Edmonton is No Good XI: Mud, Sweatpants and Tiers

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

The oilers get to run it back next year, which is wild. I thought they'd be more cap constrained, but not until after next season I guess.

$10 million in cap space with only 14 players on the roster. Ten UFAs. Holloway and Broberg need new contracts. No prospects to speak of, and they have traded away seven picks in the next two drafts, so they're in no position to dump cap by offering sweeteners. And more than half their returning players are over 30.

They could open up some cap space this year by buying out Campbell. The cap hit for that buyout is only $1.1 million for '24-25. But it goes up to 2.3, then 2.6, in the two years when they'll need every penny to re-sign Draisaitl and McDavid.

Just when they finally got useful players in the bottom half of the roster, they're going to have to let most of them walk and replace them with whatever free agents are willing to sign cheap contracts.

Running it back is not going to be an option.

[undercoverbrother]

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by OldDutch

Hate to be that person, but it’s a generational thing. McDavid lost what he wanted and his feelings were hurt. Way more accepted the way he responded by younger generations than older ones.

I am Gen X and zero chance what he did would fly. Now there are no strong feelings. At the expense of being socially tactful

Not sure what it’s right. Sucking it up, or maybe that is too much trauma for people these days

Nope. Listen to Connor Bedard after the U18 (I think) All class and would only talk about his teammates. ###### knows no generational boundaries. Do we even need to mention Trump and his maga followers?

[cheevers]

The sun is shining a little brighter today, the songs of the birds a little cheerier. All of the Calgarians who debased themselves by cheering for the Oilers should have to go a week without showering. Conserve some water and can smell like the city they embarrassed themselves for.

[Zary's-Mustache]

Good morning to all the Oilers fans reading this thread.

What a beautiful day. Cheaters never prosper.

[Puppet Guy]

Watching CBC News and I see Chris Pronger being interviewed. Remembering what he did after the Grease's last run to the final, I'm wondering who's gonna make the first trade request now?

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by cheevers

The sun is shining a little brighter today, the songs of the birds a little cheerier. All of the Calgarians who debased themselves by cheering for the Oilers should have to go a week without showering. Conserve some water and can smell like the city they embarrassed themselves for.

I was going to post that!

[FanSince'01]

Originally Posted by Titan2

Nope. Listen to Connor Bedard after the U18 (I think) All class and would only talk about his teammates. ###### knows no generational boundaries. Do we even need to mention Trump and his maga followers?

I will say, as someone who's married to a high school teacher (and my job also revolves around education, just for more mature learners), that while I agree that McDavid not coming out to accept the Smythe is not a "generational thing", there most certainly are generational behavioural trends for Gen Z (which McDavid is) and Gen Alpha that are concerning that are becoming more and more frequent. Entitlement and the whole "I don't have to do this if I don't want to" attitude being one of them.

So yes, I wouldn't blame McDavid no-showing his own award on it being a generational thing and would point the blame at him, I wouldn't fully discount it playing a role either as behaviour like this does seem to be more common amongst people his age and younger compared to older generations.

As the apparent face of the league, though, no excuses for him.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

That's not how you return an Oilers jersey, you do it on the ice.

The thanks limit seriously needs to be doubled for special days like this.

[Steve Bozek]

Oh, somewhere in this favoured land the sun is shining bright,
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,
But there is no joy in Mudville—mighty Casey has struck out.

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by getbak

Yeah, unfortunately, they only take pictures with the top-3.

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Oilers Top Five Picks of the 2010s:

• 2010 - Taylor Hall (1st)
• 2011 - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1st)
• 2012 - Nail Yakupov (1st)
• 2014 - Leon Draisaitl (3rd)
• 2015 - Connor McDavid (1st)
• 2016 - Jesse Puljujarvi (4th)

One Pick Later:

• 2010 - Tyler Seguin : Stanley Cup Champion
• 2011 - Gabriel Landeskog : Stanley Cup Champion
• 2012 - Ryan Murray : Stanley Cup Champion
• 2014 - Sam Bennett : Stanley Cup Champion
• 2015 - Jack Eichel : Stanley Cup Champion
• 2016 - Olli Juolevi : LOL Benning ... (2 picks later) Matthew Tkachuk : Stanley Cup Champion

I wish I could thank this a billion times!

[Reggie Dunlop]

The No Good this morning is Oh So Good.

[GioforPM]

Hospitals reporting a surge in ODs today. An overabundance of copium found in many people's systems.

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

They absolutely 100% cannot afford Bouchard, Drai, and McDavid Contracts. They can barely afford two of them.
And Bouchard and Drai come up first.

There is a smart thing to do this offseason, which they won't do. Trade Draisaitl.

Basically, they could attempt one more run at the cup next year (with a worse roster than this year - due to cap restraints), and then be absolutely terrible for a while, OR, they can shift gears a bit, maybe be decent most years, but never really good, for quite a while.

Those are the only two options.

The only sane thing to do is a sign and trade of pissy to maximize value, load up and start over. Pray McSmythe stays, which would totally bankrupt them or do it again the next year. They could be competitive again right away if they did right.

Narrator: They won't.

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by Engine09

Anyone we know, who maybe lives in Kelowna, making a run of the "Canada" Panther logo on a shirt?

I want one.

Me too. With four little chocolate pucks on the back?

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

The oilers get to run it back next year, which is wild. I thought they'd be more cap constrained, but not until after next season I guess.

Have you looked at their cap? They have $10M of space. They have 7 forwards under contract. 5 defencemen, and Campbell/Rodrigue are currently their backup goalie options under contract. Looks cap constrained to me.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Have you looked at their cap? They have $10M of space. They have 7 forwards under contract. 5 defencemen, and Campbell/Rodrigue are currently their backup goalie options under contract. Looks cap constrained to me.

Plus they will have to have Draisaitl extended at the TDL or trade him as a rental. He's expiring and has a 10 team list. Or they let him walk at the end of the year. So do they hand him the vault combination at, say, $15M or trade him?

[direwolf]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

The oilers get to run it back next year, which is wild. I thought they'd be more cap constrained, but not until after next season I guess.

I'm not worried at all. Making back-to-back trips to the finals is extremely rare in today's NHL, and I highly doubt the western conference bracket is gonna line up perfectly for them again like it did this year. This was very likely their last real shot. Absolutely everything went their way this year, including having the refs in their back pocket the entire season and a historically good PK in the playoffs. And in the end they still couldn't finish the job.

[Hot_Flatus]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

The oilers get to run it back next year, which is wild. I thought they'd be more cap constrained, but not until after next season I guess.

Huh? They only have a handful of forwards signed and next to no cap room ~$10M to play with. They are knee deep in it with no draft capital either.

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Plus they will have to have Draisaitl extended at the TDL or trade him as a rental. He's expiring and has a 10 team list. Or they let him walk at the end of the year. So do they hand him the vault combination at, say, $15M or trade him?

Even if he isn't extended I doubt they trade him, they'll have to walk him to free agency.

Well, unless of course they are out of the playoff picture but I don't see that happening with McDavid/Draisaitl/Hyman/RNH/Kane/Bouchard/Ekholm/Skinner still there