Mathew Barzal

^ Still one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen any GM do.

If only the Avs had the balls to let it slide, then nab him off waivers after getting the picks

They honestly should have done that tbh. Not only would Colorado have had first dibs on ROR, but they would've gotten free draft picks as well. Not to mention the lolz at Calgary would've been fantastic. 

You win some and you lose some, just one of those things.

@Coconuts

"Just the way she goes"

@combover You act like you know what you're talking about.

You don't.

Clendenning had superb AHL numbers as a defenceman. Benning is human. Based on the stats, there was NO indication that Clendenning would've turned into a AHL plug.

Turns out Benning is/was wrong. But other GMs who took on Clendenning later were hoping to see more from him. It never seemed to happen.

Can't remember..why's there animosity between these two clubs?

Do you recall the Gaudreau injury? If not the Wild's gameplan last time they met was basically to slash and hack the &^@# out of Johnny to get him off his game.

Ended up breaking the poor kids finger and putting him on IR.

Yeah, I wondered if it was connected to Johnny-Gnome..honestly I must've not been paying attn(early season, & all)

Hope they beat the bejeezus outa' each other :^)

@mll you sure about that? Didn't Higgins play in the AHL on an NHL contract?

@Hortankin How does the Higgins situation have anything to do with the Olympics though. 

@ZhukiniI thought he was saying he couldn't play in the AHL because he had an NHL contract. My bad lol

^ Main board, they cleaned it up a lot though.

You can find the threads I'm talking about locked towards the bottom of the main boards.

I've gotta watch it there. They aren't very crazy about 'ol Salmonberries at that place.

I’m following,good game so far

What a game so far

Man these two teams have such a hate for each other - I have to agree with Burke - the F(lames) dont have the boys to handle the Oilers physical play - wow

Cause a top 3 pick will automatically make us a lot better of a team right. Seriously some people seriously overrate prospects, regardless of if we got a top 3 or not this teams going to be better next year.

Why you ask?

because we won't have a top 6 forwards and top 4 defenseman injuried for the whole season.....

Logic not CDCs strong suit

A top three pick would have made the team next year. A top three pick has the potential to produce at Eichel's level next year. Knowing that Benning would have more incentive to push to make the team better next year.

Whoever we draft at 5th will definitely not be on our starting roster come September.

We are a bad team even with a healthy roster FYI.

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Whoever we draft at 5th will definitely not be on our starting roster come September.

You don't know that.

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We are a bad team even with a healthy roster FYI.

Care to some how prove that statement

He's still only 26...

Powerfowards take longer to develop amirite 

JS is on pace to reach career highs in goals and assists. Someone's gotta fill Martin St. Louis' skates.

In other news, I just found out Cody Hodgson retired a while back. WTF? Since when does a .5 PPG NHL player retire in their mid-20s?

If I was Bo I would start at 5 years, 6.5 per as my top dollar.

5 years would bring him to unrestricted free agency. But also in 5 years the cap will be much higher and the bar for players like him will be more around the 7M mark. Signing for 8 years would be foolish unless he gets that kind of money.

I'm actually more inclined to sign him a 4 year contract to retain him as a RFA and then go for the long term deal on him.

The more years you buy from his UFA negotiating years will likely cost you a higher caphit which can be dangerous if he doesn't live up to that number.  Plus guys like Sutter will have finally come off his final year on his deal (if he isn't dealt before then) and you can use that money towards Bo.

I would rather sign that kind of deal like a 4x4.75 or 4x5 contract to say okay you earned this but we want to see more too.

As much as it makes me nervous and uneasy, its a good precedent to make for players going forward and future signings for our players.

yes. his agent is just being an agent. probably waited for unsigned offer sheets as leverage. looking at comparables and also at a bit of intangible stuff like "C" material and being a local favourite, i think it'll be in the 6milx8year range, maybe 8 years 50 mil, something like that. 

I'm just hoping we don't make any huge moves, I don't think we're quite there yet.

This is the most Canucks-y status update ever.

@Alain Vigneault  Only way I see Stralman here is if Tampa strikes out on Karlsson, veteran Swedes tend to like planting their roots. I wouldn't mind him though on a two year deal.

I think this team still has too many flaws to go big with a UFA investment. Ideally, we need two more bonafide top four RHD to push Stecher down, another top four LHD, and two more top flight wingers.

I'm not hurt at all

@Mathew Barzal

kind of reminds me of when Marcel Dionne was playing with the Kings.  Dionne was totally fabulous, and put up huge numbers.  The rest of the team was not so good.  Dionne might be the greatest player to never win a Cup.  

After all the luck at the lotto draft the Oilers have had (4 -first overall picks in less than 10 years,they can BITE MY BEHIND.

Boo Hoo,for a team that sucks big time, and have had more glory days than they deserved.

he's the best

DAAAAAAVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED 

Looks like TS likes Jaque Louis David too

^^ TIL it was thejazz97 who interviewed me

No, my family used to be a part of Monavie, then we moved to Usana, and now we're with Isagenix, which is really healthy and a tad bit different from a MLM company.

you mean you were the... catcher?

This year points wise he is actually on pace for slightly less points than his only full season here. 

As RR37 pointed out, on a high flying team like Edmonton he has 7 goals, 16 assists and 23 points in 75 games.

2013-14 in Vancouver: 14 Goals, 15 assists, 29 points in 73 games. 

Major difference: He had 91 hits, he has 190 in Edmonton. 

No only has he gotten his life together, but he's the physical forward the Canucks wanted him to be. 

But I don't think he's ever going to be a top line guy, just a really useful, physical guy. 

And there's nothing wrong with that. I'm happy for him. 

I liked Kassian. I doubt he will ever become a scoring machine, but it's nice to see him using his size and speed to fill a checking role with the Oilers.

The Flames trying to get redemption after losing three consecutive OT games to lose the series?  You would think they would have moved on from that by now.

this time Erikkson hitting the post 

No way, this year Loui E is going to bring some smart hockey to show the fans what we all hope he still has and spread smart hockey to the younger guys.

I care. 

matthew

why are you not solely focused on the pitts - isles game?

i mean really

Multi-tasking is possible haha. Barzal is one of my favourite players, but I'm firmly on St. Louis and Columbus' bandwagon.

People laughed at me when I said Ericsson was another Vrbata a passive soft Euro who doesn't play with hunger.

He had a contract year and he is set for life now so why even bother? Sedins will be gone soon too.

Apparently the Sedins requested his signing to Benning because they thought they had great chemistry.

better than Matthews

The next Patrick Kane. 

After all those years of sucking the Laffs finally have some gems. Hope it doesn't take us that long to find some who can excite at the NHL level.

What is AMA and what is Reddit? Please explain to some of our older fans here thx

^ Reddit is a forum akin to CDC except it covers anything and everything. If you can think of a topic there's a 'subreddit' or 'CDC' for it. 

The Florida Panthers have an account on the hockey subreddit and are hosting an AMA (Ask Me Anything) live with McCann. Basically a period where you can ask him whatever you want and he'll answer to the best of his ability.

Thanks for the info!

So much talent wasted in Edmonton - same with Leon. They deserve a better fate.

Connie's good.

Fckin Coilers. It had to be them.