Paralyzer
Hyman >>> Matthews
Are you serious? Now we're talking about trading off Strome because people think he'll bust? Has anyone heard of 'give the kid a break'? This offseason is getting WAAAAAY out of hand...
Hemksy would have been nice... oh well...
Stay the course Chia!! Making the playoffs wont be easy..
Are you serious? Now we're talking about trading off Strome because people think he'll bust? Has anyone heard of 'give the kid a break'? This offseason is getting WAAAAAY out of hand...
Strome is better than Zach Smith so it would be a downgrade. Mid round pick is a magic bean.
I'd like Desharnais re-signed actually... perfect 4th line filler with some talent.
Jokinen would be a good addition.
I don't like the Oilers approach in giving the younger, inexperienced players more undeserved time.
It'd be 100 times better if Oilers signed a couple of UFAs for one year and see if the players like Benning, Nurse, Pulju can push them out of the line up
If they can, then great, well deserved
If not then we have a failsafe if their development is being held back
I don't like the supposed Oilers approach in giving the younger, inexperienced players more undeserved time.
It'd be 100 times better if Oilers signed a couple of UFAs for one year and see if the players like Benning, Nurse, Pulju can push them down the lineup
If they can, then great, well deserved
If not then we have a failsafe if their development is being held back
If Chia signs Jagr/Campbell/Franson (not all of them) for a year I'll instantly forgive him.
A couple names that I find intriguing still available:
Jokinen
Vanek
Campbell
King
Wingels (T-Mac connection)
Nesterov
I'd love to get Jussi Jokinen. I think he has tons of versatility and can basically play anywhere in the line-up and not look out of place, plus help us win points in the shootout. I think he would bring a lot of value to the team, and wouldn't (or shouldn't) break the bank. He would be the perfect signing, really. I'd be happy with just signing him, and maybe one more D signing for depth, then I'd be happy with the team going into the season -- assuming Drai gets signed, of course.
Jagr will be wanting 6+ I imagine now.
I want 6+ too but I think neither one of us are going to get it.
I predict Oilers get Iginla for 1 year at a decent price, a few weeks before the start of camp. He still has a decent shot, is tough and it's time to bring him home.
What I've learned from Chia when he signed Russell in early October last year is he's never content with the rosterI don't like the supposed Oilers approach in giving the younger, inexperienced players more undeserved time.
It'd be 100 times better if Oilers signed a couple of UFAs for one year and see if the players like Benning, Nurse, Pulju can push them down the lineup
If they can, then great, well deserved
If not then we have a failsafe if their development is being held back
If Chia signs Jagr/Campbell/Franson (not all of them) for a year I'll instantly forgive him.
Wingels signed with Chicago.
Slepyshev scored 10 points last year. He's in no way a guy you lean on in either of those roles. If he earns his way on, fine. But he has shown nothing at this level to inspire confidence in the idea of him in a scoring role.
I don't like the supposed Oilers approach in giving the younger, inexperienced players more undeserved time.
for one year and see if the players like Benning, Nurse, Pulju can push them down the lineupIt'd be 100 times better if Oilers signed a couple of UFAs
If they can, then great, well deserved
If not then we have a failsafe if their development is being held back
If Chia signs Jagr/Campbell/Franson (not all of them) for a year I'll instantly forgive him.
I think we'll see a UFA signing or a trade once the McDavid/Draisaitl contracts are done.
Say goodbye to McDavid and Drai...and a competitive team.
Well so far you've called me simple, dumb, etc. lol.
Yet I don't see much for an argument from you other than you are going to boo and complain more about the contract if he doesn't score for a couple weeks and that the Oilers should trade him because that is bad.
Perhaps they should try to get Eberle back so that people will buy more tickets? After all, according to you, it wasn't because he was pretty much useless, it's because the team needed 20 million this year to sign Drasiatl?
Your "narrative" is changing. Now it's not "perception" it is your "reality". Well, I'm certainly not going to change your reality so I guess we will leave it at that.