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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727025 is a reply to message #727017 ]	Thu, 10 January 2019 14:32

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Oscargasm wrote on Thu, 10 January 2019 14:50

3 questions;
1- How big of an impact has Klefbom’s absence had on the recent losing record? (3-8-2 since Klefbom’s injury)

2- Have Peter Chiarelli's recent moves hurt the team more than help?

3- Should Edmonton consider moving their first round pick to help them improve right now?

1. Huge. Russell out at the same time hurt. I think the last ten games is the worst stretch of Larsson's time as an Oiler. I dont think that is a coincidence and to me it is now clear who the best Oiler defenceman is.

2. Hurt. I dont know how they class recent specifically but there hasn't been a trade so far this year that has made the team better.

3.
NO as long as Chia is the one making the deal
Yes if Chia is gone and they are;
- adding a scoring winger or D that is a legit 1st top pair. IE at least better than Larsson
- under 28
- with term or team control IE RFA
The topic of turn around time of this mess has been discussed recently. I dont want short term, scrape into the playoff bandaids.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727040 is a reply to message #727017 ]	Thu, 10 January 2019 18:37

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I would like to hang onto the pick.

I just feel regardless of who the GM is, they will lose the deal.

They are not winning the Cup this year. They are not winning the Cup next year. They are not.

I don’t really want anymore picks going out. I want someone to build a team here. They are just too far away from being a contender.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727042 is a reply to message #727040 ]	Thu, 10 January 2019 18:51

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g2k wrote on Thu, 10 January 2019 18:37

I would like to hang onto the pick.

I just feel regardless of who the GM is, they will lose the deal.

They are not winning the Cup this year. They are not winning the Cup next year. They are not.

I don’t really want anymore picks going out. I want someone to build a team here. They are just too far away from being a contender.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that amateur scouting may be the only thing this org is at least average or above at now. Trading that 1st rounder would definitely be a mistake. No one currently hired in the org has the ability to turn it into something useful for the next 4-5 years in a trade.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727043 is a reply to message #727042 ]	Thu, 10 January 2019 18:57

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Kr55 wrote on Thu, 10 January 2019 18:51

g2k wrote on Thu, 10 January 2019 18:37

I would like to hang onto the pick.

I just feel regardless of who the GM is, they will lose the deal.

They are not winning the Cup this year. They are not winning the Cup next year. They are not.

I don’t really want anymore picks going out. I want someone to build a team here. They are just too far away from being a contender.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that amateur scouting may be the only thing this org is at least average or above at now. Trading that 1st rounder would definitely be a mistake. No one currently hired in the org has the ability to turn it into something useful for the next 4-5 years in a trade.

The current GM has effed the team up badly. They are not close enough to be a contender to trade themselves into an actual one. They are trying to plug 4 holes in the dam with 3 fingers. And if they mortgage the future and don’t become a contender....then what? This city would be burnt to the ground.

Sadly this team sucks at developing talent, so my approach may be just as fatal anyway.

Hope at an all time low these days.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727047 is a reply to message #726983 ]	Thu, 10 January 2019 19:25

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Oscargasm wrote on Thu, 10 January 2019 15:51

What's with your nicknames? Klefa. Bako.

Now you have a problem with using nicknames? Finding something reasonable to take issue with.

Oscargasm wrote on Thu, 10 January 2019 15:51

1- Even if they go on a run, no, people won't forget the start they've had.

So bitter. So ridiculous. Of the last five times this team has made the playoffs once they had exactly 43 points after 43 games and twice they had 45 points after 43 games. Do you remember what seasons those were? You should by your logic.

Oscargasm wrote on Thu, 10 January 2019 15:51

4- Sigh. Oilers are a fringe playoff team with McDavid. Current team is not as good as the 06-09 team? So you agree that Chia has broken the team past its DoD level?

06-09 Oilers =/= to level of DoD. Obstinance is draining.

Oscargasm wrote on Thu, 10 January 2019 15:51

5- Small sample of Jones. Looks like he could be a player, as did Bear last year with his stint. Jury is still out as they need more time. Nurse has as many defensive gafs as Smid but at least Smid used his size on a consistent basis. Klefbom (I assume that's who you mean when you say Klefa(?)) and Larsson are definitely better than anyone you mentioned there.

Jones this year is far better than Bear was last year.

Who else would Klefa be referring to?

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727106 is a reply to message #727040 ]	Thu, 10 January 2019 22:34

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g2k wrote on Thu, 10 January 2019 17:37

I would like to hang onto the pick.

I just feel regardless of who the GM is, they will lose the deal.

They are not winning the Cup this year. They are not winning the Cup next year. They are not.

I don’t really want anymore picks going out. I want someone to build a team here. They are just too far away from being a contender.

I think a big reason why the team has been crap for so long is because we keep on keeping our high value picks and young assets. At some point, we have to start trading futures. I don't think Connor McDavid will be happy if we start doing that in year 7 of his career.

When is the last time we have sent away young promising players, or high picks for established players? #16 for Griffin Reinhart is the closest I can think of, and he was nowhere near established. This team could have been pretty bolstered if they kept their established players the last few years (Hall, Eberle mainly) and instead weren't scared to trade the Yamamoto pick, the Puljuljarvi pick, a young Nurse, the Bouchard pick etc. I just don't think there is any more time to wait for yet another rebuild when McDavid/Draisaitl are top 20 scoring leaders every year.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727109 is a reply to message #727106 ]	Thu, 10 January 2019 22:50

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smyth260 wrote on Thu, 10 January 2019 21:34

I think a big reason why the team has been crap for so long is because we keep on keeping our high value picks and young assets. At some point, we have to start trading futures. I don't think Connor McDavid will be happy if we start doing that in year 7 of his career.

