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 Jay
Messages: 1340
Registered: January 2007
Location: Edmonton
1 Cup
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| oilfan94 wrote on Mon, 12 January 2026 12:10 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 12 January 2026 14:00 |
| Jay wrote on Mon, 12 January 2026 10:08 |
| HamBlaster wrote on Fri, 09 January 2026 11:20 |
The Oilers need a personality, and their acquisitions of Frederic and Mangiapane were probably intended to be the replacements of Kane and Perry... and so far, we've seen a whimper from both. Freddy lit a fire under the guys when he took on Stanley in that last Jets game (even though the turtle at the end was pretty embarrassing), so that was a start... but this team needs jam and some disturbers. We don't have much of anything resembling that right now.
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They aren't getting anything of value for Mangiarvidson. He's a negative asset. If they can dump him for nothing and only have to sweeten with a mid round pick then they should probably consider that a win and that is likely what will happen.
It's awesome that they are now looking for replacements for Kane and Perry. Those guys are really rare and it isn't easy to find guys that bring that element and can contribute. Particularly Perry. I have no idea how you watch the '24 and '25 playoffs and decide that what Perry brought to the team wasn't worth an extra million against the cap - and then go and spend it on Trent Frederick etc. Just brutal and completely predictable that they are now looking for that exact player.
The way this team throws money around to garbage free agents or the next shiny thing instead of being willing to pay the players that actually might contribute is wild. They had a first ballot hall of famer who fights, scores, agitates and leads and they let him walk so they could sign Andrew Mangiopani. Lol. Hey Broberg signed a new deal! I bet the Oilers would love a player like that!
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This.
The two biggest free agent moves of the summer turn into grade A busts
Can you imagine how the team would look if they had Perry and Broberg at the cap hit they have now?
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Don't forget that Perry is not just $2M this year, but also has bonuses built into his contract for up to $2M for next year based on games played (50 games gives him $1.5M) and playoff rounds played in. I don't think that the Oilers liked the idea of $2M per year over the next two years for 1 year of 41 year old Corey Perry and as great as it was to have him here I can't say I disagree with the decision at the time. Hindsight is 20/20.
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It's a 1 year deal. 2M base + up to 2M in signing bonuses.
I said an extra million because I'm assuming the Oilers would have been willing to pay the 2 or 2.5. Maybe it was a million and half. Semantics.
And I think he wanted to stay and take another run at a cup. I think it's likely that if they had prioritized signing him that maybe he takes a bit less. So maybe they get him for 3.5. But even worst case scenario they pay him what he's worth and has shown again and again (and again) what he can do for a team.
The thing is that this team draws these weird arbitrary lines in the sane based on who knows what were they decide that all of a sudden that extra 1 or 2M for a Broberg or a Perry is just impossible to make work and they act like the decisions are justified because they couldn't possibly find a way to create cap space. But then they always do (just like every other team) and they spend it on bad players.
I think they could have kept Perry if they would have prioritized him even a little bit. They chose not to which I think was incredibly stupid based on the information that they had at the time.
"Initiative comes to thems that wait"
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