Confirmed Signing with Link: [EDM] Oilers re-sign Ryan Strome (2 years, $3.1M AAV)

[LemmyUlanov55]

Looked good at the end of last season, solid 3C at a reasonable AAV. Nothing to complain here..

 

[ManofSteel55]

I think a competent gm makes it work. If you remove Larson, storme, Russell and lucic that’s close to 20 million?

20 million but we would still be needing a even more help on the blueline than we already do and a 3C. If we have Hall and Eberle, and don't have Lucic and say, Russell, then we're at 8 million for a Larsson replacement and a #4 defenseman - plus we'd actually have to find a way to get either. It's not like there have been any defensemen of that caliber available as free agents, and even if there were, how do the Oilers afford them, or even convince them to sign here? It's not as simple as subtracting out some contracts and saying we would have the cash. And I'd rather have Lucic than Eberle, assuming that last year was an aberation.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

3.1 and the deal ends with him as an RFA. Nothing wrong with that at all.

I forget if it was Rishaug or Friedman but one of them said in the last couple weeks that if the Oilers walked Strome would have quite a few teams that would give him 3.5 x 3 in free agency.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

Watching Eberle dog it in the playoffs was why he's gone. For a guy who spent his entire career on a bottom feeder, it was pathetic watching no effort his first chance at the dance.

I mean he scored 90% of his goals against non-playoff teams his final season on the Oilers.

His playoffs were utterly disgusting to watch, especially considering he was given such butter-soft minutes:
GP: 13
G: 0
A: 2
Pts: 2

Yeah, Strome is an inferior player, but I'd rather we have him than Eberle at $6million.

 

[dss97]

no bitterness in that comment ... lol

no trolling in that comment before ... lol

 

[BudBundy]

He's been a 60 point scorer his entire career. It doesn't matter who he plays with. He's consistent and has been one of the top scoring RW's in the league during his career.

He is a solid NHL player,no doubt, just got sick of his weak play and we badly needed cap space elsewhere. I dont see him ever being a major cog on a cup contender and $6M is pretty high for a one-dimensional complimentary smurf on a capped-out team. Agree to disagree, and hopefully Strome incrementally improves a hair and does a good job at 3C.

 

[BudBundy]

How's that other $6M anchor riding Connor McDavid's coattails working out for Edmonton?

You make it sound like I didn’t think that was an awful deal the second it was announced.

 

[dss97]

I don't really care about the trade from a year ago. Strome produced quite well all things considered for a guy stuck behind Connor, Drai, and Nuge at C. Good deal in my books.

 

[Dan Kelly]

Meanwhile...

Jordan Eberle: 81gp 25g 34a 59pts

And a heart the size of a pea.

 

[McShogun99]

He is a solid NHL player,no doubt, just got sick of his weak play and we badly needed cap space elsewhere. I dont see him ever being a major cog on a cup contender and $6M is pretty high for a one-dimensional complimentary smurf on a capped-out team. Agree to disagree, and hopefully Strome incrementally improves a hair and does a good job at 3C.

Eberle was done in Edmonton and if
It wasn’t last year it would have been this year. I’m hoping Strome embraces being a checking center and PK specialist, it’s probably the only way he’ll have a long career.

 

[Spawn]

I don't really care about the trade from a year ago. Strome produced quite well all things considered for a guy stuck behind Connor, Drai, and Nuge at C. Good deal in my books.

He was never stuck behind all three. He spent the entire season either playing wing in the top 6 or being the 3C.

He's the definition of mediocre 3C. Not really good at anything. Not overly terrible at anything. Goes through weeks of forgetting he's even out there.

 

[ManofSteel55]

How's that other $6M anchor riding Connor McDavid's coattails working out for Edmonton?

You mean Lucic? He was well worth his money the first year. Not worth a dime last year. I guess it all depends on if he rebounds or not. And he won't be playing with McDavid this year.

 

[blue_n_copper]

Oilers would be a contender with Hall, never gets old.

