I think scrivens resigns. He's from spruce grove my hometown and less than 20 minutes away from Edmonton. He had pretty good success under Dallas Eakins and has the opportunity to take the ball and run with it.

Hendricks is really bad.
- Jack-artist

That has nothing to do with the issue of retaining salary.

Reimer has been great for the Leafs until the crap the Leafs pulled with him this year....Terrible!!!

Reimer to Edmonton would have solidified their need for a starting goalie. Scrivens is just more of the same crap they are used to.
- Cooshie

Oh you mean give him competition for the job? Yeah that's a great sign folds like a cheap suits when he doesn't get his way. He got the same treatment from Ron Wilson with gussy. What goes around comes around.

Heres the problem though. Unless they do something else to further improve their overall strength, they miss the playoffs again...

As things stand, Oilers would need to win 30 of their remaining 33 games(projected playoff cutoffs) this year for an 8th place finish.

These moves needed to happen a long time ago. But, at least something is being done...I think...
- Colin Dambrauskas

Are you trolling????

He's restricted I believe.
- Yeti1181

nah, he's a UFA unfortunately.

http://www.capgeek.com/player/1717

He's restricted I believe.
- Yeti1181

No, he is going to be an UFA.

http://capgeek.com/player/1717

nah, he's a UFA unfortunately.

http://www.capgeek.com/player/1717
- Morris

(frank) sakes.

nah, he's a UFA unfortunately.

http://www.capgeek.com/player/1717
- Morris

That has nothing to do with the issue of retaining salary.
- Morris

yeah but surely we could have retained salary without having to take a player on a bad contract back.

I think scrivens resigns. He's from spruce grove my hometown and less than 20 minutes away from Edmonton. He had pretty good success under Dallas Eakins and has the opportunity to take the ball and run with it.
- CrustyRooster

The Scrivens deal will be judged on if they can re-sign him and for how much

If MacT signs him for anywhere north of 2.9 for more than 2 years - then he is off his rocker

Heres the problem though. Unless they do something else to further improve their overall strength, they miss the playoffs again...

As things stand, Oilers would need to win 30 of their remaining 33 games(projected playoff cutoffs) this year for an 8th place finish.

These moves needed to happen a long time ago. But, at least something is being done...I think...
- Colin Dambrauskas

Why don't you stick to worrying about the poopty Leafs and even pooptier Flames....

Eakins knows Scrivens well from his Toronto Marlies days. Scrivens has posted good numbers in every league he has played in.

HE IS HEAD OVER HEELS BETTER THAN DUBNYK!!
- 13LEAFS01

Actually, up until this year, Dubnyk has had better career numbers then Scrivens has ever posted. This year Scrivens was sheltered on a great LA team....he'll go back to his usual career numbers or worst (Edmonton factor) now that he has been traded.

Going from Dubnyk to Scrivens is no improvement and Edmonton will learn this within a half dozen games.

yeah but surely we could have retained salary without having to take a player on a bad contract back.
- Jack-artist

I think MacT wanted a player, and maybe he chose poorly on Hendricks.

I really don't think he was trying to get rid of Dubnyk for futures.

A year ago, or whenever this was being proposed, Dubnyk and Reimer were statistically similar, Scrivens was statistically worse, and if someone came in suggesting the oilers give up (significant) assets for what seemed like a latteral move, I can't imagine that it was that well received.

I'm willing to bet the topic wasn't "Oilers fans: independent of any interest in acquiring him, how good is James Reimer for the Leafs?" but rather "James Reimer <--> XXXX + XXXX + XXXXX". The way the question is framed has a lot (in my experience on hockeybuzz, almost everything) to bear on how charitably the subject is received.

On people's excitement, I think that a) you're misrepresenting how excited people are and b) they're excited in comparison to the bad goaltending we've received, not simply because of Scrivens' attributes.
- Morris

They were saying the same thing this year too even when dubynk was poopting the bed. Yes they were getting stupid deals too this time but the basis of saying reimer is the same as dubynk isn't corrected.

lahey's been all over this for awhile.

we'll soon find out if scrivens was a product of la's stifling system.
scrivens certainly wasnt able to kill it behind a porous defence in toronto.

either way, dubs needed to go probably and this could work out

yeah but surely we could have retained salary without having to take a player on a bad contract back.
- Jack-artist

Obviously not. Nashville is a poorer team.

I think scrivens resigns. He's from spruce grove my hometown and less than 20 minutes away from Edmonton. He had pretty good success under Dallas Eakins and has the opportunity to take the ball and run with it.
- CrustyRooster

So, will that make him want to play for Edmonton, or want to leave?

Not trying to be funny, an honest question. Didn't realize that he was from the area.

Sometimes players don't want to play in their hometown. More distractions/etc

They were saying the same thing this year too even when dubynk was poopting the bed. Yes they were getting stupid deals too this time but the basis of saying reimer is the same as dubynk isn't corrected.
- Yeti1181

If at any time during this season the majority of Oilers fans said that Dubnyk was a better goalie than Reimer, short of replying to a troll I would love to see a link to that.

I simply cannot believe that.

Actually, up until this year, Dubnyk has had better career numbers then Scrivens has ever posted. This year Scrivens was sheltered on a great LA team....he'll go back to his usual career numbers or worst (Edmonton factor) now that he has been traded.

Going from Dubnyk to Scrivens is no improvement and Edmonton will learn this within a half dozen games.
- Cooshie

probably this

either way, i dont think it makes much of a difference compared to dubs play this season.
might even work out

lahey's been all over this for awhile.

we'll soon find out if scrivens was a product of la's stifling system.
scrivens certainly wasnt able to kill it behind a porous defence in toronto.

either way, dubs needed to go probably and this could work out
- hugefemale dog77

Dubnyk for a pick would have been a better get for the Oil

I think scrivens resigns. He's from spruce grove my hometown and less than 20 minutes away from Edmonton. He had pretty good success under Dallas Eakins and has the opportunity to take the ball and run with it.
- CrustyRooster

Interesting point here as well!

I think MacT wanted a player, and maybe he chose poorly on Hendricks.

I really don't think he was trying to get rid of Dubnyk for futures.
- Morris

He's better than what we have on the 4th line by a bit, but I dunno, I'm not sure about having replacement type players on long term deals. Whatever, doesn't hurt us too too much provided we don't continue loading up on Hendricks-types.

Why don't you stick to worrying about the poopty Leafs and even pooptier Flames....

- Iggysbff

Sorry, I was one of those people who said the Oilers would be really good in a year or two....a year or two ago. It frustrates me that they wont make any bold moves to speed things up...

Why don't you stick to worrying about the poopty Leafs and even pooptier Flames....

- Iggysbff

Don't bug him, he may say that the Oilers are the pooptiest.

Why don't you stick to worrying about the poopty Leafs and even pooptier Flames....

- Iggysbff

Are you sure about that??? Last I checked....