Klingberg to robidas island opening up timmons return
Tomkins on waivers so Vasilevskiy is back

Dont see this being a Robidas thing for Klingberg. Its not like Muzzin or Murray

As hip injuries often are not as bad as Neck or Head injuries

Probs will see him Jan/Feb or near TDL like Muzzin 2 years ago

Cause everyone has said he wants to play and going on LTIR for a month or so could help as he can rest that hip get better than come back.

Nylander strikes me as someone who will fall off a cliff the instant he gets paid like say: MacKinnion or McDavid

Dont see this being a Robidas thing for Klingberg. Its not like Muzzin or Murray

As hip injuries often are not as bad as Neck or Head injuries

Probs will see him Jan/Feb or near TDL like Muzzin 2 years ago

Cause everyone has said he wants to play and going on LTIR for a month or so could help as he can rest that hip get better than come back.

Apparently this is something that's been plaguing Klingberg for a while. Whether or not he requires surgery will tell us everything we need to know. If it really is something he's been dealing with for his entire career as has been reported, then Im going to go out on a limb and say he's going to need surgery. Patrick Kane missed 5 months from hip surgery, so if Klingberg follows a similar trajectory, then hes out until April. I really doubt we see him again, Mike Johnston was saying you could tell by the way he walks that he's not well.

Yea true then we still need to make a move around that time

Dreger reported that Patrick Kane may join a team next week.

I think that has a lot of potential for whomever gets him. He seems to have had an injury that held him back quite a bit, but for a short while last year when he was pissed off he was amazing.

They got 2 of the 5 best centers in the NHL rn and they are looking like they gonna miss the playoffs and both look like they are so close to demanding a trade

Like all that progression seen 2020-2023 gone they look like the 2015-2019 Oilers who missed the playoffs most of the time.

Now there is still a chance but as of now they need to win 66% of their games to do it. Something has to give

Coach and assistant coach already got fired when it was undeserved whose next

Holland's deals up this summer do you trust him making moves rn.

Something has to give as if McDavid demands a trade from the Oilers thats it they are done and this might burn the franchise to the ground. Best player in all hockey rn demanded out.

this was honestly a rhetorical question i'm just bitter that our team was also a SC favorite when we are barely above .500

NJ would be incredibly better off if Vanecek and Schmid could stop a beachball

Nathan MacKinnon before his extension: 111 pts in 71 gp - 128 pt pace over a full season
Nathan MacKinnon after his extension: 23 pts in 18 gp (so far) - 105 pt pace over a full season

Connor McDavid before his extension: 108 pts in 82 gp
Connor McDavid after his extension: 116 pts in 78 gp - 127 pt pace over a full season

MacKinnon fell off a bit, but he didn't fall off a cliff lmao. McDavid went up in production. Not sure your examples make sense. Better examples are probably Huberdeau and Gaudreau

Here’s what I don’t get about EDM and some of their fans.

Let’s take the Pens, Crosby comes in, plays for a few years - they realize this is a winning team (Crosby Malkin aka Connor Leon).

2008 before their first cup they trade a first, and handful more to get Dupuis/ Hossa. During the years 2008-2023

2008 - traded first + assets (prospects / players)
2013 - traded first + assets (prospect / players)
2015 - traded first (Barzal) to EDM (who traded that pick for Griffin Reinhart lmfao)
2015 - traded another first + boatload
2017 - traded a first + assets
2018 - traded another first + more
2020 - traded a first + assets
2020 - traded another first + assets
2023 - traded another first + assets

9 firsts + boatloads more always going all in with Crosby, Malkin, Letang, Fleury etc. I get EDM doesn’t got a Letang/ Fleury (well they internally think they do with Nurse lol) but cmon..

EDM since 2015 (if we don’t count traded Barzal for Reinhart lol)/ McDavids arrival…

Have:
2021 SWAPPED FIRSTS; Wallstedt for Xavier lmfao
2022 SWAPPED FIRSTS
2023 traded first + 2022 pick (Reid) for Ekholm.


I’m sorry, and I know well studied fans like BeterChiarelli may disagree with me. But I think watching a in 8 near 9 years with McDavid, RNH, Leon, Nurse just no goalie - not actually have the ability to buy in.. it’s astonishing. It’s some form of complacency that the team’s management has - that fans don’t want to see the team to try and be fixed now that it’s gotten to this situation. There’s also something rotten within the organization and their misdirection on scouting (pro and amateur) and coaching for their goalies.

I’m a Sharks fan; they were a pinnacle of success for nearly 2 decades and never quite got their cup, damn close though. And not for a second was I ever upset our GM did everything possible to try to win. The Sharks current situation is not result of going all in each year for years: it was the belief they didn’t need to rebuild sooner. But it was not the result of buying in when your team could win.

Its funny how so many tandems who were good last year just cant stop beachballs or are struggling bad

Wonder what happened

It’s also some horrible contracts that were given out without having the picks to acquire young talent. The one good thing I feel about the Pens situation is we don’t have a Couture or Vlasic contract.

When talking to a Rangers fan you’ll learn not only is Braden Schneider an untouchable future Norris winner, but Chytil will lead them to a cup 🤣. They are the most delusional fans on CF.

Edit: and apparently Laffy is “breaking out” now! He’s on pace for that top end Alexandre Daigle season.

Cap-Friendly challenge:

Scenario: The blowup in Edmonton reaches epic new heights and causes owner Darryl Katz to sell the team, meanwhile the new Flames arena deal falls through devaluing the franchise to the point that the current owners look to relocate. So the NHL decides to merge the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames into a single Alberta team and sell a new expansion franchise on the open market in a new city.

Build your best team from the two rosters, subject to the current salary cap, roster limits, and contract limits. You can either start with the Oilers or Flames and make trades between the two to accomplish your final result.

No trades outside of the two teams are allowed. Draft picks are immaterial for this exercise. No retained salary trades allowed either.

Yes you can hoard all of the prospects as the expansion team will only start with the NHL Roster player "leftovers".

Your lines and pairings have to be reasonable based on actual NHL positions (or prior positions played).

Mine: Alberta TireFires

I love this website

My hypothetical Alberta team would look something like:

Zary - McDavid - Hyman
Draisaitl - Lindholm - Mangipane
Foegele - Dube - Coleman
Ryan - Macleod - Duehr

Weegar - Bouchard
Hanifin - Andersson
Zadorov - Tanev

Wolf
Skinner

Here’s what I don’t get about EDM and some of their fans.

I’m sorry, and I know well studied fans like BeterChiarelli may disagree with me. But I think watching a in 8 near 9 years with McDavid, RNH, Leon, Nurse just no goalie - not actually have the ability to buy in.. it’s astonishing.