When is the last time we have sent away young promising players, or high picks for established players? #16 for Griffin Reinhart is the closest I can think of, and he was nowhere near established. This team could have been pretty bolstered if they kept their established players the last few years (Hall, Eberle mainly) and instead weren't scared to trade the Yamamoto pick, the Puljuljarvi pick, a young Nurse, the Bouchard pick etc. I just don't think there is any more time to wait for yet another rebuild when McDavid/Draisaitl are top 20 scoring leaders every year.

You're 100% right, except that the Oilers are in an ugly cap situation right now and trading picks for players just isn't an option. Unless you're throwing in a crappy contract the other way and then the player you are getting back is going to not be as good. So then you get marginal improvement on a team that is pretty bad which means they are only marginally better than pretty bad.

So now you're traded away a valuable piece to be mediocre.

Which is why I think the Oilers need to start thinking about where they want to be in 3 years, and start planning for that.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727115 is a reply to message #727109 ]	Fri, 11 January 2019 00:53

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A good GM is going to have to exhaust all options to free salary. Russell, Kassian, Lucic, Sekera, Manning is an ugly list, but I don't think we can just tell McDavid that our hands are tied. Reach out to cap floor teams, evaluate buyout options, retained salary on trades. I am sure there is something a qualifed GM could do.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727117 is a reply to message #727017 ]	Fri, 11 January 2019 06:18

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Oscargasm wrote on Thu, 10 January 2019 20:50

3 questions;
1- How big of an impact has Klefbom’s absence had on the recent losing record? (3-8-2 since Klefbom’s injury)

2- Have Peter Chiarelli's recent moves hurt the team more than help?

3- Should Edmonton consider moving their first round pick to help them improve right now?

1. The brutal streak was coincident with losing Klefa and Russell. 2-1 since Russell is back.

2. Probably not. Caggiula? Meh. His defensive woes aren't enough to make up for the minimal, inconsistent offence he provided. The Manning contract does look pretty bad.

3. Only way the Oilers should consider moving their first rounder is if there is significant cap relief somehow as part of the deal.

Two points out of a playoff spot with a relatively easy schedule before the week off is a pretty decent position to be in. The Oilers should go 4-2-0 before the week off and will be in a good position if they can do it.

Chia keeps his job if the Oilers make the playoffs.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727119 is a reply to message #727117 ]	Fri, 11 January 2019 07:15

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shoop wrote on Fri, 11 January 2019 06:18

Oscargasm wrote on Thu, 10 January 2019 20:50

3 questions;
1- How big of an impact has Klefbom’s absence had on the recent losing record? (3-8-2 since Klefbom’s injury)

2- Have Peter Chiarelli's recent moves hurt the team more than help?

3- Should Edmonton consider moving their first round pick to help them improve right now?

1. The brutal streak was coincident with losing Klefa and Russell. 2-1 since Russell is back.

2. Probably not. Caggiula? Meh. His defensive woes aren't enough to make up for the minimal, inconsistent offence he provided. The Manning contract does look pretty bad.

3. Only way the Oilers should consider moving their first rounder is if there is significant cap relief somehow as part of the deal.

Two points out of a playoff spot with a relatively easy schedule before the week off is a pretty decent position to be in. The Oilers should go 4-2-0 before the week off and will be in a good position if they can do it.

Chia keeps his job if the Oilers make the playoffs.

Can you unencrypt your answer for #2 please?

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727120 is a reply to message #727115 ]	Fri, 11 January 2019 07:46

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smyth260 wrote on Fri, 11 January 2019 00:53

A good GM is going to have to exhaust all options to free salary. Russell, Kassian, Lucic, Sekera, Manning is an ugly list, but I don't think we can just tell McDavid that our hands are tied. Reach out to cap floor teams, evaluate buyout options, retained salary on trades. I am sure there is something a qualifed GM could do.

If you fire everyone, I think you buy a couple years with McDavid. New head of the management team can rip a new a-hole into the old guys in the media to explain why there is so much stuff to fix.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727125 is a reply to message #727042 ]	Fri, 11 January 2019 09:16

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Kr55 wrote on Thu, 10 January 2019 18:51

g2k wrote on Thu, 10 January 2019 18:37

I would like to hang onto the pick.

I just feel regardless of who the GM is, they will lose the deal.

They are not winning the Cup this year. They are not winning the Cup next year. They are not.

I don’t really want anymore picks going out. I want someone to build a team here. They are just too far away from being a contender.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that amateur scouting may be the only thing this org is at least average or above at now. Trading that 1st rounder would definitely be a mistake. No one currently hired in the org has the ability to turn it into something useful for the next 4-5 years in a trade.

And how good is amateur scouting? There seems to be some excitement because we may have a couple of non-first round pick defencemen ready to graduate to the NHL. That is definitely better than we've had - I think Petry is probably the last full-time NHL defenceman the Oilers developed from draft pick to NHL (although Erik Gustafsson looks to be a real player - just not for us). But maybe that should be a baseline expectation.

The Oilers actually did manage to pick at least one non-first round guy in every year of 2009-2013 who are 100+ game players. They've also managed to find some decent college guys who could play in the league like Oesterle. There's been a lack of patience with many of those prospects which has seen the Oilers burn out on them and then they end up playing a lot of those games elsewhere - so maybe the issue has always been on the development side, rather than the pre-draft scouting?

