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Confirmed with Link: Oilers sign Brodziak (C) 2 years/$1.15M AAV
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tsnTpoint
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Welcome aboard Brodziak. Our new version of Marc Letestu.
I look forward to seeing you on the first unit power play for the next 2 years.
I look forward to seeing you on the first unit power play for the next 2 years.
Skolman
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Stop embarrassing yourself.
Brodz is a pro's pro. An excellent 4th liner and PK'er. Tough, physical, smart. Just don't expect him to be something he is not.
Haha yeah... we drafted and developed him and then got to watch him play out the best years of his career on other teams.
We recently did that with Jeff Petry as well.
What a colossal, horrible garbage trade. We gave Petry away for nothing and he had 12 goals 30 assists this year (also a -30 but still). I guarantee he would've been even better with us
Aerchon
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Petry is garbage...
That would have really helped our team primarily because of our need of a offensive right shooting guy.
Sucks Mac T managed to alienate Petry and screw up Schultz simultaneously to leave us barren of a team need.
I don't like either of those 2 but we needed at least one of them.
That would have really helped our team primarily because of our need of a offensive right shooting guy.
Sucks Mac T managed to alienate Petry and screw up Schultz simultaneously to leave us barren of a team need.
I don't like either of those 2 but we needed at least one of them.
I'll take it even a step further.
We might not have traded Hall, if we still had Petry.
TheGhost
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I would expect that Strome is the 3C unless someone else is acquired (which is probably unlikely at this point).
Dazed and Confused
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Yes, but odds are they don't have McDavid then.
Nelson actually had the Oil playing decent up to the TDL, after Eakins was canned. Or we could go with MacT's explanation, and attribute the better success to the Klinkhammer acquisition...
But losing Petry removed the team's only reliable all-round defenceman. The team cratered after the TDL, as not even Klinkhammer could save them.
Kind of a stupid thing to bring up no?
We have McDavid on complete fluke.
We missed playoffs for 11 years, and any butterfly effect means we might not have McDavid.
Means you can't have any complaints about any personnel changes, trades, signees, or draftpicks before McDavid was drafted because otherwise we might not have McDavid.
This attitude means you completely approve of Tambellini, McTavish, and Eakins, because without them, we never would have had McDavid.
We have McDavid on complete fluke.
We missed playoffs for 11 years, and any butterfly effect means we might not have McDavid.
Means you can't have any complaints about any personnel changes, trades, signees, or draftpicks before McDavid was drafted because otherwise we might not have McDavid.
This attitude means you completely approve of Tambellini, McTavish, and Eakins, because without them, we never would have had McDavid.
Then why are you bringing up something like we might have hall, and then when other people take it farther, you say isn't that a stupid thing to bring up no?
nexttothemoon
and again...
ChaoticOrange
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There are a half a dozen guys I’d be good with inviting on a PTO.
I don’t particularly like the fact that Bouma and Colborne’s names keep coming up though.
Short training camp, I cannot see there being anywhere near 6 PTOs...maybe 1 or 2 at most I think.
nexttothemoon
and again...
Pretty sure he didn't mean they should actually invite 6... he just likely meant there's at least 6 decent options out there that would make good PTO's.
My own "half dozen" list would probably look something like this:
Stajan
Bouma
Hansen
Read
Winnik
Hartnell
Oh!! If Scott Hartnell gets invited and he makes the team....
Can we call him Shartnell?
BTW Hansen's goal scoring song should be mmmbop
Can we call him Shartnell?
BTW Hansen's goal scoring song should be mmmbop
joestevens29
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Petry was three years ago and a UFA. If you are going to take a shot at the organization surely you can do better than that.
He was a UFA because of a silly 1 year "show me" deal.
We could have and should have signed him for longer. He wanted a longer deal.
Mcnotloilersfan
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Anyone wondering if Brodziak is a guy who has a similar effect in the room that Matty Hendricks had? St. Louis is really stuggling and Edmonton is back to where they were 2 seasons ago. I know there are a lot of other variables in play, but Brodziak strikes me as a great vet to have in the room. Knows his role and is a warrior on the 4th line.
snipes
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Anyone that has played hockey or a similar violent team sport like rugby or football knows exactly how important it is to have character guys like that in the room.
No analytics will ever capture this effect and those who deny it are likely spreadsheet nerds who have never actually been in a locker room.
Stoneman89
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The Reider and Brodziak signings are finally correcting 2 wrongs that occurred many years ago. Neither player should ever have left this organization.
