Wouldn't be opposed to Stålberg - team needs more Swedes
I don't get this fascination with Stalberg, he's not that good.
At 2.5-3 I suppose he could be a decent pickup. He's all speed though, not much else. People are just looking for a free agent to add though, so if Stalberg is the only one we add I could live with that. Rather dump cash on Jagr for a year and get rid of some trash on the backend.
But if we did add Stalberg, people would need to temper their expectations to something like 15/15 or 20/20 because he really isn't that offensively skilled.
If Sakic does take the job, I wonder what will happen with our 3 centers? I personally think one of them has to be moved. I would think it could smooth over the ROR situation assuming he isn't a moron during negotiations again. And Stastny played with Stastny when Stastny was at his best. Will be interesting.
IMO you are wasting one of those center by playing him on the 3rd line with ****** line mates. I think we would be better off moving one of them.
The people is that all three are immensely better when in the lineup together because they cause defensive mismatches by the other teams. Add to that the fact they can all PK and all are good on the PP together.... seems irrational to move any and better to keep them together.
All you really need is one winger each. PAP with Duchy, Lando with ROR and ?? with Staz. He either needs a new Hejduk or a Pacioretty type. I don't care which, just someone that stays on his line he can develop chemistry with. Then we'll have three dangerous lines where guys like McGinn, Downie and Jones can be the complimentary players on.
I don't really agree with this. I think a big issue with this team is that they don't have enough role players. So you have 9 guys that are out there to score, and 3 guys that play very low minutes that create havoc. Avs are too easy to play against because they have 3 scoring lines and our checking line barely plays. I think you are better off with 2 checking lines that can wear down the other team.
Just a difference in philosophy between us.
I don't really agree with this. I think a big issue with this team is that they don't have enough role players. So you have 9 guys that are out there to score, and 3 guys that play very low minutes that create havoc. Avs are too easy to play against because they have 3 scoring lines and our checking line barely plays. I think you are better off with 2 checking lines that can wear down the other team.
Just a difference in philosophy between us.
no the problem with this team is that we have too many role players and not enough legit top guys. especially on D and at the wing.
Would any of you guys have interest in picking up Hemskey this summer?
1 year left at a 5M cap hit. If he doesn't play well we simply let him walk next summer. If he plays well we can hopefully resign him for less, or potentially sell high on him at the trade deadline.
He has some skill, and could be a decent guy on Duchene's wing. The 5.0M cap hit is pretty big, but we should have between 8-10M in cap space next year with our current roster. We don't have any big RFA signings this summer either.
I would take him on for a 3rd rounder. Nothing more, but seems like it would be a low risk potentially high reward.
My first choice would still probably be Stalberg. But Hemskey is a decent option.
no the problem with this team is that we have too many role players and not enough legit top guys. especially on D and at the wing.
no the problem with this team is that we have too many role players and not enough legit top guys. especially on D and at the wing.
Bickell is a UFA this summer. Him and Gordon would be sweet.
no the problem with this team is that we have too many role players and not enough legit top guys. especially on D and at the wing.
Nah I think he's right. We have role players, but none of them are particularly good at playing there roles.
Watching the playoffs it becomes apparent just how important guys like Bickell, McClement, Rupp, Prust, Torres, Cooke, etc. are to a team.
You need to have guys that can go out, play a regular shift and really be big energizing guys that wear on the other teams Defense and hit everything that moves.
We do have McCleod, who will be an awesome role player for us when we finally make playoffs. But outside of McCleod, we don't have those type of guys. Bordeleau is a fighter and a hitter, but he's not someone who can be relied on to play a regular shift at this point(Maybe in a couple years though).
After that we had/have Pajamas, Kobasew, and Olver who are all just to soft or to small to be effective role playing guys.
We need to go out this summer and sign a good role player, we really did. Mitchell was a decent attempt last summer, but he isn't gritty enough IMO.
Boyd Gordon, Pascal Dupuis, Matt Cooke, and Ryan Jones are just a few guys that I think would really be solid additions to our bottom 6.
We should go out and sign one of those this summer IMO.
Are you the guy who was also saying we didn't need more offense from the blueline?
I agree we don't have enough top end skill but we don't have enough anything. The role players we have aren't even particularly great role players since we can't rely on the, defensively and they don't cycle all that well.
An Oilers fan just suggested Jones + Pick(3rd or 4th type) for Hemskey.
That's an easy yes for us I would think. The chance to move Jones' contract right away for only 1 year of Hemskeys, while still getting a half decent player in Hemskey seems like it would be a perfect scenario for us.
You sure they meant David? Cause I'd do that in a heartbeat and I've never met an Oilers fan to post sensible trade suggestions.