Why would you say that? The Oilers need some guys contributing that make reasonable $. Lander is one of those guys. Not to mention that we've been developing him for 6 years.
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Why would you say that? The Oilers need some guys contributing that make reasonable $. Lander is one of those guys. Not to mention that we've been developing him for 6 years.
I doubt that. They are not competing
for the same position. Drai is not a long term solution for 3C, Lander is. Drai could play on the 3rd line already, but the end of the line for him is top 6. He can play wing or C (if one of Nuge or McD is injured). No way you trade away a player like Lander just to have Drai play there for maybe one, or at the very most two seasons.
Or maybe they set up pairs?
???-RNH-Eberle
Hall-McDavid-???
???-Draisaitl-Yakupov
Of course, it's possible that one or two of these guys are moved though.
LTIR
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The guy probably has Oilers C depth as Lander>McDavid>RNH>Letestu
and backend with Klefbom as #1D
Things can happen. Chicago is still a good team, Anaheim slightly improved and St Louis is still St Louis. All 3 are the only guarantees.
LA has an aging roster and struggled last year.
San Jose is in the same spot, lost their starting goalie and have their first new coach in years.
Calgary has an improved roster however it is still not seen if they over achieved last year or are just that good.
Dallas has an improved forward core but their d is just as bad as last year.
Vancouver didn't really get better or worse however I feel like they were the benefit of a lot of teams struggles. I see the Sedins taking a step back as well.
Minnesota is always a wild card.
Winnipeg is an interesting team. When they are on their game they are a great team but I feel like they have a lot of question marks and their geographical location gives them a hard year of travel.
Arizona is simply just bad.
Colarado just screams bubble team to me, especially with ROR gone.
Nashville has the best defense in the league but a questionable forward core. They will probably make playoffs
Then us. We are still not great but new coach and Mcdavid could push us and have us over achieved and squeek in. Anything can happen, its a long year.
KeithIsActuallyBad
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St. Louis is a guarantee but they're starting to look like the new Sharks. They really need an upgrade in net.
Don't think they were "sold a bill of goods", is what I'm saying.
I do think that they thought that turning this ship around and getting this team to buy in would be a teensy bit easier than it has been. There are lots of layers of suck and lazy in many players that needs to be chipped away.
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I'm sure McLellan knew what he was getting into. He coached against the oilers enough.
Word is Nikitin may go back to the KHL. His contract will still count but at least he won't be taking a roster spot in the AHL..
Edit: looks like he might be staying in AHL lol nvm
Edit: looks like he might be staying in AHL lol nvm
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Supermassive
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If the chemistry absolutely clicks, and Klefbom has a breakthrough season, and our goaltending doesn't implode, and injuries are only moderate...
On paper we're closer than we've ever been since 2006-07.
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imo we were still closer when we had Penner, Roloson, Souray, and Vishnovsky on the club. Lots of established talent, but we had injury problems with Horc and Hemsky I believe.
I think they ARE buying in. In todays practice interviews, most of the players weree likedned to "sponges" by other team mates. They seem to be just soaking all this new MacLellan information in right now. I have a good feeling we're going to see some progress sooner rather than later.
I think Lander is awesome but potentially being groomed for trade bait when they determine Drai is ready to anchor the third line later in the season. Packaged with prospects could bring a veteran D on a multi year deal close to the deadline from a seller.
Supermassive
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I respect that. Lots of veteran talent, without which we can't compete. But not as much high-end talent as we do now. Hopefully we're not a one-line team offensively anymore.
molsonmuscle360
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I think Drai is going to be a victim of an eventual cap crunch with this team. They might view it smarter to use the money for him on a #1/2 defenceman. I wouldn't be completely surprised to see him added to our #1 pick if it's in the 8-15 range after this season and have Chia try to get a legit top line defenceman.
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Guys potentially buggering the cap will be Eberle, Hall, Nuge etc. Draisaitl has some built in salary protection with elc/rfa years. Those other guys will be making ufa cheese and likely one or more of them will be shuffled off to Buffalo.
Kingsfan1
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I chose RNH and Eberle for my fantasy league thinking that this year finally they wont have a minus in the +- category and will have a monster year points wise, but now im getting a little worried about them screwing me over. Was wondering what some of the Oiler fans projections are for the two ......
Goals, Assists,+-,Shots,Hits,PPP,TOI just some of the things that matter.
Should i keep RNH and maybe drop Eberle in favor of Craig Smith or Brandon Pirri who i think will have a great year with Goals and SHots.
Goals, Assists,+-,Shots,Hits,PPP,TOI just some of the things that matter.
Should i keep RNH and maybe drop Eberle in favor of Craig Smith or Brandon Pirri who i think will have a great year with Goals and SHots.
Kingsfan1
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I dropped Eberle in favor of Smith, what do you guys think about RNH this year.... I'd say he has a killer year
Mr Positive
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RNH will be a big improvement as a fantasy player I would think. I have him in a league.
A lot of these are dependent on the team, and I think the team will be quite good but who really knows?
I like Eberle but I could see dropping him. It seems that a lot of the time a shoulder injury can hurt their production when they return. I don't have solid stats to back that though.
A lot of these are dependent on the team, and I think the team will be quite good but who really knows?
I like Eberle but I could see dropping him. It seems that a lot of the time a shoulder injury can hurt their production when they return. I don't have solid stats to back that though.
OnTheBrink
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Expecting a big season out of Nuge this year, again looks stronger and faster then he ever has, more confident and is actually using his shot which is sneaky good.
I predict his stat line to be…
28G , 35A, 63P, -4 (only because he will be facing top competition all season), I would guess he will lead the forwards in time on ice again.
Actually quite the opposite, maybe that is why he is my favorite ...
Thanks for using a post to call him a naive nationalist, and in essence to call me that, since I pointed out that he is my favorite.
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