[News] Philip Larson leaves Oilers for KHL

[Barbecue]

LOL @ 6th defenceman in the Oiler line up is "no good"

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by Locke

This is the list of the Oilers' signed defencemen for next season:

Ference - Marincin
Klefbom - Schultz (RFA)
Petry (RFA) - No Good

Oh, so THOSE are the 5 Gios they were referring to...

[Drury18]

I'm really starting to wonder if someone from the KHL was standing outside Eakins office after the exit interviews.

"How did your meeting go? Do you have a moment to talk about the lesser of two evils?"

[CalgaryFan1988]

Like they didn't already need/want Ekblad bad enough.

Wonder if this forces them to make a trade for someone like Myers or for the 1st overall. They need someone that can log minutes, Myers would obviously be the smarter choice.

[The Swedish Flame]

All in for McDavid.

[Erick Estrada]

The exodus is probably due to Eakins plan to re-implement the swarm defense next season and the defensemen probably wanting to play in a pro system instead.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Barbecue

LOL @ 6th defenceman in the Oiler line up is "no good"

There had to be. There literally isnt a 6th defenceman in the Oilers system that played NHL minutes last season.

[CaptainCrunch]

That team is nearly at the point of unfixable without a tear down and rebuild. Even their uber picks are evolving into seriously one dimensional players, Edmonton fans crow about Hall and his 80 points and blah blah blah. But the bottom line is its fairly easy to rack up points if you don't do anything else on the ice. I also hear from Hall fans that he's that big effort guy that cares about winning and losing and at this point I don't see that, I see a guy that floats without the puck.

They picked a one dimensional sniper who has a shot annnnnddddd . . . . first overall and hes had one good month in the last two years and they expect that he's going to bounce back.

They have vanilla midgets up front, they have a brutal bottom 6, the worst type of AHL depth on the blue line in the NHL, and a goalie that started strong but became less then inspiring as time moved on. They have a brutal coach assistants that can't be fired because they rock the pajamas.

I will state that the Oilers are beyond broken, they're worse then the Islanders franchise and theres not much hope coming.

Bold moves, Mac-T isn't going to make bold moves because they over value their big 4 and nobody is going to pay that price.

right now in the executive suite, Lowe is telling Mac-T in no uncertain terms to go for McDavid because he'll save the Oilers heading into a new building.

The NHL should really dissolve that smoking crater 3 hours to the north. Preferably with a death star laser.

[Samiz]

How come only the 6th defenceman is "no good"

Pretty sure all of them are no good...

[kirant]

Originally Posted by Esoteric

Won't Darnell Nurse be playing with the Oilers next year?

At this rate, he might be their top D in a year or two...

[tvp2003]

Every time I see a defenceman go to the KHL, I have to think Mark Giordano had a small role to play.

Which means a decision Gio made 7 years ago has helped screw the Oilers not once, but twice this season. So fitting to now be Calgary's captain

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by kunkstyle

Oh, so THOSE are the 5 Gios they were referring to...

I was at the Ben Scrivens miracle game against the Sharks. I could not believe how obsessed the fans were with Gio and how laughable the Flames are because he is our best Dman.

This was with zero prompting. Last thing I needed was a foul breath mouth breather huffing and puffing all over me. So just sat back, listened and let them amuse me with their lack of hockey insight.

Even in the middle of a miracle game, Oiler fans just kept on talking about the Flames.

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by tvp2003

Every time I see a defenceman go to the KHL, I have to think Mark Giordano had a small role to play.

Which means a decision Gio made 7 years ago has helped screw the Oilers not once, but twice this season. So fitting to now be Calgary's captain

What would make it better is if Larson becomes a stud and returns to the NHL as a Flame.

[lazypucker]

Justin Schultz made a great choice afterall signing with the Oilers, by process of self-elimination, he is about to get his #1 D role he craves so much very soon.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

Justin Schultz made a great choice afterall signing with the Oilers, by process of self-elimination, he is about to get his #1 D role he craves so much very soon.

Which is a pretty damning indictment in and of itself.

I'm pretty sure that there are 29 other teams that wouldnt take Justin Schultz as their #1 Dman for free.

[Dion]

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Samiz

How come only the 6th defenceman is "no good"

Pretty sure all of them are no good...

Personally, I think "no good" is actually an improvement over the other 5 and should be their #1 d.

[getbak]

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=61,69...hl=en&t=h&z=12

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khanty-Mansiysk -- An oil boom town near the Arctic Circle with average daily high temperatures during the hockey season well below freezing...but enough about Edmonton.

[dash_pinched]

Maybe the Oilers should give former Flyers/Canucks defenseman Larry Goodenough a PTO?

[nik-]

Originally Posted by getbak

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=61,69...hl=en&t=h&z=12

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khanty-Mansiysk -- An oil boom town near the Arctic Circle with average daily high temperatures during the hockey season well below freezing...but enough about Edmonton.

Only 800km further north than Edmonton. Worth the trade off.