[Trade] Ducks trade Henrique + Carrick + 7th to Edmonton for 24 1st, cond. 25 5th

[SemicolonD]

Not sure how people can continue to get fooled by Oiler hype year over year.
The team has fundamental issues that bar them from ever winning a cup or even getting close. The only thing that should worry people is how loose the Zebras are gna be in the playoffs for them, if they can get a hefty amount of PPs every game then they’re never out of it.

But the team itself? The streak? The goaltending? This trade? Not concerning at all.

[stang]

Originally Posted by Robbob

So how does this work cap wise. According to cap friendly Carrick is 50% retained so 425k. Probably gets sent down tomorrow. Henrique at 75% is still 1.4M. They haven't had that amount of cap space is years. only thing I recall hearing is Ganger getting sent down, which would barely offset the Carrick portion.

Cap Space is counted daily. So a good chunk of Henriqiues cap is already been used. Oilers still have room to add 1.2 Mil player without any going out.

https://x.com/PuckPedia/status/1765483363081797752

https://twitter.com/user/status/1765483363081797752

[Wastedyouth]

Good trade for the Oilers.

Won't be enough, but it's a good value for them.

[CaptainCrunch]

Probably a pretty decent move for the Oilers up front, and with things going well, they're really going to want to push for the cup this year because that window is really going to slam shut hard, and leave the Oilers in another decade of darkness.

there's no question that Henrique gives them a pretty good punch on their second line, he also does a lot of penalty killing.

Carrick is nothing, he'll end up playing for their farm team.

but why does the window slam shut Captain? Why?

Simple.

this year they have what amounts to 1.2 million worth of space left if they want to get anther blueliner. but they're out of the big game hunting now.

For draft picks for this year they have their 2nd a 5th, and 2 6th and a 7th, next year. Now here's perfect storm number 1. They don't have much to be excited coming up. Their prospect depth is dismal. Philip BoingBoing was supposed to be a stud, but he's dismal. Holloway their highly boasted about 1st rounded looks awful.

Now here's perfect storm number 2.
For next year they have 13 players signed, and 14 million in cap space. that's 7 forwards 5 defenseman and 1 goalie. so they'll need 5 forwards at least 1 defensive and a goalie. Its not terrible, but its not great.

Then again they have to be really careful now with that cap space, with sour puss needing a deal for the year after, and its likely that his agent is going to push for the league max, because Leon strikes me as being a jerk.

With the cap going up next year and the max salary being in the area of 16 million dollars, the Oilers are going to have to find between lets say 6 (to 14 mil) and 8 (to 16 mil) mega bucks to try to keep Leon, and Bouchard's going to be looking to probably grab a bunch of cash and then blammo Conna comes up and he's going to demand the league max to stay there so they will need to set aside another 4 million while freaking out in two years with nobody on the roster at all, and not much coming from the farm.

They have to win the cup this year, its that simple. They don't have the prospects of the cap space to keep this core for much longer.

[kevman]

Such adversity:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1763925147075973511

[Macho0978]

Originally Posted by kevman

Such adversity:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1763925147075973511

Now that they have traded their first and it is unprotected. Maybe their luck will change in the area.

[Sylvanfan]

Listening to Gregor when I took my daughter to Dance here, sounds like Carrick was given some value by the Oilers. They don't have a lot of size on their 4th line and last year the Vegas Golden Knights did. Plus they have been a very healthy team all season long. So I think Carrick isn't going anywhere. Gregors been trying to sell getting more size and grind on the 4th line for weeks. So you can be sure that this was conditioning the fan base to love a trade like this.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Wastedyouth

Good trade for the Oilers.

Won't be enough, but it's a good value for them.

this doesn't make much sense, its so good but they are gonna lose the assets and the player as a rental with nothing to show

[Samonadreau]

Henrique has more points, more goals and a better +/- then Lindholm this season.

[Whynotnow]

Originally Posted by Sofa GM

Championship window…… hahahahahahahahahahahaha.

The Oilers have waaaaaaaaayyy to many holes to be spending premium assets for marginal depth players. Anyone for a second thinks Mavi and Raisaitl are going to let The Knob take them off the PK and give up chances for McShorties then you are fooling yourself.

Ummmmm they barely play the pk, they often get sent out near the end of a penalty together to take the draw and drive offense after the kill but are not primary players on the pk.

[stang]

Originally Posted by Whynotnow

Ummmmm they barely play the pk, they often get sent out near the end of a penalty together to take the draw and drive offense after the kill but are not primary players on the pk.

Ive found some posters dont like facts to get in the way of a good narrative here.

[dieHARDflameZ]

Originally Posted by stang

Ive found some posters dont like facts to get in the way of a good narrative here.

The only fact that matters around here is that Edmonton is no good. The city, the fans and especially the team.