Trade97soIcancheerforanotherteam

Member Since
Feb 13, 2019
Favourite Team
Edmonton Oilers
2nd Favourite Team
Nashville Predators
Birthday
Mar 14, 1974
Forum Posts
67
Posts per Day
0.12
Forum Threads
3
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 30, 2019 at 6:52
Thread: The rich get richer
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SmugTkachuk</b></div><div>It made you giggle.. holy smokes. That's why this conversation is going the way it is.

So in this situation Buffalo doesn't take on a defensive specialist after finishing in the bottom 10 for GA per game? At 4.3 which isn't a big contract anymore, that is an elite penalty killer, for one season at no risk of going over the cap. All for a 4th round pick.. which is just a lottery ticket. They can then extend Frolik likely at a little less if they wanted to have their young guys play more sheltered minutes the same way Tkachuk developed. All you have looked at is points this entire time which paints not eve a quarter of the picture, I'm not sure if you understand that there are 200 feet to the game.</div></div>

Or Buffalo could keep their asset and use $4.3M to sign Marcus Kruger and Brian Boyle and fill two slots, not one on the PK. They might still have some coin left over for ice cream too. Ryan Carpenter, PE Bellmare, Paajarvi are other UFAs that will cost a fraction and play in your bottom 6 and are good penalty killers. I haven’t just looked at points. I believe you can find excellent penalty killing for much cheaper.

I guess that since you didn’t offer sources, that means you were just making it up about the people calling about Frolik?
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 30, 2019 at 5:34
Thread: The rich get richer
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SmugTkachuk</b></div><div>If you can't figure out that I meant defensive forward, you should have more concerns about your glass house than mine.

Zucker is younger quicker, scores more, fits our style better, is all around better and is a guaranteed contract long term. Replacing Frolik with him makes our team better. At the deadline it was Frolik and a pick, now that there are more buyers they have inquired about Bennett and Frolik, that's it. In now way does it diminish the point that Frolik is far from a cap dump. you're literally arguing against your own point.</div></div>

I just found it funny you couldn't even get Frolik's position right .... made me giggle.

You got a source for the "now that there are more buyers that have inquired about Bennett and Frolik"? I'm sure teams are inquiring about Bennet. He's cheap, still under team control and has more upside.

Frolik.... at 15 goals .... $4.3MM.... and a UFA at the end of the season ....... my guess is he would only be of interest to teams looking to hit the cap floor or move out a bad contract of there own (Eriksson?).
A team could go get Pominville, Chaisson, Vanek, Panik, Filppula, Eberle, Wilson and a half dozen more without giving up a pick. Some would be cheaper, some would be more expensive. But you wouldn't have to give up an asset. My guess is unless hes a throw-in/cap dump/salary equalizer you don't see Frolik moved until after teams have struck out the first week of July and even then he's a cap dump/salary equalizer/throw-in. No one is looking to help the Flames get better by taking salary off their hands so they can add a better player.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 30, 2019 at 4:15
Thread: The rich get richer
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SmugTkachuk</b></div><div>It's insane if you think that Frolik is a cap dump... There was a trade in place for Zucker at the deadline, they clearly didn't see him as a dump, he is a really good defensive defenseman and if not for his contract he would probably fetch a high 3rd. It's ridiculous to look at a guys salary and call it a cap dump without knowing much else about his play.</div></div>

uh, Frolik is a forward, not a defensive defenseman. They say people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones....

The Flames couldn't give him away after 2017-2018, but he had a decent bounce-back season this year. I think they could get a 3rd pick for him if they retained salary. They could probably get way more for him as a rental at the trade deadline than to start the season since there would be more teams interested in taking his salary for the last month of the year.

That there was a trade on the table for Zucker. The reports are that it was Frolik &amp; a pick for Zucker. I read another that said it was Frolik and Bennet for Zucker. Doesnt sound like it was 1 for 1. Zucker and his contract isn't a world beater either. You have to really believe playing in Mninny hurt his offense.... $5.5M for 4 more years for a guy who has scored more than 22 goals once. Takes some pretty big balls to take on that contract.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 9, 2019 at 5:44
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 8, 2019 at 5:21
Thread: Fixes from a Rivals Perspective
Starret will definitely be resigned after his season in Bakersfield.

Some Oiler media is now saying expect 8 or 9 new players. Trades are going to be hard &amp; salary cap won't help. They will need to chase underappreciated players.

Goalies
They're not going to spend $10M on goalies. Look for a vet like Niemi, Elliot, Kinkaid or Nilsson to be signed. They might take a flyer on a Jack Campbell/Jake Allen type.

Defense
After Ken Hollands comments yesterday, there's no way Bouchard plays more than a handful of NHL games this year. Bear, Persson or Jones will play before EB. They might go out for a guy like Pionk or Colin Miller.
Manning will be buried in the AHL, traded or bought out. Trading will be hard but packaging a mid round pick with BM for a pick a round or 2 lower might do for a team like the Rangers or Ottawa.

The wingers, outside of Leon &amp; Dzingel will be challenged to score as you have. That would be a huge fail in summer #1.
The bottom 6 has too many slow skaters, especially down the middle.

I realize they aren't going to be able to add a bunch of high profile UFAs like Nyquist, Johansson &amp; Ferland, but they can add one, whether its Dzingel (like you have) or Donskoi or Nyquist. They need to add couple/few bottom six that could surprise (like Chaisson). They pass on Rattie to sign a couple of guys like Aggostino, Pirri, Tyler Ennis or Ryan Carpenter. Maybe they pick up one or 2 guys like Connor Brown and/or Erik Haula from teams that have to cut payroll. I like Gelndenning in Detroit to find his way to Edmonton.