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Re: Hertl to Vegas [message #830672 is a reply to message #830663 ]	Fri, 08 March 2024 16:35

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Skookum Jim wrote on Fri, 08 March 2024 14:38

Adam wrote on Fri, 08 March 2024 12:34

With two thirds for a 1st, the guy who Vegas picked first last year and San Jose keeping salary in all six years of Hertl's contract. God damn it.

Why can't we have management who actually gets stuff like this done??? Would be nice if "going for it" meant more than picking up a couple depth pieces.

Its only 17% retention on 8.175 .. you also have to have the NHL indicating no interest in how you manipulate your LTIR (Playoff) roster..

Yeah - but we KNOW the NHL doesn't care about that. Everyone's known for a decade now that the NHL isn't going to worry about teams abusing the LTIR with questionable injury timelines, so it's just not an excuse for the Oilers when other teams do it. We can do it too. We can play other games. We could have gone out and got a Jake Guentzel and left him on IR until the playoffs if need be.

Hell, we could have picked up a backup goalie for cheap at least - there were several that changed hands today who would have at least given us a real option if Skinner got hurt. Instead it looks like we're just praying it isn't a situation we ever have to deal with.

The Sharks are still carrying over $10MM of cap hit for Hertl while he plays for a divisional rival for the next six years. And they got a late first round pick, and last year's 32nd overall pick who has 17 points in 42 SEL games this year. Oh, and they kicked in two third round picks back to Vegas. That's incredible. Mike Grier is terrible at his job. One more former player proving my thesis about hiring former players to be your GM.

Couture announced he's done for the year too, so San Jose is an absolute joke the rest of the way this year. We do have one more game against them...

I will say, seeing what Toffoli and Hertl and even Guentzel went for, it's looking like Holland overpaid for what he got, and failed to make a big enough splash. I guess, like always, it's just a matter of praying that McDavid and Draisaitl can overcome all obstacles.

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Hertl to Vegas	By: Adam on Fri, 08 March 2024 13:34
Re: Hertl to Vegas	By: Skookum Jim on Fri, 08 March 2024 13:56
Re: Hertl to Vegas	By: smyth260 on Fri, 08 March 2024 14:02
Re: Hertl to Vegas	By: HamBlaster on Fri, 08 March 2024 14:23
Re: Hertl to Vegas	By: Skookum Jim on Fri, 08 March 2024 14:34
Re: Hertl to Vegas	By: smyth260 on Fri, 08 March 2024 14:39
Re: Hertl to Vegas	By: Skookum Jim on Fri, 08 March 2024 14:51
Re: Hertl to Vegas	By: Skookum Jim on Fri, 08 March 2024 14:38
Re: Hertl to Vegas	By: Adam on Fri, 08 March 2024 16:35
Re: Hertl to Vegas	By: CrusaderPi on Fri, 08 March 2024 16:41
Re: Hertl to Vegas	By: Kr55 on Fri, 08 March 2024 15:07
Re: Hertl to Vegas	By: Skookum Jim on Fri, 08 March 2024 15:51
Re: Hertl to Vegas	By: g2k on Fri, 08 March 2024 18:23
Re: Hertl to Vegas	By: g2k on Fri, 08 March 2024 20:31
Re: Hertl to Vegas	By: Jay on Sat, 09 March 2024 12:02
Re: Hertl to Vegas	By: g2k on Sat, 09 March 2024 12:35
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