Proposal: Rumours & Proposals Thread | Free Agency Fallout

[Soli]

Any rumors out there?

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[Soundwave]

It is funny Kadri nixed a deal to Calgary apparently but approved Colorado lol.

 

[edmoil3]

Sometimes I feel like the goal isn’t winning a Stanley cup.

 

[Deplorable Lenny]

Was there a rumor that Maroon wanted a 5 or 6 year deal?

 

[Oilslick941611]

Spawn...

You see nothing. You have no idea how the new players will play on new teams. For all you know teams you say improved may have signed the new lucic. It’s too easy to be negative and think every thing another team does is perfect.

 

[Soundwave]

Sometimes I feel like the goal isn’t winning a Stanley cup.

It definitely isn't for a while. The goal is to by some miracle take any playoff seed for the next 2-3 years.

Chia flushed any Cup window with McDavid and Drai early in their careers down the toilet. Pittsburgh this ain't.

 

[Louis Cypher]

Most UFAs are old enough to have families. If they are signing in Edmonton for multiyear contracts they are moving here. Edmonton is bottom 5 in the league for geographic destinations. It's a MAJOR factor.

 

[Spawn]

Spawn...

You see nothing. You have no idea how the new players will play on new teams. For all you know teams you say improved may have signed the new lucic. It’s too easy to be negative and think every thing another team does is perfect.

I haven't called any team perfect.

But I know this Oilers team. And I know that it's not good enough and that the addition of a bunch of replacement level plugs isn't enough to change the fact that this team is very much a bottom 10 roster in the league.

 

[RandomGuy79]

It definitely isn't for a while. The goal is to by some miracle take any playoff seed for the next 2-3 years.

Chia flushed any Cup window with McDavid and Drai early in their careers down the toilet. Pittsburgh this ain't.

Should we start looking at trading McDavid and Drai? Because it seems like we are done as a team and getting worse by the day. They won't want to be around much longer. So is it better to trade them now before they demand out?

 

[Spawn]

Most UFAs are old enough to have families. If they are signing in Edmonton for multiyear contracts they are moving here. Edmonton is bottom 5 in the league for geographic destinations. It's a MAJOR factor.

Than make a f***ing trade.

It's not rocket science. Teams all over the league manage to do it.

 

[guymez]

@Spawn

I know that we have a plethora of promising young d prospects. I know that we had a full drafts worth of picks.

Any of those assets could have been used to improve the team. I see multiple teams solving their cap issues. I see multiple teams making smart trades for minimal costs.

I see people making excuses that divisional rivals don't make trades as reasons why the Oilers couldn't have acquired a player like Haula. Then I see the Leafs and Sens make a trade a handful of days later.

If Holland can't do it, it's not because it can't be done. It's because he's not good enough at his job.

First its interesting to me that just because Holland hasnt operated on your schedule you think thats a fail on his part. You fail to realize (or refuse to acknowledge) that there is still time to make a trade.
That pretty telling.

Next you create a false equivalency that if another team (with more favorable circumstances) can make a deal then Holland should be able to as well.

As if that wasnt enough next you insist that Holland should mortgage the future to try and save this season.

Clearly you havent thought any of this through.​

 

[FlameChampion]

Any news on Dzingel or Johanson?

 

[edmoil3]

It definitely isn't for a while. The goal is to by some miracle take any playoff seed for the next 2-3 years.

Chia flushed any Cup window with McDavid and Drai early in their careers down the toilet. Pittsburgh this ain't.

Do you want 10 years of playoffs or one cup. I want a cup

 

[Soundwave]

Should we start looking at trading McDavid and Drai? Because it seems like we are done as a team and getting worse by the day. They won't want to be around much longer. So is it better to trade them now before they demand out?

No you take your best shot and hope they don't get too pissed off.

 

[edmoil3]

Was there a rumor that Maroon wanted a 5 or 6 year deal?

Guy was messing around on Twitter and some people bit

 

[Paralyzer008]

Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Johnsson-Matthews-Kapanen
Kerfoot-Nylander-Mikheyev
Agostino-Spezza-Moore

Rielly-Ceci
Muzzin-Barrie
Dermott-Harpur
Gravel/Marincin

Andersen

or

Draisaitl-McDavid-Chiasson
Nygard-RNH-Gagner
Lucic-Granlund-Kassian
Khaira-Cave-Jurco

Klefbom-Larsson
Nurse-Russell
Jones-Benning
Persson

Smith/Koskinen

Yeah Toronto looks a ton better than us right now. They still have problems but we have massive problems.

 

[Heavy Dee]

Should we start looking at trading McDavid and Drai? Because it seems like we are done as a team and getting worse by the day. They won't want to be around much longer. So is it better to trade them now before they demand out?

RNH should be traded cause he sure as hell is leaving

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

 

[BlackDogg]

Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Johnsson-Matthews-Kapanen
Kerfoot-Nylander-Mikheyev
Agostino-Spezza-Moore

Rielly-Ceci
Muzzin-Barrie
Dermott-Harpur
Gravel/Marincin

Andersen

or

Draisaitl-McDavid-Chiasson
Nygard-RNH-Gagner
Lucic-Granlund-Kassian
Khaira-Cave-Jurco

Klefbom-Larsson
Nurse-Russell
Jones-Benning
Persson

Smith/Koskinen

Yeah Toronto looks a ton better than us right now. They still have problems but we have massive problems.

Only 3 AHL lines on the Oilers - at least its not 4.

 

[Soundwave]

Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Johnsson-Matthews-Kapanen
Kerfoot-Nylander-Mikheyev
Agostino-Spezza-Moore

Rielly-Ceci
Muzzin-Barrie
Dermott-Harpur
Gravel/Marincin

Andersen

or

Draisaitl-McDavid-Chiasson
Nygard-RNH-Gagner
Lucic-Granlund-Kassian
Khaira-Cave-Jurco

Klefbom-Larsson
Nurse-Russell
Jones-Benning
Persson

Smith/Koskinen

Yeah Toronto looks a ton better than us right now.

That's not even a contest anymore. They're a 100 point team that pushed the Eastern champs to the brink.

We are gonna have problems being better than the Canucks.

 

[48g90a138pts]

I didn't think they were going to sign any big name FA's. I was hoping they were, but had no expectations it was going to happen.

Holland was handcuffed from the mess left behind from Chiaturd. He had a roster to fill out and now that's done he's got about 3mil to add to the roster in the form of a trade if it comes along. Next season he'll have a bit more room, but this season was always a wash.

Would have been nice to see a decent top 6 guy brought in, but any of those guys were way out of our price range.

 

[Louis Cypher]

Than make a ****ing trade.

It's not rocket science. Teams all over the league manage to do it.

Ah no trade clauses. I'm sure we're in the no trade fly zone.

 

[ThreeOfAPerfectPair]

Yeah Toronto looks a ton better than us right now. They still have problems but we have massive problems.

We're a bottom 5 team. Who's arguing we're in competition with Toronto?

 

[guymez]

I didn't think they were going to sign any big name FA's. I was hoping they were, but had no expectations it was going to happen.

Holland was handcuffed from the mess left behind from Chiaturd. He had a roster to fill out and now that's done he's got about 3mil to add to the roster in the form of a trade if it comes along. Next season he'll have a bit more room, but this season was always a wash.

Would have been nice to see a decent top 6 guy brought in, but any of those guys were way out of our price range.

There is still time for another move or 2.

 

[3IR]

I've decided I'm not mad...

I'm just disappointed.