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Forum: NHL SigningsMar. 30, 2022 at 11:55 a.m.
Forum: NHL SigningsMar. 29, 2022 at 9:19 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 28, 2022 at 3:09 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 28, 2022 at 12:58 p.m.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Nhl_oilers</b></div><div>I know drafting a goalie won’t help for next year, but it will help for the future. If we draft one of Brennan, or Coward, they will grow into good goalies in my opinion. I think Vanecek may be an option, as Washington may go for Varlamov, or Holtby. I think they will find a way around it if they trade Allen. Maybe they resign a few guys to help tank. Also, San Jose has Kahkonen, and Hill… they don’t need Reimer unless they trade Hill. With Ullmark, or Varlamov we would be a good team, but I think we could afford them. Getting rid of Barrie would be good, as that would open up 4.5M. I don’t see them waiving though… if they do, then awesome!</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Copenhagen</b></div><div>Drafting a goalie does not help with next year.
I would love Vanecek, but if I am washington, no way I am getting rid of him.
Not sure who Montreal will play in net if they trade Allen.
Reimer would leave SJ short in goalies.
I would love Ullmark, but costly and wont be able to afford one of JP or Yama and same with Semyon.</div></div>

We're honestly fine for goaltending. Skinner and Konovalov have both dominated the AHL (Konovalov also had a tremendous season in the KHL in the last season). It is very realistic that they could become an exceptional goaltending duo.
One the note of other goalies: Montreal declined our offer to include Jake Allen into the Kulak deal and Varlamov reportedly is uninterested in playing in Edmonton.
A lot of these goalie "upgrades" probably won't help in the long run. Getting a guy like Ullmark or Merzilinkis would be nice, but the package we'd have to send may do more harm than good, especially with Skinner and Konovalov in the wings. That's why I'm not too mad that we didn't draft Wallstedt. I mean, I still wish we did, but I don't see him as vital of a draft pick for us as people think.
All in all, I think this and next year will be painful and disappointing for the Oilers organization, but after that I believe we will be really good team. We have so many promising young guys I cannot wait to see in an Oilers uniform.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 28, 2022 at 12:03 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 24, 2022 at 3:59 p.m.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dilldoughs</b></div><div>Getting rid of Klefbom's contract would help Edmonton get out of LTIR for the year, so they can actually accrue cap space ahead of the deadline. Being stuck in LTIR all year again will prevent that for another year, so imo it's worth looking to offload his contract. And getting rid of Smith is a necessity imo, would be hard to run a Smith/Skinner combo next year.

Point is fairly taken about C. Brown, and the return would clearly need to be adjusted.

TY all for the feedback</div></div>

True.

I dunno about Smith, and the reason for that is because I became a massive Mike Smith fan last year, and everybody ignored him, so I said well they'll see this time and lo and behold he's having quite the offseason. I personally believe Koskinen and Smith are an underrated duo, they can't steal games but they rarely sell them. But with that said I recognize this season will be the last I see of at least one of them (and I do love Skinner so it's not all bad). I never made it into the NHL because I didn't have the money to take lessons and all of the hockey kids in my school were rich bullies. But I always stayed close to hockey, and a couple of months ago I realized if I was an NHL goalie that based on how I play and act in my floor hockey league I would be like Mike Smith. I am a very passionate player like Mike Smith, so I just hate to see him go out this way. What I am saying is, please acknowledge that the Koski-Smith duo isn't nearly as bad as people love to say, and I can tell you that as someone who watches them almost as much as anybody else, but also acknowledge that I am biased towards them, so take what you will.

P.S., just read your username and I will definitely use that someday.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 23, 2022 at 6:07 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 23, 2022 at 5:59 p.m.