Don't let the door hit you on the way out: Jones, Petrel, Smithson, Whitney, Khabibulin and Peckham.
Jones: On a night to night basis his compete level isn't high enough. He wasn't worth 1 mill this year, let alone 1.5M.
Petrel: Unless we be taking a ton of penalties, we don't need this guy. His 5 on 5 play is horrible.
Smithson: Way too slow for the NHL. Resign him and have him on as a 13th forward if there's nobody better to pick up.
Whitney: No heart and no wheels.
Khabibulin: Old and injury prone. Let Philly take their chances. LOL
Peckham: Too slow, makes bad decisions in all zones in all situations all the time.
Trade this guy, buy him out or burry his ass in the minors: Hemsky, Belanger and Eager
Hemsky: We're a better team when he isn't playing. He holds onto the puck for too long. Doesn't shoot often enough and screws the powerplay up way too often due to those faults. He's easily tradable
Belanger: Who cares if he wins faceoffs? That's all he does. If you take away his ability to win faceoffs 80% of the AHL players out there are more effective than he is. I would only want him back if we could have a "pinch skater" standing behind him every time we took a faceoff and have Belanger go back to the bench every time after he's taken a faceoff. It's so annoying to see him on the ice. Put him on waivers.
Eager: Kinda obvious, since he's already been waived. Doesn't do what he's supposed to do. He's not going to be a top 6 forward. He's not even ever going to be a 3rd line forward. Dork.
Don't you dare trade him! (In order of importance to the team) Hall, Gagner, Hopkins, Yakupov, Smid, Schultz, Dubnyk, Petry, Eberle, Magnus and Lander
Hall: He's the heart and soul of the team. He's the hardest working player and right now he's the best player. Without him this would've been our worst season EVER. And that's saying a lot since we didn't suffer too much from injuries this year.
Gagner: Right now he's our best center. Yes, Hopkins was hurting, but Gagner was amazing this year playing with less capable wingers while putting up a ton of points compared to his previous seasons. I'm under the impression that he loves being an Oiler and I think it's nuts to be rash about trading guys like this.
Hopkins: His 2-way game looked amazing this year. His shoulders hampered his ability to put up big numbers. It's surprising how physical he's learning to play. He will be a star.
Yakupov: He'll probably turn out better than Hall. End of discussion.
Smid: Don't let his cap hit fool you. He's an elite shutdown d-man. He'd fit in nicely on the first pairing of a ton of teams out there, including playoff bound teams.
Schultz: He needs to put on a little more weight. He needs a decent partner. He's going to be a damn good top 4 d-man. I think it's too early to say he'll turn into a first pairing d-man, given his age and skill set he should be an Oiler for as long as possible.
Dubby: He was blessed this year. Sometimes he gives up a lame goal but his stats were off the chart this year. We're not going to find anyone else out there who can do what he can do unless we cough up some significant assets.
Petry: Looked like an elite 2nd pairing d-man on most nights this year. I predict he'll score 40 points next year. It's only a matter of time considering how smooth he is with the puck. It's sick how many takeaways he got this year. Really hard guy to play up against.
Eberle: If it were a full 82 game year he'd be on pace for 30 goals and 60 points and people are saying he had an off-year. Who is this guy, Ovechkin? Crosby? Of course not, but that's still sick. You don't trade away guys like that especially if you've got him locked up for 6 years.
Magnus: This guy is the perfect third line left winger. Don't blame him that the GM(s) can't find a better guy to put on the second line. Hopefully he'll take the next step next year. Maybe put on a little more weight and start throwing it around more often.
Lander: I nominate this man to play 4th line center next year. He's decent on face-offs and his compete level is always high.
Stop giving this guy so many minutes! Nick Schultz and Corey Potter
Schultz: It's way too easy to play against this guy. He doesn't do anything REALLY well. I'm convinced that he really held Justin Schultz back this year.
Potter: He went on a hot streak at the end of the year but before that he was just horrible. I'm ok with having him on as a 7th d-man.
LET HIM PLAY! Hartikainen
Hartikainen: Perfect to have him playing on the 4th line wing.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! Horcoff
Horcoff: Yes, salary sucks... but we're better with him in the line-up. I assume he'l be back because we've already got so many holes in our line-up.
Hall-Hopkins-Eberle
____-Gagner-Yakupov
Magnus-Horcoff-____
____-Lander-Hartikainen
Smithson
Petry-Smid
J.Schultz____
_______ N.Schultz
Potter
Dubby
_____
6 spots to fill. That's a ton of work. Maybe there's a UFA out there who'll be good for the 3rd line LW and we can have Magnus stick on the 2nd line just because there's nobody around who's better for the job.
Should be able to get a competent 3rd line RW for Hemsky. Maybe we add a 2nd rounder or something to get us a competent 2nd pairing stay at home d-man.
I want to see Klefbom start the year in the AHL. I won't be impressed if we just throw him to the lions.
Shouldn't be hard to find a decent back-up goalie to play 25 games.
