[Rumour] Cody Franson signs PTO with Chicago

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by Toonage

Keep in mind if he is close to signing with Edmonton then the Flames will swoop in and sign him away. Seems to be the trend.

Except this time, there is no room on the back end for the Flames to steal a guy from the Oil. That said, Franson to the Hawks would be cool to see.

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by Major Major

Is he good? Honest question. I have no idea.

I suppose they can't do much worse.

Foot speed is a bit of an issue, but he's one of the most proven #5D in the league and pretty effective on the power play/offense in general. Also has good penalty kill metrics and possession numbers. Gets a bad rap because he makes some of those visually poor mistakes. The Oilers could do a lot worse. I mean Franson would be their fourth best defenseman.

[IgiTang]

"One of the most proven #5 dmen in the league"? What does that even mean?
One of the best players who aren't good enough for top 4?

[Yrebmi]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

Chicago plz. Not a fan of Edmonton adding a good player.

I'm OK with it so long as they hugely overpay, preferably with a long crippling term.

[Canada 02]

another tweet has the Nucks and Sharks in the mix as well

[Jacks]

Competition to drive up the price is a good thing. Edm $4M x 4yrs please.
AKA "The Russell"

[Party Elephant]

I'd like to hear from his cousin who posts here.

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by Canada 02

another tweet has the Nucks and Sharks in the mix as well

His agent already specifically said that the Canucks aren't in the mix. Whether that is negotiation tactics or not...

[Poe969]

Wait, of the oilers are interested does that mean he'll sign with the flames as their #6? 1 year 1 mill???

[btimbit]

Have to imagine the Oilers are going hard with not having Sekera for so long

[The Original FFIV]

So the runner up gets wideman I suppose?

[Karl]

Originally Posted by The Original FFIV

So the runner up gets wideman I suppose?

You wish..

[Yrebmi]

Man, if some other team actually signed Wideman and didn't see any shade of the "Wideman Effect" I would be so mad.

Yet still strangely happy for Wideman.
That incident - whatever it was - killed his career

Edit - yeah I know his crap play killed his career too, but that incident marked such a drastic drop

[JohnnyTitan]

Seriously though...can the Oilers 'win' the sweepstakes and not sign him to a multi-year deal? With multiple suitors. ..Won't Franson insist on multi-year? I agree, 4x4 it up!

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[Demaeon]

Originally Posted by btimbit

Have to imagine the Oilers are going hard with not having Seks for so long

This sentence is infinitely better if that's his nickname.

[Hot_Flatus]

Just about anyone available at this point would still be an upgrade for the Oilers D core.....hope the Hawks see some value in this guy and price him out of Edmonton.

[djsFlames]

lmao "sweepstakes"

More like crumb scavenging.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by JohnnyTitan

Seriously though...can the Oilers 'win' the sweepstakes and not sign him to a multi-year deal? With multiple suitors. ..Won't Franson insist on multi-year? I agree, 4x4 it up!

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I doubt either club will sign him to a "multi year" deal. 2 is "multi" i suppose but that would be max anyone gives him IMO.

As for who it could be, the Oilers have WAY more cap space this year, so I would suspect they have the inside track there.

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

His agent already specifically said that the Canucks aren't in the mix. Whether that is negotiation tactics or not...

No room for him

Originally Posted by Vinny01

Potential top 4 spot on either team.

So Edmonton would be

Their giordano - their other Giordano
The 3rd Giordano - Franson
3rd pairing Gio - klefbom

Talk about stacked

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by Demaeon

This sentence is infinitely better if that's his nickname.

Hahaha. Knowing Edmonton that likely is his nickname