Worth noting that the same scouting department that picked Bear and Jones also failed to convince the GM that he shouldn't trade a pick that could have been Barzal, Connor or Chabot for Griffin Reinhart - that's definitely a strike against them. And beyond those two players, there's no one really knocking at the door. Benson's had an okay season in Bakersfield (Bako? Baku?) but he's well under a point per game. He's not a slam dunk. Looking at the other picks from the last couple of years, there isn't a bunch of guys putting up really noteworthy numbers. I like the two Russians from the 2017 draft. McLeod's numbers are okay too...but we're still a long way from the NHL for those players. Lots can yet happen.

I just don't see the evidence that the team's amateur scouting department is greatly outperforming where they were - we were just so used to not graduating prospects that any success feels like its worlds different.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727129 is a reply to message #727125 ]	Fri, 11 January 2019 09:29

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Adam wrote on Fri, 11 January 2019 09:16

Kr55 wrote on Thu, 10 January 2019 18:51

g2k wrote on Thu, 10 January 2019 18:37

I would like to hang onto the pick.

I just feel regardless of who the GM is, they will lose the deal.

They are not winning the Cup this year. They are not winning the Cup next year. They are not.

I don’t really want anymore picks going out. I want someone to build a team here. They are just too far away from being a contender.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that amateur scouting may be the only thing this org is at least average or above at now. Trading that 1st rounder would definitely be a mistake. No one currently hired in the org has the ability to turn it into something useful for the next 4-5 years in a trade.

And how good is amateur scouting? There seems to be some excitement because we may have a couple of non-first round pick defencemen ready to graduate to the NHL. That is definitely better than we've had - I think Petry is probably the last full-time NHL defenceman the Oilers developed from draft pick to NHL (although Erik Gustafsson looks to be a real player - just not for us). But maybe that should be a baseline expectation.

The Oilers actually did manage to pick at least one non-first round guy in every year of 2009-2013 who are 100+ game players. They've also managed to find some decent college guys who could play in the league like Oesterle. There's been a lack of patience with many of those prospects which has seen the Oilers burn out on them and then they end up playing a lot of those games elsewhere - so maybe the issue has always been on the development side, rather than the pre-draft scouting?

Worth noting that the same scouting department that picked Bear and Jones also failed to convince the GM that he shouldn't trade a pick that could have been Barzal, Connor or Chabot for Griffin Reinhart - that's definitely a strike against them. And beyond those two players, there's no one really knocking at the door. Benson's had an okay season in Bakersfield (Bako? Baku?) but he's well under a point per game. He's not a slam dunk. Looking at the other picks from the last couple of years, there isn't a bunch of guys putting up really noteworthy numbers. I like the two Russians from the 2017 draft. McLeod's numbers are okay too...but we're still a long way from the NHL for those players. Lots can yet happen.

I just don't see the evidence that the team's amateur scouting department is greatly outperforming where they were - we were just so used to not graduating prospects that any success feels like its worlds different.

I'm just blindly throwing some faith in Keith Gretzky's direction :) He wasn't here when we passed on Barzal. But, he is also not technically in amateur scouting by his job definition either.

Don't stop on my hopes and dreams man! Keith makes our amateur scouting at least average! I BELIEVE!!!

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727139 is a reply to message #727115 ]	Fri, 11 January 2019 10:09

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smyth260 wrote on Thu, 10 January 2019 23:53

A good GM is going to have to exhaust all options to free salary. Russell, Kassian, Lucic, Sekera, Manning is an ugly list, but I don't think we can just tell McDavid that our hands are tied. Reach out to cap floor teams, evaluate buyout options, retained salary on trades. I am sure there is something a qualifed GM could do.

For sure, and if the Oilers are able to free up cap space that obviously gives them more flexibility to improve in the short and long term. I'm skeptical that many of those guys are moveable without paying a fairly steep price. Russell might have the most perceived value, but then you've still got to replace his minutes which won't be free.

And don't get me wrong, and I said it in another thread, if you can get a young player with some term for a package that includes the 1st then that could work. Those guys generally don't come cheap though.

But what I don't want to do is move it in a scenario where say Winnipeg is looking at their cap situation and needing to re-sign Laine and Connor so they decide to move on from Bryan Little. Yes, it makes the Oilers better today, but not enough to make them a contender. He's 31, so in 2-3 years when the Oilers might be in a position to do something, he's likely on the decline and still taking up $5M+ in cap space.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727155 is a reply to message #727119 ]	Fri, 11 January 2019 12:36

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g2k wrote on Fri, 11 January 2019 14:15

Can you unencrypt your answer for #2 please?

I was answering the "have Peter Chiarelli's recent moves hurt the team more than they have helped"?

Assuming the 'recent moves' refers to the two trades in December.

Trade #1 - Caggiula/Garrison for Manning/Norrell

Caggiula wasn't a big loss. Too inconsistent and the defensive liabilities mean no big loss. Yeah, yeah when he was playing well he added a little offensive upside. Not much.

Garrison terrible not a big loss.

Manning is overpriced. Hopefully he gets sent down to Bako and can find his game there. Sending Manning down saves some cap space. In terms of this season not a huge issue. If something doesn't happen over the summer it looks bad. Norrell was just balancing out the contracts.

Trade #1 is a minor loss this season just because of the added cap. Not a big deal if Sekera doesn't come back.

Trade # 2 - Wideman/3rd rounder for Petrovic.

We will wait and see what the extent of Petrovic's injury is. Definitely an upgrade as a 5/6/7 defenceman. Good to dump Wideman. It was essentially a free 3rd rounder although the Oilers will move down a few slots in the draft depending where they finish.

