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  1. Of course him being poor defensively was also an issue. But, I don't know what to tell you if don't think his skating was an issue.
  2. When Gustav Forsling was traded he was playing regular minutes in the SEL and coming off a strong world junior tournament. He was trending up as a prospect and easily would have gone 2nd round in a redraft. Clendening on the other hand was in his draft +4 season and on the brink of becoming waiver fodder because he couldn't skate.
  3. I have my doubts that the Sedins played that big of a role in getting this deal done. At that time when the Sedins joined the management team it was basically a PR play to distract from the fact that the GM that should have been fired years ago is still here. Benning was targeting OEL the previous offseason as well, this deal was going to happen with or without Sedins.
  4. What you're saying doesn't make any sense. We gained zero cap space from this trade. OEL was absolutely key to the deal, Benning was targeting OEL the year prior as well. After the trade he described him as a number 1 defensemen who will play in all scenarios.
  5. Maybe someone who's being paid like a top pairing defender should be able to handle a few games playing 27+ minutes. We're not even 10 games into the season and the workload is already too much?
  6. All those problems are just the cherry on top. Again, the way he's skating and defending this year is not top pairing calibre. Seriously, which teams in the league would OEL actually play in the top pair? Certainly not on a good team. I would be more than happy if OEL manages to find success elsewhere, because it would mean we got rid of that contract. Realistically though, that contract is absolutely unmovable.
  7. That's not an excuse. OEL was acquired to be one of the leaders of the team, and step up when things aren't going well. You're lying to yourself if you don't see that his skating has fallen off this season. It's possible that he's injured, as I think he did suffer a lower body injury in the offseason. But regardless, with injuries and age he's likely on the decline already. He's already overpaid, and not put in position on this team where we can even maximize his value. He's mediocre on the PK, not as a good as Hughes on PP, and used in a shutdown role that does not play to his strengths. I need to look into the cap implications, but I think realistically OEL is a buyout candidate. The fact that we gave up a top 10 pick for him is an absolute joke.
  8. That really says more about this roster than it does about OEL. OEL has looked awful this year and he still has 4 years left on his contract. At no point in time did this trade make any sense. Even ignoring his contract and his obvious decline in play, he's not the type of defensemen you target when you have Hughes on your team, both in terms of play style and handedness.
  9. You could literally do zero scouting and just use TSN draft rankings and end up with a similar group of players. 6OA - Ritchie 24OA - Kapenen 23OA - Konecny 5OA - Tkachuk 5OA - Villardi 7OA - Dobson
  10. Disagree, if we're going to actually rebuild there is no point keeping Demko. By the time the team is ready to compete, he will no longer be cost controlled. I say we take our chances that one of our goalie prospects develops or we get goalie through UFA or trade. Demko's probably at close to his peak value right now and we should sell high if we can. He'll also likely hurt our draft spot.
  11. So let me get this straight, the years prior to the Sedins retiring, Benning was trying to put together a cup contender, despite us perpetually missing the playoffs and being bottom feeders in the league. Then after the Sedins retired, that's when the rebuild started despite us trading away multiple 1st round picks and signing aging UFAs and being capped out. You talk about Benning as if he's an elite drafter, when there are other teams around the league that drafted similar quality group players in a shorter amount of time. We are in fact nowhere after 8 years, barely a playoff team with no cap space, no prospect pool and deficit of draft picks.
  12. Not to mention that OEL also has a NMC along with that ridiculous cap hit. Pretty sure if we look back at it JB has handed out a comparable amount of NTC/NMC, if not more. Players like Beagle, Rousell, Myers, Pearson were all given M-NTC, even Halak was given a NMC
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