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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 9, 2019 at 5:44 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 8, 2019 at 5:21 p.m.
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 & 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 & 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 & 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.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 25, 2019 at 3:50 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 18, 2019 at 4:50 p.m.
Thread: Vegas MTL CHI trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DomCholette</b></div><div>Yep but I already have spent all the money I could in above with the other 2 trades... need a great TOP 6 and OK Def</div></div>

Koskinen is at $4.5MM next year, so you have to go back to the drawing board anyways.
I agree we need wingers in the top 6 and center depth. It was depressing to watch how little offense ad creativity from the other lines. But (personally) a lot of that started with lack of puck moving D. McDavid and Leon can excel regardless cause they're genius. Plus they mostly got the top D......everyone else was stuck with the scrubs........II like Eakin and Haula. Maybe just 1 of them? Or forget Saad. His speed matches with McDavid though. Maybe take a flyer on another Chaisson.... Pirri? Or move Larsson to Toronto see if you can pry Kapanen or Johnsson ?
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 18, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.
Thread: Vegas MTL CHI trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DomCholette</b></div><div>Than should I trade Nurse for Tatar &amp; Kulak? (kulak can seriously skate with the puck... but creates alot of turnover)</div></div>

What? I'm not sure where you got that idea. Edmonton needs to IMPROVE the D, not make it worse. Nurse and Kelfbom are the only guys I would want to keep. But I'd move Klefbom in the right package for a stud D. All the others are expendable...as long as the D is improved through the trade or other trades. I don't know Kulak well, but he sounds like he'd be a 6th/7th guy. If he moves the puck and skates better than Petrovic....then I'd take him over Petrovic. Would Wild consider Spurgeon (extended) for something starting with Yamamoto or Puljujarvi? Would Carolina or Philly want to move some of their D for combination of draft pick or Yamamoto or Puljujarvi? Would Stralman sign on to be our second pairing RD? Miller is supposed to be available in Vegas...is he a fit?
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 18, 2019 at 3:43 p.m.
Thread: Vegas MTL CHI trade
NYI, BOS and COL don't have a stud like Josi, doughty, Giordano or Hedmen.
I like the forward acquisitions, but the reason Edmonton has sucked for so long is cause the D can't break up a cycle, isn't mobile enough and can't make a pass. There's no transition game at all. This D-corp will get slaughtered. Doesn't matter how good the 2way forwards are. The forwards don't defend the rush and the center is only 1/3 of breaking the cycle down low. They don't need stud D. They need competent D that can skate and move the puck. Russel is competent D and can skate, but he cannot move the puck. Benning &amp; Larsson are both competent but neither one is a strong puck mover. Pertovic isn't fast enough and can't move the puck. Sekera is better than all of them, but likely belongs in the bottom pairing after the injuries.