What a stupid thing to say.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Eberle was done in Edmonton and if
It wasn’t last year it would have been this year. I’m hoping Strome embraces being a checking center and PK specialist, it’s probably the only way he’ll have a long career.

He looked a lot more consistent to end the season once they stopped trying to make him work as a winger. I anticipate that he will settle in fine as 3C this year.

 

[Sherwood71]

His contracts have been good since he grew a goatee.

Maybe he's like Samson. Once he grows a Thorton beard he will be able to trade Strome for Karlsson.

 

[57special]

Is Strome a good two way player at this point? Sort of a young Brodziak?

 

[KarmaPolice]

Nice contract. If Ryan continues off from how he played in the last half of the previous season, then I think this will be a great fit for both parties. Really hope Ryan can continue to play that way and be our long-term solution at 3rd line center, as he was very good for the last 40 games or so playing that position. Ideally, he puts up around 40 points while scoring 15 (or a few more) goals, so there's some room to improve, but I think he can do that with better wingers and/or more experienced wingers.

 

[HugginThePost]

How's that other $6M anchor riding Connor McDavid's coattails working out for Edmonton?

Which one??

 

[KarmaPolice]

Is Strome a good two way player at this point? Sort of a young Brodziak?

Very good two-way, and getting better. Give him some better wingers, or wingers who are producing in their prime, and he should be putting up near 40-45 points every season while being very good defensively and good on the PK. Might just be the Oilers long-term solution there. A lot of it is up to Ryan, of course, so we'll see. But he was really quite good in that role in the last half of the season, after being tried at wing, which really didn't work well. He's much better playing C -- even if his offense doesn't 'wow' you, putting up 15g/40p with his contract while being solid defensively is a good deal and I hope he can settle into that role for the long-term; it seems to be his best fit and hope he realizes it and doesn't still think he can be a top-2 center on a team. So a lot will be up to him and being realistic about where he fits on an NHL team. But he did seem to embrace the role, so I don't have any huge worries.

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

His contracts have been good since he grew a goatee.

Bizarro Chiarelli

 

[dss97]

He was never stuck behind all three. He spent the entire season either playing wing in the top 6 or being the 3C.

He's the definition of mediocre 3C. Not really good at anything. Not overly terrible at anything. Goes through weeks of forgetting he's even out there.

I never said he was stuck behind all three at the same time. I mean he was stuck behind some combination of the three and he was in the bottom six as a result. He barely played top 6 wing, and got no power play time until Letestu was gone.

 

[780il]

Solid.

 

[57special]

Very good two-way, and getting better. Give him some better wingers, or wingers who are producing in their prime, and he should be putting up near 40-45 points every season while being very good defensively and good on the PK. Might just be the Oilers long-term solution there. A lot of it is up to Ryan, of course, so we'll see. But he was really quite good in that role in the last half of the season, after being tried at wing, which really didn't work well. He's much better playing C -- even if his offense doesn't 'wow' you, putting up 15g/40p with his contract while being solid defensively is a good deal and I hope he can settle into that role for the long-term; it seems to be his best fit and hope he realizes it and doesn't still think he can be a top-2 center on a team. So a lot will be up to him and being realistic about where he fits on an NHL team. But he did seem to embrace the role, so I don't have any huge worries.

Well, if he's an above average defensive player and can put up 30-35 points then he's a valuable guy. If he's a 35 pt. guy and a defensive liability, then...

 

[Spawn]

I never said he was stuck behind all three at the same time. I mean he was stuck behind some combination of the three and he was in the bottom six as a result. He barely played top 6 wing, and got no power play time until Letestu was gone.

None of this is true.

He played just under 2 minutes per game on the PP up until Letestu was traded. He was a mainstay on the 2nd unit. After Letestu was traded it was bumped up to a little over 2 minutes per gmae. Virtually no different. He played roughly ~40% of his time at 5v5 as a winger for either Draisaitl, RNH or McDavid.

 

[McFlyingV]

No dog in this fight, but I feel like 6M is pretty reasonable for 25G/60P, especially with the cap increasing.

Weird because when Eberle was an Oiler all we ever heard was how he was overpaid and a cap dump at that price.