Trade #2 is a minor win, but a decent 6/7 D was need.

Essentially a break even on the two trades with a little more plus side. The answer to the original question is no the recent moves didn't hurt the team more than they helped.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727163 is a reply to message #727155 ]	Fri, 11 January 2019 13:58

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shoop wrote on Fri, 11 January 2019 12:36

g2k wrote on Fri, 11 January 2019 14:15

Can you unencrypt your answer for #2 please?

I was answering the "have Peter Chiarelli's recent moves hurt the team more than they have helped"?

Assuming the 'recent moves' refers to the two trades in December.

Trade #1 - Caggiula/Garrison for Manning/Norrell

Caggiula wasn't a big loss. Too inconsistent and the defensive liabilities mean no big loss. Yeah, yeah when he was playing well he added a little offensive upside. Not much.

Garrison terrible not a big loss.

Manning is overpriced. Hopefully he gets sent down to Bako and can find his game there. Sending Manning down saves some cap space. In terms of this season not a huge issue. If something doesn't happen over the summer it looks bad. Norrell was just balancing out the contracts.

Trade #1 is a minor loss this season just because of the added cap. Not a big deal if Sekera doesn't come back.

Trade # 2 - Wideman/3rd rounder for Petrovic.

We will wait and see what the extent of Petrovic's injury is. Definitely an upgrade as a 5/6/7 defenceman. Good to dump Wideman. It was essentially a free 3rd rounder although the Oilers will move down a few slots in the draft depending where they finish.

Trade #2 is a minor win, but a decent 6/7 D was need.

Essentially a break even on the two trades with a little more plus side. The answer to the original question is no the recent moves didn't hurt the team more than they helped.

Again, more mixed signals in your stance.

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Manning is overpriced. Hopefully he gets sent down to Bako and can find his game there. Sending Manning down saves some cap space. In terms of this season not a huge issue. If something doesn't happen over the summer it looks bad.

Let’s say in the extremely certain likelyhood nobody takes tbis contract the Hawks spent a year trying to unload. You seem to agree with everyone here that it will look bad. When that day inevitably arrives, will you feel it will look bad enough to deem these recent GM moves in December a detriment to the team?

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727164 is a reply to message #727155 ]	Fri, 11 January 2019 14:16

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shoop wrote on Fri, 11 January 2019 11:36

We will wait and see what the extent of Petrovic's injury is. Definitely an upgrade as a 5/6/7 defenceman. Good to dump Wideman. It was essentially a free 3rd rounder although the Oilers will move down a few slots in the draft depending where they finish.

I think it's a stretch to call Petrovic a 5. Better than Wideman? Maybe, but I dont think the gap is all that big. Definitely not worth a 3rd rounder.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727272 is a reply to message #727163 ]	Sun, 13 January 2019 00:14

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g2k wrote on Fri, 11 January 2019 20:58

Again, more mixed signals in your stance.

Let’s say in the extremely certain likelyhood nobody takes this contract the Hawks spent a year trying to unload. You seem to agree with everyone here that it will look bad. When that day inevitably arrives, will you feel it will look bad enough to deem these recent GM moves in December a detriment to the team?

Not even remotely a mixed message.

If Chiarelli can't dump the Manning contract then yes, it will be a net loss to the team for those two trades. Big caveat is the ability to dump Manning. Minor net loss though.

I still think the impact of the Manning contract isn't that big a deal. He makes $2.25M but if he is buried in the AHL next year it brings the cap hit down to $1.2125. Still bad, but not crippling. (Not 100% sure on the numbers, but that's a decent guess based on Montoya being buried.)

I still contend that Chia keeps his job if he makes the playoffs this year.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727278 is a reply to message #727272 ]	Sun, 13 January 2019 00:34

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shoop wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 00:14

g2k wrote on Fri, 11 January 2019 20:58

Again, more mixed signals in your stance.

Let’s say in the extremely certain likelyhood nobody takes this contract the Hawks spent a year trying to unload. You seem to agree with everyone here that it will look bad. When that day inevitably arrives, will you feel it will look bad enough to deem these recent GM moves in December a detriment to the team?

Not even remotely a mixed message.

If Chiarelli can't dump the Manning contract then yes, it will be a net loss to the team for those two trades. Big caveat is the ability to dump Manning. Minor net loss though.

I still think the impact of the Manning contract isn't that big a deal. He makes $2.25M but if he is buried in the AHL next year it brings the cap hit down to $1.2125. Still bad, but not crippling. (Not 100% sure on the numbers, but that's a decent guess based on Montoya being buried.)

I still contend that Chia keeps his job if he makes the playoffs this year.

Let’s for a moment go over the the cap space had Chierrrr just waived Drake....
Cuz that’s essentially what he did, but somehow freaking GAINED salary on the cap!

Great GM. This is far from an nhl team let alone a playoff team.
Geeezus.

In fairness to Hall, I've wanted to throw a waterbottle at Eakins all season.
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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727283 is a reply to message #727278 ]	Sun, 13 January 2019 01:02

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Ales Cooper wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 07:34

Great GM. This is far from an nhl team let alone a playoff team.
Geeezus.

Talk about overly dramatic. Far from an NHL team?

So there are 12 teams in a 31 team league that aren't "an NHL team"? confused2

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In case you are wondering that's the Oilers plus the 11 teams they are ahead of in the standings.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727286 is a reply to message #727283 ]	Sun, 13 January 2019 01:22

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shoop wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 01:02

Ales Cooper wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 07:34

Great GM. This is far from an nhl team let alone a playoff team.
Geeezus.

