Bure10Kuzmenko96 Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 1 minute ago, DSVII said: All that work yesterday just to not match. Interesting strategy EDM. According to PuckPedia they now have $946K in cap space with not matching the offer sheets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 1 hour ago, Bob Long said: It somehow makes the whole thing funnier. No way around it, EDM screwed themselves by signing Perry and Skinner instead of prioritizing younger depth. Look at that d group now and imagine what happens if/when Ekholm gets an injury. Ekholm is a stud. The entire D core is laughable though. I hope they lose but Stecher does well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 bummer. matching these offer sheets would have messed up edmonton long term. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure10Kuzmenko96 Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 Just now, tas said: bummer. matching these offer sheets would have messed up edmonton long term. But they still have to sign Draisaitl and Bouchard and then the following season McDavid and Skinner 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiznak Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 (edited) 1 hour ago, HKSR said: Ekholm-Bouchard Nurse-Brown Kulak-Stecher Honestly its not THAT much different than last year with a healthy Stecher. PK likely won't be as elite though. And they lose some serious size. Ekholm-Bouchard Nurse-Ceci Kulak-Desharnais I think you’re underrating Emberson here. He’s a sneaky good shutdown defensemen in the limited time we saw of him. He was playing some heavy minutes for SJ before injuries got to him, that ended his season. Plus, he’s reunited with Knoblauch, back when he coached him in Hartford. Edited August 20 by shiznak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinch Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 1 hour ago, Nucker67 said: Oilers (and specifically Draisaitl) got crushed physically against the Canucks in the playoffs. So what do they do? Gave away a 6'7" Dman (to Vancouver) and a 6'1" winger who played well in their run and then brought in smaller players - Skinner and Arvidsson. Crush 'em again Canucks Most of that came from zadorov sooooo….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 19 minutes ago, Grinch said: Most of that came from zadorov sooooo….. Nah Myers took out Draisaitl. He was never the same after. Plus our forwards were all very physical. We only got more physical with our signings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKSR Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 37 minutes ago, shiznak said: I think you’re underrating Emberson here. He’s a sneaky good shutdown defensemen in the limited time we saw of him. He was playing some heavy minutes for SJ before injuries got to him, that ended his season. Plus, he’s reunited with Knoblauch, back when he coached him in Hartford. Yeah he's hard to judge because of how bad SJ was. Overall I don't think the Oilers D took as big of a step back as some people do. I think the PK is where they took the biggest hit, and that's pretty significant given how it was one of their keys to making the finals last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook007 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 57 minutes ago, shiznak said: I think you’re underrating Emberson here. He’s a sneaky good shutdown defensemen in the limited time we saw of him. He was playing some heavy minutes for SJ before injuries got to him, that ended his season. Plus, he’s reunited with Knoblauch, back when he coached him in Hartford. Out of curiosity, why would Sharks trade a good D man for Ceci? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksJay Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 32 minutes ago, DeNiro said: Nah Myers took out Draisaitl. He was never the same after. Plus our forwards were all very physical. We only got more physical with our signings. My only concern is that we went from a big hitter who laid heavy hits to a pack mentality of aggressive players that don't necessarily cause damage. Like I used to love Motte but his hits rarely caused damage. In fact his physical style was equally a detriment to him as well as to those he hit. I think our D was rather healthy this year (minus Soucy). And I think it's because of the size. Taking and absorbing hits didn't cause damage like previous years. Good news is we replaced the size with Desharnais, Forbort so hopefully we stay rather injury free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks curse Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 1 hour ago, tas said: bummer. matching these offer sheets would have messed up edmonton long term. Yeah but broberg could end up being a top RD in a few years think of us losing willander this way both drafted 11th OA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiznak Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 19 minutes ago, spook007 said: Out of curiosity, why would Sharks trade a good D man for Ceci? Because Ceci is more established, I’m guessing? Even though Emberson looked good, he’s still a rookie who can’t stay healthy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsiders Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Oilers lost a lot of speed upfront which made them effective. Mcloud,Fogele and now Holloway. All big guys with speed. They got slow Skinner and Arvy to replace lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Oilers maintain cap space and get two mid round picks. They are going to be dangerous players at the TDL this coming season. If the mandate is to win the next 2 seasons, they are going to use that draft capital and accrued cap space to ensure McDavid and Draisaitl have two deep cup runs. Sucks in the long term, but this makes a load of sense for them to let Holloway and Broberg go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksJay Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 23 minutes ago, spook007 said: Out of curiosity, why would Sharks trade a good D man for Ceci? Well in 30 games, he did fine on spot duty with 10 pts and a minus 4 on a horrible team. Our very own Kyle Burroughs was 73 games and minus 42. Ferraro was 78 games and a minus 38 Im curious to see how sheltered Emberton's minutes were... There's no denying Cece is the better player between the 2 so sharks made the trade. Edmonton did get worse by trading Cece for Emberton but the question is how much worse? They lowered their cap which was the goal. Now the question is whether Emberton can be a regular contributor on the bottom pairing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 2 hours ago, Provost said: That 2028 3rd round pick is hilarious. A little token of thanks after bending them over. Paul Fischer is a decent prospect too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 6 minutes ago, shiznak said: Because Ceci is more established, I’m guessing? Even though Emberson looked good, he’s still a rookie who can’t stay healthy. Ceci will probably get SJ another 3rd rounder at the deadline as an experienced RHD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain insano Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 1 hour ago, shiznak said: I think you’re underrating Emberson here. He’s a sneaky good shutdown defensemen in the limited time we saw of him. He was playing some heavy minutes for SJ before injuries got to him, that ended his season. Plus, he’s reunited with Knoblauch, back when he coached him in Hartford. I don’t agree with that, I was picking on this kid last year watching sharks games with the boys, we were all laughing how he kept getting pigeon tossed from the big forward, him and that Addison kid both look horrendous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksJay Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 3 minutes ago, D-Money said: Ceci will probably get SJ another 3rd rounder at the deadline as an experienced RHD. Yeah or even a late 2nd depending how much salary is retained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 16 minutes ago, canucks curse said: Yeah but broberg could end up being a top RD in a few years think of us losing willander this way both drafted 11th OA broberg vocally doesn't want to be an oiler anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Neat to see offer sheets actually work, doesn't happen very often. Maybe we'll see more of them. I hope Holloway and Broberg work out for St. Louis, make it really sting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 I wonder who the others were, interesting to hear there was so much consideration given folks tend to pain offer sheets as taboo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Definitely not surprised the Oilers didn't match Broberg, $4.5M is a ton of money for a guy that hasn't cracked the NHL full-time yet (regardless of his potential). I am surprised they didn't match Holloway though. I thought Holloway looked great in the series against us; he's physical, a good skater, and clearly has more offensive potential. While $2.3M is a slight overpayment for Holloway at the moment, that's still a very manageable cap hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rocket-68 Posted August 20 Popular Post Share Posted August 20 (edited) This transaction should go a long way to maintaining the stellar record below: Edit: also showing the size of sausage each could swallow whole without chewing. Edited August 20 by Rocket-68 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 St Louis was kind enough to send them a nobody prospect and a 3rd rounder for future considerations. Lol. Everything is square now. Broberg and Holloway for Paul Fischer, a 2nd rounder, and two 3rd rounders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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