Rumor: Rumors and Proposals Thread | I'll Trade You My Ham Sandwich For Your Filet Mignon

[Bring Back Bucky]

The 2 years that he played the majority of the season we finished 2nd in our division. 2 points behind Anaheim in 2016-17 and 3 points behind Vegas this year. He's not flashy but he makes his partner better and has a good first pass. I'm not saying he's a #1 but he's an excellent #2 and should be untouchable with his current contract.

I call him almost untouchable. His contract is fantastic and he is certainly a great minute muncher. His frailty is the only possible reason you would ever consider moving him.

 

[BlackDogg]

Put a Grabner McAA line together.

 

[McDoused]

What a morning already. Jarry and Lehnrer signed while Grabner is bought out.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Grabner just bought out in Arizona. Someone is getting OEL for pennies on the dollar. Many more panic moves incoming.

 

[FanOfSadTeam]

I always thought Grabner was a pretty good player. Then I checked his stats. 5 teams in 7 years now. Never played a whole season in his career (4/12 seasons where he played >70 games). 40 points was his peak in the past 10 years. Average seems to be in the low 20s. Yikes

 

[CycloneSweep]

Grabner just bought out in Arizona. Someone is getting OEL for pennies on the dollar. Many more panic moves incoming.

Just wait for our big move.

 

[McTonyBrar]

Put a Grabner McAA line together.

Now OEL goes I bet

 

[Ritchie Valens]

I'm kind of surprised no one has traded for Hall's rights (yet) to get a leg up on negotiations. Unless his agent has told the Coyotes to tell teams not to bother, he wants to experience free agency.

 

[CycloneSweep]

I'm kind of surprised no one has traded for Hall's rights (yet) to get a leg up on negotiations. Unless his agent has told the Coyotes to tell teams not to bother, he wants to experience free agency.

I guarantee he does or they really are trying to sign him.

 

[Soli]

Grabner is what we wanted Rieder and Nygard to be. I can see Tippett being interested.

 

[belair]

I always thought Grabner was a pretty good player. Then I checked his stats. 5 teams in 7 years now. Never played a whole season in his career (4/12 seasons where he played >70 games). 40 points was his peak in the past 10 years. Average seems to be in the low 20s. Yikes

I wonder if there's something to these guys. Grabner, Byron, Hagelin. Everytime they play in the West, their game disintegrates.

 

[McDoused]

Looks like everyone is finally realizing that their is only so much money to go around. Players are going to sign for a lot cheaper than other years.

 

[SupremeTeam16]

Hopefully is shoulder is good. Something we have said many many times.
The team needs to stop treating Klefbom as it's top defender and find one that can actually play for us at a good level for most of a season. Then when Klefbom is actually healthy for a bit, it's a boost.

Relying on a constantly injured guy to run your dcore is a major reason the team can't stay good

Why don’t you fly to AZ and put a gun to OEL’s head to force Edmonton onto his trade list or maybe kidnap one of Pietro’s kids so he signs here.


Finding a bonafide top pairing guy is one of the hardest things to do, made even harder by the fact that Edmonton hasn’t had much success and many players have Some sort of nmc/ntc or usually have multiple suitors in UFA and aren’t willing to sign or be traded to Edmonton. Options and times to acquire such players are extremely limited for our team and most times it’s a Larsson situation where you’re gambling on a player to become more.

 

[FanOfSadTeam]

Someone else mentioned this already, but why haven't the Oilers looked at signing Vladimir Tkachev. Dude is still only 24 and looks like he's off to a hot start with 10 points in 10 games. He was also excited to play here last time.

 

[GretzkytoKurri9917]

Grabner is what we wanted Rieder and Nygard to be. I can see Tippett being interested.

Pass.

Grabner is on the decline.

 

[McBooya42]

Pass.

Grabner is on the decline.

Big time decline - pass.

 

[craiger17]

Are they going to ship out Keller while they’re at it

 

[McSuper]

Nobody on our D is good enough to be untouchable.

You know that’s wrong . Klefbom is untouchable when someone touches him he is broken for
months So why would the coach let him take a hit in practice.

 

[GretzkytoKurri9917]

Someone else mentioned this already, but why haven't the Oilers looked at signing Vladimir Tkachev. Dude is still only 24 and looks like he's off to a hot start with 10 points in 10 games. He was also excited to play here last time.

Reminds me a lot of Linus Omark.

 

[TheNumber4]

Klefbom was the league leader in ice time for a good stretch last year, and when he is out of the lineup we always get caved. People underplaying his contribution to the team are out of their gourds. His shoulder injury has clearly effected his offensive capability yet he has remained our best option on the PP. Imagine if he didn’t wreck his shoulder after that 12 goal season. He is so shy to shoot with his shoulder pain, its obvious watching him compared to 2016-17 when he was looking to load up the shot as often as possible. This guy would be an undisputed elite stud if he still had that aspect of his game. What if he gets the shoulder surgery and it actually helps? What if he gets his shot and offensive confidence back and stays healthy from there on? It’s a travesty, tbh.

Great point. Anytime Kleffy B is out of the lineup our team looks horrible. And yeh he was a shooting machine a couple years back, even came in and said he specifically wanted to shoot more in his game before those seasons. I will say though that despite the volume of shots, the points didn't come like they would for better blue line shooters... but its the Oilers and any bit of offence from D is appreciated. I still think a Bear or Bouchard would be able to bring more offense... but in terms of overall game, Klef is supremely important to this mediocre defence of ours.

 

[OilersSnowFan]

Any updates on our local radio and TV broadcasts?

 

[gordonhught]

Any updates on our local radio and TV broadcasts?

oilers drafting guhle or jake neighbours

 

[TheNumber4]

Looks like everyone is finally realizing that their is only so much money to go around. Players are going to sign for a lot cheaper than other years.

A great year to lock in some cheap contracts... other teams will benefit, we'll pick up the scraps, cast offs, and no-names from Europe.

 

[AddyTheWrath]

The Panel had a draft preview and both Stauffer & Bob guessed that the Oilers would pick Jarvis @ 14 if he's available (or trade down if their player gets taken).

Tony Brar guessed Jack Quinn.

 

[gordonhught]

The Panel had a draft preview and both Stauffer & Bob guessed that the Oilers would pick Jarvis @ 14 if he's available (or trade down if their player gets taken).

Tony Brar guessed Jack Quinn.

Didn’t jack Michaels think Helge Grans?