Talk about overly dramatic. Far from an NHL team?

So there are 12 teams in a 31 team league that aren't "an NHL team"? confused2

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In case you are wondering that's the Oilers plus the 11 teams they are ahead of in the standings.

Overly dramatic? Take out Connor and Drai, where is this team?
If it’s not for them, yes this is a glorified AHL team.

In fairness to Hall, I've wanted to throw a waterbottle at Eakins all season.
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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727288 is a reply to message #727286 ]	Sun, 13 January 2019 07:38

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Ales Cooper wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 02:22

shoop wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 01:02

Ales Cooper wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 07:34

Great GM. This is far from an nhl team let alone a playoff team.
Geeezus.

Talk about overly dramatic. Far from an NHL team?

So there are 12 teams in a 31 team league that aren't "an NHL team"? confused2

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In case you are wondering that's the Oilers plus the 11 teams they are ahead of in the standings.

Overly dramatic? Take out Connor and Drai, where is this team?
If it’s not for them, yes this is a glorified AHL team.

Sigh. Look at that Ales, now you’ve upset shoop, or Peter, or Kevin, or Craig, or Scott, or whatever his name is.

100% you take those two away and this team (as it’s built) is a bottom 3 team. Call it an “overly dramatic” take it you must but you’d be wasting your time.

As much as I’d love to see Oilers playoff hockey this year, it’s not happening. Watch the games and you see a team that can’t compete when Conner is off the ice, a team that is “overly dramatic” when their opponent takes a lead or controls the flow causing the Oilers to seemingly crumble.

They’ll stay close, thanks to the aforementioned Conner and Leon, but playoffs aren’t happening with the current makeup of this team, which you can’t lay blame at Hitch’s feet. It’s Chiarelli who built this roster, it’s Chiarelli that cap strapped this franchise. It’s Chiarelli who couldn’t clean up the mess left by the OBC, who likely lurk in the shadows pulling the strings.

We won’t see a full cleaning out of the upper management... realistically all we can hope for is that Chiarelli is sent packing and someone competent can come in to fix the cap issues and the compete on the ice.

My apologies if that’s too dramatic for you, Peter, Kevin, Craig, Scott, shoop.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727291 is a reply to message #727288 ]	Sun, 13 January 2019 08:12

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My apologies if that’s too dramatic for you, Peter, Kevin, Craig, Scott, shoop.

Highly doubt he’s a plant.

Just a contrarian looking for some shock and awe attention. Figured that out a while ago.

I also contend that Chiarelli will likely keep his job if they make the playoffs. Because I’m beyond being shocked by the decisions of this organization.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727294 is a reply to message #727291 ]	Sun, 13 January 2019 08:52

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My apologies if that’s too dramatic for you, Peter, Kevin, Craig, Scott, shoop.

Highly doubt he’s a plant.

Just a contrarian looking for some shock and awe attention. Figured that out a while ago.

I also contend that Chiarelli will likely keep his job if they make the playoffs. Because I’m beyond being shocked by the decisions of this organization.

Fair point. I’ll try to not get sucked in any more.

I remember being relatively excited when the announcement of Chiarelli broke. Even with the evidence of how he put the bruins into cap heck and the handling of Seguin. My how times have changed, and it should/could have been forecasted however I don’t think anyone could have predicted how he’d effectively null our offence, with being gifted Connor McDavid who would join Hall, Eberle, Nuge, Draisatl and Yakupov when he became Oilers GM. My how times have changed.

My hope is to see Oilers playoff hockey this year. Every year. But I don’t see how it happens with the compete and demeanor this team has.

Happy Birthday to Conner, btw. Perhaps Oilers management will finally gift him a team.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727295 is a reply to message #727294 ]	Sun, 13 January 2019 09:48

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Oscargasm wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 08:52

g2k wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 09:12

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My apologies if that’s too dramatic for you, Peter, Kevin, Craig, Scott, shoop.

Highly doubt he’s a plant.

Just a contrarian looking for some shock and awe attention. Figured that out a while ago.

I also contend that Chiarelli will likely keep his job if they make the playoffs. Because I’m beyond being shocked by the decisions of this organization.

Fair point. I’ll try to not get sucked in any more.

I remember being relatively excited when the announcement of Chiarelli broke. Even with the evidence of how he put the bruins into cap heck and the handling of Seguin. My how times have changed, and it should/could have been forecasted however I don’t think anyone could have predicted how he’d effectively null our offence, with being gifted Connor McDavid who would join Hall, Eberle, Nuge, Draisatl and Yakupov when he became Oilers GM. My how times have changed.

My hope is to see Oilers playoff hockey this year. Every year. But I don’t see how it happens with the compete and demeanor this team has.

Happy Birthday to Conner, btw. Perhaps Oilers management will finally gift him a team.

Excitement about the initial Chiarelli hire was justified. We’d been a tire fire and Boston was significantly better. And there was the idea that people learn from and tend not to repeat their horrendous decisions. Turns out that’s not always the case

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CrudeRemarks wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 09:48

Excitement about the initial Chiarelli hire was justified. We’d been a tire fire and Boston was significantly better. And there was the idea that people learn from and tend not to repeat their horrendous decisions. Turns out that’s not always the case

It seemed to be a step out of the old habit of just hiring more of the super-friends...although in hindsight, just as with Nicholson, there were a bunch of long-time connections with Chiarelli.

