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Originally Posted by AlbertaOiler72
whatever....prove it on the ice and quit coming up with excuses. I expect a top 10 finish in GA at minimum or the d-corps will continue to be overrated (great offensively, poor defensively)
this reminds me when the Flames added Bouwmeester to Regher and Phaneuf and the Flames never got over the hump
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Poor defensively? By what statistic? Almost every measurable metric shows them as a top 10 D group.
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Originally Posted by AlbertaOiler72
Bear won the WHL defenseman of the year, Jones played the most minutes for the US at the WJHC, Yamamoto had the most goals as an 18 year old in the 'dub
not exactly bums
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Bear was in his overage year in the WHL. Will he go on to have a sparkling NHL career such as Justin Pogge, Bryan Cameran, Justin Keller? Other guys who excelled in their 5th year in junior? Jones could be decent, but again you're using an average prospect as an example of one of your best. Also using a freshly drafted player as an example also hurts your case. Valimaki was just drafted by Calgary, but if you ask almost everyone here who were our best D propsects, Kulak, Andersson and Fox would be ahead of him. That's what stocked cupboards look like.
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Originally Posted by AlbertaOiler72
he basically re-vamped the entire Bruins d-corps (brought in Boychuk, McQuaid, Seidenberg, Ference) and Horton on his way to a Stanley Cup
and was just up for Executive of the Year...I'll take my chances with him on the helm
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Just as many core pieces of the Stanley Cup winning team were acquired by O'Connell and Gorton. Also, he managed to win one cup before being forced to lose guys because of self-induced cap trouble.
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Originally Posted by AlbertaOiler72
you're assuming the salary cap doesn't go up and it stay the same...which it hasn't done since 2010...the only time
and with the Canadian dollar in a slight incline, we can't say for sure where it'll land
Nuge will probably be traded like Eberle to save money and as for filling in the rest? probably depth signings like Jokinen for cheap
because the core is there, just need to fill in around it
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Okay, say it goes up by a very generous 3 million (hasn't gone up that much in 6 years). The Oilers now have 17 million to fill 11 spots. 1.5 million bucks/spot. Maroon will need a raise. Benning, Nurse, Strome all need to be qualified. Who's going to take RNH or Lucic in a trade where they don''t send salary back? Who are the prospects that can fill some of those spots on ELC's? The Oilers window is literally this season.