 RDOilerfan
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If I am the Oilers I am looking at the following:
- Do everything you can to trade Yamo. He's a bottom 6 forward who I think his size is a problem. He doesn't have elite skill so he has to get into the corners and close to the net so he gets bounces around and hurt. He doesn't have a very good shot and while not slow, he's not a burner. You don't need to pay 3.1 mill to have a 3rd line winger score you 12-13 goals, 30 pts and be on the PK. That should cost you 1.5 mill.
- I would look at trading Foegele. He had 13 goals, 28 pts plus a strong playoff even though the pucks didn't go in. I like him more than Yamo because he has more speed, better size and forechecks better in my opinion. But again, I think you can find a player for less than that.
I'd be selling the Hawks HARD on those 2. They have Bedard coming and I don't even think they have enough NHLers in their system to ice a team.
- Make a call on Broberg which impacts Kulak. I think Broberg will be a good dman, I am just not sure his development lines up with where the Oilers are at right now. I think he is 2 yrs away from being a good dman. But if the organization believes he's ready, then he has to have a full time spot and that spot is taken up by Kulak. I like Kulak a lot, I especially like playoff Kulak. If Broberg is full time, I don't think you have have a 2.75 mill 7th dman sitting in the press box.
- Find a way to upgrade Ceci. I think Nurse will excel more if he has a more predictable, defensive partner. Ceci is way too up and down defensively. Nurse has more than enough offense especially considering he gets very little PP time. He needs a partner he knows is sound defensively. When Nurse just worries about his game, he's a very good dman. When he thinks he has to cover for his partner, he falls apart.
- DO not back the brinks truck up to McLeod. I like McLeod, he has all the tools to be a very good 3rd line center but he's not there yet. I think a 3rd line center has to be above 50% on draws. 3rd line centers will get lots of dzone starts. Faceoff wins means you get the puck out. 3rd line centers will be on the PK. A faceoff win means 20 seconds gone on the PP. 3rd line centers should score every 5-6 games. 3rd line centers should forecheck well and finish checks.
McLeod is less than 50% on faceoffs.
He doesn't forecheck well or finish checks. He turns away from checks so dmen don't worry about him.
He goes extremely long stretches without goals. HE scored 7 of his 11 goals in a 12 game stretch and started the season with 3 in 6 games. So in 18 games, he had 10 of his 11. The rest of the season he had 1. He had a 20 game stretch where he had zero goals. He his only other goal was 1 in 12 games and he finished the last 4 regular season games and 12 playoff games, so 16 straight games with zero goals. Your 3rd line center can not have multiple 10+ game stretches without a single goal.
Those would be my main moves.
I would stick with the goalies. I think Skinner will improve. He's improved every single year he has been a pro. I think part of his issue was he was gassed. I said it before. Good goaltending is not easy. A lot of teams in the NHL have big time question marks. I think it would be crazy to walk away from a 24 yr old goalie you have developed who already gives you good back up goaltending and who is signed for a somewhat reasonable number. I think Campbell is poised for a bounce back. His career numbers say he is a lot better than what he showed and at times he showed he can be very good. I like the fact he appears to really, really care and that in my opinion makes for a guy who will be extremely motivated this offseason to make whatever changes is needed. After signing the big deal for the new teams, often times that first year can be rough. I think he will have something to prove next season. I would have it as a pretty even split and at 7.6 mill for your tandem, that isn't expensive.
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