There were warning signs even then though. Can anyone remember a time when a GM got demoted before MacTavish? Why would you keep him in the organization? Why would you keep Howson? They brought in a GM and basically said that everyone stays with a very minor shuffling of the deck.

Who would agree to that? Although maybe that's just one of the things that makes Pete so darned likable!

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727300 is a reply to message #727288 ]	Sun, 13 January 2019 11:03

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[QUOT]They’ll stay close, thanks to the aforementioned Conner and Leon[/QUOTE]

Saw the post Arizona game comments by Hitch and he said you can't expect to win with a few top players bringing their A game and the rest underachieving. ( My words ) Somebody else posted on here that they may not be capable of any more and that has me wondering too. Is it lack of effort and commitment to winning or is it lack of abitlity to do what it takes when the games get tougher? The coaching staff is trying to get more out of the lower tier players but so far not much success. Has this become a culture of it's OK to be mediocre as long as the fans keep filling the seats? Katz=Ballard It really comes down to the owner if that is the case. There are some obvious borderline NHL players ( Benning, Manning ) on the team but over half the team?

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727301 is a reply to message #727291 ]	Sun, 13 January 2019 11:10

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My apologies if that’s too dramatic for you, Peter, Kevin, Craig, Scott, shoop.

Highly doubt he’s a plant.

Just a contrarian looking for some shock and awe attention. Figured that out a while ago.

I also contend that Chiarelli will likely keep his job if they make the playoffs. Because I’m beyond being shocked by the decisions of this organization.

No. Not looking for attention by being contrarian.

Read the justification for the Oilers being AHL quality. No kidding this is an AHL team if you take McDavid and Draisaitl off this team.

Take those two off the team and this is barely a cap floor team. Take two all-stars off any team and they are going to struggle.

Make the criticisms reasonable. When you get such histrionic garbage like say that the Oilers are an AHL team if you take McDavid and Draisaitl off the team ... that's just incoherent, childish ranting and nothing else.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727303 is a reply to message #727301 ]	Sun, 13 January 2019 11:35

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shoop wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 12:10

g2k wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 15:12

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My apologies if that’s too dramatic for you, Peter, Kevin, Craig, Scott, shoop.

Highly doubt he’s a plant.

Just a contrarian looking for some shock and awe attention. Figured that out a while ago.

I also contend that Chiarelli will likely keep his job if they make the playoffs. Because I’m beyond being shocked by the decisions of this organization.

No. Not looking for attention by being contrarian.

Read the justification for the Oilers being AHL quality. No kidding this is an AHL team if you take McDavid and Draisaitl off this team.

Take those two off the team and this is barely a cap floor team. Take two all-stars off any team and they are going to struggle.

Make the criticisms reasonable. When you get such histrionic garbage like say that the Oilers are an AHL team if you take McDavid and Draisaitl off the team ... that's just incoherent, childish ranting and nothing else.

Ugh. I’m trying to just ignore your posts... but do you realize the (lack of) offensive output from players outside of those two?

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727318 is a reply to message #727303 ]	Sun, 13 January 2019 16:04

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Oscargasm wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 18:35

Ugh. I’m trying to just ignore your posts... but do you realize the (lack of) offensive output from players outside of those two?

I do, but it's not just an Oilers phenomenon. It's the way of a cap world. You pay big money for a couple big stars then make do with decent players at the next tier.

Take Wheeler and Scheifle off the Jets and their leading scorer is Kyle Connor.

The Pens are lucky that Toronto is paying a decent chunk of Kessel's salary. Still what would the Pens look like without Malkin and Crosby. Better than the Oilers but a fringe playoff team.

So yes. I realize the "lack" of offensive output aside from McDavid and Draisaitl. Do you realize that it's not an uncommon phenomenon?

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shoop wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 17:04

Oscargasm wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 18:35

Ugh. I’m trying to just ignore your posts... but do you realize the (lack of) offensive output from players outside of those two?

I do, but it's not just an Oilers phenomenon. It's the way of a cap world. You pay big money for a couple big stars then make do with decent players at the next tier.

Take Wheeler and Scheifle off the Jets and their leading scorer is Kyle Connor.

The Pens are lucky that Toronto is paying a decent chunk of Kessel's salary. Still what would the Pens look like without Malkin and Crosby. Better than the Oilers but a fringe playoff team.

So yes. I realize the "lack" of offensive output aside from McDavid and Draisaitl. Do you realize that it's not an uncommon phenomenon?

Difference being the pens are a fringe playoff team without them while the oilers are a fringe playoff team WITH their stars. That’s indicative of a GM being incompetent when they can’t figure out how to evaluate lower end talent. GMs like that bring in guys like Brandon Manning who cost 2.25m a year

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727330 is a reply to message #727318 ]	Sun, 13 January 2019 21:20

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shoop wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 15:04

Take Wheeler and Scheifle off the Jets and their leading scorer is Kyle Connor.

The Pens are lucky that Toronto is paying a decent chunk of Kessel's salary. Still what would the Pens look like without Malkin and Crosby. Better than the Oilers but a fringe playoff team.

So yes. I realize the "lack" of offensive output aside from McDavid and Draisaitl. Do you realize that it's not an uncommon phenomenon?

Take Wheeler, Scheiffele, and Connor off of the Jets. The next 5 highest scorers have scored between 26 and 32 points. A total of 142 points.

Take Crosby, Kessel, and Malkin off of the Penguins. The next 5 highest scorers have scored between 18 and 44 points. A total of 147 points.

Take McDavid, Draisaitl, and Nuge off of the Oilers. The next 5 highest scorers have scored between 12 and 22 points. A total of 84 points.

