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  1. none of these. Loui is still more useful than all three. We should move Loui for picks, or simply keep him and have a F for expansion. No need to trade for another potentially worse contract. We know he can do a lot defensively and chips in 10 goals and ~30 pts. Not sure any of these other guys are going to do that.
  2. why the hell not? I mean really, why not at this point?
  3. Sutter for Edmontons 2nd, straight up no retention. Leaves Edmonton about 7 mil for filling in the other minor holes they have. No one's taking Lucic and they really don't have anything to trade positionally. Or if they are really desperate for cap space for a free agent deal too, Sutter 1/2 retained, for their 8th and Gagner. That would give EDM about 12 mil to play with once the cap goes up.
  4. ^ makes a lot of sense to me. Watching these playoffs its clear we are going to need d who can read the play very well and deal with fast transition teams, otherwise we'll have guys doing pylon impressions like we're seeing right now on established teams getting crushed in the 1st round. WPG and PITs looked helpless at times. e.g.
  5. I think you're correct on this. Boston hasn't been playing well for most of the series and TO isn't dominating them, and TO's defence is a garbage as ever. Either way I'm happy, send Boston home today or TO loses. Its like deciding between different kinds of chocolate cake.
  6. he's Wellwood 2.0. Sometimes it just doesn't work out. But maybe on another team he could find a spot, who knows, but there's really no spot for him here. He's not going to outplay anyone for a top 6 role.
  7. I think if that was going to happen it would have by now. I doubt he gets a qualifying offer from us tbh.
  8. yup thats how i see it too. Its just so hard to trade for top 4 rhd that for me its hard to pass up.
  9. I wonder how many other GMs are there in person? From everything I've seen so far I don't think I'll be disappointed with the pick, there's a few Fs and likely one of Broberg or Soderstrom available so a need gets filled with one of the BPAs anyway. Still leaning to a defence position tho, we're still too weak there and its always easier to find Fs in free agency.
  10. in which categories tho? he might be the best scoring F, but he's not the best centre on a number of fronts. Crosby is a better all-around player still, imo.
  11. James Neal's contract is worse than LEs. Let that sink in. 

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    2. drummer4now

      drummer4now

      Lets just say all three contracts are major busts.. no need to sugar coat anything.

       

      I think LE knows the fans are pissed at him and his contract, but what can the guy do? 

      He has been injured for most of the contract, and was essentially brought in to play with the Sedins

      who are no longer here...

       

      So blame management if anything. 

    3. JM_

      JM_

      @RRypien37 @Stelar I'm talking about the way Neal was talked about when they signed him and still think they have - Calgary thought they were getting a player with grit. This is the kind of thing the Cowgary media says about him: Neal plays with a grit and heaviness and has playoff experience that Bill Peters’ squad doesn’t have a ton of — intangibles that tend to become more valuable when you’re trying to wear an opponent down during the course of a best-of-seven series.

      https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/flames-thoughts-can-james-neal-return-form-time-playoffs/

       

      As far as Loui goes, if you want to complain about him go ahead, but he is a solid defensive player with 1/2 the offence we wanted. Sure thats not good, but its not the complete bust situations of guys like Lucic and Neal. 

    4. lmm

      lmm

      kind of sounds like Foundational doesn't it

  12. I'm going to enjoy that F'Lames loss all week :lol: 

     

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    2. Alflives

      Alflives

      Flames missed Hamilton’s offence. (2goals and 2 assists and a plus four) and really missed Ferland’s aggressiveness.  

      Bad trade. 

    3. coastal.view

      coastal.view

      i do like calgary's talent pool though

      it just needs to mature a bit

      and they need to add a couple of solid pieces

      (and like all teams shed dead weight)

    4. RRypien37

      RRypien37

      Don't enjoy the downfall of others. 

