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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 25, 2018 at 1:19 p.m.
Thread: Small Moves big UFA
NYI needs help on defense, with Sekera expected to bounce back, that’ll give them a big boost in their top 4, and a fresh start for Ho Sang. That gives us cap space to sign Carlson, solidifying the D core, and not giving up prospects, picks, or roster players on good contracts (like Klefbom) means that the cub boards will look pretty good after the draft for a change, and with Grabner and Ho Sang, we improve our forward depth on the roster. There’s a bunch of guys who can play up, down and all over the lineup, leaving a few reasonable options for who ends up fitting in the top 6.

This also allows us not to rush any of our prospects into the NHL, and gives them more time to develop (Bear, Jones and Yamo being the most likely candidates to other wise be thrown into the deep end to soon). If any of them legitimately prove they’re better for the job than NHL player, great, but otherwise there’s lots of time for them to play in Bakersfield and get the occasional call up for injuries and not leave us too hurting.

Talbot and Koskinen can both compete for the starter job, and whoever does better can get a nice contract extension, and someone from in our system could be ready to move up as a backup by then, or else we can shop next off season for a stopgap if need be.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 17, 2018 at 11:29 a.m.
Thread: Oilers19
I think Rattie earned another look on the top line, but it’s certainly a wait and see kind of situation. I reckon PC will throw money at Nurse, and if it’s not a cheap bridge, I’d rather a gamble at what will likely be a very serious bargain contract over time.

For the most part what I was thinking is that Carlson and Grabner are the free agents for us to grab, and if we can shed one bad contract, we should be able to come up with the dough to make those two work. Our system actually shows a lot of promise, and our roster isn’t too far off really. But I don’t think we should mortgage our future to succeed now, we should get help through FA and shedding Hose bad contracts as possible.

I’d rather lose Lucic than Sekera to be honest, but I think if Sekera agrees to a trade, he’ll actually be movable yo a fef has starved team - he was rotten when he was here last year, but he was coming off injury and I expect he’ll bounce back. Looch could bounce back too, but that’s the only way his contract will be movable, so hopefully next off season something can be done about that.

Carlson is definitely a longer signing than ideal, but again, I think he’ll be a hot commodity, and that’s what it will need to sign him for realistic money. Try and sctructure the deal so that he’s tradable or ok to buyout after 4 or 5 years if his play drops off at that point.

As for Marody, I’m by no means sold on him being there, or ready, just thinking that there is likely a spot for one of our prospects who proves themselves worthy at training camp. I’d go into FA for someone dependable as a 4C, but there really isn’t money for that, unless the cap goes up to 82 mil. I’m sure one of our forwards can crack the lineup, whether it’s Marody in the bottom 6, or Yamo taking a spot in the top 6 and pushing someone else down.

The real point here is to bump this team up where it’s contending without giving anything up. We have prospects in the system at forward, defense, and in net. The cap is rising. We have a 10th OA draft pick. The right players are there in free agency, make some room, add them, and Lee stockpiling th cupboards for the future.