Player Discussion Ryan Nugent-Hopkins: #1 in the draft, #1 to be traded

[ujju2]

Canucks fan coming in peace.

I traded for RNH in a dynasty keeper league, just wondering if the plan long-term is to stick him with Draisaitl, or if eventually the Oilers will join Drai with McDavid again in the future and leave RNH behind.

You can never really know, but my money is on keeping Nuge-Drai-Yams together. Best line in the league over the past couple months.

 

[joestevens29]

Canucks fan coming in peace.

I traded for RNH in a dynasty keeper league, just wondering if the plan long-term is to stick him with Draisaitl, or if eventually the Oilers will join Drai with McDavid again in the future and leave RNH behind.

Unless the RNH-LD-KY line dries up I don't see McDavid and Leon being put back together.

If we hit a wall offensively then I suspect you see Connor and Leon back together.

 

[Oil Dood]

Unless the RNH-LD-KY line dries up I don't see McDavid and Leon being put back together.

If we hit a wall offensively then I suspect you see Connor and Leon back together.

Team is far scarier to play against when those two are split.

 

[Royal Canuck]

Thanks for the feedback guys.

It's just hard to tell whether the Oilers go with a Pens-style line-up with Crosby and Malkin being a 1-2 punch up the middle or putting them together on the top line.

as long as RNH gets some ice time with Drai and sees some PP minutes, I'm happy with him. Been a monster lately too.

 

[Samus44]

Unless the RNH-LD-KY line dries up I don't see McDavid and Leon being put back together.

If we hit a wall offensively then I suspect you see Connor and Leon back together.

Tippett's smart enough to get them minutes together anyways. He puts them out together after PK's when Nuge is tired and so are the other teams best players. He's such a good coach.

 

[joestevens29]

Tippett's smart enough to get them minutes together anyways. He puts them out together after PK's when Nuge is tired and so are the other teams best players. He's such a good coach.

Very true. So many comments about Tippett just like this.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Say goodbye to the stacked one line team. This team was going to contend when it could move McDavid and Draisaitl to drive their own lines. Bonus is having Nugent Hopkins who can produce as a winger and still able, if desired, to shift back to depth centre role in situations. Nuge's great utility in his game helps this team's development greatly with high hockey IQ to anticipate and move the puck with super elites McDavid and Draisaitl; a terrific, accurate shot for solid finishing; and defensive conscience that helps support the elite two as well. It is the utility/Swiss Army Knife in Nugent Hopkin's game that is highly valued by coaches and critical to enabling this team to run McDavid and Draisaitl as lethal 1 and 1A lines.

Gone are the seasons when this sad sack franchise once tried to roll out a season with centremen consisting of Nugent Hopkins, Archibello, an 18 year old overwhelmed Draisaitl, and Boyd Gordon. Surviving this organization's flawed 'Development' approach, Nugent Hopkins is able to complement elite talent and do many things across all facets of the game that contribute to winning. In so doing, he's compromised some personal scoring production to focus on 200 foot play and the Oil are better for it with finally talent to lurch it out of the Decade of Darkness.

 

[ChokeOnOil]

ADD ANOTHER TWO POINTS AND SOME
SILKY SMOOTH HANDS IN OT. CONFIDENCE.

JUST AN AVERAGE 2nd LINER BTW

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

big RNH fan. hope he keeps it up. would be cool if he could push 90-100 next year with drai

 

[ZenOil]

Man he has turned it up a notch. After the horrid start I didn't see this. Wanted him gone (dumb). Now I hope he can bring it come playoff time.

 

[Oil Dood]

3 straight 20 goal seasons for him. Nuge has it figured out now I think.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

He's clearly the #3 forward and he's absolutely playing like it. With how good McDavid and Draisaitl are, Nuge is being a bit forgotten about by opponents and clearly to his advantage.

 

[McSpecial DraiBlend]

Ink him for another 6 years please Ken.
I said it before but I never want to see Nuge playing for another team.

 

[KlefDown]

Nuge is a forever guy.

6 x 7.3m

good term and reasonable raise in a rising cap world

 

[AM]

You guys notice the tippet talking to McDavid and Draisaitl before the overtime. I’m pretty sure tippet thinks it’s a bad idea to link them at the hip.

 

[Tyrolean]

delete

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

delete

This was likely a good call

 

[Kolja]

Nuge is a forever guy.

6 x 7.3m

good term and reasonable raise in a rising cap world

I'd do it!!

 

[DaGap]

8 X 7.5 is what he should get

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

8 X 7.5 is what he should get

I'm hoping for a bit less(money), but you're probably correct.

 

[DaGap]

I'm hoping for a bit less(money), but you're probably correct.

Always hope for less but he's critical to the Oilers going forward so i'd rather not try to nickel and dime him. I would also front load the crap out of the contract so in the final 4 years he's easily movable

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Always hope for less but he's critical to the Oilers going forward so i'd rather not try to nickel and dime him. I would also front load the crap out of the contract so in the final 4 years he's easily movable

Makes some sense and I agree with that plan for his contract.

 

[Hynh]

You guys notice the tippet talking to McDavid and Draisaitl before the overtime. I’m pretty sure tippet thinks it’s a bad idea to link them at the hip.

I'm glad he split them for OT but I got the feeling he was talking about taking shorter shifts and getting a whistle so he could take a timeout (IIRC he hadn't used it yet).

 

[oil Leaks]

Resign Nuge this off season or wait till next year when the expansion draft over? I would just sign him now.

 

[Slats432]

I traded him in NHL 20 when he asked for $9.45M on his next contract. Other than that....I say we keep him.