Pouliot would certainly be cheaper. The Oilers could easily carry some of his salary as well. Say $500K. Perron made $4.5M in real money this year (which is the issue in Anaheim). I would be surprised to see him sign for much less than $4.5-5M without first testing the market since this is his chance at a payday. That said, I'd might well prefer Pouliot to Perron. Both are very streaky scorers. But their production has not been all that different of late and I think Pouliot does more for you when he is not putting up points.
He won't as Calgary isn't even starting their coach search until Monday.
Then we should keep him; play him with McDavid for the year; make him look like the 2nd coming of Mike Bossy; and trade him next year.
I am sick of the buy high, sell low mentality.
Glad to see Boudreau go to Minny and not Calgary.
He won't as Calgary isn't even starting their coach search until Monday.
Eakins to Calgary is the equivalent of our winning of McDavid for this year
Jim Matheson said:Chiarelli said they’re working on a couple other possible college free-agent signings to add to the depth of the organization.
Eakins to ANYBODY is the equivalent of our winning of McDavid for this year
I'd be okay with that.
At the same time, I feel like it might be time to move on from Yakupov and I'd be scouring the NHL to see if any other teams have young, top-end talent players they're ready to move on from as well. If a match exists, I think that's a better option than moving on to round 5 with Yakupov. Some guys who might be good fits (some of whom would require more added on either side):
Alexander Khokhlachev
Valeri Nichuskin
Marko Dano
Kerby Rychel
Scott Laughton
Curtis Lazar
Teemu Pulkkinen
Michael McCarron
Ryan Strome
Matt Puempel
Mark McNeill
Brendan Gaunce
Joel Armia
Again, some of those guys would cost more than Yakupov and some would cost a lot less. From that list, I'd be at least making some phone calls on Lazar, Nichuskin, Laughton, and Rychel. All four of those guys would add a little more grit/size to the lineup and could be better fits long-term than Yakupov.
Bored having a few brewskies thought I would throw out a offseason plan...
Eberle + Oesterle/Simpson + 62nd overall for Hamonic
4th overall + Yakupov + Fayne for Barrie + Iginla (25% retained)
- promise to Iginla if Oilers are out of contention at TDL will move to a contender to get to waive NTC.
32nd overall for Jannik Hansen
Sign Chad Johnson 1 year @ 1.5M
Forwards (36.65m)
Hall (6) - Draisiatl (3) - Hansen (2.5)
Pouliot (4) ) - McDavid (4) - Iginla (4)
Maroon (1.5) - RNH (6) - Caggiula (1)
Hendricks (1.85) - Letestu (1.8)- Khaira (1)
Defense (21.5m)
Klefbom (4) - Hamonic (4)
Sekera (5.5) - Barrie (6)
Davidson (1) - Reinhart/Nurse/Gryba (1)
Goalies (5.5m)
Talbot (4)
Johnson (1.5)
Cap Hit: 63.65m + Contracts in AHL (still lots of cap room going forward for McD + Drai raises)
PP1
McDavid, Barrie, RNH, Iginla, Maroon
- 2 LH set up guys, 2 RH shooters and big net presence with soft hands.
PP2
Draisaitl, Hall, Pouliot, Hansen and Klefbom
-Drai to set up Hall and Hansen in high slot, Pouliot in front and Klefbom on point.
I think Perron would be in the $3.8M neighborhood on the open market he just had two seasons where he was at a 0.5 point per game pace which is pretty close comparable to Matt Beleskey, but he's bounced around a bit and did look pretty bad for some sizeable chunks of time in Pittsburgh. I don't think he's at the point of anyone opening their wallet wide open for him, if he wants a home where he seems like a good fit instead of roaming around he could sign in Anaheim for somewhere in the $3.25M-$3.5M range and I think that would be a reasonably likely outcome.
While retaining $500K is a pittance in the grand scheme of things I'm really hesitant on doing it on long-term deals not because of the amount of money, but because you can only retain on so many contracts simultaneously and it really hinders our flexibility to get deals done in the future. Like I could see us trading Fayne with retention and if we also did that on Pouliot we could only do it once more in the next 2 years till Fayne's retention falls off.
Isles fans blast Eberle all year while one of their most connected media guys doesn't seem to share the same sentiment. Hmmmm.
That's basically what they've been saying all along to be honest. But I don't agree with Staple on the value. If anything, Eberle is overpayment for Hamonic, all things considered.
Isles fans blast Eberle all year while one of their most connected media guys doesn't seem to share the same sentiment. Hmmmm.
At the end of the day fans and media don't make the decision. And if they are committed to trading hamonic and Eberle is the best return then you trade for Eberle. It isn't always just what should a player return sometimes other factors (like trade requests, bidding war) drive the value of the return up or down. I could care less what "Steve from long island" thinks. PC and snow are the only opinions that matter.
At the end of the day fans and media don't make the decision. And if they are committed to trading hamonic and Eberle is the best return then you trade for Eberle. It isn't always just what should a player return sometimes other factors (like trade requests, bidding war) drive the value of the return up or down. I could care less what "Steve from long island" thinks. PC and snow are the only opinions that matter.
To me, my opinion..........the trade (Eberle for Hamonic) would have been made long ago but for the fact that Eberle makes $6 M which NYI cannot afford. If NYI lose Okopso then they might reconsider.........but if New York wants Oilers to eat some salary.....that would make it even more difficult.
To me, my opinion..........the trade (Eberle for Hamonic) would have been made long ago but for the fact that Eberle makes $6 M which NYI cannot afford. If NYI lose Okopso then they might reconsider.........but if New York wants Oilers to eat some salary.....that would make it even more difficult.
I could see this being the framework for a deal:To me, my opinion..........the trade (Eberle for Hamonic) would have been made long ago but for the fact that Eberle makes $6 M which NYI cannot afford. If NYI lose Okopso then they might reconsider.........but if New York wants Oilers to eat some salary.....that would make it even more difficult.