10-03-2015, 10:56 AM
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#21
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
How many years left on that albatross?
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only one, sadly.
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10-03-2015, 11:09 AM
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#22
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Franchise Player
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Fun fact, Nikitin was traded for Kris Russell back in 2011. I like the one we got a lot better.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=600395
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10-03-2015, 11:10 AM
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#23
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Hmmmmmmm
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This will likely be Klefbom's fate in a few years.
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10-03-2015, 11:12 AM
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#24
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Franchise Player
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They actually have 7 guys better than him?? Watch out NHL!
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10-03-2015, 11:16 AM
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#25
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Sweden
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The scary part is their other Dmen aren't that much better, hilarious or tragic, I can't tell.
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10-03-2015, 11:16 AM
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#26
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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It is likely they would like to waive Ference too, but his NMC prevents it.
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10-03-2015, 11:34 AM
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#27
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
Wasn't he one of their Five Giordanos™?
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I actually think he was part to the new improved D after the 5 Giordanos era.
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10-03-2015, 11:36 AM
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#28
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: NB
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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
This will likely be Klefbom's fate in a few years.
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If you actually believe that you're completely delusional. Typical CP.
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10-03-2015, 11:39 AM
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#29
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Originally Posted by JohnnySkittles
If you actually believe that you're completely delusional. Typical CP.
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Can you please not paint the entire board with the same brush from one quote?
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10-03-2015, 11:40 AM
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#30
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Franchise Player
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I think you could take any of the Oilers defenders and place them on waivers and not see much more of a reaction from around the league. The Oilers team is a mess and the blueline is the biggest example of how they have mismanaged their assets.
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10-03-2015, 11:40 AM
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#31
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: winnipeg
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will Sekera go this route next year???
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10-03-2015, 11:49 AM
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#32
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by JohnnySkittles
If you actually believe that you're completely delusional. Typical CP.
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While I agree that Klefbom wont be a buyout candidate at all and will be a decent NHL Dman, Im not sure that you of all people should be talking about "typical CP". You are the most "out to lunch" talent evaluator we have seen on this board since one Chris Lindberg.
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10-03-2015, 11:50 AM
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#33
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Locke
So, let me get my facts straight, no one is going to claim him because of his ridiculous salary and the fact that he sucks something fierce.
So they shelter $900K of his cap, but the rest still counts against the Oilers and they're still paying him his $4.5M in the AHL but his cap hit is only $3.6M?
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The buried amount is $950K, but otherwise you're right.
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10-03-2015, 11:50 AM
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#34
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by RyZ
While I agree that Klefbom wont be a buyout candidate at all and will be a decent NHL Dman, Im not sure that you of all people should be talking about "typical CP". You are the worst talent evaluator we have seen on this board since one Chris Lindberg.
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Ah Lindberg...those were the days. Every second post was a lineup.
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10-03-2015, 11:50 AM
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#35
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Chicago Native relocated to the stinking desert of Utah
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This was posted in a Puck Daddy Blog: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-pu...165746324.html
Kris Hansen of Oil On Whyte didn’t mince words:
Whenever Nikitin touched the puck, it was like handling the grenade. Forget any creativity in the offensive zone: as soon as Nikitin would touch the thing, it would be a turnover where he would be losing another foot race.
Nikita Nikitin owes the Edmonton Oilers nine million dollars. How an NHL veteran shows up to camp in the same condition, or even dare I say worse condition, is beyond me. It paints to me, that this is a guy who cashed in his paycheque and he’s set for life. He’s an embarrassment to the logo on the jersey and embodies everything wrong these last few years as an Oilers fan: someone we hoped would actually be a player but turns out to be utter garbage.
Ha Ha...the Bickell for Nikitin deal was only a desperate effort by the 'Hawks to get a shorter, awful contract...I would have expected the same waiver move
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10-03-2015, 11:54 AM
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#36
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: St. George's, Grenada
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Good for them. I hope to see us waiving some deadweight regardless of salary or contract. Not that we have anyone close to Nikitin levels of bad
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10-03-2015, 11:55 AM
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#37
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: back in the 403
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Originally Posted by JohnnySkittles
If you actually believe that you're completely delusional. Typical CP.
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Really? Even one of my Oiler fan buddies was openly questioning the term/$ of that signing when it was announced.
He may not end up being a bust, but surely it's clear why that contract is a total head scratcher given the body of work. And thus mock-worthy on a rival team's forums.
Last edited by Sainters7; 10-03-2015 at 11:59 AM.
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10-03-2015, 12:45 PM
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#38
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Originally Posted by Sainters7
Really? Even one of my Oiler fan buddies was openly questioning the term/$ of that signing when it was announced.
He may not end up being a bust, but surely it's clear why that contract is a total head scratcher given the body of work. And thus mock-worthy on a rival team's forums.
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Im no Oiler fan, but its a gamble and sometimes they pay off.
Roman Josi signed a 28m/7y deal after a pretty meh 2 years, he was considered a dman with unrealized potential, just like Klefbom.
Considering his pedigree, its a reasonable gamble.
The Oilers have plenty of material to mock, the Klefbom contract is not one of them.
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10-03-2015, 12:47 PM
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#39
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In the Sin Bin
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Originally Posted by edslunch
They actually have 7 guys better than him?? Watch out NHL!
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Not a high bar, really. There are seven people in this very thread who could probably play superior defence in the NHL.
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10-03-2015, 12:59 PM
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#40
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
Wasn't he one of their Five Giordanos™?
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The 5 Giordanos were in the system long ago. He was never in the system and signed last year.
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