I highly doubt he will be as cheap as you guys think. We have a pile of guys for the bottom 6 already. I highly doubt he looks at the oilers and sees a spot for himself and even contemplates signing. He will have many better offers and options.
- Iggysbff

I don't know that I agree. Hypothetically, let's say Nuge and Yak get traded this summer; who's in his way? Eberle is about it until later in the year when Puljujarvi will likely get some time. Beyond that, he beats Kassian, Pakarinen, and anyone else in the system. Maybe he costs like 1.5mil, but I'd still pay that if it gives us a safe bet at keeping Puljujarvi in the AHL until at least Christmas. After that point, leave Kassian and Pakarinen to fight for the last spot on the active roster. All of our prospects that are close to the NHL (Khaira, Caggiula, and Slepyshev) are LWs anyway.

He shouldn't be our main focus by any stretch, but I like what he might be able to bring at a very reasonable cap hit. Maybe he moves up the roster a couple years down the road if we need to shed cap and move Eberle.

I'd definitely give him a 1 year 1-1.5 mill contract.
- kessellover69

Hey Tanner, you know what you can do with your lil charts???

I highly doubt he will be as cheap as you guys think. We have a pile of guys for the bottom 6 already. I highly doubt he looks at the oilers and sees a spot for himself and even contemplates signing. He will have many better offers and options.
- Iggysbff

Sure we have a lot of guys that are penciled into our bottom six but most of them are plugs ie. Korpikoski Hendricks letestu. Connolly has good puck skills and is hard on the puck all while being not completely lost in his own zone. Who knows who's going to get traded but if we end up starting the year with drai nuge Connor down the middle I would much rather have Connolly playing RW on those lines more than any other bottom sixer on our team. Remember when we had Matt Hendricks playing with hall and drai for a bit after Purcell was traded. That was gross. We need good bottom sixers not plugs.

Maybe his price goes up to $2 mill but I doubt it goes any higher than that. Other than the top 5-6 UFA's this year I don't think many are going to get paid.

Hey Tanner, you know what you can do with your lil charts???
- leonkennedy

Use them to get a better grasp of what a player contributes considering I didn't watch him every game last year??

Aside from Connolly, guys like Howden, Pirri, Smith-Pelly, and Paliotta all could fill a role. I'd be especially active in pursuing Paliotta considering he's a.) young, b.) a right shooter, c.) has offense to his game that includes a big slapper, and d.) he wouldn't be pricey. Could represent a great buy-low option and he's not likely to get a better chance in the league with our RHD depth the way it is.

Aside from Connolly, guys like Howden, Pirri, Smith-Pelly, and Paliotta all could fill a role. I'd be especially active in pursuing Paliotta considering he's a.) young, b.) a right shooter, c.) has offense to his game that includes a big slapper, and d.) he wouldn't be pricey. Could represent a great buy-low option and he's not likely to get a better chance in the league with our RHD depth the way it is.
- MaximumBone

Don't really know much about paliotta but he's a free asset and we need RHD in the AHL so I'd be for it

Don't really know much about paliotta but he's a free asset and we need RHD in the AHL so I'd be for it
- kessellover69

I'm not inclined to bet on it, but he might even be capable of bottom pairing NHL duty next year. He was a big part of the Lake Erie Calder Cup win. Give him Davidson and maybe they can find a rhythm. That being said, a guy like Redmond would still be my preference. Why not both, though

I don't know that I agree. Hypothetically, let's say Nuge and Yak get traded this summer; who's in his way? Eberle is about it until later in the year when Puljujarvi will likely get some time. Beyond that, he beats Kassian, Pakarinen, and anyone else in the system. Maybe he costs like 1.5mil, but I'd still pay that if it gives us a safe bet at keeping Puljujarvi in the AHL until at least Christmas. After that point, leave Kassian and Pakarinen to fight for the last spot on the active roster. All of our prospects that are close to the NHL (Khaira, Caggiula, and Slepyshev) are LWs anyway.

He shouldn't be our main focus by any stretch, but I like what he might be able to bring at a very reasonable cap hit. Maybe he moves up the roster a couple years down the road if we need to shed cap and move Eberle.
- MaximumBone

The vast majority of ufas this year will be getting one year deals so they don't need protected. If I'm his agent; I don't even let him consider Edmonton.easy to take less to play in a good situation on a good team and try to cash in longer term next summer. Just the way I'd handle it if I was him though.

