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RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 10 June 2021 08:22

clutchlikeeberle wrote on Wed, 09 June 2021 17:54

Zero need to complain about this. Zero. If by October it's the only signing yes. But right now this is just some house keeping. Lord God.

Some Oilers fans will always complain about anything you can imagine. Pick any free agent you want, the most dream free agent a person can think of, give him a contract that has way lower money and term than anyone imagined was possible and there will be Oilers fans who will find a to pick him and the signing apart. They will find some spreadsheet or website that says in a particular situation he can't do this or that or find the one year he had an off year and project it as it's how he is now and will be forever. Just the way it is.

I don't mind Shore. I like his hustle and compete. Plays center or wing. Though he didn't play a ton of center, when he did he was almost 53% on faceoffs. Seemed decent on the PK. Making barely above league minimum. I don't see a problem with it but I know someone will tell me why he sucks and how this is the first nail in the coffin to the 21-22 season.


Yep and more often than not those "negative" fans are proved right time and time again. There are now multiple decades of proof to back us up.
Meanwhile, fans who lack the knowledge to recognize a bad deal when they see it continually defend even the dumbest of moves. It's like enabling an addict, turning a blind eye to the tell tale signs and behaviors simply continues the pattern of failure. The irony of you complaining about other fans constantly when you have been proven wrong time and time again is hilarious to me. Literally, most of your posts make me laugh out loud!

This isn't the worst deal but only because of the low salary. The second year is likely useless. The player is replaceable. This is not a deal that needs to be done now. I am sure Holland has multiple talks and deals on the go at once. I am not worried he prioritized this and something else is being left behind.
I am concerned signing deals like this pre-FA. Shore is the kind of player you let go to FA and you either bring him back or fill that spot with one of the other dozens of replacement level options late in FA.
This is the kind of roster spot you will with players on PTO's, or rookies who surprise in camp, not with 2 year deals in June.



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