Sounds like a whole lot of nothing.
But just to play along, what if this tied into us swooping in and grabbing Darling and Faulk right under Chicago's nose in a Lucic deal? Could we stomach that?
He also said the Oilers might have an Austrian player, A Russian player , and a Chinese player in their lineup.
Austrian...
Russian - Kravtsov?
Chinese - Woo?
Yup. Sounds to me like a goalie who is developing. Why trade him when you will still need to fill that hole.
What was that discussion boards source? You said “ Lou is looking at Talbot and PC had him on the table”
How do you know that Lou is looking at Talbot?
Lou should be looking at everyone.
I wonder if Tommy Salo is available?
I don't buy it for a second that RNH or Skinner are involved. But weirder things have happened when it comes to goalies. If Chia can turn Talbot and Looch into something good, I'd probably be all for it.I'm pretty sure they're a terrible source. But man would that ever be an awful trade for the Oilers.
How can NYI fleece Edmonton this time?
Snow’s not running things, so his secret ‘blow up Chiarelli’s head with my powers’ trump card is gone with him.
Trading Talbot and putting everything in the hands of Koskinen and Montoya seems like a great way to fire the first shots of the great Jack Hughes Tank War with the Habs.
I thought it's like pokemon.
Since Snow is still with the organization, we can throw him out whenever it's time to deal with Chia. When he's sufficiently ripped Chia off, he's back in the pokeball. We have to pay him for something.
Sounds like a whole lot of nothing.
But just to play along, what if this tied into us swooping in and grabbing Darling and Faulk right under Chicago's nose in a Lucic deal? Could we stomach that?
As I posted on our board, you have time to manage that situation. A Darling buyout costs $8.5m over six seasons. There's also the potential of flipping him for another poor contract elsewhere. I'm assuming the goalie market is something they'll have figured out if Talbot is truly on the market.Not trying to pick on you, Belair, but a Koskinen/Darling/Montoya three headed monster is the stuff nightmares are made of.
There’d be less question marks at a Batman costume party where every guest dressed up as the Riddler.
As I posted on our board, you have time to manage that situation. A Darling buyout costs $8.5m over six seasons. There's also the potential of flipping him for another poor contract elsewhere. I'm assuming the goalie market is something they'll have figured out if Talbot is truly on the market.
I'd like to defend Darling as a possible bounce back option because I love his backstory, but his year in Carolina is too damning. That's an extremely high risk banking on him to bounce back from that.