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Re: Summer Tasks [message #837507 is a reply to message #837506 ]	Tue, 06 August 2024 16:59

Kr55
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Adam wrote on Tue, 06 August 2024 16:23

Here's the to-do list for the Oilers for the remainder of this summer:

- Sign Philip Broberg
- Sign Dylan Holloway
- Clear cap space to accommodate deals ($300K plus whatever they sign the above two for, less any cleared if the Oilers decide to carry basically no spares). Possibly dealt with in the short-term with LTIR for Evander Kane.
- Patch any holes created by cap-clearing moves (if Kane is unavailable for months, we may need another forward, for instance, either a call-up or a free agent signing)
- Sign Leon Draisaitl to an extension (optional)
- Sign Evan Bouchard to an extension (optional)
- Likely discuss the future with McDavid, given that he may be instrumental in getting those last two points accomplished (optional)

I see the optionals as...well, pretty foundational moves. If they aren't addressed then we go in to next year with just a ton of question marks around the team and their future direction.

I am fine with not hearing what the Oilers are doing around all these points. I think the Oilers have tended to be a little too open with the media about contract discussions basically ever since Sather left, and I don't find it particularly helpful for everyone to know all the details. I am a little concerned that the team is ripe for an offer sheet or two. If you were a really devious opposing GM, I might throw a number at Holloway hoping that the team matches, and then give Broberg one right afterwards. It's no secret there was some tension between the player and the team last year, and he was a top-4 guy on a Stanley Cup Finalist by the end of the playoffs. If you had some cap room and needed a good LHD, you could afford to give him a contract he might need to grow into over a 4-5 year term. It'll make me a lot more comfortable when he and Holloway are locked in - even if the news about Draisaitl is the one I most want to see complete.

Conroy sending an offer sheet to Broberg would be kind of hilarious. I'm not sure if any team looking deeply would though. He still got spanked pretty bad with Nurse in the playoffs. They just got a bit lucky to not get as destroyed with goals against as the chances they were giving deserved. Finished the playoffs with 34.87% xGF. Still really dislike the idea that ppl could be comfortable with Broberg being Nurse's babysitting full time. At the least losing Broberg would force Bowman to actually do something to finally fix the D.

Hope the Kane stuff is figured out. Jackson seemed confused about Kane's injury in general if I correctly recall his comments on it. One of the strangest year long injuries in memory that I've seen, with how our team and the player handled it.

In general, would love to see some proof that Bowman was worth the bad headlines. We know this team has issues. Very likely the coach bump will be gone next year and it will be a full year grind again. Very unlikely we get once in 3 decade performances from 2 guys in the playoffs again. Need Bowman to do stuff.

"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013

"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015

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Summer Tasks	By: Adam on Tue, 06 August 2024 16:23
Re: Summer Tasks	By: Kr55 on Tue, 06 August 2024 16:59
Re: Summer Tasks	By: Jay on Sat, 10 August 2024 08:36
Re: Summer Tasks	By: Leia on Sun, 11 August 2024 00:01
Re: Summer Tasks	By: Kr55 on Sat, 14 September 2024 11:46
Re: Summer Tasks	By: smyth260 on Sat, 14 September 2024 14:01
Re: Summer Tasks	By: Kr55 on Sat, 14 September 2024 14:52
Re: Summer Tasks	By: Mike on Mon, 16 September 2024 05:38
Re: Summer Tasks	By: Kr55 on Thu, 19 September 2024 08:39
Re: Summer Tasks	By: Adam on Thu, 19 September 2024 12:33
Re: Summer Tasks	By: Adam on Mon, 16 September 2024 09:18
Re: Summer Tasks	By: Kr55 on Mon, 16 September 2024 09:34
Re: Summer Tasks	By: Kr55 on Wed, 18 September 2024 20:37
Re: Summer Tasks	By: Skookum Jim on Wed, 18 September 2024 21:07
Re: Summer Tasks	By: Kr55 on Wed, 18 September 2024 21:28
Re: Summer Tasks	By: Adam on Thu, 19 September 2024 12:30
Re: Summer Tasks	By: Kr55 on Thu, 19 September 2024 13:22
Re: Summer Tasks	By: Adam on Fri, 20 September 2024 09:54
Re: Summer Tasks	By: Adam on Fri, 20 September 2024 14:03
Re: Summer Tasks	By: Kr55 on Fri, 20 September 2024 14:25

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