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Bluetomorrow83

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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 20, 2021 at 8:12 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 3, 2020 at 5:44 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 11, 2020 at 7:57 p.m.
Thread: Dallas Trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Goilersfan1215</b></div><div>True for only a year, and I think Benning plus Bouchard can make if work especially if you keep Russell in the fold and Kelfbom stays healthy. (That’s a lot of what ifs but still it’s only for a year)</div></div>

- Tippett doesn't trust Benning in the top-4, that much is obvious. No way Holland builds a lineup that has Benning penciled into the top-4.
- Bouchard may be NHL ready now, but Holland won't clear a spot for him, that's not how he does things. And I agree. It would be a bad bet for a contender to pencil a raw rookie into the top-4 completely untried.
- Russell played much better on the left side, I don't think he's going back to the right except in the case of an in-game injury.

You're going into training camp with a weaker defense than last year, and only a slightly stronger offense.

And Honka is a really, really sad return for Puljujarvi. He may never play in the NHL again.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 5, 2020 at 9:04 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 27, 2019 at 12:08 p.m.
Thread: Oilers get a 3C-Realistic CanucksSensNYRJackets trades
Most of Holland's work was to undo what Chiarelli did, and it's glaringly obvious that he's looking at a 3-year fix it window. If you're undoing that work, you're trying to bring back the Chiarelli-era Oilers.

A quick comparison of assets in vs assets out, and you've accomplished exactly that: you've purged 5 picks, two prospects, a potential reclamation project in Puljujarvi, a viable PK forward and two expiring one-year deals for.... Sutter and Buchnevich? Goldobin is as much of a question mark as Puljujarvi and the Condon swap is actual trash. Gagner is at least a 4th-line forward, but Condon isn't even a viable AHL goaltender ESPECIALLY when Edmonton already has to loan the loser of Skinner vs Wells to another franchise.

This doesn't look like a stronger roster (Paajarvi is not a third-line forward in the NHL) but it probably plays better. Unfortunately, it's not accomplishing the goal of building the team internally through the draft and short UFA deals that can be flipped at the deadline. You've Minnesota'd the team, and a mid-teens pick isn't helping this team anytime soon.