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Cush29
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To answer your ? as to why – it’s the Oilers! The same Oilers who thought Soupy was the solution to their goaltending woes….I could totally see them going after either of those guys (Gibson or Swayman) to be honest. Not sure what other options are out there and available – maybe they can get Vancouver to trade them Demko since they have Lankinen and Silovs as well.Demko will be going into his final year of his current deal at 5M.
Demko could be an option…not sure Vancity would want him in Edmonton though…but who knows.
I could see the oilers going after Jake allen…..maybe a on a 3 year deal.
As for Gibson….unless the oilers are sending back a bad contract…I dont see them taking on Gibson at full contract.
But we’ll see.dmnted
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cause they need a goalie and I think the only way for the Oilers to get one is to trade for one.
Those were some names that were mentioned. The other was the Utah goalie.A trade is definitely an option, or they could sign Jake Allen or someone via FA. Maybe Allen on a 3 year x $4.5 – 5m deal and trade one of their current goalies.
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Or, use your brain, which I know is difficult for you and look at the most recent data which is Marner played better vs. Florida than Nylander did.
Florida is who they need to beat to win the East and possibly the Cup.
And Marner, had a GWG and two primary assists on GWG vs Florida. Literally involved in winning THREE games against Florida, something no other team did this year, not even McDavid or Kucherov.
Keep doing what you cultists do best; lie to yourself.Ah so ignore 9 years of data and pick one game he was good. For $13m plus he should be doing more than 1 goal and 2 assist…same with Matthews
Keep on whining.
senstrolltwo
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peterka off the board. big Meh
Buffalo is a messLeafs are apparently in on everyone…which also means noone
So, just another year of the media and bloggers trying to get clicks.
dmnted
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Not if they trade for Swayman or Gibson.Why would the oilers be interested in either? Gibson sucks, swayman is ok but too expensive.
Besides, Im sure there would be cap retention unless the oilers are unloading a contract of their own the other way.Ug
Marner had a GWG and two primary assists vs the Panthers. He directly helped win 3 games and defensively kept their top line in checkOooh game 3.
Look back over these post or look up some facts (which i know you dont like)….over the past 9 years marner has like 1 goal 8 assist or something like that in games 5-7.
In series clinching games, marner has 5 assist.Nylanders stats are better…2 goals 11pts
Dozzer
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Actually I can see it just fine. An injured Matthews can still shoot, his problem was only hitting the net properly, and JT shoots just fine, so those two actually strengthen my argument.Marner is Gretzky man. With one exception. Gretzky could see a guy diving down to lay on or pin or block a puck ahead of him doing so by about 1 second and simply stick handled the puck away from being caught up in it whereas Marner doesn’t see it and always gets caught up in it. It’s why Marner always disappears in games 5,6, & 7. It’s when the ref whistles go away.
I’m not trying to be an ass here, I’m saying this with respect to Marner’s talent, but what it’s missing is Gretzky’s ability to see things before they happened.
Exactly.
Marner is a great regular season player and a good game 1 to 4 playoff player, but the leafs cant afford to have two players like that on the team making $13+m.
Sure the leafs will miss marner during the reg season, and marner will do great with his new team during the reg season. Marner really stepped up in Matthews absence during the reg season and carried the team but he never did that in the playoffs.
Its been 9 years, time for some sort of change and change doesnt have to come this off season. In fact I hope the leafs dont blow all their cap this off season unless they sign a bunch of one year deals if possible.
IF Ekblad is available…sign him. Stack up the D, give guys like Tanev and OEL rest while pushing Morgan down to the 3rd line to excel….the hopefully trade next off season.
Marner wants to much money and seems like a bitchy kid, had him and matthews not demanded so much money on their 2nd contracts (and dubas caving in), I think marner could have retired a star in this town.
But ego seems to have gotten in the way.dmnted
ParticipantHe has a NMC, so he will need to approve the trade destination.
They will also need the cap space for a goalie. I’d say between 6.5M to 8M depending who they target.They wont be spending that kind of money on a goalie. They could move out pickard ($1m) or either skinner ($2.6m) and spend about $5m on a goalie.
Cush29
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I think it’s just that they need the cap space badly to sign Bouchard because Dry Saddle jumps from 8.5 last year to 14M this year.
I heard it on Spittin’ Chicklets when Biz was chriping Whitney but it’s kinda true – Oilers are about to enter their “Core 4” era.Mc Jesus – 12.5
Nurse – 9.25
Bouchard – 10M?
I mean at least it’s 2 F and 2 D but still this is going to put them in a tight spot. Hearing they are going to also try to trade Arvidsson just to clear space and I read that an offer sheet for Bouchard may occur.
Nice to read about these things and it not be about the Leafs for a change. lolWell at least two of their core 4 will be the best players in the league, ones that do well in the playoffs and at least their team has consistently made it past the 2nd round.
They have $16m in cap space…$10 of that will be eaten up by bouchard.
Unless they do a bouchard for Dobson trade?habman1975
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As per Frank Seravalli, Marner’s family are in Vegas looking at houses. This would be a good landing spot for him. However, there are many on this team who know what it takes to win, and Marner might get a rude awakening from his teamates when he tries to coast through the playoffs as is his habit. I don’t think proven winners would just sit back and watch him coast, they would lay into him hard. Perhaps this is exactly what he needs.I dont think he “coast”, I think it just becomes too challenging for him when the game tightens up…he recoils.
But if vegas is the spot….I hope its a sign and trade. Try to get Hertl or Karlsson back.This means vegas will be doing their LTIR special with Pietro
