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Bringer_Of_Snow
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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 20, 2022 at 7:46 p.m.
Thread: OilersTDL
Don't like any of this for the Oilers.

Moving Barrie would be a mistake. Hes a great puck mover and looks great when he plays 18 mins max a night. Nurse/Russell/Keith are not good puck movers. Barrie has a reasonable contract and is liked in the room.

Braun is a fraction of the player he used to be. Rumour is he will cost around a 3rd. As of right now, a 2nd for a player of his calibre is too much. Would not be happy with that at all.

I get that you are dumping Kassian which I would like to see, but the oilers have a limited selection of quality trade chips. Moving a good pick that could turn into a 1st for Kapanen is waaaay off the mark. He has been horrible. I'd be fine with it being a 2nd, but that condition is bad. I understand that if you make the conference finals you are happy. But ultimately a 1st for Kapanen is bad

I like the idea of targeting Forsberg for this year, but he hasn't been a starter and is having a nice little run this season. And as mentioned above, the Oilers have few valuable trade chips. A 1st for a 3rd line UFA and a career backup on a nice run is poor asset management. Both are due contracts. Paul would be a rental given the Oilers limited cap space. And although Forsberg would be reasonable to resign, A Forsberg-Skinner duo next season is not exactly a duo I'd be confident in.

Claiming Mrazek is hilariously bad. If Holland brings up the name Mrazek through trade or waivers, he should immediately be let go. Mrazek is not a good goalie and on a multi-year contract. He had good numbers playing behind the best defensive team in Carolina, which is no doubt due to their system, seeing how Raanta and Andersen are preforming this year. We need an upgrade on goalies. Koskinen is playing like a top 10 goalie his last 15 starts. It makes sense to just run with what we have for the remainder of the season, then look to trade for a legitimate starter in the offseason. Claiming Mrazek only helps the leafs get out of his contract. I am worried that Holland likes him from his time in detroit and if they make that move, it will hinder their flexibility that much more come the offseason. No to Mrazek at all costs.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 12, 2022 at 12:20 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 11, 2022 at 11:43 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 7, 2022 at 12:48 p.m.
Thread: how much
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 7, 2022 at 11:42 a.m.
I would say this roster is worse than the current one, which is saying something.

Oilers have to pay a decent price for a 38 year old Keith from Chicago, but Barrie (a great puck mover, signed to a fair deal, who is one season removed from leading all dmen in points) returns nothing? I boggles my mind how disrespected Barrie is on this site. No doubt he isn’t a top pairing all around dman. But you limit his TOI to 15-18 mins with pp time and he does his job at a high level. Makes zero sense to me that people value him at nothing and even have the oilers paying a decent price just to “dump” him.

As already mentioned, Nuge isn’t signing a team friendly deal just to waive his NMC. Nuges loyalty and style of play is what the oilers need more of.

Bouchard deal is a wild overpayment for now. He is way too unreliable defensively to garner an AAV like that at this point. I get that this deal is in the future, but he has a lot to work on. Hoping he does, but his aggressiveness and compete level have been a glaring issue ever since junior, so I’m a little nervous about it.
Don’t hate the Kane deal… it would be in the best interest of the oilers to cap it at 2 years. But if he keeps producing like he is, they may be competing with other teams, driving up the term and money.
The time to sign Andersen would have been last season. Once his deal is done with the canes, he will be past his prime and more risky.
I don’t understand dumping a middle 6 winger who’s good on the pk for nothing. Just why?
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 28, 2022 at 12:17 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 24, 2022 at 11:54 a.m.
Thread: New Tandem