/hoc/

>>76696281
ALREADY TRADED TVR LMAO HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

>>76696281
>that "yeesh" face when you realize there's no fans

>>76696311
FOR A SECOND ROUND PICK
LMAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOO
reddithawks btfo

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MATT DUCHENE COME GET THE CUP

>>76696350
I think Carolina gets him, they didn't need to trade for D so they're probably going to move someone out

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YOU LITERALLY CANNOT ARGUE AGAINST THIS

>EDM trade pick 22 for WIN pick 24 and 136
>ARI trade pick 23 for PIT pick 31, 93, and 3rd in 2018
>STL trade pick 27 for COL pick 32, 114, 156

>>76696373
TVR is useless, if they're replacing the quality they send for duchene with HIM then lmao

Is the quebec city pipedream possible with all the east divisions already being filled?

>>76696409
the NHL doesn't give a fuck, they'd just move Detroit or Columbus back west

>>76696409
Gary's keeping them on the back burner for relocation

>>76696350
So is it possible the isles try and get him? I think eberle is good enough but who knows if we can do it. Goaltending should be better this year, and defense should get better as pulock can finally come up

>>76696400
>laffs drafing finns in the 1st round
They'll probably take Foote unless Liljegren drops down

>>76696427
of course it's possible NYI has been mentioned in every rumor for duchene
they've been trying hard

>inb4 cancucks draft another finnish bust at 5th overall

>>76696400
Stars should trade their pick for a decent Dman

>last year at the Joe
>Howe dies
>Illitch dies
>wongs wear patches on their jerseys to commemorate all this
>miss the playoffs and end a meme streak in a weak draft year
Detroit really knows how to honor the dead.

Why does Chia keep allowing himself to get fleeced by Snow? How the fuck do you get BTFO by the same shit GM multiple times in a row?

>>76696600
lulling him into a false sense of security before unleashing the pulju for travares blockbuster

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>tfw the new york rangers islanders win the Stanley cup

>>76696400
>Lias Andersson
Just what the Bruins need to do, draft another Swedish bust

>>76696600
if you need to know there's been a longstanding conspiracy theory that Chiarelli loves Snow after Snow helped him get rid of Tim Thomas.

one would think that favor had already been repaid though so I don't know

>>76696666
dem quads
>rags

>>76696666
quads confirm

>>76696666
>rags

>>76696666
>rag isles

>its another episode of oiler fans overvalue their bust players

So how has Hall done in New Jersey? 20 goals and -9. And this guy gets 6 million a year. How did Eberle do this year, 20 goals and +3. These aren't the statistics of good responsible players and that shows in their trade value. They are players who we're ruined by the previous oiler organization and given a really crunching long deal with 6 million yearly cap hit. And all of this doesn't even account on what kind of locker-room cancer they might both be.

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>>76696666
>rags

>>76696517
It's been a tough year as a fan. I'm just hoping we can get enough young guys to regain relevance once all of Holland's shitty contracts start to expire.

>>76696735
Strome had 13 goals and was a -8

Ebrkek is an islel? Fugg

>>76696768
He also costs half as much, with less years on the deal left?

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>>76696666
So New York has the cup this year? Good

>>76696788
just saying, if you're going to quantify your players as shit by using goals and plus minus, it doesnt help your argument if the player they are trading for is worse by those standards

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>Everyone posting about shitty GMs but havent talked about the greatest meme of them all
Seriously, why are reddit and hfboards cucks still defending this man

>Speculation that Faulk, Lack, and draft pick(s) may be involved in a trade that has Carolina acquire Duchene

>Schlemko to Habs

habs btfo

>>76696823
makes sense

>>76696600
>Yfw he took leddy and boychuck in exchange for picks that resulted in nothing

>>76696666
better the >rags than the pens

>>76696859
u must go back

I wonder if Spencer Foo told Chiarelli he's signing in Edmonton, which triggered the trade? Assuming McLellan keeps Draisaitl on McDavid's wing, Strome would be 3C after Nuge. That leaves a big hole at 2RW, which Foo could potentially fill.

>>76696888
put rnh on the wing to bh

>>76696888
That doesn't make sense. They have been wanting to trade Eberle for months. They just don't like him.

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So we're all in agreement that Vegas is retarded, right?

>>76696906
They didn't like him, but it would make more sense to hang onto him for the year instead of opening a hole at RW. He's good for 50 points every year. They could play Strome in 2RW, but they need a 3C.

>>76696904
Probably a good idea. Draisaitl can drive his own line better than Nuge, I'd give Nuge a shot on McDavid's wing, have Draisaitl as 2C (hopefully with Foo on the wing), then run Strome at 3C.

I really hope Pulju arrives soon, he would go a long way towards filling that top 6 RW spot.

>>76696942
but dude picks

>>76696966
>poopjärvi
just accept the bust stamp

>>76696942
>investing shitloads of picks in a weak draft year
>already trading expansion draft players for "muh picks"
>multiple albatross contracts taken up
>based in fucking las vegas out of all places
Pretty much

>>76696823
>they have to overpay for Duchene with Faulk just to get the Avs to take Lack off their hands

>>76696987
This team is going for the basement and will become a lolcow

>>76696666
>ragslels

>>76696979
Not yet, but I'm definitely getting worried. In hindsight, I'd probably take that faggot Tkachuk, but the draft is all about potential, and Pulju's ceiling is higher than Tkachuk's, so they couldn't really pass on him.

