Confirmed with Link: [EDM/CHI] Caggiula + Garrison for Manning + Norell

[Soundwave]

At the end of the day our forward core is weaker, our defense added 2 #7, zero offense #6 at best defenders, have less cap space next year and moved out a 3rd round pick to do so.

The Oilers org is worse today than it was yesterday

Yes, but Manning can no longer break McDavid's collarbone. Did you factor that in?

 

[Drivesaitl]

I can kinda convince myself to be neutral on the Petrovic deal, but this deal makes zero sense and is downright disturbing in a non-sequitur kind of way. Chia has actually lost his ****ing mind.

He can't lose what he didn't have. Overrated GM from the outset. I never much liked the Boston group though, any of them, and was sad when this team went with Chia. This was always going to be a huge mistake going that way. Scorched Earth. Chia is very much someone that has to have his own team, his own fingerprints all over the lineup. He's less good at taking over a core. We needed a GM that could build on what was here, not tear apart.

alas now its endless micro deals as we are at cap and spending too much on too little.

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

Mcdavid will ask for a trade this summer. Why wouldn't he

I agree. I feel for the kid. He doesn't deserve the bullshit this organization subjects him to.

 

[Roof Daddy]

We now have 6.1 mil of cap space invested in Benning/Manning/Petrovic. Let that sink in for a moment.

 

[FunkyChicken]

"Take a bad trade and make it 10 times worse"

**** you Cloned I'm blaming you

I agree. It is Cloned's fault.
Going to have to bring that sexy avatar thing to a whole new level to get out of this mess.

 

[oXo Cube]

Like I said on the mains if you asked me yesterday to name 1 player I was completely certain the Oilers wouldn't target I probably would have picked Brandon Manning.

I'm mostly just laughing right now as a coping mechanism to make sure I stay sane.

 

[The Nuge]

On our team, he might make the cut

He’s not even in our top 6, and we’ve got 3 of our top 4 dmen hurt

 

[CycloneSweep]

I never thought this team would have a worse roster in Jan than we did when the year started but here we are.

I'm done. Unless this was all done to land an incredible forward... I'm done.

I've watched my last Oilers game till he is fired.

 

[Heavy Dee]

He's a bad GM. I'm just being realistic.

Well the one thing we know is he still has full authority to make trades.. .

 

[A91]

Hahahahaha

 

[redgrant]

Yes, but Manning can no longer break McDavid's collarbone. Did you factor that in?

This er Chiarelli is literally trying to f***up the team before he is fired.

f*** you Nicholson for letting him do this and sitting there you grinning shit eating idiot.

 

[Cloned]

He can't lose what he didn't have. Overrated GM from the outset. I never much liked the Boston group though, any of them, and was sad when this team went with Chia. This was always going to be a huge mistake going that way. Scorched Earth. Chia is very much someone that has to have his own team, his own fingerprints all over the lineup. He's less good at taking over a core. We needed a GM that could build on what was here, not tear apart.

alas now its endless micro deals as we are at cap and spending too much on too little.

I mentioned in another thread how today feels like Soviet-style scorched earth policy. If he can't win with this team, nobody will...

 

[XXIV97]

Wat? Manning makes 2.25 mill a year and is a #7 defender at best. We added what...1.5 mill to our cap today and added 2 #7 defenders and a nothing prospect.

He didn't trade Hopkins. It's a loss but won't hurt the future

 

[A91]

Wouldn't take Manning for free as a UFA. I laughed at Hawks fans. So bad.

 

[Mcnotloilersfan]

I'm done with this team until Chiarelli and the entire OBC is gone. Done. No more NHL. Plenty of good and cheap hockey on Junior.

This franchise is a joke and McDavid deserves better. This is seriously the final straw.

HOW STUPID CAN THIS MAN GET!? Any single one of us could manage this team better and I'm including those of you who I have strongly disagreed with on numerous occasions. THIS IS A JOKE. WAKE UP KATZ.

 

[Da McBomb]

I thought locker room comradery was important for a team? I guess not for Chia

 

[McJadeddog]

Ok I wasn't the biggest fan of Caggiula but he has 7 goals this year on a team that doesn't score. You're trading him for a guy who makes even more.. a guy who broke McDavid's collarbone and the whole team was trying to run over in a game vs. Philly.

Makes no sense.

It makes perfect sense if you just view it through Chia's glasses. If you attempt to view it through any rational, thinking, person's POV though, it is a massive, massive, fail. A disastrous trade, that poisons the room, and pisses off our generational player. Oh, and we also somehow take on more cap, and this idiot is signed for next season as well. LOL. If it wasn't so pathetic, it would be funny.

 

[ThreeOfAPerfectPair]

 

[Heavy Dee]

So you're basing your post off nothing then?

What? Iam saying as assistant GM Gretzky would have had a say in this.

 

[XXIV97]

This is a travesty of a trade, what are you talking about? Caggs isn't a great player or anything, but he was at least a legit top-9 winger. Manning is simply a TERRIBLE player, and Norell is a wash-out AHL guy who ran back to Europe. No idea why this trade is made at all. Basically a 3rd line winger for a 7th dman. Barf.

He didn't trade away any important pieces. Yes, it is a loss, but it won't hurt the future

 

[redgrant]

But does he fit our culture?

 

[Uindicator]

How in the hell is he allowed to do this, like wtf is going on in that office?? They've literally lost their minds, Manning ! FFS!

 

[Cloned]

Well the one thing we know is he still has full authority to make trades.. .

Anyone have any Chia voodoo dolls? Tie his hands up so he can't make any more phone calls.

 

[BudBundy]

FIRE CHIA! FIRE HIM ABSOLUTELY RIGHT GOD DAMNED BLOODY NOW! THIS DEAL IS BEYOND BELIEF! WAKE THE HELL UP KATZ!

 

[CycloneSweep]

He didn't trade away any important pieces. Yes, it is a loss, but it won't hurt the future

Manning is signed for more than Caggiula, and is signed for next year which hurts our cap for next year. Manning hurts us anytime he is on the ice and will hurt our cap next year.