Confirmed Signing with Link: OEL verbal contract agreement (8.25M * 8 years)

[AZviaNJ]

why is Doan and OEL loving to play in a dead city with no fans, those players could get so much better on a team with a good fanbase

As a 9 year Coyote season ticket holder I would disagree with the "no fans" comment.

BTW - are you a season ticket holder?

 

[AZviaNJ]

That would be crazy and great at the same time to think them as a top pairing. Helps too that Hjalmarsson is there as well have a bit of the Swede thing going on like they had in Detroit.

I could see maybe that # 5 being used with a piece or two extra like POJ or next years first with more pieces added.

OEL Karlsson
Hjalmarsson Goligoski
Chychrun Demers
UFA/Trade? - 7th dman

This would be the sickest defense in the league hands down.

Add maybe 2 top 6 forwards at free agency like a Van Riemsdyk and say a Statsny. I would put them as cup contenders. The free agency angle would have to have Karlsson acquired before free agency to bring in a lot more interest.

Van RiemsDyk Statsny Panik
Keller Stepan Perlini
Domi Dvorak Fischer
Cousins Krueger Archibald
Crouse

OEL Karlsson
Hjalmarsson Goligoski
Chychrun Demers
Connauton-Schenn - bring one more guy

Raanta
Kuemper

That’s a contending team in my eyes. Excited to see if something like his could actually happen.

If only we had money.....

 

[IPreferPi]

because they been having the top 5 pick since 2008

2008: 8th overall
2009: 6th overall
2010: 13th overall (acquired from trade with Calgary; own 1st was 22nd overall but was traded to Montreal)
2011: 20th overall
2012: 27th overall
2013: 13th overall
2014: 12th overall
2015: 3rd overall
2016: 7th overall
2017: 7th overall (traded)
2018: 5th overall

So two top five picks since 2008. Again, it's really not that hard to Google this stuff before posting...

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

I'll assume you've never worked for a great company. A job that you loved going to every day. Sometimes the best company isn't the best place to work.

Maybe you don't actually know anything about the city, management or the inner working s of the hockey team. Maybe you look a the standings and assume is a ****ty place to work.

I know personally, I'd rather be making $64mm and live in Phoenix than making $64mm and living in Manhattan. I'm looking for quality of life for me and my family......not how flashy the big city is.

I'm also not following how he'd become a better hockey player if he played on a better hockey team?

1. I own a company and I love my job. your point is plain stupid.

2. there is a difference between a terrible city/state like AZ and Manhattan where it is impossible to live with a family. Normally you go live in the suburb of a great city. the flashy point is plain dumb, who even look for a "flashy city" you look for general quality of life. I live in Montreal suburb but work in metropolitan Montreal, still a great city but I would not live directly in the "heart" of the city.

3. some players, or people who want to win, will play or work for a better and bigger fan-base, better infrastructure, better support, etc, etc..

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

2008: 8th overall
2009: 6th overall
2010: 13th overall
2011: 20th overall
2012: 27th overall
2013: 13th overall
2014: 12th overall
2015: 3rd overall
2016: 7th overall
2017: 7th overall (traded)
2018: 5th overall

So two top five picks since 2008. Again, it's really not that hard to Google this stuff before posting...

9 out of 11 they got are top 15 LMAO this is incredible hahahahahha.

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

As a 9 year Coyote season ticket holder I would disagree with the "no fans" comment.

BTW - are you a season ticket holder?

I hold season tickets, yes.
AZ is dead, you can't say it's not when compared to 90% of the league.

 

[AZviaNJ]

Looks awful in a vacuum when you compare OEL with P.K and their respective deals. But that's 10% of next years cap and it will only go up from there. It'll sort itself out.

Deal starts in 2019-20120 when Cap may be $82? $85? So this is ~10% year 1 and percentage drops years 2-8 assuming cap continues to rise.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Always found OEL to be overrated by a pretty big margin, but this is a step in the right direction for the Coyotes. Shows at least ownership is willing to financially commit to keeping talent on the roster. Still sorely need a young superstar they can market around; maybe Keller blossoms into that, maybe they can find a gem in the draft this year.

