They brought enough defenders in to give them options.
Doesnt mean he ant be brought back up..
Oilers' D-men who are definitely better than Franson this season:
None
- probably better than Franson this season:
Sekera
- potentially better than Franson this season (but potentially worse as well):
Klefbom
Schultz
- potentially better than Franson, but unlikely this season:
Reinhart
- probably worse than Franson:
Gryba
Fayne
- flotsam to be jettisoned ASAP
Ference
Nikitin
Franson would be a top 4 defender on this team, and if he signed for what he did in Buffalo, signing him (and buying out the pilon formerly known as Nikita) would have cost exactly the same amount of cap space that waiving Nikitin will this year.
Oilers' D-men who are definitely better than Franson this season:
None
- probably better than Franson this season:
Sekera
- potentially better than Franson this season (but potentially worse as well):
Klefbom
Schultz
- potentially better than Franson, but unlikely this season:
Reinhart
- probably worse than Franson:
Gryba
Fayne
- flotsam to be jettisoned ASAP
Ference
Nikitin
Franson would be a top 4 defender on this team, and if he signed for what he did in Buffalo, signing him (and buying out the pilon formerly known as Nikita) would have cost exactly the same amount of cap space that waiving Nikitin will this year.
Agreed I would have liked to have taken a shot on Franson, the down side is he wanted a 2-year deal or bust it seems like and that would've eaten up all the cap flexibility we have for next summer.
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You know, for all the *****ing people do about Nikitin, it could be much worse. Philadelphia is waiving Andrew MacDonald, who has 5 more years at $5 million. I guess the only thing they can do is hope he regains his form at some point.
If you could get the Flyers to Retain $1 to $1.5M, would he be an options, or is MacDonald just terrible now?
Old and washed up. Wouldn't go anywhere near him. Philly has a lot of rough years ahead.
If you could get the Flyers to Retain $1 to $1.5M, would he be an options, or is MacDonald just terrible now?
Was ever that good in the first place? Always seems to be injuried. Does he even get you 20 points? Doesn't seem particularly good at one thing and what's worse is real dollars go up every year.
I wouldn't take him for all the guys you wanted in the minors combined in a trade.
You know, for all the *****ing people do about Nikitin, it could be much worse. Philadelphia is waiving Andrew MacDonald, who has 5 more years at $5 million. I guess the only thing they can do is hope he regains his form at some point.
Fair enough, I don't know that he was that good to begin with, just wondering out loud.
I'm still wondering why they paid him so much in the first place and then move a guy like Coburn.
Don't mind the move, he should continue his development as a centre, he projects as a top six forward, those players are highly coveted, besides its nice to see that he is being developed properly. Centre men with his skill set are not just handed to you in this league. TBH i would like to see him as second line centre with McD on the first, i love the Nuge but this guy has size, something we really need down the middle to go far into playoffs. Trade Nuge for Shea Weber, no less.