2021-22 Overhual

ARZ does not do this. Their leader and one of their solid top 4LD for an unproven prospect (not saying he won't be good but for now he hasn't proved anything yet) a bottom 6 play (2nd line potential) and a late 1st rounder won't be enough for OEL.

Ship has sailed on OEL my man. At full salary i don’t think the bruins would take him for free. Retain something and the bruins might consider giving up a little. There’s no first round pick coming. There’s no high ceiling prospect coming. If arizona wants to retain 25% and just do it for Kase, lets talk. OEL’s contract stinks.

Well, lets get one thing straight. They ABSOLUTELY do this. They’re so desperate to shed salary, and OEL has only allowed them to talk to two teams, and i don’t think either one of them has any interest him. Gotta stop thinking of OEL as an asset. He isn’t.

I love getting on this website and seeing people who have very obviously not watched the Coyotes since 2019 talk about what their players are worth. Let me break this down for you real quick:

Is OEL worth the $8+ million contract that he currently has? No he is not

Is OEL still a more than capable 2nd pairing LD that scores at a 50 point pace and brings toughness and leadership to any team he’s on? Yes he is.

If this was all it took to acquire him last offseason he would have been in black and gold so fast your head would spin. The reason there was “no interest” in him is because the coyotes were asking for a better package than 2 unproven and underperforming prospects and a first round pick in the 25-32 range. Not because neither Vancouver or Boston wanted him.

Oh, that’s cute.

I’ll try to break it down for you, REAL slow.

There is a salary cap in the NHL. Right now, it’s flat. If a player isn’t worth what he’s being paid, guess what that makes him? In most hockey circles, its called negative value. Theres never going to be a first round pick coming for that, unless you’re Carolina and you forgot that Brady skjei isn’t good anymore.

You think two unproven players and a first rounder is bad return for a guy that you admit is overpaid? You think that’s not enough when you admit that the 6th highest cap hit D man in the NHL is just a capable second pair guy?

You know what good teams don’t do? Happily pay a second pair guy more than all but five guys at his position. You know what good teams really don’t do? Give up major assets for the privilege of gathering the right.

This isn’t even factoring in that your team is so ridiculously broke that they’re desperate to shed salary wherever they can. Sold player + massive long term contract = negative value.