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Re: Recap of Free Agency [message #837347 is a reply to message #837342 ]	Tue, 02 July 2024 08:31

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Hibernia wrote on Tue, 02 July 2024 05:56

What a crazy day. Does JJ know he's working for the Oilers? We're not supposed to do stuff like this. lol

My only concern out of all of this is that the team is old by NHL standards. Luckily, none of the contracts are going to take a fragile player into the sunset years of their contract (I'm looking at you, Chris Tanev)

I've only seen one person who is mad about these contracts and that guy is mad about everything. (No, not Dennis)

I feel like this is a group that knows they have unfinished business. Could be another fun year coming up. Better get your rest in now.

It was a pretty impressive showing from a guy who doesn't want to be the GM. It almost looked like there was a plan - which would be a welcome change.

The age thing is a bit concerning, but also nothing new. Holland loooooves the old guys and the Oilers were the oldest team in the league last year - it's kind of weird, given that we were forever building around 18-year olds what seems like just 15 minutes ago.

My biggest concern is if the Stan Bowman rumours are true. I believe that they likely are, and that the Oilers sent up the trial balloon intentionally through the rumour mill yesterday in order to get a pulse on how much backlash there will be if they move forward there. There definitely is some backlash, but it hasn't been a deafening roar yet, so there's a good chance it happens. For anyone who can't remember what he did, Bowman & staff learned that one of their black aces was being molested by an assistant coach, and decided to not deal with it because they were on a playoff run. Then that summer they quietly parted ways with the assistant and gave him a reference which led to him working with minors - at least one of whom he sexually assaulted. Even if you somehow could rationalize a way to excuse their actions relative to Kris Beach, the Blackhawks execs have a direct line of culpability in the assault on a minor. I don't think it's fair to say they did anything criminal, but it's still pretty abhorrent behaviour and so I'm sure there's better options to be our GM.

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Recap of Free Agency	By: smyth260 on Tue, 02 July 2024 00:50
Re: Recap of Free Agency	By: smyth260 on Tue, 02 July 2024 00:58
Re: Recap of Free Agency	By: Gator21 on Tue, 02 July 2024 01:24
Re: Recap of Free Agency	By: oilfan94 on Tue, 02 July 2024 06:29
Re: Recap of Free Agency	By: Hibernia on Tue, 02 July 2024 05:56
Re: Recap of Free Agency	By: Oscargasm on Tue, 02 July 2024 07:56
Re: Recap of Free Agency	By: Hibernia on Tue, 02 July 2024 08:01
Re: Recap of Free Agency	By: Adam on Tue, 02 July 2024 08:31
Re: Recap of Free Agency	By: Mike on Tue, 02 July 2024 08:56
Re: Recap of Free Agency	By: smyth260 on Tue, 02 July 2024 09:06
Re: Recap of Free Agency	By: Mike on Tue, 02 July 2024 11:08
Re: Recap of Free Agency	By: Adam on Tue, 02 July 2024 09:19
Re: Recap of Free Agency	By: Dragon_Matt on Tue, 02 July 2024 10:56
Re: Recap of Free Agency	By: Rutuu on Tue, 02 July 2024 14:39
Re: Recap of Free Agency	By: Ragnarok73 on Tue, 02 July 2024 18:01
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