07-21-2021, 10:32 AM
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#101
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by keenan87
Wow, not a bad deal for Larsson. Oilers get screwed and it shows how players feel about sticking around when they are being outbid by so little playing in Edmonton.
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FYP.
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07-21-2021, 10:52 AM
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#102
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Philly06Cup
Oilers could've kept Larson by exposing Kassian, Archibald, Puljujarvi. Looks like they made the wrong choice.
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Oilers still would have lost Larsson because even if they protected him, he was leaving as a UFA.
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07-21-2021, 11:12 AM
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#103
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Closet Jedi
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But the Oilers were really close to signing a deal with Larsson!
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07-21-2021, 11:13 AM
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#104
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
No, I don't think Benson is anything special. Don't think he's a player at all. I would have chosen Khaira. I just think it's really dumb to pick a player you can get for free in a few days. If you can work the system and get an extra asset that makes your system better you should do so.
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Why do teams ever trade for UFA signing rights? All they've done here is forego a garbage asset.
1 week of knowing a few pieces of their D-core will be massively valuable. They can more confidently make trades at the draft this way. Not that they will trade away 8 D-men in a few days, but they could lose negotiation leverage by UFA day...
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07-21-2021, 11:13 AM
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#105
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Norm!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Philly06Cup
But the Oilers were really close to signing a deal with Larsson!
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Yup according to Oiler sources he was going to sign a home town discount and everything. Instead this is basically flipping the bird to the Oilers on the way out the door.
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07-21-2021, 11:20 AM
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#106
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by chummer
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Did people forget he was traded to edmonton? It wasn't his choice to begin with, the man finally got his freedom and he ran.
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07-21-2021, 11:23 AM
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#107
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Franchise Player
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It would be brilliant if Barrie walked now.
Bear on the top pairing haha what a disaster.
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07-21-2021, 11:24 AM
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#108
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by CroFlames
It would be brilliant if Barrie walked now.
Bear on the top pairing haha what a disaster.
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Obviously Nurse will just play 40 minutes a game.
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07-21-2021, 11:26 AM
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#109
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Franchise Player
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I mean with the Flames losing Gio, maybe they dangle a reasonable contract to Barrie. That would make it even more glorious.
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07-21-2021, 02:02 PM
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#110
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by sureLoss
According to Spector Edmonton's offer was 4 yrs $3.9 mil. Seattle outbid by $100k
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The hills they choose to die on are hilarious.
Meanwhile they love to venture out on to mountains that no one will climb for guys like Keith.
What a team, and what a blue line.
The trade is one for none!
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07-21-2021, 02:19 PM
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#111
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Franchise Player
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Seattle’s offer was literally “$100k extra a year and you don’t have to live in Edmonton anymore” and Larsson was like “done.”
Lol.
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07-21-2021, 02:21 PM
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#112
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First Line Centre
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If you consider cost of living in Seattle vs Edmonton, Larsson essentially took way less from Seattle than he would of from Edmonton.
Says a lot about his desire to stay with the Oil.
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07-21-2021, 03:06 PM
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#113
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First Line Centre
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Hall for Larsson 1 for 1. Larsson 1 for none. You love to see it.
Last edited by Jetfire; 07-21-2021 at 03:11 PM.
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07-21-2021, 03:12 PM
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#114
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by CroFlames
It would be brilliant if Barrie walked now.
Bear on the top pairing haha what a disaster.
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I want them to sign him, preferable for too much and too long now that Larsson left. He's a disaster in his own zone, exactly what they don't need.
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07-21-2021, 03:34 PM
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#115
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Elbows Up!!
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Originally Posted by chummer
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Fawning media and those DMs from Staples?
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07-21-2021, 03:39 PM
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#116
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First Line Centre
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It's no wonder Larsson wanted out with the Oil media idiots pestering him. An Oilers fan over on Reddit pointed out that Spector would ask him post-game presser questions like this:
"So, Adam, when did you give up your childhood dream of being Nick Lidstrom? At some point, did you just kind of realize it is better to embrace being a roleplayer with grit and toughness who does the hard jobs no one else wants to do? Points and a HoF career aren't everything, I take it?"
Good riddance, glad for Larsson to get out of that mess.
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07-21-2021, 05:00 PM
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#117
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Franchise Player
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If they were smart they would have extended him months ago and protected him long before Seattle had a chance to make an offer. But they wanted Keith pretty bad so .....
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07-21-2021, 05:16 PM
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#118
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: California
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Duncan Keith = 5.6 mil
Caleb Jones + Larson at 4.5 = 5.3
It makes no sense how they are allocating cap hit unless Larrsson was just a hard no for resigning weeks ago. They could have even went longer term with him to bring down the cap hit as they are scewed on years 5-8 of the RNH contract anyways.
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07-21-2021, 05:40 PM
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#119
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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07-21-2021, 05:44 PM
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#120
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary, AB
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I like Oleksiak.
But holy crap that’s a big contract for a guy that hasn’t proven he’s worth it yet iMO, and he’s 28 so he’s not that young that there is a lot of untapped upside.
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