Rumor: Rumors and Proposals Thread | Goaltending Upgrade(s) In Season or Off Season?

[XXIV97]

If we are in playoff spot at the deadline, and Bouchard is played well, I would look at trading Barrie for a 1st or top 6 LW

 

[Cloned]

Columbus apparently looking for centers.

Final Destination: RNH for Jones

 

[Panda Bear]

Columbus apparently looking for centers.

Final Destination: RNH for Jones

Love it. We're hurting for right defencemen. Barrie, Bear, Bouchard and Larsson aren't enough bodies.

Bear-Jones
Larsson-Barrie
x-Bouchard

 

[Cloned]

Love it. We're hurting for right defencemen. Barrie, Bear, Bouchard and Larsson aren't enough bodies.

It's the trade that was meant to be.

 

[Panda Bear]

It's the trade that was meant to be.

throw in Caleb to make it work

 

[Cloned]

throw in Caleb to make it work

We should trade Konovalov for Hogberg as well

 

[GOilers88]

Alright, now we're talkin'!

 

[fuswald]

pretty sure that was a joke tweet

Hope so. Our luck he would infect McDavid

 

[jukon]

He will most likely get those 20+. I think they have gone with him more lately because he is giving them a better chance to win than Bobrovsky.

Edit. Neither would I pay a first rounder for him. I think 2nd rounder has been the price for good back-ups with no track record quite often...

I want implying that he would be worth a first. I think someone else mentioned Kemper as an example.

 

[Oilhawks]

If Barrie is traded and they walk from the rest of the UFA's there is a lot of work going into next season:

Forwards:

x - McDavid - Puljujarvi
x - Draisaitl - Yamamoto
Kahun(?) - x - Kassian(?)
x - Khaira(?) - Archibald
Haas(?), Turris(?)

I imagine they buy out Neal, might ride out the Turris contract, maybe see about re-signing Kahun and Khaira as RFAs. As long as Ennis stays consistent they probably offer him another 1 year deal and he likely takes it unless he gets a much better offer elsewhere (he wants to play for his hometown and if he has the choice would probably retire here).

Defence:

Nurse - x
x - Bouchard
Lagesson / Jones (whoever isn't selected by the Kraken) - Bear
Russell(?)

Goaltending:

??
Stalock?

Then you run into the issue of having too many 'new recruits' and waste a good chunk of the season trying to build chemistry. I don't see them letting all 3 major UFAs walk, to be honest. The only way I see it is if they trade Barrie or Nuge in hopes of finding a longer term replacement for one of those holes.

Edit: I didn't really consider rookies breaking in but I imagine they won't want a whole pile of them breaking in at once and they will likely look to sign proven guys for the main spots in case a rookie doesn't pan out.

Let's go with one forward rookie and one LD rookie make the team. Still lots of holes if they don't re-sign any of the major UFAs. I just don't see it.

Edit 2: Shit, forgot about Kassian...I guess he'll still be here.

 

[Captain Controversy]

Nuge and Bear for Jones ?

 

[Draiskull]

Columbus apparently looking for centers.

Final Destination: RNH for Jones

Lets see how DRY goes.
If he doesnt click with Drai-Yama then I am good with trading him away for a top 6 LW or 2nd pairing LD or both

 

[Billy8484]

Nuge and Bear for Jones ?

He would be one of the few I would trade Nuge for as well as Gibson .. I’d try and get rakell also in a bigger trade too !!

 

[780il]

In The Athletic's Trade deadline column Chris Driedger's name is mentioned. Last year he played 12 games and posted GAA 2.05 & SV% 93.8. In "save percentage above average" category he topped the whole league (yea it is a small sample size). This year he has played 11 games GAA 2.25 and SV% 92.6. With respectable fancy stats too. He is easily out-playing struggling Bobrovsky, but could be moved because Florida really likes Spencer Knight(and no one would take Bobrovsky's horrendous contract).

He shouldn't cost a lot and re-sign number should be fairly low because he has short track record. Would leave a lot of money to spend elsewhere...

Sign me up. Has to be better than what we have now right?

 

[Samus44]

Derek Ryan is one of the few guys that’d make Kyle Turris look good.

Has he been that bad this year? He was always pretty good in the games I saw in the years prior. If he returns to his previous form from before Ward took over from the racist dude he'd be exactly the guy the Oil need. I can't imagine the dollars work if they claimed him, so it's likely a moot point, but I find it unlikely he'd be a worse fit than Turris.