Proposal: Rumors and Proposals Thread: An Athanasiou a Day Would Keep the Flames at Bay

[McShogun99]

Chia might be the worst trading GM in the NHL but he did a great job restocking our prospect pool.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Chia might be the worst trading GM in the NHL but he did a great job restocking our prospect pool.

Scouts too, but yeah thankfully he a spot where he wasn't completely useless.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

I wonder if the Oilers could get Glendening as veteran depth as well in a deal with the Wings?

To DET: Puljujarvi, Khaira, Manning and Granlund

To EDM: Athanasou and Glendening

 

[Todd Parchment]

The amount of people ok to throw away a 1st for absolute mediocre players is
Baffling. Absolute desperation at the cost of the future. Think in terms of decades and not this year... shameful... “oh but we are wasting this good year start and mcdavid and drai years” 1. We get them at this level for likely 5 years minimum 2. the players themselves would be upset to poison the fields for one year of crop... only trade that pick for a game
Changer top line rhd or LW ...

 

[McJesusSaves97]

I wonder if the Oilers could get Glendening as veteran depth as well in a deal with the Wings?

To DET: Puljujarvi, Khaira, Manning and Granlund

To EDM: Athanasou and Glendening

Doubt they will give us 2 useful players for our useless unwanted junk, but it would be nice

 

[Todd Parchment]

I wonder if the Oilers could get Glendening as veteran depth as well in a deal with the Wings?

To DET: Puljujarvi, Khaira, Manning and Granlund

To EDM: Athanasou and Glendening

Wow that’s a whole lot of trash on both sides of the equation lol

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Wow that’s a whole lot of trash on both sides of the equation lol

I mean the cost is low lol

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Doubt they will give us 2 useful players for our useless unwanted junk, but it would be nice

I mean I can see them being high on Glendening, I imagine that Athanasou is wearing out his welcome

 

[Todd Parchment]

I mean the cost is low lol

You got that right

 

[Mcnotloilersfan]

The amount of people ok to throw away a 1st for absolute mediocre players is
Baffling. Absolute desperation at the cost of the future. Think in terms of decades and not this year... shameful... “oh but we are wasting this good year start and mcdavid and drai years” 1. We get them at this level for likely 5 years minimum 2. the players themselves would be upset to poison the fields for one year of crop... only trade that pick for a game
Changer top line rhd or LW ...

It depends. I would never trade the first for a pure rental.

I think it was TSN that mentioned when the Caps won the cup, they were the only team in the East that didn't trade a 1st for a rental that year.

But I would absolutely move the first if its for a guy signed to at least two more years who could balance out that top 6.

 

[slaman]

I reiterate - Kapanen is perfect for us on the 1st. He slept in and the Toronto media is doing its thing alienating him. Needs a change and can probably be had for below his value.

 

[Jet Walters]

I reiterate - Kapanen is perfect for us on the 1st. He slept in and the Toronto media is doing its thing alienating him. Needs a change and can probably be had for below his value.

He would disappear in the playoffs. Plus aren’t we looking for a LW for McDavid and not RW?

 

[alphahelix]

If they’re giving Kapanen away then sure whatever, otherwise I’d rather go for an actual good player like Johnsson. More likely it won’t be Toronto selling. If they want Russell then we can do business..

 

[Bryanbryoil]

All the talk about getting a top six, one of Filip Forsberg or Victor Arvidsson would be nice.

Forsberg would be great but I doubt that Nash would move him for anything less than a mint.

 

[29292929]

Any thoughts on Fabbri as LW upgrade? He wouldn't cost a ton, and Prob could sign him for cheap short contract next year too.

 

[destro909]

Any thoughts on Fabbri as LW upgrade? He wouldn't cost a ton, and Prob could sign him for cheap short contract next year too.

Fabbri has done well with Detroit, I expect they will re-sign him.

 

[McShogun99]

The amount of people ok to throw away a 1st for absolute mediocre players is
Baffling. Absolute desperation at the cost of the future. Think in terms of decades and not this year... shameful... “oh but we are wasting this good year start and mcdavid and drai years” 1. We get them at this level for likely 5 years minimum 2. the players themselves would be upset to poison the fields for one year of crop... only trade that pick for a game
Changer top line rhd or LW ...

Our 1st will probably be in the 16-27 range. When you look at our late 1st round picks the past 15 season we could be trading a potential Eberle, Klefbom, Yamamoto or Cogliano for a rental. None of these players helped the team right away but all became or are becoming valuable members of the team.

 

[Samus44]

If you trade a 1st or a top prospect like Broberg or Samorukov the player or his future can't be a question mark unless something crazy like Neal is included in the deal. This teams needs are obvious: top 6 LW, top flight RD, or a 3rd Line Center. However the reality is the team still has some cap issues to account for next year and has cost controlled in house options that are either surviving or have the upside to grow into critical roles by the end of next season (Nygard, Benson. Larsson, Bouchard. Haas, maybe McLeod). There's also an expansion draft coming up and protected assets hold extra value because of it. The Oilers need to recognize the opportunity to strike post expansion draft. Letting young guys emerge and taking advantage to dead cap coming off the book may be a better idea. I'm not saying you don't go get a good player if the cost makes sense but they shouldn't be desperate. Give Benson a shot and if that doesn't work look at adding guys who come in at a more reasonable acquisition cost or go big on a true impact player. Giving up a 1st for a guy like AA who has been so uneven isn't a good idea and we don't have the assets or cap to get quality rentals and keep them.

 

[Mcnotloilersfan]

Flying out to catch the games against SJ and Nashville. Fingers crossed they that new winger in place. I doubt it though.

 

[McJadeddog]

Yeah Hall on the third line would be deadly. Too bad we can't afford that situation after this season.

If JP could have produced half of Ratboy or Laine's production... he'd be invaluable to our lineup this season.

Yeah, that JP pick bugs me more than any other pick in the past 10 years, including the Yakupov pick. The failed Yakupov pick is what allowed us to end up with McJeebus, so anything that led to that is perfectly fine with me (no matter the pain that was involved at the time). The JP pick was after McDavid, and he should have been the "1 shot scorer" we needed for McDavid. Can you even imagine a player the ilk of Laine on McDavid's wing? *drool* We'd have the best top-6 in the league with 97, 29, 93, and a Laine-like winger.

The JP picks just kills me every time I think about it.

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

 

[48g90a138pts]

Ahhhhhh...I can feel my ulcer getting better already



If true this is a huge shift in momentum for this team.

 

[3IR]

and yet the poll linked in the tweets below from the article still show us as the third most picked option for landing on a NTC list. Seeing as how most people don't have 2 team NTC, this sounds like much ado about nothing.

 

[belair]

But we're still on the lists. We came third in the poll.

 

[Paralyzer]

Gross! If he's looking for 8M a year, he can pack his bags and go find another team. I even thought 6.5M was an over-payment.