Steps to drafting goalies

1. 6'1+
2. Ridiculously athletic
3. Finnish
4. Finnish
5. Some kind of Northern hemisphere country
6. Nobody has ever heard of him
7. Superstar
- AdamFrench

8. ......
9. PROFIT!

Your metaphor did nothing to improve your argument cause it has no basis in reality.

And he missed 5% of the games last year. Not 30.
And he led our team in scoring before he went knee on knee this year.
So a guy might take a bad hit and go down, so we should give up on on him? Couldnt the same be said about any player?
Silly logic.

Its weird that ur first thought and diss goes straight towards sex with dudes..overcompensate much?

Anyways, he wont be traded
- hugefemale dog77

You're going to get beat by experience again. Ugh, some of these (frank)sticks need to go away.

Steps to drafting goalies

1. 6'1+
2. Ridiculously athletic
3. Finnish
4. Finnish
5. Some kind of Northern hemisphere country
6. Nobody has ever heard of him
7. Superstar
- AdamFrench

Samu Perhonen (62nd overall in 2011)
1. CHECK 6'5"
2. CHECK (and by "ridiculously athletic" I mean consistency issues)
3. CHECk
4. DOUBLE CHECK (not even one of those poser finnish towns, JAMSANKOSKI BITCHEZ!)
5. Well DUH
6. I've already forgotten his name
7. WOAH NOW. HOLD ON. NOT ON THE OILERS PAL

You're going to get beat by experience again. Ugh, some of these (frank)sticks need to go away.
- Al Hacker

I bet he likes putting fishsticks in his mouth

And if you think you're going to get say McDonaugh, a top prospect & a pick for Yak, you're on glue!!

I don't care if he was taken 1st overall or not, the kid hasn't proven anything yet while anyone of those 3 blueliners has, MDZ to a lesser degree but if McDonaugh is your choice, you'll get him straight up or not at all.
- newmy

Is that what Dregger told you?

Samu Perhonen (62nd overall in 2011)
1. CHECK 6'5"
2. CHECK (and by "ridiculously athletic" I mean consistency issues)
3. CHECk
4. DOUBLE CHECK (not even one of those poser finnish towns, JAMSANKOSKI BITCHEZ!)
5. Well DUH
6. I've already forgotten his name
7. WOAH NOW. HOLD ON. NOT ON THE OILERS PAL
- Morris

OOOPS, apparently we never signed Perhonen.


Oh well, we've got the mad Finnish hookups. HOIVONEN AND TOUHIMAA BITCHEZ!

If this keeps up it may be time to trade him Conacher style for the young goalie we need.
- Morris

That would make sense, but Oiler management will probably sign him to an extension, six years at six million per.

Know whats interesting to talk about? Music!

Thanks bud

Drop Steve Smith and try to bring in Paul Maurice as a replacement. Then, make a move to acquire a guy like Coburn (if available) and two solid, PK-experienced bottom 6ers (guys like Ott, Bergenheim, Goc, J Mitchell, N Foligno, Dubinsky, D MacKenzie, etc) from the few teams that are looking like they may be falling out of the race early.
- MaximumBone

So a quality D man and 2 quality bottom 6 forwards ( some of the guys you mention play on the top 6 part of the time)?
What are you willing to give up to get some of these guys.

Sure, sounds like it could become a sick, cup competitive top 9. Three lines we can roll situationally, like many of the good teams (LA often has Kopitar, Richards/Carter and Brown on three different lines!)

I envision

Hall-Gagner-Yakupov
Defensive Tough winger - Nuge - Ebs
Perron - Gordon - Defensive Specialist
Joensuu - PeKing Tough guy - Pitlick

in the go-ahead. Maybe even flip Yak and the 3rd line
- Morris

Whats wrong with a tough Center from Canada?

So a quality D man and 2 quality bottom 6 forwards ( some of the guys you mention play on the top 6 part of the time)?
What are you willing to give up to get some of these guys.
- Jeropotato

Detroit Red Wings receive
Anton Lander + 2015 2nd

Edmonton Oilers receive
Justin Abdelkader

Anaheim Ducks receive
Martin Gernat + 2014 3rd

Edmonton Oilers receive
Daniel Winnik

Philadelphia Flyers receive
Ladislav Smid + Martin Marincin

Edmonton Oilers receive
Braydon Coburn

Any team that wants him receive
Ales Hemsky

Edmonton Oilers receive
Late Pick

Hall-Gagner-Yakupov
Abdelkader-Nuge-Eberle
Perron-Gordon-Winnik
Smyth-Acton-Jones

Coburn-Petry
Schultz-Ference
Schultz-Belov

Whats wrong with a tough Center from Canada?
- Jeropotato

haha I just saw this guy on the Beijing Flying Dragons and thought he'd be a perfect fit

Detroit Red Wings receive
Anton Lander + 2015 2nd

Edmonton Oilers receive
Justin Abdelkader

Anaheim Ducks receive
Martin Gernat + 2014 3rd

Edmonton Oilers receive
Daniel Winnik

Philadelphia Flyers receive
Ladislav Smid + Martin Marincin

Edmonton Oilers receive
Braydon Coburn

Any team that wants him receive
Ales Hemsky

Edmonton Oilers receive
Late Pick

Hall-Gagner-Yakupov
Abdelkader-Nuge-Eberle
Perron-Gordon-Winnik
Smyth-Acton-Jones

Coburn-Petry
Schultz-Ference
Schultz-Belov
- Morris

yes to all.