 

[Starat327]

Makes dumb comment.

gets rebuted.

Makes slightly less specific comment.

gets rebuted.

Makes more general statement to 'prove' point.

Yup, this checks out.

 

[milehigh11]

From ottawa's perspective (not a fan) i'd assume they'd be asking for #5 + top prospect (Strome, Domi, or Dvorak) + POJ
obviously expiring deal makes it a lot harder as you can't really put conditions on that #5 or top prospect.....maybe Arizona gets Ottawa 1st next year if Karlsson doesn't resign but that's getting messy

Maybe Ottawa includes someone like Pageau (who i really like)

How does Arizona get Ottawa's 1st next year when it belongs to Colorado?

 

[MMC]

 

[KlefDown]

only if he got traded to Oilers we could have called him OELers

 

[mouser]

9 out of 11 they got a top 15 LMAO this is incredible hahahahahha.

Toronto 8 of 11 top 15. 5 of 11 top 5

Amazing teams ever improve isn't it?

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

Toronto 8 of 11 top 15. 5 of 11 top 5

Amazing teams ever improve isn't it?

Toronto failed pretty hard the drafting during all those decades. they really came back only because of the lottery winning of 2016. They picked well on NY,Marny and Rielly though, but they were all top 5 guys (nylander#8 I know)

 

[TheLegend]

the point is: AZ is a dead city for a performing Hockey team. why do you think AZ been terrible since their creation ? i have nothing to the people there, but it's a terrible city for hockey

Yeah... that’s why we sold out all our 2011-12 playoff games when a couple teams this season “in rich hockey markets” weren’t even able to.

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

Deal starts in 2019-20120 when Cap may be $82? $85? So this is ~10% year 1 and percentage drops years 2-8 assuming cap continues to rise.

Misspoke a bit. Everyone gets what I'm saying anyways.

 

[IPreferPi]

9 out of 11 they got a top 15 LMAO this is incredible hahahahahha.

Well, who am I to keep you from being you, Milhouse.

 

[LeafsNation75]

 

[Bologna 1]

Well done, yotes. Like that contract a lot.

 

[RABBIT]

There it is, 8 years, 8.25 AAV

 

[Empoleon8771]

So OEL also becomes the Yotes captain with that move? I think that's overdue, good for him.

 

[Syckle78]

That sounds like the rosters of about half of the NHL, including Chicago and Detroit if this past year is any indication. So OEL's in good company.

Yeah buddy they have rosters that are weak after years of competitiveness. That's not Arizona.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Yeah buddy they have rosters that are weak after years of competitiveness. That's not Arizona.

But it could be - the years of competitiveness, that is, not the rippling lassitude of the current Red Wings and Blackhawks rosters. You think maybe OEL thinks he could be a catalyst for something great? No, of course not, because your narrative is locked in some poisoned funhouse mirror with regards to the market.

OEL and the Coyotes did more winning than most of the league did in the back half of the 2017-2018 season. So I'm not worried about him coasting on his paycheck like other players I could name.

 

[Makar Goes Fast]

good deal for the yotes. couldve gotten 9 mill at least on the open market

 

[Syckle78]

I'll assume you've never worked for a great company. A job that you loved going to every day. Sometimes the best company isn't the best place to work.

Maybe you don't actually know anything about the city, management or the inner working s of the hockey team. Maybe you look a the standings and assume is a ****ty place to work.

I know personally, I'd rather be making $64mm and live in Phoenix than making $64mm and living in Manhattan. I'm looking for quality of life for me and my family......not how flashy the big city is.

I'm also not following how he'd become a better hockey player if he played on a better hockey team?

It's not the same thing at all. Professional athlete's have very little time in their profession compared to everyday people. He's committing an enormous chunk of that time to a situation where he has no realistic chance to win after already spending years in that same situation. I sure as hell couldn't stomach it.