Don't worry. Reveen will not be snubbed on the first ballot into the HBPHOF (hockeybuzz posters hall of fame)
He's got the category of best poster with best hair all sewn up....no competition really.
- leonkennedy

The vast majority of ufas this year will be getting one year deals so they don't need protected. If I'm his agent; I don't even let him consider Edmonton.easy to take less to play in a good situation on a good team and try to cash in longer term next summer. Just the way I'd handle it if I was him though.
- Iggysbff

Maybe he sees Edmonton as that good opportunity, though. If none of the Cs are moved, he's all but guaranteed to play with a top-6 C. Hard to say either way but I get your point. I think Edmonton is progressively becoming a more attractive FA destination thanks in large part to McDavid and Chiarelli. We'll see if it pays any dividends this offseason.

That's easily explained. All the people that made up all the poop they did prior to the draft then watched none of their fabricated rumors come to fruition are out of ideas. So like Hollywood get ready for some remakes and reboots.
- leonkennedy

Very true

So Connor McDavid didn't win the Calder because he didn't play enough games and Eric Lindros gets in the HOF despite having a short career.

#NHLlogic
- prismo

Pretty Much...

The vast majority of ufas this year will be getting one year deals so they don't need protected. If I'm his agent; I don't even let him consider Edmonton.easy to take less to play in a good situation on a good team and try to cash in longer term next summer. Just the way I'd handle it if I was him though.
- Iggysbff

I get where you're coming from but depending on what the oilers trade(hopefully they trade someone for a dman) he could have a really good opportunity to pad his stats on a 1 year deal.

I think it depends on nuge. If we trade nuge then ya I agree bad decision for him since he'd be a 3rd line RW on a bad team with who knows as a C. But if we trade someone else for a dman then he has a great opportunity.
Connor- Eberle
Drai-puljujarvi
Nuge-Connolly
3 top 9 C and 3 top 9RW. whatever centre he plays with is probably a better C than he would get to play with on another team.
That's a good opportunity for him to pad his stats. He'd be playing with a top 6 C that would face the other teams worst d pair most the time. And if Eberle is the one that gets traded then that's even more opportunity for him.

Maybe he sees Edmonton as that good opportunity, though. If none of the Cs are moved, he's all but guaranteed to play with a top-6 C. Hard to say either way but I get your point. I think Edmonton is progressively becoming a more attractive FA destination thanks in large part to McDavid and Chiarelli. We'll see if it pays any dividends this offseason.
- MaximumBone

Beat me to it.

Shultz not qualified by Pitt. Is UFA. Who thinks he ends up back with the oil if we can't make any deals for RHD?


- Iggysbff

I would say sign him for a mill and 1 year- - I mean he would be ok as a #5 - but we all know a) if we are signing him we are fuct and b) he wont come back to the Oil... He is likely in tough tbh...

I would say sign him for a mill and 1 year- - I mean he would be ok as a #5 - but we all know a) if we are signing him we are fuct and b) he wont come back to the Oil... He is likely in tough tbh...
- saskoil21

Nah he is signing back in Pittsburgh. Just for less dough.

Nah he is signing back in Pittsburgh. Just for less dough.
- Iggysbff

You are probably right- safe move for both parties.

Aside from Connolly, guys like Howden, Pirri, Smith-Pelly, and Paliotta all could fill a role. I'd be especially active in pursuing Paliotta considering he's a.) young, b.) a right shooter, c.) has offense to his game that includes a big slapper, and d.) he wouldn't be pricey. Could represent a great buy-low option and he's not likely to get a better chance in the league with our RHD depth the way it is.
- MaximumBone

It depends on how the Oil want to do this. There is talk of them going with 3 scoring lines and 1 shut down line. Running RNH, McDavid and Leon up the middle (Letestu on 4). That makes room for a higher end winger. I would think they should consider Perron. He didn't do much before or after the Oilers. I am thinking he can be had for cheap and he was our top goal scorer the the last year before we traded him. There are a ton of options and Edmonton might be kicking themselves with the contracts they already have out.