I don't see how anyone could interpret the current Oilers top heavy scoring as a common phenomenon.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727332 is a reply to message #727330 ]	Sun, 13 January 2019 22:24

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smyth260 wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 21:20

shoop wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 15:04

Take Wheeler and Scheifle off the Jets and their leading scorer is Kyle Connor.

The Pens are lucky that Toronto is paying a decent chunk of Kessel's salary. Still what would the Pens look like without Malkin and Crosby. Better than the Oilers but a fringe playoff team.

So yes. I realize the "lack" of offensive output aside from McDavid and Draisaitl. Do you realize that it's not an uncommon phenomenon?

Take Wheeler, Scheiffele, and Connor off of the Jets. The next 5 highest scorers have scored between 26 and 32 points. A total of 142 points.

Take Crosby, Kessel, and Malkin off of the Penguins. The next 5 highest scorers have scored between 18 and 44 points. A total of 147 points.

Take McDavid, Draisaitl, and Nuge off of the Oilers. The next 5 highest scorers have scored between 12 and 22 points. A total of 84 points.

I don't see how anyone could interpet the current Oilers top heavy scoring as a common phenomenon.

And that's even more pronounced if you look at the forward groups. Three of the next five leading scorers are Nurse, Klefbom and Larsson. The top five forwards for the Oilers outside of the big 3 have scored 22 (Chiasson), 13 (Khaira), 9 (Lucic), 8 (Rattie) and 7 (Puljujarvi) for a total of 59 points. That doesn't include the 11 that Caggiula scored for us, because we dealt him for a defenceman who's 10th on the depth chart...

The Jets top five forwards outside their top 3? 124 points. That Kyle Connor that shoop scoffs about? He has 34 points - More than Khaira, Lucic and Rattie combined.

The Penguins? 122

Maybe you'll feel I'm cherry-picking looking at two really good teams, so what about the teams at the bottom of the NHL?

How about the Canucks? 95

The Red Wings? 101

Philadelphia? 88

Ottawa? A staggering 142

Fine, you say, but those teams may be near the bottom of the standings, but they're not the bottom of the goals for list...so let's look at those teams too:

Los Angeles? 80

Anaheim? 88 - including 19 for Pontus Aberg, who the Oilers couldn't forgive for missing a practice last year...

Arizona? 76

Dallas? 80

St. Louis? 89

Not ONE of these teams has a forward in their top 8 in scoring who is still in single digits for points. The Oilers have THREE of them. It's no wonder we're 17 points below the next closest team on this metric.

It's fine to suggest you think that other teams also would struggle without their all-star players, but the Oilers are objectively worse than other teams at this by almost any metric you can think of. If you have some secret stat that shows that our depth actually isn't as bad as it seems, I would love to see it.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727349 is a reply to message #727330 ]	Mon, 14 January 2019 07:25

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smyth260 wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 22:20

shoop wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 15:04

Take Wheeler and Scheifle off the Jets and their leading scorer is Kyle Connor.

The Pens are lucky that Toronto is paying a decent chunk of Kessel's salary. Still what would the Pens look like without Malkin and Crosby. Better than the Oilers but a fringe playoff team.

So yes. I realize the "lack" of offensive output aside from McDavid and Draisaitl. Do you realize that it's not an uncommon phenomenon?

Take Wheeler, Scheiffele, and Connor off of the Jets. The next 5 highest scorers have scored between 26 and 32 points. A total of 142 points.

Take Crosby, Kessel, and Malkin off of the Penguins. The next 5 highest scorers have scored between 18 and 44 points. A total of 147 points.

Take McDavid, Draisaitl, and Nuge off of the Oilers. The next 5 highest scorers have scored between 12 and 22 points. A total of 84 points.

I don't see how anyone could interpret the current Oilers top heavy scoring as a common phenomenon.

Thanks for doing the work for me. It’s astounding and goes to show just how incompetent our GM is at building a team

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727350 is a reply to message #727332 ]	Mon, 14 January 2019 07:26

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Adam wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 23:24

smyth260 wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 21:20

shoop wrote on Sun, 13 January 2019 15:04

Take Wheeler and Scheifle off the Jets and their leading scorer is Kyle Connor.

The Pens are lucky that Toronto is paying a decent chunk of Kessel's salary. Still what would the Pens look like without Malkin and Crosby. Better than the Oilers but a fringe playoff team.

So yes. I realize the "lack" of offensive output aside from McDavid and Draisaitl. Do you realize that it's not an uncommon phenomenon?

Take Wheeler, Scheiffele, and Connor off of the Jets. The next 5 highest scorers have scored between 26 and 32 points. A total of 142 points.

Take Crosby, Kessel, and Malkin off of the Penguins. The next 5 highest scorers have scored between 18 and 44 points. A total of 147 points.

Take McDavid, Draisaitl, and Nuge off of the Oilers. The next 5 highest scorers have scored between 12 and 22 points. A total of 84 points.

I don't see how anyone could interpet the current Oilers top heavy scoring as a common phenomenon.

And that's even more pronounced if you look at the forward groups. Three of the next five leading scorers are Nurse, Klefbom and Larsson. The top five forwards for the Oilers outside of the big 3 have scored 22 (Chiasson), 13 (Khaira), 9 (Lucic), 8 (Rattie) and 7 (Puljujarvi) for a total of 59 points. That doesn't include the 11 that Caggiula scored for us, because we dealt him for a defenceman who's 10th on the depth chart...

