They almost never draft high with the exception of recent years.
- LittleRicky

that's all the proof i need to tell me that he has mastered developing players.

i hope you guys hire him

that's all the proof i need to tell me that he has mastered developing players.

i hope you guys hire him
- Tumbleweed

What it means is he's done rather well drafting in the later rounds. They've done well as a team not rushing kids to the NHL.

Holland tends to hand out bad contracts but what GM doesn't ?

What it means is he's done rather well drafting in the later rounds. They've done well as a team not rushing kids to the NHL.

Holland tends to hand out bad contracts but what GM doesn't ?
- LittleRicky

How about we just agree to disagree. Here's my peace offering, a gift from detroit

How about we just agree to disagree. Here's my peace offering


- Tumbleweed

- DDM-Coga

How about we just agree to disagree. Here's my peace offering, a gift from detroit


- Tumbleweed

How about we just agree to disagree. Here's my peace offering, a gift from detroit


- Tumbleweed

I don't think they realize that they're losing.

I don't think they realize that they're losing.
- laughs2907

They’re on board with the tank.

How about we just agree to disagree. Here's my peace offering, a gift from detroit


- Tumbleweed

This is oddly arousing.

They’re on board with the tank.
- Wildschwein

Dahlin is ours!!!

Dahlin is ours!!!
- laughs2907

No worries, Detroit will pick Tkachuk.

This is oddly arousing.
- Wildschwein

I agree

I agree
- Coilers

I love how the girl to the left hasn’t a (frank)ing clue what she’s doing.

Spitballing for the sake of killing time:

Klefbom or Nurse for Trouba
Sekera with .5mil retained for C Brown
Caggiula and a pick for Pageau
Slepyshev for another fringe guy(?)
Maroon for a Blais and a 3rd (cond. a 2nd depending on success in playoffs or resigning)

Sign Calvert, Mitchell and another fast bottom-6 guy in the offseason

Resign Puljujarvi before the season

Lucic- McDavid- Puljujarvi
Draisaitl- Nuge- Brown
Khaira- Pageau- Blais
Calvert- Mitchell- Kassian
Wingels and others

Nurse- Larsson
Russell- Trouba
Davidson/Benning/Auvitu

Ideally we could add a Ron Hainsey type guy in the offseason to bolster our left side until a guy like Jones, Lagesson or Samorukov come into their own but I'm comfortable with that blueline.

Spitballing for the sake of killing time:

Klefbom or Nurse for Trouba
Caggiula and a pick for Pageau
Sekera with .5mil retained for C Brown
Slepyshev for another fringe guy(?)
Maroon for a Blais and a 3rd (cond. a 2nd depending on success in playoffs or resigning)

Sign Calvert, Mitchell and another fast bottom-6 guy in the offseason

Resign Puljujarvi before the season

Lucic- McDavid- Puljujarvi
Draisaitl- Nuge- Brown
Khaira- Pageau- Blais
Calvert- Mitchell- Kassian
Wingels and others

Sekera- Trouba
Nurse- Larsson
Davidson/Benning/Russell/Auvitu
- MaximumBone

You sly (frank)er you

You sly (frank)er you
- laughs2907

Good catch I knew something was off.

Good catch I knew something was off.
- MaximumBone

We'll put Dahlin there instead

We'll put Dahlin there instead
- laughs2907

So it is written and so shall it be

Spitballing for the sake of killing time:

Klefbom or Nurse for Trouba
Sekera with .5mil retained for C Brown
Caggiula and a pick for Pageau
Slepyshev for another fringe guy(?)
Maroon for a Blais and a 3rd (cond. a 2nd depending on success in playoffs or resigning)

Sign Calvert, Mitchell and another fast bottom-6 guy in the offseason

Resign Puljujarvi before the season

Lucic- McDavid- Puljujarvi
Draisaitl- Nuge- Brown
Khaira- Pageau- Blais
Calvert- Mitchell- Kassian
Wingels and others

Nurse- Larsson
Russell- Trouba
Davidson/Benning/Auvitu

Ideally we could add a Ron Hainsey type guy in the offseason to bolster our left side until a guy like Jones, Lagesson or Samorukov come into their own but I'm comfortable with that blueline.
- MaximumBone

I’d prefer it be Klefbom if we HAD to move one.

That being said, if Trouba wants outa Winnipeg, why would he sign in Edmonton?

I’d prefer it be Klefbom if we HAD to move one.

That being said, if Trouba wants outa Winnipeg, why would he sign in Edmonton?
- Wildschwein

My understanding of his desire to leave had more to do with lack of opportunity behind Byfuglien (PP-wise). Maybe there's more to it.

As for Klef v Nurse, I think it comes down to Nurse's new contract and if we can shed some D cap hit (Sekera or Russell). If Nurse ends up at over 5.5, it might prove worth it to keep Klef over him for the 1.4mil in cap space.

My understanding of his desire to leave had more to do with lack of opportunity behind Byfuglien (PP-wise). Maybe there's more to it.

As for Klef v Nurse, I think it comes down to Nurse's new contract and if we can shed some D cap hit (Sekera or Russell). If Nurse ends up at over 5.5, it might prove worth it to keep Klef over him for the 1.4mil in cap space.
- MaximumBone

Eww. We cannot give Nurse 5.5.
Id love Trouba here. Top Pair two way rhd.
Larsson as a number 3.

My understanding of his desire to leave had more to do with lack of opportunity behind Byfuglien (PP-wise). Maybe there's more to it.

As for Klef v Nurse, I think it comes down to Nurse's new contract and if we can shed some D cap hit (Sekera or Russell). If Nurse ends up at over 5.5, it might prove worth it to keep Klef over him for the 1.4mil in cap space.
- MaximumBone

Could be.

Klefbom’s contract does increase his value to the club, but I’m willing to gamble on the possibility that Nurse will be the better player.
As to Nurse’s next contract, I really hope it doesn’t crack 5. However if he continues to play the way he has, I can see it happening. That is unless he signs a bridge deal.

As bad as the Hall for Larsson trade looks now, it's the only one of his awful moves that made even a lick of sense at the time. They were addressing a desperate need and avoiding the inevitable McDavid vs Hall dressing room split. Hall wanted the Oilers to be his team, and he wasn't going to step aside for McDavid, nor was he all that keen on mentoring him.

If that had been the only awful trade Chiarelli made, they'd probably be in a pretty good spot right now.

Eww. We cannot give Nurse 5.5.
Id love Trouba here. Top Pair two way rhd.
Larsson as a number 3.
- Iggysbff

I doubt it gets up that high. Either they'll bridge him at like 4 or get him at around 4.6-4.9 long term.

Could be.

Klefbom’s contract does increase his value to the club, but I’m willing to gamble on the possibility that Nurse will be the better player.
As to Nurse’s next contract, I really hope it doesn’t crack 5. However if he continues to play the way he has, I can see it happening. That is unless he signs a bridge deal.
- Wildschwein

As we've discussed before, the market number stands somewhere between 4.6 and 4.9. More than that is a bad deal (barring a crazy second half) and less is a great one.