  13. yeah but what if he does that on EP's wing
  14. Is the guys name Botchfjord? the article är skitsnack I think some of these guys type these articles on their phones while they're on the can and don't bother with things like facts. I saw one this week that said the Canucks have only 8 mil in cap space for next year
  15. he may want a chance to show what he can do away from the Canucks, he probably wants a change of scenery too. Or maybe just have some fun and stay in shape.
  16. could be. Its also a great move if they could land him.... but been there done that seems to be the sentiment. I don't see it as a knock on Bennings skills to bring in Krueger, I think the more quality people you have in the organization the better, particularly ones who've proven themselves at a high level as a sports exec.
  17. they don't care about salary cap at the worlds
  18. thats an interesting point about JB and Linden, didn't really think of it that way before. I think with the right organizational leader you can have passionate people but they know how to bring a correct structure to it. We'll see where it all goes if anywhere, the guy might get another job in soccer too.
  19. apparently to FA was quite interested in brining him here a few years ago. I don't have the link but do recall the articles on it.
  20. Dredger was saying Holland was part of it, so maybe it was cordial. Seems so for now anyway.
  21. because of his ability to run a major sports franchise and build it the right way. He has the hockey knowledge + has proven himself to be a team building leader on a very tough stage in euro soccer. The skills are transferrable.
  22. Interesting article out of Edmonton yesterday. Krueger as been approached by Edmonton, and has been politely declined. But Kruger does allude to other potential opportunities in hockey. Considering his resume as a culture-builder with Southhamption and his other hockey related experience I still think he'd be an excellent president for the Canucks. And there is an opening there with Linden's departure. Leiweke is already in that role in Seattle and Edmonton isn't an option, so I wonder if we now have a chance here to get in some actual sports exec leadership into a senior role here. Jim's great at scouting etc., but Kruger is the kind of overall organizational culture leader that would be great for this team, imo anyway. JONES: Krueger on Oilers GM job: 'That's a chapter you just can't reopen' Ralph Krueger may be the best man available for the job but the former head coach of the Edmonton Oilers, who was fired over Skype by then-general manager Craig MacTavish, is not interested. Fired at the end of a lockout shortened season in order for MacTavish to clear the way to hire Dallas Eakins, Krueger went on to reinvent himself as chairman and president of Southampton FC for six seasons in the English Premier League, the ultimate soccer circuit in the world. Despite a groundswell of support in Edmonton to replace Peter Chiarelli as GM and head of hockey ops that friends in town informed him about, Krueger says he is not interested in an interview with Oilers Entertainment Group vice-chair and CEO Bob Nicholson for the job. “I don’t see my next step being in Edmonton as much as I really, really enjoyed everything about my time there. That’s a chapter that you just can’t reopen,” Krueger told me via cell phone, while still on the job for Southampton until his resignation goes into effect at the end of the EPL season. Krueger said having no interest in returning to Edmonton has nothing to do with his departure or what he may or may not have discovered about the Oilers organization during his three seasons here, the first two as an assistant to Tom Renney, now the head of Hockey Canada. “No hard feelings. None. Not on my part. It’s just as a leader, I don’t believe in going back into a situation you were already in once,” he said. “I think getting into something new and fresh is always important. That’s kind of my personal style. “I loved my time in Edmonton. It was shorter than I would have liked, but it was special in my memories and I’m going to keep it that way. “I would want to do something fresh and something new if it was in hockey,” said the former Swiss National coach known for upsets over Canada and most recently for the success he enjoyed coaching Leon Draisaitl and Team Europe to the final of the World Cup of Hockey. “After six years in my role now, I’m also looking at options in football somewhere else in the Premier League. “I’m kind of in a strange space right now with my tool kit. It’s trying to figure out where that tool kit best fits for me, also to be challenged again and to grow. “I like to go after things that are different and challenging and where I can do my best to make a difference. “I’m still not sure where that might be but there are options in both sports. I just have to come clear with where the right move is right now. But I am very hungry to find another challenge, that’s for sure.” Getting fired by the Oilers for no good reason (see ‘McLellan, Todd’, etc.) actually turned out to be a tremendous break with the opportunity that followed. “The owner in Southampton wanted to change the culture of the organization and that’s really what my main job was,” Krueger said of Katharina Liebherr. “She’s a Swiss woman who had inherited the team after her father passed away. We were introduced by someone who knew both of us.” Liebherr sold the club two years ago and Krueger’s contract ran until the end of this season. “I was committed to finishing that contract,” he said. “It was to hire specialists in all the different areas and I really got a blank slate there. I really enjoyed that process. It’s kind of like a job done now. I feel it’s time for me to move on. “To stay in the Premier League now, six years in a row for a club that works on a sort of self-sustaining budget and always has to live within our means was a challenge. It’s just the right time to move on to something else. “This Southampton job became such a baby of mine over six years that I’m still working hard to make the transition. The reason I had to make the move now is that the transfer window opens right when the season ends,” he said of the final days of play. “My brain has only, for 10 days or so, begun to open up to what the options are and where I’m going to go, but I haven’t made any concrete decisions. “I’m just starting to have some conversations but I couldn’t tell you where this is going to end right now. I’m definitely not going to be in a rush. It’s really important for me to find the right thing than the timing of it.” All the Winnipeg native knows for sure is he plans to spend part of his summer, as always, at his cabin near Kenora, Ont. “July at the lake is an important time for me and I’d never give that up.” His does offer a message to Edmonton fans: “My memories of my three years in Edmonton were amazing and extremely positive and I wish for them that the franchise can live up to their expectations in the future and I wish them all the best with that. “I’m telling you the truth that I’m so grateful for the time I had there and the experiences I had. They prepared me for what happened in Southampton. Experience at a high level of professional sport, whether in Edmonton or Southampton or Pittsburgh or Liverpool, there’s a similar dynamic. I was able to learn so much in my three years there. I could not have done the job I’ve done now without that Edmonton experience.” https://edmontonsun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/edmonton-oilers/jones-krueger-on-oilers-gm-job-thats-a-chapter-you-just-cant-reopen
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