The Jets top five forwards outside their top 3? 124 points. That Kyle Connor that shoop scoffs about? He has 34 points - More than Khaira, Lucic and Rattie combined.

The Penguins? 122

Maybe you'll feel I'm cherry-picking looking at two really good teams, so what about the teams at the bottom of the NHL?

How about the Canucks? 95

The Red Wings? 101

Philadelphia? 88

Ottawa? A staggering 142

Fine, you say, but those teams may be near the bottom of the standings, but they're not the bottom of the goals for list...so let's look at those teams too:

Los Angeles? 80

Anaheim? 88 - including 19 for Pontus Aberg, who the Oilers couldn't forgive for missing a practice last year...

Arizona? 76

Dallas? 80

St. Louis? 89

Not ONE of these teams has a forward in their top 8 in scoring who is still in single digits for points. The Oilers have THREE of them. It's no wonder we're 17 points below the next closest team on this metric.

It's fine to suggest you think that other teams also would struggle without their all-star players, but the Oilers are objectively worse than other teams at this by almost any metric you can think of. If you have some secret stat that shows that our depth actually isn't as bad as it seems, I would love to see it.

Oh, and #FireChia, #FireLowe, #FireNicholson and #FireEveryone.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727377 is a reply to message #725085 ]	Mon, 14 January 2019 11:27

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From Rishaug;

Tweet part 1: Oilers organization is on a full court press to find help at forward. Scouts and staff deployed en masse.

Tweet part 2: Cap situation could make it tough, but first round pick, a goaltender, maybe a young developing forward likely all in play.

Safe to say it’s all in for playoffs this year.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727379 is a reply to message #727377 ]	Mon, 14 January 2019 11:36

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Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 14 January 2019 11:27

From Rishaug;

Tweet part 1: Oilers organization is on a full court press to find help at forward. Scouts and staff deployed en masse.

Tweet part 2: Cap situation could make it tough, but first round pick, a goaltender, maybe a young developing forward likely all in play.

Safe to say it’s all in for playoffs this year.

That's awful. Not surprising, but awful. Another large mistake could easily keep us out of the playoffs for 3-4 more years.

You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you can get a lottery pick.

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CrudeRemarks wrote on Mon, 14 January 2019 10:36

Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 14 January 2019 11:27

From Rishaug;

Tweet part 1: Oilers organization is on a full court press to find help at forward. Scouts and staff deployed en masse.

Tweet part 2: Cap situation could make it tough, but first round pick, a goaltender, maybe a young developing forward likely all in play.

Safe to say it’s all in for playoffs this year.

That's awful. Not surprising, but awful. Another large mistake could easily keep us out of the playoffs for 3-4 more years.

Are you saying trading Nuge for two 3rd pair Dmen is bad? Because ya know, we get a PAIR of them instead of the usual one. - Chia

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CrudeRemarks wrote on Mon, 14 January 2019 11:36

Oscargasm wrote on Mon, 14 January 2019 11:27

From Rishaug;

Tweet part 1: Oilers organization is on a full court press to find help at forward. Scouts and staff deployed en masse.

Tweet part 2: Cap situation could make it tough, but first round pick, a goaltender, maybe a young developing forward likely all in play.

Safe to say it’s all in for playoffs this year.

That's awful. Not surprising, but awful. Another large mistake could easily keep us out of the playoffs for 3-4 more years.

I'm reading about disturbing rumors that Chia is looking into making a big deal and I hope that they are only rumors. He can't even get small moves right now, so I am getting mad already just thinking about a big move he could screw-up.

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Re: "Playoffs preserve Chia's Job" - Nicholson [message #727453 is a reply to message #725085 ]	Mon, 14 January 2019 16:36

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Interesting take from Friedman on all of this:

https://www.nicholsonhockey.com/archives/2019/1/14/friedman- on-oilers-playoffs-and-trade-mindset

Quote:

At one point of the conversation, show co-host Pat Steinberg transitioned to the Oilers by remarking that “there’s been a little bit of buzz over the last 24 hours.”

“I saw that today,” indicated Friedman. “I bet you Ryan was gleefully pressing the ‘send’ button because he knew the firestorm that thing was going to cause.”

Friedman was playfully alluded to Ryan Rishaug’s tweet from earlier in the day, which was then summarized by Steinberg.

“I don’t think he’s wrong, I mean put it that way,” noted Friedman. “I think the biggest question is going to be does there ever get to a point where ownership says, ‘We’re not chasing anymore this year.’ And to me, right now, the answer is no.

“There’s a lot on the line there. Their season ticket renewals go out soon. At the arena there, some of those suites are up three years because they were three-year leases when they first bought in, and it’s going to be tough to re-sell them.

“Look, from a hockey point of view it makes no sense for the Oilers to do this. But from a business point of view, you see why this kind of stuff happens. I think the Oilers should just play it out and see where it goes. I think this is a risk of being a really, really poor outcome for them. But from a business point of view, it looks to me like the owner is saying, ‘I want to get into the playoffs.’ And if that’s the case, this move is going to get made.

“Now, I mean we’ll see. I don’t think this is the best course of action for the Oilers, but I’m not paying for everything there. And this just says to me that they feel they’ve got to make the playoffs from a business point of view, and that’s the way these decisions get made.”

I think it's more than just the owner wants the playoffs...I think that the idiots running the organization want to appease the owner, and want to at least look like they pulled out all the stops. If they fail, look for them to point fingers - it's Chia's fault, it's the goalies' fault, it's all the players fault, it's the trainers fault, it's Klefbom's injury proneness, it's...etc, etc, etc.

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