[Signing] Oilers sign Boyd Gordon (3 yrs, $3mil AAV)

[OILFAN #81]

Originally Posted by _Q_

So the Oilers signed a 29 year old version of Tim Jackman to 3 years and they're stoked for this?

Am I missing something? Or is this just par for the course for Mulletville fans?

Boyd Gordon is nowhere near the type of player that Tim Jackman is lol. They don't even bring the same game. Gordon is a faceoff specialist who can play on the penalty kill, block shots and is a solid defensive center.

[Dienasty]

So far Mac t has done a pretty good job.

Got something for horcoff, and didn't have to buy him out- win
Boyd Gordon fills out there bottom 2 lines depth and gives the, size- win
Andrew ference is a legit top 4 d man who can shut down the other team, feisty, and great leadership.- win

[Gary83]

He can win faceoffs... and.. win faceoffs.

[debil]

he's good defensively and in faceoffs. good for bottom 6.

[Heavy Jack]

Originally Posted by Ezio

Not a fan to be honest. Wanted Grabovski as a 3C.

He would probably tell the Oilers to explitive off.

[Anduril]

Originally Posted by OILFAN #81

Boyd Gordon is nowhere near the type of player that Tim Jackman is lol. They don't even bring the same game. Gordon is a faceoff specialist who can play on the penalty kill, block shots and is a solid defensive center.

Sounds like the reason they brought in Eric Belanger before.

[Milt Schmidt]

What the hell is going on? A good trade and multiple good signings in just a couple days? Did a wave of competence finally hit Edmonton? Could Craig MacManslaughter actually be a decent GM? Surely these are signs of an impending apocalypse.

Milt

[FlamingInfinity]

The shortest amount of time between 'Has Boyd signed yet?' and the actual signing.

[OILFAN #81]

Originally Posted by Milt Schmidt

What the hell is going on? A good trade and multiple good signings in just a couple days? Did a wave of competence finally hit Edmonton? Could Craig MacManslaughter actually be a decent GM? Surely these are signs of an impending apocalypse.

Milt

MacTavish was and will never be the problem. He's actually a knowledgeable guy. Kevin Lowe is the one who has no clue what he is doing. MacTavish unlike Tambellini gets to make his own moves.

[Stealth22]

Meh. I'd rather have Corban Knight. Oh wait...we already do.

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by Anduril

Sounds like the reason they brought in Eric Belanger before.

a better version of it

Gordon had a 35% ozone start rate (meaning he was mostly used for defensive draws)

and still had a positive corsi

he had a great (albeit outlier) defensive forward year

if it's a good deal and he can play like he did last year it's a great signing for a team that plays horrible team defense

[opendoor]

Originally Posted by Anduril

Sounds like the reason they brought in Eric Belanger before.

And Belanger was about twice the offensive player that Gordon is. Here's their production over the 4 years before joining the Oilers:

Belanger: 40 pts/82 games

Gordon: 21 pts/82 games

[Ashasx]

Originally Posted by Ezio

Not a fan to be honest. Wanted Grabovski as a 3C.

And it would have cost you 3x as much.

[moon]

Originally Posted by Milt Schmidt

What the hell is going on? A good trade and multiple good signings in just a couple days? Did a wave of competence finally hit Edmonton? Could Craig MacManslaughter actually be a decent GM? Surely these are signs of an impending apocalypse.

Milt

He is making meh moves so far, which for Edmonton is a huge upgrade but far from showing that things are going to improve for the Oilers.

They still have major issues that they haven't come close to addressing.

[Calgary4LIfe]

A Stephane Yelle type. Positive signing and a piece of the puzzle I think for the Oilers.

[Ark2]

Originally Posted by moon

He is making meh moves so far, which for Edmonton is a huge upgrade but far from showing that things are going to improve for the Oilers.

They still have major issues that they haven't come close to addressing.

The Horcoff trade was pure brilliance.

[Stay Golden]

Feaster is getting worked over by MacTavish.

[moon]

Originally Posted by Ark2

The Horcoff trade was pure brilliance.

They didn't get anything of value back and at best saved money.

It was a fine move but not anything close to brilliance.

[Icon]

Originally Posted by Stay Golden

Feaster is getting worked over by MacTavish.

Boyd Gordon is worth gettign upset about? We grabbed Knight who the Oilers were after as well... and I'd say Knight has more upside down the road than Gordon.

[OILFAN #81]

Originally Posted by moon

They didn't get anything of value back and at best saved money.

It was a fine move but not anything close to brilliance.

They didn't get anything back of value? They cleared 4.5 M of cap space and didn't have to buy him out. Almost everyone thought it was a great trade for the Oilers.