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

[North]

I feel like everyone on this board is actually dead, and this is our version of hell.

Being an Oilers fan is cursed.

We are currently in the darkest timeline.

 

[rboomercat90]

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.

Seven goals and he’s a guy that busts his ass on every shift. We don’t have that combination in many players on this team.

 

[frag2]

I’m convinced Chiarelli is secretly a double agent for the other NHL teams.

I mean, he's probably trying his best to get McDavid to request a trade and then watch that team that gets him hire Chiarelli afterwards as a scout.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Norell is Swedish, so there's a minuscule chance he's the next Nick Lidstrom.

#OilersPositives

Norell is a horrible player.

 

[GameChanger]

So, next year:

Spooner - 3.1M
Manning - 2.25M
Benning - 1.9M
Lucic - 6M

That's 13.25M of cap space basically wasted on guys that could be replaced by around or barely over league minimum salary players.

Awesome...

Being nice and not including the 1.63M in buyouts.

It'll be interesting to see what happens with Sekera as he's got a very high salary too.

 

[Soundwave]

 

[McJadeddog]

I dunno, maybe about 30-40, easily.

 

[Dashh]

haha we're living in an alternate universe or Chia is legit autistic.

Like mind blowingly dumb trade.

 

[Spawn]

lmao at this shit

 

[AVE MAN]

This is where I’m at. Wideman/Petrovic at least makes us better. Caggiula/Manning makes us worse

I agree. I do think that Hitch has been screaming for more compete and Manning does give us that. I suspect there's another deal coming for a forward? Manning and Petrovic is an upgrade over Wideman, Garrison.

 

[5 14 6 1]

I don't even know what to say about this garbage anymore. f*** this organization.

 

[ohheyhemsky]

We are currently in the darkest timeline.

We should all use evil beards as our signatures.

 

[XXIV97]

Wat? Manning is an AHL defender signed to a 2.5 mill cap hit. We would have to trade him and a pick for future considerations.

Why are you trying to defend the trade?

How am I defending the trade? If I were to defend the trade, would I call it a bad trade?

Manning is making $2.25 M after this season, not $2.5 M. You are overestimating the cost to dump a player like him. The Oilers may have to retain, but they won't have to add a draft pick.

 

[Soundwave]

It'll be interesting to see what happens with Sekera as he's got a very high salary too.

Peter's salary cap gift to the next GM

 

[North]

I hope Nurse does get traded. For his sake. The return won't be what you want and he'll go to an organization that lets him flourish. It will be another kick in the junk.

McDavid won't be here much longer anyway so might as well throw Drai on the board too.

Not for nothing but Nurse needs to figure out the defensive side of the game to flourish and I'm not sure he has the brain for that.

 

[Cloned]

This screams "get rid of Caggiula for whatever you can get" ... which makes ZERO sense.

 

[McDrai]

So, next year:

Spooner - 3.1M
Manning - 2.25M
Benning - 1.9M
Lucic - 6M

That's 13.25M of cap space basically wasted on guys that could be replaced by around or barely over league minimum salary players.

Awesome...

Being nice and not including the 1.63M in buyouts.

Don't forget Sekera, an extra 5.5 mil who hasnt played much over the last couple of seasons. Also Petrovic

 

[GameChanger]

The only thing I can remotely think that makes sense is the hitch maybe noticed some cliques in the room.

So Manning will come and force everybody to act happy together.

 

[Drivesaitl]

There is really no justification..

The only thing I can remotely think that makes sense is the hitch maybe noticed some cliques in the room.

Its really what I'm wondering. Sometimes you blow it up a bit to get things back to a more working like team concept and increase tension, heat, and less friendly confines.

 

[ThreeOfAPerfectPair]

 

[McJadeddog]

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

Yes, it does actually hurt our future as Cags >>>> Manning, AND Cags makes 750K less per season. So we took back the lesser player BY FAR, and we managed to f***ing ADD cap space. You can't make this shit up. There is also the little fact that it pushes our generational player closer to asking for a trade. So yeah, all around this is a bunch of bullshit.

God Chia is the biggest f***ing moron I've ever seen head a NHL team. I used to consider Milbury as the worst GM in my lifetime, but I think Chia might be inching ahead of even Milbury for his level of ineptness.

 

[CrazyJoeDavola]

Are you f***ing kidding me...

 

[Zguy370]

There HAS to be another trade or waive of Manning. There's legit no ****ing way they're going to bring this assclown into McDavid's room. It'd be the biggest slap in the face I've seen in a while, the guy legit told him he injured him intentionally. I will being booing this ass clown at Rogers place if he ever puts on an Oilers jersey

We can only hope that this is the plan, if this GM is serious about this, please Connor GTFO I'll cheer for you and your new team wherever you go!

 

[SullivanT]

This trade is f***ing terrible f*** get him out of the GM spot before he makes another trade

 

[CupofOil]