Kessel and a 4th for Subban, Price and Grigorenko.
- markmark

LEAFS LOSE THAT DEAL!

You’re crazy. Having two lines never works. It’s not like Crosby and Malkin ever won a cup. Or Datsyuk and Zetterberg.
- prock

Hall and Yak will look great in Seattle

Source: Adam French

Hall and Yak will look great in Seattle

Source: Adam French
- Symba007

They can start a grunge band.

They can start a grunge band.
- markmark

Smells like team spirit.

Hall and Yak will look great in Seattle

Source: Adam French
- Symba007

He alive still?

I know they don’t. But what’s the point of trading away the forwards you need to win a cup because you don’t have the D? That doesn’t really get you anywhere, other than short of the forwards you need to win a cup.
- prock

its pretty obvious the return on either Hall or Yaks in a few years will be enormous, and with already having Nuge/Eberle on the 1st and Hall or Yaks on the 2nd line you can fill that 2nd line with your other impressive prospects you'd still have a superstar on that 2nd line (nvm the return if you trade Gagner, and/or Hemsky) and would therefore still have 2 very strong lines and would have gotten a good D out of it too

look Pitts is the perfect example, the 3rd star on O was Jordan Staal, but he's not the same type of player as Malkin and Crosby...whereas with the Oil all 4 of em are offensive types (for now) you can easily still work with 3 of 4 and have a more stacked team with the return nvm the prospects you guys have

sidenote: do you think it would have yielded the same results if say Yaks was the same age as Staal around 08 and Pitts had a chance to get him for Staal would the long search for a sniper on crosby's wing being over have been worth the incredible young shutdown center that played a key role in their cup win??...i'm not so sure but thats jus speculation...just trying to point out you dont need overkill on O just because you can....its been proven to be less effective than a strong allround team in winning cups....unless we're talkin 80s

or you can choose to be the Caps....pure offense and by the time you figure out that wont win cups...jus president trophies and such...it'll have become too expensive

its pretty obvious the return on either Hall or Yaks in a few years will be enormous, and with already having Nuge/Eberle on the 1st and Hall or Yaks on the 2nd line you can fill that 2nd line with your other impressive prospects you'd still have a superstar on that 2nd line (nvm the return if you trade Gagner, and/or Hemsky) and would therefore still have 2 very strong lines and would have gotten a good D out of it too

look Pitts is the perfect example, the 3rd star on O was Jordan Staal, but he's not the same type of player as Malkin and Crosby...whereas with the Oil all 4 of em are offensive types (for now) you can easily still work with 3 of 4 and have a more stacked team with the return nvm the prospects you guys have

sidenote: do you think it would have yielded the same results if say Yaks was the same age as Staal around 08 and Pitts had a chance to get him for Staal would the long search for a sniper on crosby's wing being over have been worth the incredible young shutdown center that played a key role in their cup win??...i'm not so sure but thats jus speculation...just trying to point out you dont need overkill on O just because you can....its been proven to be less effective than a strong allround team in winning cups....unless we're talkin 80s

or you can choose to be the Caps....pure offense and by the time you figure out that wont win cups...jus president trophies and such...it'll have become too expensive
- Habitants98

Everyone saying the Oil need to trade one of the young studs for some D can kiss my ass.

The Oil were in the middle of the pack last year in even strength goals allowed with their patched together Defense. Calgary allowed 151 goals against. Edmonton 153. Pretty (frank)ing close. Yet Calgary is great on D and has a top goalie. Edmontons D and goalie suck according to all the haters.
They were 22nd in the league in goals for/ against at 0.91. Which means they had more trouble scoring than defending. Mostly due to injuries.

Dubnyk had middle of the road numbers as a goalie.

I will be willing to bet they are a huge improvement this year.

Most of you are just JEALOUS and can suck it!

Everyone saying the Oil need to trade one of the young studs for some D can kiss my ass.

The Oil were in the middle of the pack last year in even strength goals allowed with their patched together Defense. Calgary allowed 151 goals against. Edmonton 153. Pretty (frank)ing close. Yet Calgary is great on D and has a top goalie. Edmontons D and goalie suck according to all the haters.
They were 22nd in the league in goals for/ against at 0.91. Which means they had more trouble scoring than defending. Mostly due to injuries.

Dubnyk had middle of the road numbers as a goalie.

I will be willing to bet they are a huge improvement this year.

Most of you are just JEALOUS and can suck it!
- Iggysbff

Is Khabibulin back this year(if there is a season)?

You can MAYBE use Hall’s game more than Seguin’s, until you get rid of Horcoff. Then you’ll be looking for a two way centre. If you had a 30 goal, 70 point guy (which Seguin is ALREADY), with potential for more, that can fit that role, AND a top scoring role, wouldn’t that be nice? Instead of a one way goal scoring winger?
- prock

Seguin has never broke 30 goals or 70 points. Try again TROLL!

