GDT: "Canada Day Massacre" | Free Agent Frenzy | 7.1.19 | 10 AM MST

[Skolman]

That Drai contract is such a steal.

 

[McDraekke]

This is when everything happens..

If it’s not done in the next day or 2 it ain’t happening. Everyone is gone fishing.

Guess you’re right, might as well find another team to cheer for

 

[McVirginOil]

He was going to lose his spot to Jones, Bouchard or Samorukov anyways. Frankly, it was a mercy buyout.

We really should stop having mercy buyouts and have buyouts that actually help the team

 

[Quinteoilers]

9 mill

I didn’t realize he was after that much! I was thinking 6.5-7 for 5 years...

 

[nhlisajoke]

What's our cap look like right now with Manning and Brodziak buried

 

[FlameChampion]

What did Stauffer actually say re: a Lucic trade?

3 weeks seems like a weird number to throw out there considering his signing bonus was paid today?

Yeah honestly, if hes going to get traded, its probably going to happen in the next few days. GM's tend to close it down about a week after free agency.

 

[McJadeddog]

Still a fine deal for 15 goals.

15 goals would be the 2nd highest of his career. He has averaged just over 10 per year in his career before last year. I was being somewhat generous in saying 12-15, as anything in that range would be above his career average.

 

[StoveTopStauffer]

That Drai contract is such a steal.

Just imagine if we had some decent cap space right now... Not even good a good amount, just decent.

 

[dem]

Guess you’re right, might as well find another team to cheer for

Oh geeze..

Your right. Pom poms should be mandatory on this forum.

Why talk when we can wave Pom poms?

 

[AUAIOMRN]

Tell me how you would spend the extra 650k, so as to explain how this deal is bad.

I don't think it's a terrible deal, but when GMs are freaking out because the cap is 1.5M lower than expected, you can see that 650K is not insignificant.

 

[OilerTyler]

Being a bottom 10 team and doing nothing to improve your team is dumb.

Yup.

Some players are totally worth overpaying and good teams realize that. The key is to make sure you overpay the right ones.

 

[Smartguy]

Guess you’re right, might as well find another team to cheer for

He’s technically not wrong, half of the teams are more then likely done after today, about all are done by about the 5th. You’ll see some little movement around camp but nothing major, unless you have a guy like Karlsson essentially not wanting to go to camp. Our roster after about July 5 will be virtually set with maybe a few PTOs

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

We better not sign Wayne Simmonds as a consolation

 

[belair]

He's a replacement level player. A good team wouldn't have him on their roster.

Most good teams have replacement level players on their active rosters.

What were you realistically expecting as a depth signing?

 

[ThePhoenixx]

Looks like the Oilers are sitting at around 75 million right now.

 

[Spawn]

Most good teams have replacement level players on their active rosters.

What were you realistically expecting as a depth signing?

I was unfortunately expecting Holland to be a dud like he's proven to be for the last 7 or 8 years.

So this is pretty much par the course.

 

[McJadeddog]

I figured we must have had a winger lined up if we bought out Sekera...

Guess not. Bought him out for no reason..

Yup, there was ZERO reason to buy out Sekera this year.

Let him play and the worst thing that happens is that his trade value stays low, and you buy him out next year. A buyout next year would have been a lot better long term for the cap. Best case scenario is that he shows he can still play, and you either keep him, or trade him to free up the entire cap space. Beyond ludicrous that they bought him out yesterday, just mindbogglingly stupid.

 

[FlameChampion]

As much as we would like to Holland to do something, I still think its better to avoid doing too much today. Some of these signings are going to be terrible. That being said, I wish he would of done a bit more at the draft.

 

[Homesick]

I'd sign him, but he's a winger.

Yea, I wasn't thinking there at all

 

[McXLNC97]

What's our cap look like right now with Manning and Brodziak buried

About 11m

 

[Patch101]

Is Connelly still out there?
I thought he would have signed already based around the talks

 

[McVespa99]

That is actually a reasonable deal for Nyquist. Another failure by Holland.

We get it. You hate Holland..

 

[belair]

I was expecting Holland to be a dud.

So this is pretty much par the course.

I was expecting HF to overreact on day one of free agency. Par course.

 

[Rufus Aslegard]

Signings by Holland. Smith, Granlund, Nygard, Chiasson

Looks like something a strong playoff team does in an off season to fill spots

Oilers are closer than a lot think.

Last year was really bad for a lot of reasons.

- no defensive depth when Klefbom went down - defensive depth better now with lots of young players
- lack of contributing bottom 6 forwards last year - should be better bottom 6 this year
- goalies shaky last year - M Smith will be better than Talbot and he has a chance to start (see 2019 playoffs)
- played Lucic in the top 6 when he had no business playing there - will be a 4th liner this year

Rookies and AHL players (Benson, McLeod) a year older.

 

[LMFAO]

Man does that Nyquist contract hurts... I'd give it to him in a heartbeat.

 

[Nostradumbass]

Meh another free agency where all the good free agents we don’t even get a sniff at. Holland was never going to change the Edmonton factor, but maybe he make better bets on league outcasts than Chia did. And draft better. We’ll see, but my overall theory as to why we suck still has more to do with our City than our Management.

I was born and raised in Edmonton, appreciate my upbringing there, but there's no way in hell I would ever move back. Now add an extra 0 to my salary, and you can see why hockey players don't want to come here.