He's an RFA, he really doesn't have many other options.
- Zschalberg

oilers can offer sheet him

I guess we'd need to define exactly what "cave" is in terms of $$$...I think less than $5M would be a bargain for buffalo...still think around $6m, dependent upon term, would be it...have been wrong before, and it turned out well for the sabres, so we'll see what happens
- Michael Pachla

wonder how winnipeg and anaheim would feel if we gave ristolainen 6.75 for 8 today.

oilers can offer sheet him
- homiedclown

Pretty sure they would have already if they really wanted to.

honestly, you do nothing but tell them this is the best we can do long term and thus work on a bridge while leaving the long term on the table

if you cave on risto, then you have eichel, lehner, reinhart, larsson and girgens seeing this and will thus wait for more money
- homiedclown

Girgs and Foligno got "show me" deals.
McCabe (I think) was a steal and a half.

If Risto got 6.5 you think Jack/Samson would remember that 2 years from now? I'm just of the mind that a bridge deal would blow up in our faces. I can expand on that, but if we are motivated to sign long term for whatever reason...is 6.5 something to get stuck on?

#tblightning GM Steve Yzerman said they were told by Nikita Kucherov's agent that the wing won't report to camp without a contract. Is RFA

— Joe Smith (@TBTimes_JSmith) September 29, 2016

incoming trades

oilers can offer sheet him
- homiedclown

Oilers need RHD not LHD

Oilers need RHD not LHD
- turbo044

Risto is a RHD.

Risto is a RHD.
- HonkFortheGoose

Eff Canada

Would be a boon to all local restaurant servers if all the folks coming from Canada that don't tip could be banned.
- LandlordTom

Eff McD

Oilers need RHD not LHD
- turbo044

go on

#tblightning GM Steve Yzerman said they were told by Nikita Kucherov's agent that the wing won't report to camp without a contract. Is RFA

— Joe Smith (@TBTimes_JSmith) September 29, 2016

incoming trades
- DDM-Coga

GMTM is not getting Risto's deal done because he is too busy preparing Kucherov's offer sheet.

#tblightning GM Steve Yzerman said they were told by Nikita Kucherov's agent that the wing won't report to camp without a contract. Is RFA

— Joe Smith (@TBTimes_JSmith) September 29, 2016

incoming trades
- DDM-Coga

id take palat anyday

Pretty sure they would have already if they really wanted to.
- HonkFortheGoose

http://thehockeypress.ca/...-arz--cgy---and-more.html

GMTM is not getting Risto's deal done because he is too busy preparing Kucherov's offer sheet.
- SomeoneGerman

no money to offer sheet kuch

id take palat anyday
- yen6d1

I bet he gets 30 goals this year

http://thehockeypress.ca/posts/20092256/nhl-trade-rumors--evgeni-malkin-for-p-k-subban-----rasmus-ristolainen-to-edmonton-oilers---fleury--yakupov--drouin--yandle---arz--cgy---and-more.html
- homiedclown

The press is a joke, one of the worst rumour sites out there

The press is a joke, one of the worst rumour sites out there
- DDM-Coga

not as bad as this site though

no money to offer sheet kuch
- homiedclown

Contract termination ala brad richards

I bet he gets 30 goals this year
- homiedclown

Very possible lmo also forechecks like a machine

Tonights game is gonna be a TSN feed on MSG. I'm sure we will get our fill of Matthews by the first whistle.

not as bad as this site though
- homiedclown

I think its way worse that this Site. WHen they start to post rationale their trade rumours of why it works...its just random fan boys having bar hockey talk

Tonights game is gonna be a TSN feed on MSG. I'm sure we will get our fill of Matthews by the first whistle.
- cabin

I dont think he is playing tonight, but they will for sure be talking about him a lot.

Matthews has already won the Calder

Per Toronto

oilers can offer sheet him
- homiedclown

Either way they'd be doing us a favour. The amount a succesful offer sheet would take would give us the luxury of having enough assets to go trade for someone, or two somebodys.

Matthews has already won the Calder

Per Toronto
- SABRES 89

Same source says hes better than Mcdavid.