As for Pulj, do you ever move him to the AHL? He is playing with adults in a professional league right now. I know there is something to be said to get him into the Oilers system but how much more will he learn on the farm than in a professional league?

As for Def. I think the Oilers are doing good. They have cap space and there is going to be a musical chairs thing happening this year. Blues want to add upfront. They have already shown that they will take draft picks for Shattenkirk so they are not worried or maybe not interested in having a player that makes the squad right now. If not him then there are tons of options. I say, plan B. Campbell on a small 2 year deal and Hamhuis on a 4 year. Allows the Oilers time to find options. Campbell has steam left in him and adds to the PP. Hamhuis is underrated and would be great on the PK. They might be obtainable at really low cap hits.

It depends on how the Oil want to do this. There is talk of them going with 3 scoring lines and 1 shut down line. Running RNH, McDavid and Leon up the middle (Letestu on 4). That makes room for a higher end winger. I would think they should consider Perron. He didn't do much before or after the Oilers. I am thinking he can be had for cheap and he was our top goal scorer the the last year before we traded him. There are a ton of options and Edmonton might be kicking themselves with the contracts they already have out.

As for Pulj, do you ever move him to the AHL? He is playing with adults in a professional league right now. I know there is something to be said to get him into the Oilers system but how much more will he learn on the farm than in a professional league?

As for Def. I think the Oilers are doing good. They have cap space and there is going to be a musical chairs thing happening this year. Blues want to add upfront. They have already shown that they will take draft picks for Shattenkirk so they are not worried or maybe not interested in having a player that makes the squad right now. If not him then there are tons of options. I say, plan B. Campbell on a small 2 year deal and Hamhuis on a 4 year. Allows the Oilers time to find options. Campbell has steam left in him and adds to the PP. Hamhuis is underrated and would be great on the PK. They might be obtainable at really low cap hits.
- Hall Fan

Delete your account. You lost our deal.

And no one is reading your drivel.

Good deal. 750 for him is great. I'd rather him at that price than Letestu at 1.8.

Something is going to have to give though as we already have 14 forwards signed not including PUJU and some guys in the minors could fight for a spot like Jujhar and Slepy.
- Iggysbff

I dont mind the deal at all and perhaps another reason why they kept him was to help PUJU make the transitition? Cant say for sure but makes some sense...as far as something having to give I still have this dream that we can turn some of those forwards into RHD...probably a foolish one at best at this rate

It depends on how the Oil want to do this. There is talk of them going with 3 scoring lines and 1 shut down line. Running RNH, McDavid and Leon up the middle (Letestu on 4). That makes room for a higher end winger. I would think they should consider Perron. He didn't do much before or after the Oilers. I am thinking he can be had for cheap and he was our top goal scorer the the last year before we traded him. There are a ton of options and Edmonton might be kicking themselves with the contracts they already have out.

As for Pulj, do you ever move him to the AHL? He is playing with adults in a professional league right now. I know there is something to be said to get him into the Oilers system but how much more will he learn on the farm than in a professional league?

As for Def. I think the Oilers are doing good. They have cap space and there is going to be a musical chairs thing happening this year. Blues want to add upfront. They have already shown that they will take draft picks for Shattenkirk so they are not worried or maybe not interested in having a player that makes the squad right now. If not him then there are tons of options. I say, plan B. Campbell on a small 2 year deal and Hamhuis on a 4 year. Allows the Oilers time to find options. Campbell has steam left in him and adds to the PP. Hamhuis is underrated and would be great on the PK. They might be obtainable at really low cap hits.
- Hall Fan

Jesus Murphy, Steinley....

So Lucic is either going to sign with the Oil or the Ducks.... Please be in Anaheim

So Lucic is either going to sign with the Oil or the Ducks.... Please be in Anaheim
- prismo

I thought they were up against there internal cap once the sign Lindholm?

I thought they were up against there internal cap once the sign Lindholm?
- Wildschwein

no idea... maybe they're unloading Fowler

no idea... maybe they're unloading Fowler
- prismo

They could probably make it work. Still have a feeling that Hall will be moved for D and Chia will sign Lucic to some God awful contract.