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 Kr55
Messages: 11215
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Wed, 23 August 2023 13:43 |
That sounds an awful lot like the cap circumvention everyone complains about when it's not the Oilers doing it.
The Oilers don't need more offense. Can they convert Kane to a rugged defender who can pass?
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I would argue we actually do need a winger that can make plays. McDavid and Drai score as well as anyone now, but our lineup is set up that they have to do 95% of the playmaking 5v5. None of Nuge, Kane or Hyman can drive play very well and make good plays on rushes. Nuge handles the puck like a hot potato 5v5 and panic passes to the first teammate he sees or dumps it in within 0.2 seconds of taking a pass. Kane can't pass worth a crap, and Hyman is a board grinder. That just killed us in the playoffs. Our wingers were just awful and unable to help generate offense, which lead to us having to go back to the old top loaded lineup.
If Kane would sign dirt cheap, I would add him. If he wants more than ~1-1.5M then he can piss off. Lots of guys in his situation have signed dirt cheap to try to win, that's all I would accept from him.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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