mightyreasoner Messages: 508
Registered: October 2005
Location: Edmonton
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Kr55 wrote on Tue, 06 October 2020 21:38 |
mightyreasoner wrote on Tue, 06 October 2020 21:31 |
Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 06 October 2020 21:28 |
NetBOG wrote on Tue, 06 October 2020 21:20 | You can't do something stupid to wallpaper over something stupid you did.
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This, absolutely this. Liked. Retweeted.
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I would have qualified AA on a one year deal. If he puts up 25-30 goals, that's a bargain. If not, easy out. Either way, you have a better idea how he fits in Edmonton.
Where does the money come from? By not signing Zack Kassian for more money than it takes to qualify AA.
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If we have the time machine to not extend Kassian, I'm definitely not trading for AA too. Wings probably walk from him right now like we are. Ugh :(
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It's not just hindsight though. The Kassian signing was foolish at the time (it was bad the second it was signed); I think the AA was a decent gamble.
Nobody could predict what would follow. But if you don't sign the bad Kassian contract, you likely have the room for a short-term, calculated gamble on the higher ceiling player of AA on a qualifying offer in the present.
AA and Benning are a little bit victim to the times, but they are far from the worst contracts on the team. And it sucks that the Oilers carry so many of them, because they have to let go of better players to fit into a cap filled with worse players.
Smart cap management allows for unique opportunities that the Oilers never seem privy to.
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