Everyone saying the Oil need to trade one of the young studs for some D can kiss my ass.

The Oil were in the middle of the pack last year in even strength goals allowed with their patched together Defense. Calgary allowed 151 goals against. Edmonton 153. Pretty (frank)ing close. Yet Calgary is great on D and has a top goalie. Edmontons D and goalie suck according to all the haters.
They were 22nd in the league in goals for/ against at 0.91. Which means they had more trouble scoring than defending. Mostly due to injuries.

Dubnyk had middle of the road numbers as a goalie.

I will be willing to bet they are a huge improvement this year.

Most of you are just JEALOUS and can suck it!
- Iggysbff

so angry these kids lol

nobody's hating, im sure the Nucks and Bs would have loved to keep both sets of star and superstar goalies....but money brings you back down to earth quick...we're all jus trying to find ways for the oil to avoid being either premature Hawks or stanley cup (Presidents trophy) winning Caps....thats all

Oilers fans talk alot about a stacked future team but the fact is the Nucks have been THAT for the past 3 years....no cups

but hey if its all about O! i'm not sayin i wont enjoy watchin the oil score 8 goals on everyone....but the playoffs are a different kind of monster....and the Habs managed to beat Pitts AND Washington at the height of their offensive prowess of recent, in the same year no less...so....meh

Everyone saying the Oil need to trade one of the young studs for some D can kiss my ass.

The Oil were in the middle of the pack last year in even strength goals allowed with their patched together Defense. Calgary allowed 151 goals against. Edmonton 153. Pretty (frank)ing close. Yet Calgary is great on D and has a top goalie. Edmontons D and goalie suck according to all the haters.
They were 22nd in the league in goals for/ against at 0.91. Which means they had more trouble scoring than defending. Mostly due to injuries.

Dubnyk had middle of the road numbers as a goalie.

I will be willing to bet they are a huge improvement this year.

Most of you are just JEALOUS and can suck it!
- Iggysbff

Well you should finally be good. The odds are in your favour after picking first 8 times in a row.

Well you should finally be good. The odds are in your favour after picking first 8 times in a row.
- whipper334

i thought it was 9?

and haven we been rebuilding for 6 years?

No, it's true. I read it on Twitter as well.

Your number of untouchables is laughable. You don't make the playoffs. The only new players are two rookies. Really? Live it the real world please.

Hall for Seguin - Boston would hang up
Eberle for Landenskog - Avs would say no although this is the closest one
RNJ for Tavares - Isles say no thanks
Klefbom for Hamilton - Bruins say no
Shultz for Letang - Pitts says no and laughs as they hang up


So you would rather not have Seguin, Landenskog, Tavares, Hamilton and Letang? Really? See they're not untouchable. Don't say that. It makes you seem like such a silly little man.

Feel free to say that's the core and nobody will disagree. Call them untouchable and you should lose your blogging license if there's such a thing.
- therealagent

ohh man u crack me up ohhh....

I think people are taking the whole 'untouchable' thing way too literally.


How bout we call them the core players... ie the 6 best young guys the team is building around.

Could they be traded? Sure... But it's highly unlikely at least in the immediate future.
- robin_steele264

not a fan of this post. doesnt leave enough semantics to moan and debate over

Seguin has never broke 30 goals or 70 points. Try again TROLL!
- Ihatebrianburke

u sneaky fuker prock. betting on the fact i wouldnt check. well played!!

i knew ppg was close but it was pretty much identical!!
hall woulda scored a few more goals and he'd have ended with a few more assists.

Well you should finally be good. The odds are in your favour after picking first 8 times in a row.
- whipper334

Dude haven't they given you a lifetime ban yet? Where is Micah when ya need him.

i thought it was 9?

and haven we been rebuilding for 6 years?
- hugefemale dog77

Dude haven't they given you a lifetime ban yet? Where is Micah when ya need him.
- ruttager17

- whipper334

rip 333

50-60 goal scorer. Let the kid play 1 game in the NHL before tagging him as a hall of famer. hahahahahahahahaha

- whipper334

It doesn't matter anyways because they will be moving to Seattle very soon. And don't pretend you would be ok with that either. Then who would ya get to hate on and have a rivalry with? The Casucks?

rip 333
- HuileHab

It doesn't matter anyways because they will be moving to Seattle very soon. And don't pretend you would be ok with that either. Then who would ya get to hate on and have a rivalry with? The Casucks?
- ruttager17

Yeah that would suck for sure. That being said I still hate the fcking Nucks...

I heard that all of the Oilers draft picks were busts in poor drafting years

50-60 goal scorer. Let the kid play 1 game in the NHL before tagging him as a hall of famer. hahahahahahahahaha
- yttrohs

this seems wildly pessimistic.

im hoping for 80 goals a year and a wing in the hall of fame dedicated solely to him.
with construction to begin after his first game in the nhl