06-19-2025, 08:57 AM
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#121
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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Its bizarre,
They need a Goalie - so they blow what ever little cap they have left on a bottom 6 player. Unless they are going to bridge Bouch on a cheap contract and take him to UFA?
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06-19-2025, 09:08 AM
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#122
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Otto-matic
Its bizarre,
They need a Goalie - so they blow what ever little cap they have left on a bottom 6 player. Unless they are going to bridge Bouch on a cheap contract and take him to UFA?
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they've already bridged him once, will be interesting to see where it goes
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06-19-2025, 09:54 AM
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#123
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sandman
Absolutely too much for too long based on the season he just had, but Frederic was a serious needle-mover before that. He's big (6'3"), tough, and has game-changing physicality. On top of that, he skates well, and has good defensive awareness. I was actually hoping Conny would sign him this summer- but I wouldn't give him that type of contract, and especially not that kind of term.
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Do they think he's a potential Bennett in the making, so they are trying to lock him down? That's the only thing that makes any sort of sense.
I mean, he isn't, not by a long shot, but go ahead mouth breathers, sign him up quick!
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06-19-2025, 10:14 AM
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#124
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Voodooman
Do they think he's a potential Bennett in the making, so they are trying to lock him down? That's the only thing that makes any sort of sense.
I mean, he isn't, not by a long shot, but go ahead mouth breathers, sign him up quick!
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Well, he ain’t Bennett, but he had 40 points last season, and 31 the season before- he was actually a very useful player before the current campaign- big, mean, physical, and very reliable defensively. He’s just not worth the contract.
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06-19-2025, 10:22 AM
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#125
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sandman
Well, he ain’t Bennett, but he had 40 points last season, and 31 the season before- he was actually a very useful player before the current campaign- big, mean, physical, and very reliable defensively. He’s just not worth the contract.
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Remember when Tanner Jeanott had that 24 goal, 41 point season? You don't sign these guys to long term deals. Ever. Cap space is simply too valuable. Even if the cap goes up, salaries to top players will also go up accordingly so teams will end up right up against the cap as they are now.
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06-19-2025, 10:25 AM
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#126
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Calgary, AB
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Capwages is now showing Frederic signed an 8x$3.85M contract June 18. Has this become official, or does Capwages speculate at times?
edit: NVM, it says contract details have yet to be confirmed
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06-19-2025, 11:00 AM
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#127
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Regina
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This one is weird, man. Love it haha
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06-19-2025, 11:17 AM
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#128
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: San Francisco
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It’s amazing how falling ass backwards into McDavid and Drai made the rest of the hockey world believe that this is a competent organization. They draft zero NHLers outside the first round, give out horrible contracts, run their top two players into the ground every year, fire a coach every other year, fire their gm every 3-4. I wonder how the league will bail them out of their pending cap mess
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06-19-2025, 11:43 AM
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#129
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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You know who they could havegiven an 8 year $4M contract to that would have made sense? Dylan Holloway.
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06-19-2025, 12:20 PM
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#130
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Calgary
Exp: 
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Quote:
Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
8 year deals for 4th liners taking them until they are 35 years old as always good ideas.
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Pierre Engvall vibes
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06-19-2025, 12:28 PM
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#131
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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I'm still scratching my head as to why they haven't pursued a true #1 goalie. This is what they've needed for years, and once again, their goaltending was exposed in this playoff run. Playing a goaltender in the #1 spot does not make them a #1 goaltender.
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06-19-2025, 12:31 PM
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#132
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damn onions
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This reminds me of the Pisani signing back in the day.
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06-19-2025, 12:34 PM
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#133
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Muta
I'm still scratching my head as to why they haven't pursued a true #1 goalie. This is what they've needed for years, and once again, their goaltending was exposed in this playoff run. Playing a goaltender in the #1 spot does not make them a #1 goaltender.
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I always waiver between thinking their goalies are no good or just that they defend really poorly and blame their goalies. Skinner had stretches where he wasn't letting anything in. But he seems to have a weak glove.
Also - what 1Gs are around they could possibly get?
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06-19-2025, 12:40 PM
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#134
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
I always waiver between thinking their goalies are no good or just that they defend really poorly and blame their goalies. Skinner had stretches where he wasn't letting anything in. But he seems to have a weak glove.
Also - what 1Gs are around they could possibly get?
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Nothing obvious out there, and they’d have to have term and no trade protection. Basically they’d have to find something to make it work. Swing on a prospect before they pop. I’ve been waiting for it for years. Maybe they’ve been trying behind the scenes, but I doubt it.
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06-19-2025, 01:30 PM
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#135
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: still in edmonton
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The greatest thing Lindholm did as a flame was help steal Markstrom from Edmonton's talons that free agency season.
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06-19-2025, 01:38 PM
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#136
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
I always waiver between thinking their goalies are no good or just that they defend really poorly and blame their goalies. Skinner had stretches where he wasn't letting anything in. But he seems to have a weak glove.
Also - what 1Gs are around they could possibly get?
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They really don't have a lot of options but Jake Allen could probably step in and start for them. They could even look at Vladar as an improvement at the backup position.
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06-19-2025, 01:42 PM
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#137
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
They really don't have a lot of options but Jake Allen could probably step in and start for them. They could even look at Vladar as an improvement at the backup position.
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Naw man, they gotta go 'off-the-board' and find some up-and-coming goaltender from Moldova or something.
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06-19-2025, 01:43 PM
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#138
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
This reminds me of the Pisani signing back in the day.
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Except, you know, Pisani had a great playoff.
This is a head scratcher.
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06-19-2025, 01:47 PM
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#139
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
Except, you know, Pisani had a great playoff.
This is a head scratcher.
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I am relatively convinced that he lost a bet.
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06-19-2025, 01:58 PM
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#140
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Franchise Player
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Even setting aside my Oilers hate, I struggle to make ANY sort of sense out of this contract from the team's perspective??? The player of course is laughing all the way to the bank (as is the agent) but wtf is in it for the club?
Even if they think he's going to become a $4-6MM AAV player, there was no need at all to do 8 year term.
Genuinely baffled. Shades of the Mikko Koskinen deal signed mid-January
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