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On June 27 2015 10:23 StarStruck wrote:



They don't make the playoffs one year and what do you know. They choose to blow it up. They aren't getting any younger and when guys like Chara are consistently out of the lineup due to injuries... the window on their core has timed out considerably. They want to clean house early instead of just making the playoffs to be a contender faster rather than stalling it out.

I don't mind it, but you better get a good return on it.

On June 28 2015 07:04 Necro)Phagist( wrote:
So the Oilers get a goalie, Mcdavid and some more 3rd pairing defensemen.. At least this year their D-core will be full of players actual at an NHL level, I mean 95% of them are what most teams would have as their 5-6-7th D but still an improvement.

Is having a goalie in Talbot, Mcdavid and slight Defense improvement enough to pull them from the bottom of the league?

On June 28 2015 14:23 StarStruck wrote:


I'd say the Oilers have the most dangerous team upfront. Their D got a little better along with their goal tending. They're going to be a lot better.

As for the Bruins, I think you could always say a team could have pulled the plug sooner. More often than not that is the case. Things were going downhill even before Seguin had to go.

On June 28 2015 17:36 GolemMadness wrote:


Edmonton's forwards aren't even comparable to Tampa or Chicago.

On June 29 2015 03:02 QuanticHawk wrote:
I think the lack of team GF is more due to their depth being abysmal than it is their first liners being bad. Guys like Teddy Purcell, Boyd Gordon, Benoit Pouliot, etc were getting top 6 minutes at times last year. The Oilers basically have a first line, a third line, and two fourths.

McDavid means they actually have two real top six centers, and it means Yak might actually get meaningful ice time with non-pluggers. It's been amazing how poorly used he's been, and then people are baffled when a guy drafted for his offense isn't able to drag around mooks while scoring 60 goals.

On June 29 2015 05:57 Nemireck wrote:
It also has a lot to do with their D being so terrible.

Better D = More possession = More goals

At least that's how the theory is supposed to work :p

On June 29 2015 06:32 QuanticHawk wrote:
Yeah definitely agree about their defense. And they traded Petry who was one of the few good ones they had haha.

On June 29 2015 23:32 Flaccid wrote:


Best puck-moving defensemen the Oilers have had in recent years: Petry and Gilbert. Sup, Montreal.

No idea what to think about the Reinhart trade. Would have been easier to swallow had the Bruins not gone full Tambelini and picked a series of wtf ahead of 16. Left some very good players available. Oh well, Reinhart was an absolute beast in the WHL and has much more potential than any of the Oilers' other over 20 6th/7th defensemen. You just hope he's a normal defenseman taking the normal amount of time to develop, not a peak-early kind of guy. You hope he's more Larsson and less Luke Schenn.

Gotta love the Bruins though: "We had the opportunity to improve the team more, but spite."

On June 30 2015 06:30 Flaccid wrote:
My god this headline: http://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2015/6/29/8863519/zac-rinaldo-acquired-by-don-sweeney-for-our-next-gms-2017-3rd-round

Hahahahaha.

The Lindros spite is getting out of hand. He was a dominant player who changed the game for the period at which he was at his peak. And I can't see that move by the Kings holding up unless it is something pretty obvious. Material breach for being fat? I hope not.