SalarySwishSalarySwish
Avatar

Cbzblaze

Member Since
Feb. 13, 2021
Favourite Team
Edmonton Oilers
2nd Favourite Team
Boston Bruins
Forum Posts
159
Posts per Day
0.1
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 23, 2021 at 12:57 a.m.
Thread: Trading McDavid
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Leafs_and_Sens_Fan</b></div><div>I would have waited a season... his current contract isn't even over yet. I don't think anyone gives him more than 9.25Mx8 as a UFA anyways (probably why Nurse signed early). For anything over 8M you'd expect the guy to be elite at both ends of the ice... unfortunately I think Nurse is below average defensively.

The 8 year contract will sign him for ages 27-35 so he will likely be on the decline for part of the contract. If it was a 4 year deal it would be an overpay but at least you're only paying for prime years. With this much term even 7M AAV would be risky.

Putting it more simply. Is Nurse worth twice as much as RNH?</div></div>

I kinda agree with most of your points. The flip side of the argument though becomes, what if Nurse has another great year and then wants 10 next year? No matter his asking price, the Oilers are not in a position to let him walk. They are all in for these next 4-5 years. That quest for the cup can't even begin if they lose Nurse and good luck getting a top pairing dman to sign in Edmonton.

I'm critical of Nurse's game as well but there isn't really a choice. Beggars can't be choosers.

The core of this team is set. Their success now lies heavily on the youth. The progression of Bouchard, Puljujarvi, Yamamoto, Holloway, McLeod &amp; Broberg will determine if they are true cup contenders or not.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 10, 2021 at 11:45 a.m.
Thread: What Id do
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CD282</b></div><div>:huh

Neither guy has a good shot. Gusev has a career shooting percentage of just 7.4%, while Turris has shot 9.3% over the past 3 seasons. Of course, these numbers were pumped somewhat by PP time (something neither guy would get much of in Edmonton), if you look at their 5v5 shooting percentages it gets even worse: 7.9% for Turris and a paltry 6.1% for Gusev.

Perhaps you were thinking of someone else?</div></div>

Nope, I'm talking about the right guys.

I think it's a bit unfair to establish who has a good shot or not based on the stats that you just mentioned.
Let's take Draisaitl for instance. Based on his goal production, everyone seems to believe that he's a sniper with a great shot. He's a great goal scorer but I think his actual shot is pretty average. He's often in really great positions to score that it doesn't need to be great to do so.

Now with Turris, he's got a good hard accurate shot and a good one timer as well. Even oilers radio guy Bob Stauffer has mentioned how Turris has one of the best shots amongst the forward group. And Bob gets the luxury to watch them at practice. I remember a game this season where Turris went bar down on a one timer and thought wow. Being a right shot guy who can shoot, he'd look good on the wing of a play maker.
Turris's best years were as an offensive player. God knows why everyone wants to makes him a defensive center.

I hate all advanced stats. I think they all have some truth as well as some faults to them.
🤷‍♂️
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 9, 2021 at 11:54 p.m.
Thread: Saving this terrible offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Drshnuckels91</b></div><div>Holland has put edmonton in a position where its all or nothing over the next three years with the nurse,ceci and Hyman contracts this means to load up for a couple championship runs.Giving up on broberg early might come back to bite us but we can't wait on him anymore with the position we are now in. I wouldn't be shocked if Halloway gets shipped off too in a big trade in the coming offseasons. But yeah punching holland would make this season bearable.</div></div>

I was hoping they would wait one more year before going all in. Koski's contract would expire and they could get a real goalie. Keith would probably still be available if they really wanted him. And maybe someone like Holloway impresses and they don't need to overpay someone like Hyman.
Plus, younger guys like Yamamoto, Puljujarvi, Bouchard &amp; McLeod would probably improve as well.

There was definitely pressure from somewhere. Maybe the owner, maybe McDavid &amp; Drai are getting fed up.

I'm definitely in the minority, but I liked the moves that Holland made.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 3, 2021 at 4:10 a.m.
Thread: 3 strong lines
I totally agree with you. Even in the past when we haven't had the depth at the forward position, you still need to spread the skill out a bit.
I thought the Oilers could have tried Turris on either McDavids or draisaitls wing last year. He's a righty that still has a very good shot and has a way better one-timer than nuge. For some reason they wanted him to be a shutdown 3rd line center, which he's never been good at. I still think Turris has more offense in him than we've seen.
Nuge and puljujarvi play good together and either McLeod or Ryan would be fine with them.
There is some skill, size and hustle on every line which will lead to better depth scoring.

I also think they need to consider going to 2 pp units as well (Giving the 2nd unit the last 20 seconds doesn't count).They have 4 dmen who can play pp now. It should cut down on the short handed chances against, and keeps more people involved in the scoring.