him well, could sink this team in October.The team has potential cap relief.
Talk to me in a month.
Unless by trading, don't see anyone worth it on the free agency market.
The team has potential cap relief.
Talk to me in a month.
As others have said and all..this team has a scary October and need to come out 0.500 or better to have a shot this year. We needed a healthy Sekera for that. This injury followed up by us not really being able to replace him well, could sink this team in October.
That said Chia could pull a miracle and this team could start hot, but it's not looking good. Hopefully the new systems the coaches are getting us to play get learned fast and work quick.
PC isn't thinking about the 19-20 cap. That will be someone else's issue come January if he does nothing other than borderline NHLers as a UFA.Enstrom, Emelin, Davidson would be decent stopgaps. The issue with trading is you have to think about salary cap issues next season. No good options here.
Just go watch last year's gamesJust not particularly interested in discussing all the possible outcomes.
I am willing to wait and see how this plays out.
PC isn't thinking about the 19-20 cap. That will be someone else's issue come January if he does nothing other than borderline NHLers as a UFA.
He has very little to benefit right now thinking that far in the future.He should be.
He has very little to benefit right now thinking that far in the future.
All three of those guys are left handed and do nothing to help the PP, which Sekera was going to be heavily leaned upon to help improve. Kris Russell is more than capable of filling in for Sekera on the bottom pair at evens. A guy like Cody Franson, who finished out the season with 6-7-13 in 13 playoff games in Rockford is the kind of stopgap I'd be looking at for under $1m. He has a bomb on the PP, he sets our defense to its proper handedness and he can distribute the puck on a pairing with Kris Russell, who has a tendency to struggle in that regard.Enstrom, Emelin, Davidson would be decent stopgaps. The issue with trading is you have to think about salary cap issues next season. No good options here.
Enstrom, Emelin, Davidson would be decent stopgaps. The issue with trading is you have to think about salary cap issues next season. No good options here.
All three of those guys are left handed and do nothing to help the PP, which Sekera was going to be heavily leaned upon to help improve. Kris Russell is more than capable of filling in for Sekera on the bottom pair at evens. A guy like Cody Franson, who finished out the season with 6-7-13 in 13 playoff games in Rockford is the kind of stopgap I'd be looking at for under $1m. He has a bomb on the PP, he sets our defense to its proper handedness and he can distribute the puck on a pairing with Kris Russell, who has a tendency to struggle in that regard.
He's a guy you can run with to open the season and if he doesn't work out, options likely open up through other avenues when you have that $5.5m LTIR money to utilize.
Signing another LD is just going to add to the log jam with Gravel signed and Lowe looking for minutes.
Just go watch last year's games
Not heading into the regular season. We have to be under the cap by then.I thought we discussed that we could sign a guy still in the offseason because of the "over by 10%" rule?
I know Enstrom has really fallen off a cliff in recent years, but on a scale of "passable as a 3rd pairing guy to Cory Cross", where does he fall?
All three of those guys are left handed and do nothing to help the PP, which Sekera was going to be heavily leaned upon to help improve. Kris Russell is more than capable of filling in for Sekera on the bottom pair at evens. A guy like Cody Franson, who finished out the season with 6-7-13 in 13 playoff games in Rockford is the kind of stopgap I'd be looking at for under $1m. He has a bomb on the PP, he sets our defense to its proper handedness and he can distribute the puck on a pairing with Kris Russell, who has a tendency to struggle in that regard.
He's a guy you can run with to open the season and if he doesn't work out, options likely open up through other avenues when you have that $5.5m LTIR money to utilize.
Signing another LD is just going to add to the log jam with Gravel signed and Lowe looking for minutes.
Depends what the Oilers need, if it's a stay at home dman Emelin could fill in the gap, I read some suggested Franson, that guy always looked good on the paper, big body, a reputation of a puck moving defenseman, but never achieved the hype.Enstrom, Emelin, Davidson would be decent stopgaps. The issue with trading is you have to think about salary cap issues next season. No good options here.
As an everyday pair for Kris Russell I think they'd be fine. Their games compliment each other's well enough for the softer minutes they'd likely be receiving.I was pushing for Franson before as a 7D/PP specialist but I think they need him and another guy to make up for losing Rej. I don't like Franson as an everyday option unless TMac changes the way he deploys his D.
Enstrom, Emelin, Davidson would be decent stopgaps. The issue with trading is you have to think about salary cap issues next season. No good options here.
As an everyday pair for Kris Russell I think they'd be fine. Their games compliment each other's well enough for the softer minutes they'd likely be receiving.
enstrom really is running out of gas, I even thought that he would retire after this season, Emelin is a more valuable option.He spent some time with Buff in the top four in Winnipeg last year and was passable, I can't see why he wouldn't make a decent third pairing depth option.
I was pushing for Franson before as a 7D/PP specialist but I think they need him and another guy to make up for losing Rej. I don't like Franson as an everyday option unless TMac changes the way he deploys his D.
If Sekera is done the cap issues aren't that big a problem.