Comedy gold out of Edmonton

[mattola]

Why Oilers not matching Broberg, Holloway offer sheets was smartest move

If Oilers GM Stan Bowman blinked and overpaid a couple of youngsters who have a grand total 170 NHL games played between them, the entire model of “taking less to win” blows up, writes Mark Spector.

www.sportsnet.ca

lol

In the past week, Bowman also picked up 23-year-old Vasili Podkolzin for a fourth-round pick, grabbed right-shot defenceman Ty Emberson, 24, in the Ceci trade, and has enough cap space now that Evander Kane won’t have to go on long-term injury reserve unless Bowman and Co. choose to go that route. But they won’t be forced to be an LTIR team, another preferred outcome from this sticky situation.

 

[thedddd]

Oilers Considering Tyson Barrie On PTO

The Edmonton Oilers are looking for a puck-moving right-handed shot defenseman as they reimagine their defensive core after declining to …

www.prohockeyrumors.com

Yeah I know it is just a PTO but if you are that desperate to bring in one of the worst defensemen your team is in trouble.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Well yeah duh that makes sense.

 

[dash]

Well yeah duh that makes sense.

I mean, why hide it at this point, embrace being the villains.

 

[mattola]

I mean, why hide it at this point, embrace being the villains.

CARTER HART...... COME ON DOWN......

 

[forty_three]

I mean, why hide it at this point, embrace being the villains.

I think this is the Trump campaign slogan now.



I will throw Ivan Provorov's name on the pile. I know he's hella mild comparatively, I just want him gone from my team.

 

[dash]

Have I missed the Drai signing or could it be the media fanboys in Edmonton were way off the mark when they stated a team friendly contract was a mere formality?

 

[dash]

I mean, if true, this is exactly what Frank was saying earlier this summer and they were pooh-poohing it in Edmonton...

 

[thedddd]

^ Good luck with that deal. I guess it is same old year different sh*t for the OIlers.

They are going to have to figure out how to drop 6 million from their cap next year (assuming the cap stays flat). I guess they are hopiing Kane stays permanently on LTIR.

 

[esls79]

Pretty sure that sound you here is the window slamming shut on the Oilers.

 

[dash]

Pretty sure that sound you here is the window slamming shut on the Oilers.

I guess we'll have to wait and see, but I don't think the Oilers are as good today as they were back in June. Lest we forget, they had a ton of good fortune in their 2024 playoff run (the Canucks should have beaten them and the Stars just crumbled explicably).

 

[mattola]

I mean, if true, this is exactly what Frank was saying earlier this summer and they were pooh-poohing it in Edmonton...

Official

 

[forty_three]

I guess we'll have to wait and see, but I don't think the Oilers are as good today as they were back in June. Lest we forget, they had a ton of good fortune in their 2024 playoff run (the Canucks should have beaten them and the Stars just crumbled explicably).

Hoping your opponents top 2 goalies get hurt isn't usually a recipe for long term success.

 

[thedddd]

So no penalties/fines for the Canucks are incoming.

 

[dash]

So no penalties/fines for the Canucks are incoming.

Correct, but plenty of slew-foots and elbows from Drai for the next 8-9 years

 

[puckhead]

If Drai is at $14.... What do you have to pay Mcjebus next summer?

 

[mattola]

If Drai is at $14.... What do you have to pay Mcjebus next summer?

maybe they know he is not coming back? they could reshape the franchise trading him

 

[dash]

If Drai is at $14.... What do you have to pay Mcjebus next summer?

Frank was saying $16 million earlier this summer - And then you start to wonder about Bouch Bomb - If Nurse is making 9.25 million, Bouch needs to get $10 million right?

 

[mattola]

Frank was saying $16 million earlier this summer - And then you start to wonder about Bouch Bomb - If Nurse is making 9.25 million, Bouch needs to get $10 million right?

imagine the 2 Dmen they could have picked up for $9.25M split....

 

[thedddd]

Frank was saying $16 million earlier this summer - And then you start to wonder about Bouch Bomb - If Nurse is making 9.25 million, Bouch needs to get $10 million right?

Oof.. the only team I can think of with that much tied up for awful defensemen is:

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