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Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 9, 2021 at 6:33 p.m.
Thread: Oilers 2021-2022 Not actual Cap Hell
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheGreatBigMac</b></div><div>Yes things are easing up but with this lineup Oil still need money to resign Nurse, Bear, and Jesse in 2022, which will be at least $4M more. The only cap relief is a Neal Buyout.</div></div>

A Neal buyout isn't exactly "cap relief". Oilers would have $4.2mill in cap penalties till 2023, and an extra $1.91mill in penalties till 2025 with a Neal buyout added to our current buyout and retention penalties. Only 1 playoff team this year has more than our hypothetical $4.2mill in penalties, Montreal with $4.3mill in penalties, which becomes only $1.9mill next year. I think it's absolutely ridiculous to add another $2mill to our current penalties with a Neal buyout. Teams don't succeed with $4.2mill in penalties. We'll continue to have an awful bottom 6, and get nowhere. I would much rather hold onto Neal and unload him in a TDL move in his 2nd last, or final year to make the money work, it would cost extra picks but is entirely worth it. We're supposed to be winning cups with McDavid and Drai, not get anchored down by more cap penalties
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 17, 2021 at 3:07 p.m.
Thread: Hall and Hamilton
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>newmy</b></div><div>Hamilton not elite? My man, you need to look into some advanced stats on all of these players before making claims like that. Hamilton is ,quite literally, one of the best defensmen in the league. He is, literally, elite ad defending and moving the puck. He will, at least, command a similar contract to Pietrangelo.

With regards to Hall, I’ve already agreed numerous times that there are other options available for lesser $$ and term.</div></div>

The more I consider it, the more I think Hamilton makes sense. We have a surprising amount of cap space. PP1 could be: Hamilton, Bouch, Drai, McD, (Pulju/Yamo/Nuge). Might not be a realistic signing, but could work potentially. Might need to dump Neal in his final year to ensure we have cap to resign Bear, Nurse, Pulju. It definitely cuts things pretty close, doubt we take the gamble anyways
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 17, 2021 at 2:12 p.m.
Thread: Hall and Hamilton
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DONTGIVEAPUCK13</b></div><div>What about Lagesson? My Protected List is: Connor, Leon, Nuge, JP, Yamo, Kahun, Jujhar Bear, Nurse , Kelf/Larsson? idk if Holland resigns guys before the draft</div></div>
Here's how I'd do it

Assuming we: trade Jones, waive/trade Stalock, Klefbom is out for good or ruled ineligible for expansion: Protect 7/3/1: Nuge, Leon, McD, Pulju, Yamo, Jujhar, Archibald, Nurse, Bear, Lagesson, Skinner.

Available (under contract): Neal, Kassian, K. Russell, Turris

RFA rights available: Benson, Marody, Kahun

Pending UFA's: Larsson, Nuge, Barrie, Ennis, Chiassion

I assume all of our pending UFA's either want to test free agency before deciding on a contract, or extend with us. Benson, Kahun and Marody's RFA rights are essentially worthless, they are basically UFA's as well. Last summer Buffalo didn't even match the Oilers 975k offer on Kahun, and he's been worse this year. My guess is one of the guys under contract gets taken, probably Turris? Maybe they work out a deal to take Neal because we have nothing good to give them

If Klefbom returns (which is unlikely because it sounds like he's getting a shoulder replacement from what I've heard), we should resign Nuge after expansion and this plan essentially stays the same with the exception that Kharia is made available. If he wants to stay an Oiler he just tells Seattle he won't sign there. His RFA rights aren't worth anything either. I assume he wants to stay an Oiler so it doesn't effect anything
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 17, 2021 at 12:56 p.m.
Thread: Hall and Hamilton
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>newmy</b></div><div><em>Zero</em> incentive?

