jlockhart89
Humboldt Strong
From what chia said It sounded like we are going to make 2 trades aaaaand jones, bear, Mantha, Paigin, Puljujarvi, slepyshev won't be involved.
Any ideas?
Said where?
From what chia said It sounded like we are going to make 2 trades aaaaand jones, bear, Mantha, Paigin, Puljujarvi, slepyshev won't be involved.
Any ideas?
I think we'll see a UFA signing or a trade once the McDavid/Draisaitl contracts are done.
Well if that's the case there will be no signings or trades (I have a feeling the Draisaitl contract takes the whole summer)
I also have this strange feeling that McDavid might not be signed this summer.
Too much smoke around 97's contract for it not to happen now, meaning in the next few days or a week.
I also have this strange feeling that McDavid might not be signed this summer.
Avs signed Yakupov
Well, low expectations all around I guess.
PHP:
Yakupov deal with COL is for $875K.
cant go wrong with that deal for 1 year
I like it for Yak, but Joe Sakic does not look like an NHL GM right now.
PHP:
Yakupov deal with COL is for $875K.
cant go wrong with that deal for 1 year
And if a team offer sheets Draisaitl and Chia did have the cap space to match I bet you would be one of the fans saying he should have waited fire him .
Fans are so fickle . Last year everyone ( maybe a few of us weren't ) Yell and whining about Chia made us worst . Relax Chia is a proven winner the team had been so mach better since he took over . Just because you don't see how the puzzle will fit together doesn't mean Chia hasn't made the right moves . Fans on here wanted Eberle left unprotected . Chia trades him for a younger guy with upside and the same fans calls for his head . LOL
When you team is that bad, we've been there, you add cheap players that are more hopes then players, because that's really where you're left.
Am I the only one who would be all for letting a team offersheet Draisaitl for the 4 1st rounders compensation? With those picks you could definitely grab a TRUE #1 defenceman, shed a bit more salary in a trade for him. Then sign a Marleau/Vanek, and still have picks to acquire another good centreman.
Downgrading on Draisaitl down the middle, replacing him with RNH and another C option, adding a #1 defenceman and having cap space to add a Marleau/Vanek. Pretty sure that makes us a way better team?
The Oilers could have claimed Jokinen off waivers and wouldnt have to worry about term.
4M x 1yr is what he would have made.
How do those 4 first rounders make us compete for the cup the next 2 years?
Sign Leon and trade RNH instead.
Offer sheets are pretty uncommon, I don't want to paralyze our team in fear of one, Leon also has to actually want to sign it, beyond just being offered one. If his agent was able to get a team to submit an offersheet, Leon could just be like team A gave me an offersheet for X amount, match it or I sign it. Their is no obligation for him to sign an offersheet he gets and I imagine all things being equal this is the place he most wants to be. Another thing with offersheets is we have a week to match so we can move some salary if need be, we should also have a walk away number in our head, to me that is around $10.5M where we just can't realistically sign him for that much and have to take the picks.exactly my thoughts. Draisaitl and his camp kind of hold all the cards right now. Until they agree to a number, or sign a deal with Edmonton or an offer sheet with another team, there isn't much the Oilers can do. That is, if they intend on keeping Leon, which seems like the plan. They need to keep between 7 and 11 million of cap space open for that contract.
As for the bargain players, like Jokinen, Jagr, Doan, Iginla, etc. All the players that haven't signed are looking for money and term too, they want to make as much as they can. Just because we see them as a 1 year, 1.25 million player doesn't mean that they do. Every agent is still looking to get his player the most money that he can. Not, a whole lot of 1 year, bargain deals have been signed yet, and those are really the only thing that this team can afford. With McDavid's, Draisaitl's. and even Talbot's new deals all needed over the next calendar year, all including huge raises. Add to that, RNH, Lucic, Sekera all making big money. Without moving a large contract or 2 out, there is no room for players, especially the one's that have signed so far.
Chia has a plan, his hands are some what tied due to the situation that this team is in. There will be players available for cheaper deals, later in the summer, there always are. I get that Mcdavid is a huge reason for this team's turn around, but without other pieces and players, he would not of been able to do it on his own. Chia has made a lot of really good moves, Talbot has been huge for this team, what if he gone after Lack or Lehner, where would this team be? Larsson was huge for us, Benning too. Chia has done way more to help, than he has done to hinder, so why is there so much negativity around here and in this fan base.
Look at Kris Russel, no one with eyes, can say he didn't help this team last year, he was a solid 2nd pairing D, who played the 3rd most minutes on a team that finished 8th overall, and 8th in team defence, and yet we will still have a large portion of fans who hate him. Why? because analytics say he's bad? The same analytics that say Pouliot and Fayne and Maricin are good players? Yeah, numbers matter, wins and losses, those are the numbers that matter. I trust my eyes watching a player, more than some spreadsheet or chart that shows otherwise. Chia likes Russel, his teammates like Russel, this organization likes Russell, but apparently they are all wrong, and know nothing. The analytic bloggers know it all, guess what, I'll trust his teammates before any blogger.
For a team, that has the best young player in the world, coming off a huge year, another top 10 scorer in Leon, a goalie who finished top 4 in Vezina voting, and a bunch of other really good players. The team just went from 29th overall to 8th. They went to game 7 of the 2nd round, and could of easily won that series as well. You have all these things going for you, and a bunch of fans are upset because their computer told them that Russel is bad at hockey, and we didn't trade for Hamonic, and we haven't signed anyone but AHL players so far. Maybe, it's just a really vocal minority that is so negative, but I for one, am excited for where this team is and where I believe it going to go.