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Re: No more Haaaaaas [message #787673 is a reply to message #787669 ]	Mon, 14 June 2021 11:36

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Adam wrote on Mon, 14 June 2021 11:05

RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 14 June 2021 09:46

The Leafs have been able to bring in a few vets who signed for the league minimum because they were Leafs fans as kids and it was their dream to play for them and for the most part, they were good signing as they were able to squeeze out whatever last drops of decent hockey was left in their bodies.

Tavares doesn't count in what I said but he was a guy who had the PJ's as a kid and supposedly turned down more money in season AAV to sign with the Leafs.

Spezza (38) has signed 2 1 yr 700K deals to play for the Leafs as a Toronto kid. first year 9 goals 25 pts in 58 games. This past season 10 goals, 30 pts 54 games. Both years that's pretty good bottom 6 production when you factor in the contract, it's great production.

Thornton (41) London kid. Signed 1 yr 700k. Not as good as Spezza production wise with 5 goals, 20 in 44 games. But there was times he was on their top line.

So are their any vets who were Oilers fans they could sign for basically nothing that fills in a role, maybe a bigger body that Ennis?

I don't think someone needs to have grown up an Oilers fan to sign for a cheap deal at the end of their career.

The number of times you see these excuses for poor Oilers management on twitter is incredible. I do expect the Oilers media to come up with lots of excuses for their buddies mismanaging the team, but why do so many Oilers fans do it? It must be Stockholm Syndrome or something. Makes me annoyed whenever I see something like that - "Edmonton's just not a place players want to come..." "Most players grew up in Ontario..." "There's so much happening in New York!" "Players just want to live on the beach in relative anonymity in LA or Florida..."

It's all excuses. We have the best player in the world, and another guy who's top five. That should be a hell of a sales pitch to anyone. I sure hope the management doesn't have this same stupid inferiority complex and isn't asking players because they assume they wouldn't come here. Corey Perry didn't grow up in Montreal and yet he signed with the Habs. It's management's job to find players, not overpay and convince them to come to Edmonton. The excuses for why they don't are just sickening.

I am not saying it 100% has to be guys who grew up Oilers fans, I was just curious if there was some because being a Leafs fan did play a factor in them willing to come for cheaper. At the end of the day, the importance is finding affordable guys that can fill a role.

Is there ever a time you don't turn every single post into another rant about why Oilers management sucks? It wouldn't surprise me if you could go into every thread on this site and see Adam going off on a rant about why they suck. I ask a question about who might be good vets to target and another rant.

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No more Haaaaaas	By: CrudeRemarks on Thu, 10 June 2021 10:40
Re: No more Haaaaaas	By: Adam on Thu, 10 June 2021 10:52
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Re: No more Haaaaaas	By: Adam on Mon, 14 June 2021 09:02
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Re: No more Haaaaaas	By: Adam on Mon, 14 June 2021 15:01
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Re: No more Haaaaaas	By: Mike on Tue, 15 June 2021 12:35
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Re: No more Haaaaaas	By: Adam on Mon, 14 June 2021 09:35
Re: No more Haaaaaas	By: RDOilerfan on Mon, 14 June 2021 09:46
Re: No more Haaaaaas	By: Adam on Mon, 14 June 2021 11:05
Re: No more Haaaaaas	By: RDOilerfan on Mon, 14 June 2021 11:36
Re: No more Haaaaaas	By: Adam on Mon, 14 June 2021 11:56
Re: No more Haaaaaas	By: RDOilerfan on Mon, 14 June 2021 13:15
Re: No more Haaaaaas	By: PlusOne on Mon, 14 June 2021 13:33
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