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Re: #FireHolland [message #826147 is a reply to message #826146 ]	Mon, 23 October 2023 10:24

CrusaderPi
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Adam wrote on Sun, 22 October 2023 23:30

Kr55 wrote on Sun, 22 October 2023 22:51

So, we now have to carry an exactly 20 man roster for 1-2 weeks until McDavid is back because we have zero cap space.

Ken Holland will have been paid 25 million dollars by Daryl Katz by the time he exits stage left and leaves his successor with Connor Brown's ghost using up likely more than the cap increase teams get in 24/25. Scared to think what other disasters he can create for the next guy, on top of the various overpays and boat anchors we already have now.

The eternally crazy thing about the Oilers spending to the cap is that we always have so many holes and so many just-a-guy players on the roster. There are other teams that spend to the cap, and other teams who have a mediocre roster, but it's rare to find a team that can so consistently spend so much on such a mediocre crew.

The team REALLY has to step up now. a couple weeks without McDavid - it could bury the team's chances if they don't start winning.

A team really stepping it up is as silly a demand as 'play with more effort'. The non-McDavid guys are who they are. A couple will will get a bump up the lineup because of the injury and will produce slightly more because of the extra ice time and game situations they see. Or they won't. None of that will change the fundamental flaws in roster construction we almost all saw years ago. Defense and goaltending and depth still aren't good enough. I should add flexibility to this mental list, but the other issues are so limiting this one barely matters.

Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.

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#FireHolland	By: Ragnarok73 on Thu, 12 October 2023 09:07
Re: #FireHolland	By: CrusaderPi on Thu, 12 October 2023 09:16
Re: #FireHolland	By: Kr55 on Thu, 12 October 2023 13:58
Re: #FireHolland	By: inverno76 on Fri, 13 October 2023 09:34
Re: #FireHolland	By: Dragon_Matt on Fri, 13 October 2023 09:43
Re: #FireHolland	By: RDOilerfan on Fri, 13 October 2023 09:53
Re: #FireHolland	By: Kr55 on Fri, 13 October 2023 17:43
Re: #FireHolland	By: Dragon_Matt on Wed, 18 October 2023 09:19
Re: #FireHolland	By: RDOilerfan on Wed, 18 October 2023 10:38
Re: #FireHolland	By: inverno76 on Wed, 18 October 2023 15:03
Re: #FireHolland	By: RDOilerfan on Wed, 18 October 2023 15:48
Re: #FireHolland	By: Kr55 on Wed, 18 October 2023 16:27
Re: #FireHolland	By: RDOilerfan on Wed, 18 October 2023 16:29
Re: #FireHolland	By: Kr55 on Sun, 22 October 2023 22:51
Re: #FireHolland	By: Adam on Sun, 22 October 2023 23:30
Re: #FireHolland	By: CrusaderPi on Mon, 23 October 2023 10:24

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