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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 6, 2022 at 12:17 p.m.
Thread: What to do
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CD282</b></div><div>I'm not sold on the goaltending tandem either, but I could see Holland going with it. Skinner has been pretty good and he has a history of elevating his game in the playoffs.

Kulak has been fine in a 3rs pairing role, I don't have a problem bringing him back but only if Keith is moved as there's no cap space either. I don't like some of the Kulak contracts I'm seeing on this board either, so that's why I steered away on this AGM.

McLeod has been very good, especially vs Colorado. I agree he should move up, but Nuge has been hit-and -miss as a winger and I'd rather have McLeod as a pivot, so I placed them this way.

Part of the reason I put this together was to show that Barrie &amp; Foegele are not necessarily cap casualties this summer. Many Oilers fans have convinced themselves that these guys HAVE to go this summer and are using that line of thinking to justify giving them away for nothing. I wanted to show that that's absolutely not true and IF they're moved it'll be for FMV as Holland has the option of keeping both.

And the Soucy deal has the effect of reformatting the defense corps. This is a far greater change in composition than adding Kulak/deleting Barrie would.</div></div>

Agreed,

They will give Skinner some road and hopefully he is ready for full time NHL duty

The upper contract limit in my eyes for Kulak is $3M x 3yrs, would rather a $2.5M x 2-3yrs however UFA is silly season

RNH outside of the the Yam call-up stretch has been more miss than hit as a winger for sure which is too bad because I love Mcloed's speed and defensive capabilities in that 3 spot.

Barrie IF traded should net them a healthy return, have maintained this all year. I do truly see him being dealt but for a good return.
Foegele I'm not sure about, the chatter was him being shopped at the deadline. I'm guessing he goes for a roster player with less cap hit
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 24, 2022 at 3:08 p.m.
Thread: Building off 2022 Playoffs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Nhl_oilers</b></div><div>Even though I don’t want this to happen, I feel like Holland will trade Puljujarvi and sign Kane. I don’t mind bringing Kane back, but I don’t want to trade Puljujarvi. I hope I’m wrong, but I just have a feeling he will do that. Smith can still retire, and he may. A younger goalie being the starter would be very good, and I would hate for Smith to get hurt again half way through the season. Campbell I don’t trust to play well come playoff time, even though he played well last season in the playoffs for Toronto. I would rather go after someone else honestly. I also see Toronto trying their hardest do give him an extension. We don’t need a third pair LHD, as one of Kulak, Keith, Broberg, or Niemalinen will be playing there.</div></div>

I do not believe those two things are mutually exclusive, EDM can resign both Kane &amp; JP.

What are you referring to with the 3rd pair LHD? Do you not think Kulak will be resigned?
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 24, 2022 at 3:06 p.m.
Thread: Building off 2022 Playoffs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>stephane_robidas</b></div><div>This is a good team - but Yamo and PoolParty aren't signing for less than 3, IMO. and this team needs a goalie. Smith has been decent thus far but they need someone more dependable. Keith needs to retire and they can sink that money into Campbell and flip Foegle and sign a cheap bottom pairing LD.</div></div>

The Yam &amp; JP extensions are based on Jordan Kyrou's extension in STL. On a 1 year deal the AAV could be lower but anything 3 years and up the AAV climbs as they will be eating up UFA years.

Smith has a contract and Holland isn't going to trade him, he forfiets his money if he retires so I doubt that happens also.

Same thing for Keith, I highly doubt he retires and Holland doesn't have the stones to trade him (as you'd be attaching assets in order to move him)
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 19, 2022 at 1:07 p.m.
Thread: IF Retiring after a deep run
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Xspyrit</b></div><div>That would really be a bad trade for Ottawa

They need a rock solid RD to play with Chabot, not a Barrie type. Like a Methot for Karlsson

Hamonic is a stop gap (Zaitsev too but Hamonic is better)

Chabot - RD
Sanderson - Zub
Brannstrom - Holden/Thomson/JBD


Does Keith has a legit skin condition though?

LTIR is not a decision, it happens or it doesn't</div></div>

First thing, it wouldn't be a "really bad trade" for OTT as it's been discussed in other comments Barrie isn't coming in to be a top pair player. He would be coming in to assist the PP, which is his single biggest attribute and to play soft 3rd pair minutes.

As an aside to the Barrie to OTT trade, one thing is OTT is not a destination much like EDM is not a destination. It is unfortunate, trust me as an Oilers fan I know all too well, that in order to get players the team has to trade for guys with term. As a bottom 3rd team in the league with spending problems don't expect a big UFA splash.

Keith doesn't have Eczema but what he did have was a bad concussion this season in addition to a upper body injury (likely shoulder) that kept him out of the line up.
What are you inferring that LTIR is not a decision? Do you think Keith would sit out the season if he were able to play? No he has a contract so if he is no longer able to play he will go LTIR rather than retirement
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 19, 2022 at 12:53 p.m.