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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 9, 2022 at 8:08 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 8, 2022 at 2:23 a.m.
Thread: Ken will do
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aidanplayz</b></div><div>and husso very un proven he had a good start to the year but fell off at the end and had an auful playoff run not worth 5 mill</div></div>

I agree personally I want to target Kuemper. But either or with Skinner I wouldn’t complain. People drag Smith (myself included) but it’s not gonna be easy to find a goalie that’s better for a similar price. Especially free agency or trade. Kassian I think will ultimately be retained on and I believe oilers will force Keith into retirement. I also can see kane coming back with foegle being dealt as much as I think foegle will bounce back. This is more a scenario I can see than what I think will happen. Just don’t want ppl to keep blowing up this team. Yes the conference finals exposed some holes but you run it back with this group and another year for all these young players who just had their first serious run will only benefit them.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 31, 2022 at 4:12 p.m.
Thread: TDL Expectations
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>rpain</b></div><div>This trade is atrocious asset management from Edmonton. Trading a 2nd AND retaining to make the salaries almost equal to exchange Koskinen for a goalie with extremely similar below average statistics. The "advantage" is the extra year on the contract but the Oilers already have Smith and Skinner signed next year. You'd be better off keeping your 2nd and playing Skinner more than acquiring Hill.

Hill- 0.901sv% -0.23 GSAA/60
Koskinen- 0.900sv% -029 GSAA/60

The difference between the 2 goalies over a 50 game season based on the 24 they've both played to date is Hill saving you an extra 3 goals for that 2nd round pick.</div></div>

I should explain I don’t want Hill, personally I wanted Wallstedt but now I would target Samsonov or wait till the off-season and kick tires on Kuemper and Jarry. But I think Oilers will make a move and while I think Jones or Holtby make more sense I think Ken wants a younger goalie like Hill or Georgiev or Korpisalo or Vanecek, but we need a starting young goalie and I’m not sold on any of them. Also you would need to give up the second cause that’s what the Sharks gave up, even then might not be enough. Georgiev makes probably the most sense but not sure Rangers will feel rushed to get rid of their backup unless he forces their hand.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 5, 2021 at 1:27 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 2, 2021 at 11:38 a.m.
Thread: Oilers 2122 take 10000000000
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Luke_xiv</b></div><div>Like I said, I'd prefer a guy like Oleksiak (or similar fringe top 4 D) but they're all going to be even more expensive. On the other hand there is a definite need of another proven top 4 D. Don't know if Keith wouldn't fit. I could see him as a good 4/5 guy to mentor Bear/Jones/Bouchard, who all need more mentoring. And he's still capable of big(ger) minutes. But yes, it'd have to be a bad contract vs. bad contract.</div></div>

Yea that’s kind of how I see him too, I think the second pairing left side he still played over 23 minutes a game for Chicagoast year so a drop down to 20 or so might keep him fresher too. My only thing is what happens with Jones if we bring in someone for that left side, I see the lines something like this: nurse-bear, _____-bouchard, russel-Larson, and then laggesson and think koekook played well enough he deserves a 1 million one year deal.