Neal is a serviceable NHL player and only has two years left. Seattle won’t be able to pull off the same success as Vegas did and likely won’t be competitive for at least two+ years. Their focus is going to be on building up a pipeline of prospects. They’ll also likely need some hefty short term contracts to help hit the salary floor... Neal is an NHL player who helps them get to the salary floor and bridges them for two years when he can be replaced by prospects. Finally, a mid-first round pick is a damn good incentive to take on Neal, who, like I explained, helps them already achieve some of their other goals. I wouldn’t say that’s <em>zero</em> incentive.</div></div>

Exactly. And assuming we trade Jones, they'll likely only have Turris, Neal, Russell, Kassian to choose from. Unless one of our pending free agents signs with them at expansion which is unlikely

Between those 4 choices, why wouldn't they just take a 1st and Neal. We have 0 value besides that to offer
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 30, 2020 at 1:05 p.m.
Thread: Best Lines they can make
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Skyraider112</b></div><div>I have watched Kassian and the Oilers quite a lot actually. IMO though Ennis is a much better player to have alongside McDavid than Kassian is. I have heard that Kahun will play with Drai, so I figured Nuge would be with McDavid. I agree though that Nuge-Drai-Yama was the best line in hockey last season, I'd like to see them together again. Barrie won't be a 3rd pair D man, he needs top 4 time. Nurse-Bear pairing was good but too many mistakes, that's why I give Nurse and pretty steady guy like Larsson and put Bear with the surprisingly consistent and composed Jones</div></div>

- Ennis is a LW, Kassian is a RW. It's not an Either/Or situation, as I mentioned above. Ennis is competing with Kahun and Nugent-Hopkins for a top-6 LW spot.
- Probably Kahun will start TC with Draisaitl, but having them together is not a given.
- Barrie needs sheltered / offensive minutes, he can't handle Elite competition. Every NHL coach knows this. Playing bottom pairing doesn't necessarily reflect on his overall minutes.
- Nurse-Larsson was tried and it didn't work. Nurse-Bear worked very well in the second half of the year... 1st pairing is hard and its unreasonable to expect a rookie to excel in those minutes right away. Look at their results from January 1st onwards and you'll see what I mean. Tippett won't split them.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 30, 2020 at 12:39 p.m.
Thread: Best Lines they can make
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Skyraider112</b></div><div>If this team actually wants to compete every night, they need to play their skilled players over their rough-and-tough goons. Ennis played marvelously with McDavid and is a much better player than Kassian. Maybe Kassian would play over Chiasson you are right. Archibald was low-key Edmonton's 5th best forward last year.</div></div>

You should watch Kassian, he has great hand and is a very good skater. When he's "on" he's the perfect complimentary winger for McDavid. Kahun or Ennis could play on the left side of McDavid because Nuge - Draisaitl - Yamamoto was the #1 line in the entire league last year, so if you're out to find the perfect lines that's 100% where you start.

One of Ennis/Kahun on the 3rd line with Turris and Puljujarvi seems reasonable. Then likely Neal and Chiasson on the 4th with Khaira or Haas in the middle - maybe Archibald wins some 4RW time from Chiasson, but his impact wasn't great last year so it's hard to put him there right off the hop.

And your D pairings are off: Nurse-Bear is a given for the 1st pairing, after that it's a little hard to foretell but Jones-Larsson played well together when Klefbom was out last year so I could see them starting together. That makes Russell-Barrie your 3rd pairing which seems about right.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 4, 2020 at 10:19 p.m.
Thread: Sergachev holtby
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>cody_tugak</b></div><div>Broberg is completely untouchable, as well as Bouchard, Samorukov should be too, but of it was for Sergachev, so be that trade, I love the future defenceman we have, I think it makes most sense if we keep them all, especially the big three prospects we have in that department, what I'd like to see in the 2021/2022 season is:

Nurse/Bouchard
Broberg/Bear
Samorukov/possibly a shutdown defenceman from FA or a Russian right handed defenceman, not Zaitsev though

And if we could get Askarov at 14 this Tuesday, it would also be nice to see Askarov and Konovalov sharing the net in a couple of years</div></div>

To me jones is much more valuable than samorukov you could play him at 2nd pair right now beside bear. In 2021-22 I’d ideally like to see a pairings of: Sergachev or other true 1D/ larsson. Jones/bear. Broberg/Bouchard If we find a true 1D I think we lose nurse in the expansion or trade him due to contract dispute and trade Klefbom if we still have jones or nurse and a 1D and he himself isn’t taken in the expansion.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 3, 2019 at 11:44 a.m.