[Signing] Oilers sign Dominik Kahun (1 yr, $975k)

[Macho0978]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

I don't think he cares about regular season 5 on 5 play any more. As long as he gets his PP1 time, he'll be happy.

I agree he may be happy getting his points on the PP. But if Neal gets his time on the PP even though some of these signings are looking good based on how players have played on other teams it just doesn't add up to me. The players added all seem to get PP time and very little SH time last year

Kahun 1:03 PP 0:01 SH
Turris 2:19 PP 0:39 SH
Barrie 2:40 PP 0:02 SH

The Oilers PP was one of the best ever last year. McDavid, Leon, Nuge and Barrie will more than likely play close to the entire PP. If Neal is the 5th than it may leave a few seconds every PP for others. Typically those seconds are when the PK team clears in the last 20 seconds of the PP and the 2nd unit gets one last crack at gaining the blueline for maybe a few seconds. Not real PP time IMO. The oilers have picked up good players but they all excel in the same area. They need defensive forwards who excel on the PK not more PP players. Unless they sit Leon and McDavid more on the PP but I don't see how that makes their PP better.

I also assume Yaomoto and Puljujarvi aren't going to spend much time on the PK. It's hard to ask all these guys who normally get opportunity to play on the PP and get offensive opportunity to excel not getting it anymore.

I also think it would make way more sense to focus strictly on the blueline for now if I was the GM of the Oilers. If they build a strong blueline they could be very tough to beat. But they continue to add offensive depth forwards who won't get that same crack on this team. At least not on the PP

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Macho0978

I agree he may be happy getting his points on the PP. But if Neal gets his time on the PP even though some of these signings are looking good based on how players have played on other teams it just doesn't add up to me. The players added all seem to get PP time and very little SH time last year

Kahun 1:03 PP 0:01 SH
Turris 2:19 PP 0:39 SH
Barrie 2:40 PP 0:02 SH

The Oilers PP was one of the best ever last year. McDavid, Leon, Nuge and Barrie will more than likely play close to the entire PP. If Neal is the 5th than it may leave a few seconds every PP for others. Typically those seconds are when the PK team clears in the last 20 seconds of the PP and the 2nd unit gets one last crack at gaining the blueline for maybe a few seconds. Not real PP time IMO. The oilers have picked up good players but they all excel in the same area. They need defensive forwards who excel on the PK not more PP players. Unless they sit Leon and McDavid more on the PP but I don't see how that makes their PP better.

I also assume Yaomoto and Puljujarvi aren't going to spend much time on the PK. It's hard to ask all these guys who normally get opportunity to play on the PP and get offensive opportunity to excel not getting it anymore.

I also think it would make way more sense to focus strictly on the blueline for now if I was the GM of the Oilers. If they build a strong blueline they could be very tough to beat. But they continue to add offensive depth forwards who won't get that same crack on this team. At least not on the PP

Please put Neal on the PP, that power play is going to leak short handed goals.

How is Edmonton going to improve their blueline? They're spend to the cap with Bear still to sign, and Klefbom suppossedly going on long term injury. If they want a top pairing blueliner which they have none, I expect that the price is going to be high.

It also doesn't address their goaltending situation.


The Oilers just look like . . . . once again a badly built team.

[Macho0978]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Please put Neal on the PP, that power play is going to leak short handed goals.

How is Edmonton going to improve their blueline? They're spend to the cap with Bear still to sign, and Klefbom suppossedly going on long term injury. If they want a top pairing blueliner which they have none, I expect that the price is going to be high.

It also doesn't address their goaltending situation.


The Oilers just look like . . . . once again a badly built team.

Too much of the same players. IMO very poorly built team. I look at a guy like Backlund and why he is so valuable is he can excel without playing on the PP. He gets some PP time but if he was completely removed for both units I still see him getting his points. IMO the Oilers have 0 guys like this. Player who bring something else to the table that McDavid and Leon don't already have covered.

I agree they don't have the space to address the blueline this year. I personally like Bear. Oilers fans over rate him for sure but I would be more likely to sign him longer term now to try and build a good blueline for the last 3 to 4 years of McDavid's contract. They now have left themselves with nothing to sign him for more than 1 or 2 years. If he plays well he just gets more expensive or leaves.

I also like Benning more than Russell. I would have kept him and not resigned Russell to that extension. I think they will regret that as well.

[Groot]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I'm loving Staples right now, according to him, this latest signing is the best signing of the year and the steal of the year.



I have no doubt he gets a fat check from the Oilers Public relations office.

What I find most amazing in his delusions is his assertion that these "amazing" players in Ennis, Kahun, Turris and Barrie all signed with Edmonton at a team-friendly price to simply have the honor to play with McAvi and Raisatl.

Not because of a flat-cap and overvaluing themselves on the market, not so they can hopefully stack points on a defensively-anemic team then get the hell out of there, not because no other teams wanted them at their asking price. Nope, simply to play with two of the worst defensive forwards in the league (statistically).

[CaptainCrunch]

I've got to think that Tippett is sitting there looking at this mass signing of defensively suspect players and thinking "I'm forked"