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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| Jay wrote on Thu, 20 November 2025 09:44 |
| Mike wrote on Thu, 20 November 2025 08:18 |
| Jay wrote on Thu, 20 November 2025 09:16 |
And a NMC.
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That crap needs to stop. A partial NTC? Maybe. But these full NMCs on old players, middling players, etc...needs to stop. It completely handcuffs the team. I understand the player wanting it, but you know what - too bad. It would be one thing if it typically came with a massive discount on AAV, but here it seems not only do we pay absolute top dollar (and beyond) and way too much term - we compound it with these ridiculous NMCs...
Again I ask a question I've been asking for 20 years: Are Oilers GMs not aware they are allowed to NEGOTIATE?
If Ekholm was settled at $4M per with a full NMC as a hobbling 35 year old Dman.
and with Frederic they "settled" on 8 years, $3.85M per year with a full nmc for 4 years and then a 10 team trade list for the next 4.
WHAT THE HELL was the original ask from the player/agent?!?!?!?!
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It's beyond frustrating.
And the worst part is they sign these deals that anyone can see are complete hope plays with almost no chance of working out and they sign these players like Jeff Arviopanni etc and can't find 2M to pay Cory Perry on a one year deal? After what he did last year? Yes there are performance bonuses which if he meets you should be happy to pay.
I'm starting to think Stan Bowman might fail to reach the impossibly low bar that Doug Armstrongs golfing buddy Ken set.
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No one should cry about Corey Perry. He hit the jackpot with a senile GM willing to give him absolute top dollar. The only mistake the Oilers made is that they have refilled his depth role with plugs rather than either a young player with potential or another fading older star. As for Perry himself, that LA deal is idiotic. There's no matching that - you just wish him well.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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