Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread: "You Could Be Mine"

[soothsayer]

Did I hear Bob Stauffer correctly when he was talking about Tatar as a potential Kahun replacement? I guess that might be okay if the Oilers still bring in a legitimate left winger. If Tatar is supposed to be the legitimate winger, then we're going to have a bad time. But if Tatar is in addition to a legitimate winger, then that might not be so bad.

 

[Faelko]

Literally.

Benson - Turris - Kassian
Shore - McLeod - Archibald
Marody...

My 4th line looks like:
Archibald-McLeod-Kassian

If you somehow get rid of Kassian then maybe Benson.

Shore is an extra forward, as is Khaira, who’s a safety net in case McLeod crashes and burns

Turris…wonder if he retires and collects his buyout money from Nash?

 

[Proko88]

Imagine Kneeordano on the Oilers.

Dislike

 

[Faelko]

Add Benson and maybe Holloway too. I continue to believe that our 4th line should be built around Benson-McLeod.

McLeod for sure, don’t know what to think of Benson. Archibald isn’t good enough for the 3rd line IMO, so he slots in there too.

 

[ujju2]

Literally.

Benson - Turris - Kassian
Shore - McLeod - Archibald
Marody...

Khaira too haha.

Benson-McLeod-Khaira
Archibald-Shore-Kassian
Turris, Marody, Holloway

 

[BudBundy]

Let's take a quick gander at who's in the SCF right now.

Montreal is a big team and Tampa kept getting bounced until the brought in some bigger sandpaper guys to compliment their skill. So long as refs are gonna keep swallowing their whistles in the playoffs, GMs need to keep that in mind.

 

[Fourier]

I could be wrong but he has arbitration rights and if we qualify him he has the right to arbitration

Excellent point!

 

[BudBundy]

No, of course I remember (I'm OLD, lol). But that was a while ago already, and the league has changed quite a bit even in the last 5 years. Size and toughness matter, I'll agree with you there, as long as you don't define toughness as "fighting". But you defined it as fighting, which I don't agree matters very much anymore at all.

Fair enough. I should’ve specified size and physical play as well. It just happens that our only big and physical guys, Draisaitl notwithstanding, also fight.

 

[ujju2]

McLeod for sure, don’t know what to think of Benson. Archibald isn’t good enough for the 3rd line IMO, so he slots in there too.

Yeah either Benson-McLeod-Khaira or Benson-McLeod-Archibald is what I think makes sense. We'll need some 3rd line upgrades though. Holloway helps. If we sign a 2RW, maybe we see Holloway-Khaira-Yamamoto? Might be a solid 3rd line despite Khaira being better suited for a 4th line role.

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

I agree that we need to upgrade on Kahun.

My issue was that we had limited cap space when Kahun was signed at the time. So we couldn't sign someone of better quality than him. Fast forward to the present, he's now labelled as a 'bad player' because Holland signed him to a cheap contract and he didn't produce. He's clearly not a 1st or 2nd line caliber player but I'm not sure why posters expect him to be something he clearly isn't. Truly baffling.

 

[McTonyBrar]

Benson hasn’t proven anything at an NHL level. Kahun has.

Benson hasn't had a good opportunity like Kahun has had yet

 

[oobga]

Solid ratio for Matty as he voices his dislike of adding more hockey players to our team that don't suck when >1/2 our lineup are offensive black holes.

 

[McAsuno]

Solid ratio for Matty as he voices his dislike of adding more hockey players to our team that don't suck when >1/2 our lineup are offensive black holes.

can he f***ing retire already, lol

 

[Paralyzer008]

Solid ratio for Matty as he voices his dislike of adding more hockey players to our team that don't suck when >1/2 our lineup are offensive black holes.

This is the type of take I expected - not just from Matty, but from the Oilers.

That Garland is too small to add even though he's awesome.

 

[Proko88]

A lot of Stauffer's guests that do disagree with him just end up agreeing with him anyway.

It's been the same thing over and over on the show for over a month. I took a break as there is literally nothing new out there and those guys have nothing else to talk about.

I am getting real sick of the Nielson show. I like to listen through my data cause I don’t live in Alberta and I like to hear the Oilers news, but he’s turned into a lot goofy filler immature nonsense. Lowtide is pretty knowledgeable.

 

[KenLinsemanFanClub]

Solid ratio for Matty as he voices his dislike of adding more hockey players to our team that don't suck when >1/2 our lineup are offensive black holes.

He'd probably feel the same about Gallagher and Caufield too.

 

[belair]

My 4th line looks like:
Archibald-McLeod-Kassian

If you somehow get rid of Kassian then maybe Benson.

Shore is an extra forward, as is Khaira, who’s a safety net in case McLeod crashes and burns

Turris…wonder if he retires and collects his buyout money from Nash?

Depends where his mind is at. If he's fine with his career ending, I'm sure he messes around this off-season, comes into camp out of shape and gets sent off to Bakersfield.

I think he'll try very hard this summer to improve his foot-speed and push for a role in camp. I wouldn't count him out.

 

[McDNicks17]

There won't be a taxi squad next year, which is why guys like PRussell, Ennis, Neal, Chiasson aren't long for this roster. Jury's out on Jones and Lagesson.

I'm not sure what your argument is for Kahun. He can't even PK. What does he do well?

He had three good seasons of 5v5 hockey before joining the team and predictably had a down season after playing with the trash in the Oilers bottom six.

PKing is something you figure out after. We've got a coach that has got elite results out of literally every player he's put on it. You don't see teams like Tampa having guys on the fourth line who get ripped apart at 5v5 just because they can PK a few minutes every game.

 

[belair]

He had three good seasons of 5v5 hockey before joining the team and predictably had a down season after playing with the trash in the Oilers bottom six.

PKing is something you figure out after. We've got a coach that has got elite results out of literally every player he's put on it. You don't see teams like Tampa having guys on the fourth line who get ripped apart at 5v5 just because they can PK a few minutes every game.

He didn't play with the bottom six. He spent the majority of the year next to Draisaitl.

 

[Brown Cat]

Viktor Ardvarkson might be available. Good contract but he did have a down year. Take a flyer on him?

 

[McDNicks17]

He didn't play with the bottom six. He spent the majority of the year next to Draisaitl.

He played half the season with Drai and had decent results. He had well above average results on RNH's wing.

The only place where he crashed and burned was with Haas.

 

[belair]

He played half the season with Drai and had decent results. He had well above average results on RNH's wing.

The only place where he crashed and burned was with Haas.

He won't get RNH or Drai on the third line. His results with elites were lukewarm and he was prone to bad defensive reads. He's not particularly fast, not physical, nor has he really generated much of his career offense with third liners.

Complimentary vanilla scoring winger.

 

[McDNicks17]

He won't get RNH or Drai on the third line. His results with elites were lukewarm and he was prone to bad defensive reads. He's not particularly fast, not physical, nor has he really generated much of his career offense with third liners.

Complimentary vanilla scoring winger.

A complementary vanilla winger who was second on the team in 5v5 goals last season for wingers.

He's nothing special, but we're talking about a team with one top9 winger signed right now. Throwing a measly $1M at Kahun as a backup plan/extra forward seems pretty logical.

 

[Anarchism]

We needed a substantially upgraded third line. Kahun not good enough.
And with the right mix of players. Kahun not right here either!

 

[McSpecial DraiBlend]

If you are using a spot to protect Kassian you have no business running a NHL team anymore. Those slots are valuable and can be filled with much better players that cannot be protected on other teams. Holland better be working the phones hard.