05-10-2016, 01:57 PM
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#41
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Hmmmmmmm
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Next, Jonathan Drouin rescinds trade request.
“When Stevie Y and I spoke earlier in the year, the whole reason why this came about was some serious concerns about my playing time and roster spot,” Drouin said. “It was a tough, trying year but now that it's obvious I'm one of the best players on the team and getting first unit PP time, I'm happy to stick it out and get some of that F-you money that will free up when Stammer signs with the Leafs."
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05-10-2016, 01:57 PM
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#42
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Thunder Bay Ontario
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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
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he would have been the oilers captain!
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05-10-2016, 02:42 PM
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#43
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by Major Major
Good for both of him and the team IMO. Details never really surfaced around his request, but I was always hopeful that they could work it out, especially given that both he and Snow handled the situation well.
Another in a long line of WTF by the Oilers though. This was taylor made for them to grab a guy who was exactly what they needed, and Chiarelli, who is proving to be worse than the mediocre GM I took him to be, decided that this season was about patience, evaluation, blah blah, blah. How long do you need to evaluate that team before you are able to identify areas of need?
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I take it you thought they should trade Taylor Hall for Hamonic?
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05-10-2016, 02:52 PM
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#44
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Deep South
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There goes the Oilers off season plan.
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05-10-2016, 02:59 PM
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#45
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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"We've explored all the options Travis, and the only move that makes sense is to the Oilers."
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05-10-2016, 03:00 PM
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#46
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Poe969
he would have been the oilers captain!
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No doubt. Look how hard he's breathing. The only time Hall breathes that hard is when skating from the far blueline to the bench to avoid a minus.
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05-10-2016, 03:34 PM
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#47
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
have to wonder what the Oilers were thinking?! Chiarelli had a 1/2 DMan wanting a trade to western Canada on a peach of a contract...
he only had, oh, 3-4 months to try making that deal, but could not come to a deal?!
LOL... there were some oilers fans who didn't think a 4 for Hamonic was "worth it" and that the Isles should throw something else in?!
wow... no wonder they continue to suck.
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My guess is that Snow wasn't in a rush to make a deal until/unless Hamonic forced his hand (probably hoping that what happened would happen).
A 25 year-old top-pairing defenceman who is signed for 4 more seasons at less than $4 million per season isn't something a GM is going to be happy to trade away.
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05-10-2016, 03:42 PM
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#48
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Snow always wanted a dman of Hamonic's calibre and age coming back the other way. Vancouver and Edmonton don't have one, Calgary wasn't going to give up theirs, and Winnipeg's perhaps wasn't ripe enough for the Isles.
I'm not surprised he never ended up making a trade.
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05-10-2016, 03:49 PM
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#49
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Resident Videologist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
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All I can see when I see Hamonic is:
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05-10-2016, 04:06 PM
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#50
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Franchise Player
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Good. I wanted the Flames to add him, but it wasn't realistic given what the Isles supposedly wanted in return, so I'm glad he isn't going to one of our western Canadian rivals.
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05-10-2016, 04:10 PM
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#51
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In the Sin Bin
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Gonna be interesting to see what Chiarelli can do this offseason. He basically needed a big, strong, heavy top pairing guy like Hamonic AND a powerplay quarterback. I think the powerplay QB can be had but finding those top pairing studs are next to impossible.
Hopefully they can't find a high end d-man and end up having to draft one. That makes the idea of trading up with them even more realistic. They could trade down to #6 and have their pick of the d-men still if VAN takes a forward. And even if VAN took a d-man they'd still have a choice of Tkachuk/Dubois and 2 of the dmen.
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05-10-2016, 04:22 PM
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#52
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
Meh
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Never questions The SureLoss
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05-10-2016, 04:25 PM
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#53
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by getbak
My guess is that Snow wasn't in a rush to make a deal until/unless Hamonic forced his hand (probably hoping that what happened would happen).
A 25 year-old top-pairing defenceman who is signed for 4 more seasons at less than $4 million per season isn't something a GM is going to be happy to trade away.
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true enough, however, a guy like that doesn't come up that often, so if there was ever a time (or organization) that ought to overpay a little, it was Edmonton.
If you can get a rock for the next decade for your non-existent defense, you don't ##### around trying to save nickels on the dollar...
but whatever, i am thrilled the Oilers didn't get Hamonic... hopefully they'll draft another forward with their 4th too...
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05-10-2016, 04:40 PM
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#54
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#1 Goaltender
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Hopefully this incentivizes them to draft a dman.
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05-11-2016, 06:15 AM
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#55
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Sweden
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Originally Posted by Hackey
Hopefully this incentivizes them to draft a dman.
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I obviously agree on the topic as a whole, but that word, man, that is one heck of a word right there. That word deserves it's own post.
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05-11-2016, 06:33 AM
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#56
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by crapshoot
I obviously agree on the topic as a whole, but that word, man, that is one heck of a word right there. That word deserves it's own post.
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It's an awesome word...incentivize is rite up my alley! 
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05-11-2016, 01:56 PM
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#57
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Franchise Player
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Bushisms.
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05-11-2016, 02:05 PM
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#58
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hackey
Hopefully this incentivizes them to draft a dman.
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You just like to use big words so people think you're photosynthesis.
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05-12-2016, 12:46 PM
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#59
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#1 Goaltender
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Textcritic hacked my account.
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05-12-2016, 12:55 PM
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#60
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Gonna be interesting to see what Chiarelli can do this offseason. He basically needed a big, strong, heavy top pairing guy like Hamonic AND a powerplay quarterback. I think the powerplay QB can be had but finding those top pairing studs are next to impossible.
Hopefully they can't find a high end d-man and end up having to draft one. That makes the idea of trading up with them even more realistic. They could trade down to #6 and have their pick of the d-men still if VAN takes a forward. And even if VAN took a d-man they'd still have a choice of Tkachuk/Dubois and 2 of the dmen.
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Those defensemen aren't easily available unless they're 30+ years old near the end of their contract and making huge dollars.
And the cost of them is going to be high, especially if they're in the 25 year old range.
Calgary got lucky with Hamilton, and part of it I'm sure is due to a screw Chia mentality that the Bruins had at the time.
But Edmonton is going to have to give up their first round pick ++ to even get a sniff, and I love saying it, its a sellers market so that ++ could end up being a piece that Edmonton doesn't want to move.
And no that doesn't include guys like Fayne, Poulliot or Grandmaster Ebs.
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