Confirmed with Link: Kosko Resigned - 3 years @4.5 with NTC

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Awesome, trade Talbot for some cap space

You sound proud of yourself, Peter.

 

[A91]

Makes him the 20th highest capped goalie behind Andersen (5), Bishop (4.9), Anderson (4.75), Luongo (4.5) and places him above Allen (4.3), Dubnyk (4.3), and Raanta (4.25).

Overpaid by 0.5-1 million as per usual. Chia gonna Chia. The goalie market is so thin, which other team was going to offer this much in free agency? Calgary? Carolina? NJD?

 

[Ninety7]

In coming Talbot trade for cap space only to use that cap space on chiassons 6m x 6 year contract.

 

[soothsayer]

"If he isn't worth 4.5 M x 3 years, then why did I give him a contract for 4.5M x 3 years?" ~Peter

 

[Aceboogie]

He was the best goalie in the KHL for like 5 years! I would be surprised if he stayed for less considering what he can make playing overseas.

No he wasnt. He had one really great year before coming over. Theother years he was good but also played on a powerhouse. Noone who watches the KHL has ever said he was the best goalie in the KHL, let alone for the past 5 years. Not when you have guys like Sorokin and Samsonov being alot better

 

[Hopelesslucicfan]

He was the best goalie in the KHL for like 5 years! I would be surprised if he stayed for less considering what he can make playing overseas.

If he was going to up and leave because we wouldn't double his salary and give him 3 years of term after 30 average games, then boo f***ing hoo, he can go back to the KHL.

We shouldn't be competing with KHL prices.

 

[Raoul Duke]

Give Chia another year, they said.

 

[CornKicker]

cam talbot will not be an oiler soon

 

[Cloned]

holy f*ck

SMFH

 

[Joey Moss]

Are you f***ing kidding me?

Get this f***ing idiot out of town we are so f***ed for the next 3 years

 

[Aceboogie]

We shouldn't be competing with KHL prices.

Not to mention, the KHL hasnt been a legitimate threat to steal players in like 6 years. Its a broke league. Sure, the top 5 stars get paid everything, but everyone after is making AHL money

 

[Cloned]

Drunk driver being given the keys and told to be even more irresponsible.

But at least Raonic beat Zverev.

 

[justafan22]

Give Chia another year, they said.

The 1st rounder this year is so gone.

 

[BlackDogg]

Its Chiarelli and the Oilers, of course it will backfire.

 

[Raab]

That means absolutely nothing. He's cooled off considerably since that "Vezina" stretch and now looks like a goalie that hasn't been in the NHL for years.

It means quite a bit considering he could probably go back overseas and make 3-4M and be at home. If you want to go into next season with no goalies that’s fine. I thing this is one of the smarter things Chia has done given how important goaltending is, and what’s available on the market.

 

[Heavy Dee]

That performance against Calgary may he be been the best we have seen by an Edmonton goalie in 2 years.

Sealed Cam's fate. Hope we can get a third for him at least.

 

[Hopelesslucicfan]

The 1st rounder this year is so gone.

We're gonna need it to convince someone to take Koskinens caphit off us at the deadline

 

[Cloned]

Don’t worry everyone. It’s not confirmed yet.










It’ll actually be 5M x 5 years.

 

[OilersfaninTO]

HOW DOES THIS ASSCLOWN STILL HAVE A JOB?!?!

Seriously, here’s a few goaltenders making less that 4.5 AAV:

Dubnyk
Raanta
Murray
Markstrom
Vasilevskiy (not for long though)
Halak
Dell
Keumper
Gibson (huge raise incoming)
Saros
Rittich

Jesus Christ Chiarelli, a HUGE overpayment for a guy who’s played 31 NHL games and outside of a really nice 10 games streak has looked incredibly average at best. Career averages of 2.97 GAA and .905 Save%.

 

[oobga]

This org is so lost. Not a single person above the coaching bench in this org that I have any faith they know what they're doing. For the sake of winning games I mean. I know very well there are many up there that are very adept at avoiding blame and keeping their jobs.

 

[Consultant]

Why not let him prove himself for a full year??

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

I like it. Of coarse my name probably gives that away. Better than Talbot who makes around the same.

 

[Raab]

If he was going to up and leave because we wouldn't double his salary and give him 3 years of term after 30 average games, then boo ****ing hoo, he can go back to the KHL.

We shouldn't be competing with KHL prices.

Why wouldn’t we compete with KHL prices?

 

[OilersfaninTO]

nm

 

[dem]

So is Chia going to come out of hiding to discuss this deal?