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 Adam
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| RDOilerfan wrote on Wed, 30 January 2019 16:37 |
One thing that will have to happen is Sekera comes back is they will need to clear off cap space.
Talbot is #1 on my list. They made their choice on who to keep and quite frankly, I would pick Koskinen over Talbot too. It's been 2 years of Talbot being lousy. I hear the argument that the Oilers defense being bad is at fault. OK. I can buy that a bit. So, if the Oilers defense was better, what does that mean, an extra 10 points on the save percentage? So instead of .894, he’s. 904? Great. That's still below average NHL goaltending.
Next, I would trade Kassian. I like Kassian as a player but not for 1.95 mill. He's a 4th liner. Based on what he is, he should be making 1 mill less.
Next I would look at Rieder. When they signed him, I was happy with the contract. He had 4 consecutive years of being a solid NHL 3rd liner in all ways including production. He's got ZERO goals 9 assists in 36 games. If he is lucky, he might get 5.
I would look at Brodziak. I don't think he's been bad. He's a 4th line center. His contract isn't even that bad at just over 1 mill. If he had a couple of better linemates other than stone hands Kassian and Rieder, he might have more points. But is there a guy making league minimum who's younger and faster who could do the job? Probably.
I would look at Benning. Lowtide keeps beating the Benning drum like he is this awesome dman. Where? What am I missing here? I heard Lowtide and McCurdy talking about Benning and his "Numbers" today. How his numbers are good. What numbers? When he started, lots got all excited and thought this guy had an outside chance of being an all around top 4 guy. Sure, he made some mistakes, but he was young. Well apparently, he's peaked. The same mistakes he made his first year, he still makes. His skating is mediocre at best, even a bit slow. His passing isn't very good, he doesn't move the puck that well, defensively he's very inconsistent and offensively, he's got 10 pts in 42 games so he might get you high teens in points. The one plus is he's right handed. Other than that, he is a 3rd pairing guy who can do lots of things at times at a passable level but nothing very good. According to McCurdy apparently Benning doesn't get absolutely crushed and his "numbers " somehow come out even. Every time I watch him, he's doing some 10 bell dumb play but sure.
But if the criterial for your 3rd pairing is just to survive, you can find guys like Gravel making under 1 mill to do that. I would much rather give his spot to a guy who has a dimension. Like a right shooting PP specialist. So maybe you have to shelter his 5 on 5 mins but he is dynamite on your PP.
I am leaving off Spooner and Manning because I don't think you can trade them. I honestly do not mind Petrovic in a 3rd pairing role for the rest of the season so if you get rid of Benning for the rest of the season, he can have his spot. If you can trade Petrovic for a 3rd, go for it.
The Oilers need to get away from having guys on their team who are just out there to give McDavid or a Klefbom a breather while you pray they don’t give up a goal. The guys I listed above (except Talbot) are what I call roster spot holders. They go out there, they can play in the NHL and be OK at times but in reality, they don't do much most shifts other than give other guys a breather.
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Good luck trading Talbot. MAAAAAAYBE at the deadline to a playoff team with a really mediocre goalie - but show me who that team is? Most good teams now have two goalies, because without it, they don't make the post-season. And if the Oilers look to be making the playoffs, trading Talbot would be an incredibly risky decision. Suddenly it would be the Oilers as the team with the crappy backup, so if Koskinen falters or gets injured, our season gets sunk. And it sure ain't out of the realm of possibility that Koskinen falters...
Rieder is far behind many of the others here for me on the list of people I trade away. He's the one who looks most impacted by bad luck as opposed to declining or non-existing skill set. He's not old - just 26 and his shot generation (1.58 shots per game) while down from his career average of 2.02/game, is actually better than last year's rate (1.46/game). I think it's reasonable to expect some bounceback from Rieder, so trading him now will look pretty dumb if he rebounds to be a 10 goal, 30 point player again next year.
Worth noting, the acquisition of Spooner did not hurt the Oilers from a cap perspective. He's a wash with Strome since the Rangers are picking up almost a quarter of his salary. He's actually net positive for us now that he's in the minors, because a million bucks of his cap hit disappear.
I could see us doing something similar with Brandon Manning when Sekera comes back...especially now that Chiarelli's gone, so there's less concern about the egg on the face with that terrible deal.
I'd absolutely flush Kassian or Brodziak for the right deal - especially since it clears room for next year too. I'd be considering burying Brodziak if there's no other deal available too. Him and Manning in the minors probably opens up enough room...
I could see the team pulling the trigger on Benning. He's young enough and has shown enough offence that someone else would definitely take him...If he's not in the plans here, I could see that happening.
If the team falters in the next two weeks, you'll see a fire sale on anyone not in the plans for next year. If they win a bunch coming out of the break, it's going to make for a harder decision...
[Updated on: Wed, 30 January 2019 17:11]
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