Detroit Red Wings receive
Anton Lander + 2015 2nd

Edmonton Oilers receive
Justin Abdelkader

Anaheim Ducks receive
Martin Gernat + 2014 3rd

Edmonton Oilers receive
Daniel Winnik

Philadelphia Flyers receive
Ladislav Smid + Martin Marincin

Edmonton Oilers receive
Braydon Coburn

Any team that wants him receive
Ales Hemsky

Edmonton Oilers receive
Late Pick

Hall-Gagner-Yakupov
Abdelkader-Nuge-Eberle
Perron-Gordon-Winnik
Smyth-Acton-Jones

Coburn-Petry
Schultz-Ference
Schultz-Belov
- Morris

but...hewhy?

Is that what Dregger told you?
- Al Hacker

Keep this in mind:

Newmy proposed trading a 37th and a 56th for a 36th, and drafting Fucale.

Keep tabs on whether Fucale has a better career than all of these guys combined:

Marc-Olivier Roy – RW (2nd round, 56th overall) – Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL)

Bogdan Yakimov – C (3rd round, 83rd overall) – Reaktor Nizhnekamsk (VHL)

Anton Slepyshev – LW (3rd round, 88th overall) – Ufa (KHL)

Jackson Houck – RW (4th round, 94th overall) – Vancouver Giants (WHL)

Kyle Platzer – C (4th round, 96th overall) – London (OHL)

Aidan Muir – LW (4th round, 113th overall) – Victory Honda U18 Midget (MWEHL)

but...hewhy?
- AdamFrench

They play defense, and have demonstrated the fleeting ability to make use of uber-talented linemates, and I'm rolling the dice that they become Troy Brouwer and Matt Moulson in the right situation.

They play defense, and have demonstrated the fleeting ability to make use of uber-talented linemates, and I'm rolling the dice that they become Troy Brouwer and Matt Moulson in the right situation.
- Morris

No I meant why are contenders trading parts of their team for longshots?

LMAO - how many picks did you have in the 2nd round?? You could have had him, your lousy scouts chose not to take him.

If you're goin to troll at least do it right!!
- newmy

You should pull your head out your ass once in a while for a breath of fresh air.

Edmonton Oilers ‏@EdmontonOilers 3h

#Oilers recall forward Linus Omark from @OKCBarons.

No I meant why are contenders trading parts of their team for longshots?
- AdamFrench

Ah, I see. Well, who's to say either of those teams have staying power?

But, Sean Bergenheim is a rough analogue to Justin Abdelkader, and - I dunno - Eric Nystrom is kinda like Daniel Winnik.

I like Abdelkader and Winnik, but there's no shortage of those types to be had from teams in all situations.

but...hewhy?
- AdamFrench

In wouldn't do that one with the flyers

Dumb comment. People on this website are not talking about you. You didn't start training for your job at 4yrs old, then work mornings before school, weekends, hours and hours and miles and miles of driving to and from the rink, then be the cream of the crop at 13, then at 15, then at 17... Did you receive phone calls at 9pm on weekends to make sure you were home when you were a teenager? They did. Do millions of people watch you at work every day on television, then dissect and analyse every move and decision you made while on the job? Do people jam into a 20,000seat venue to watch you work? Has anyone ever asked you to hold up a box of cereal just so they could take your picture beside it because young kids will buy more of it? Is your career length only 5or6 years long on average?

sorry, but I really hate this comment, it is so naïve and jealous.
- JLO961

Your comment was even dumber.

Grossly over pay in terms of market value and cap space ( See Boyd Gordon). It happens when your team plays out of Edmonton and you have missed the playoffs for many years.
Or
Grossly over paid as far as return in trade ( for example, any trade with the Oilers proposed by a Sabres fan).

Your bleeding heart stance of the fair compensation of pro atheletes doesn't really apply here. Might I suggest you read back a bit so you can at least keep up with the conversation?

People need to stop mentioning Arcobello in trade scenarios, he is the David Desharnais of the Oilers...only worse. He arguably shouldn't be on the Oilers, who are currently riddled with injuries and in the basement. No NHL team would have Arco at even 5 on their depth chart...more like7th or 8th.

This experiment should be over by now.
- JLO961

Why should the experiment be over? he is one of the few actually doing anything out there.
The sad part of this is that Arco at least plays a physical game despite his size! 34 hits in 16 games, over 52% on the button and a far better defensive awareness to his game over Gagner.
At this point I wold rather see Arco on the ice busting his ass vs watching Gag's floating in a fog!

This is relevent because Dubnyk needs to focus on the puck....or something....

- ChetManly

Well those are cute!

Edmonton Oilers ‏@EdmontonOilers 3h

#Oilers recall forward Linus Omark from @OKCBarons.
- deks1

Nooooooo reallly