Here's hoping he pulls a Draisaitl, but I legit think he's too fucking dumb to learn to play at the NHL level.

>>76696997
meh faulk is overrated as fuck

>>76696888
college free agents almost always suck, any team penciling them into their top 6 is retarded

>>76696997
Faulk is very mediocre but it hasn't caught up to his rep yet. He's like their third best defenseman.

>>76697024
>I legit think he's too fucking dumb to learn to play at the NHL level.
that is because you cant even begin to comprehend his level of hockey iq
thank god you're posting here and not making decisions within the oiler organization

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>>76697031
>Guentzel

Literally College FA that sent the pens to the finals

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>TVR and JVR will never win a cup together

>>76697051
desu he's not that far off from oilels management before they got mcmeme

>>76697057
>le crosbabby
>good
play him with bonino, see how good he is

>>76697057
>FA

>>76696942
Think they are doing fine.
You knew that they went defense heavy to be trade bait.

They are getting pretty high value picks in the coming years. If they draft well they can build a team.

>>76696972
how else are you going to establish a real core?
with more scraps from other teams, most of which aren't even going to stay long term?

>>76697057
The actual Pens argument would be Schultz, dumb casual. And even then he would have been good earlier if he had stayed with Anaheim.

>>76696843
>Schlemko
I honestly don't know anything about him.

>>76697031
I agree, but Benning and Caggiula both stepped straight into the lineup last year. Granted, not in top 6/top 4 roles, but they still made the jump. And Foo is more talented than both of them.

I think there's probably another move to come from Chiarelli, because the right side is pretty weak without Eberle.

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>>76696819
>worse than George McFleeced

>>76697025
so is duchene, he's not even a consistent 20 goal scorer and only has ONE 30 goal season.
This wouldnt be a big deal except he is only a goalscorer, he is not good at anything else and plays with no heart at all.

>>76697136
and he looks like he fell off a cliff this year

even ignoring his play on a terrible avs team he was an absolute no show at IIHF WC

goodbye eberle

>>76696400
Pretty sure the Stars will trade their 3rd overall desu
Leafs will take Foote

>>76697057
Put him on a line without the best player in the world and lets see how well he does.

>>76696517
A FUCKING SLICE OF PIZZA

>>76697136
>muh goals
this is why I don't discuss hockey with americans

>>76697215
he did ok when Crosby was out with concussion desu.
And he was great in the AHL, much better than players /hoc/ likes, pulju and such busts.
>33 games, 42 points

Think the Pens got something with that one. They've drafted very well desu.

>>76697125
Has mcphee ever gave albatross contracts to dorsett, eriksson, sutter and luca fucking sbisa?

>>76697238
>goalscorer who doesn't score goals
>good
uhhh ok.

Please put Duchene on whatever shit team you like so you can instantly hate him. Because you inevitably will when you actually see him play.

>silver state
>golden knights

Just fuck my expansion team up senpai

>>76697355
>knights
>spartan style helmet logo
JUST

>you now remember the Washington capitals

>>76697313
Quick hockey lesson here for you.
Valuing a center by his goal totals is not a great metric, the center's job is more about puck distribution and defense than it is about scoring goals. Duchene was never viewed as a great goal scorer, more of a quick small puck mover with pretty decent vision.

good riddance to eberlazy, would have liked atleast a 3rd rounder plus strome. but seriously it cant be stressed enough how useless eberle is

>>76697442
you're not listening. Duchene is not good at being a center. He is not a great passer, he doesn't have high "hockey IQ" he doesn't even play with any level of effort.
He will never kill penalties, he is ineffective on the powerplay.
He can't even do anything in the IIHF meme anymore.

The dude is a piece of shit bust going through the motions and collecting his millions. Canada, you have busts too and Duchene is one of them.

Faulk would actually be a victory for the avs, and he is barely a top 4 d man. Getting out from under a pure bust is still a win though.

>>76697355
>golden knights
>Vegas started long after knights no longer existed

>>76697519
>not realizing Duchene only stopped playing well after the trade deadline to tank his value after he heard the Avs were asking for a lot from other teams

he's playing 8d chess and you're playing hungry hippos

>>76697550
>golden knights
>despite gold being an all around poor metal for weapons or armour

>>76697355
>golden knights
>division rival literally called the Kings
JUST
U
S
T
bend the knee

>>76697469
If he ain't scoring, he ain't doing shit. Draisaitl confirmed for taking Eberle's "A" next year.

>>76697619
>bend the knee
FUUAARK that is good. Vegans btfo

>>76697024
Next autumn is a pretty good indication if he is still as much at loss and a border-line NHL player or if the off-season has done him some good. Worst case he hasn't improved at all and best case he is ready for NHL, probability is somewhere in the middle of these and another season in AHL for him unless they absolutely want to put him as a 3rd or a 4th liner which won't actually help the situation at all.

>>76697591
He was a -34 this season.
That didn't happen after the deadline.

>>76697442
>you value a center by his puck distribution and defense, among other things, which is admittedly the correct attitude.
>he posts poor possession numbers even relative to his teammates
>not really known for his passing/breakouts, more for his speed in carrying the puck through the neutral zone and trying to create something off the rush, neither of which he's been particularly successful at lately.
>you would rather have a smallish streaky forward than a solid top-4 defenseman.

>>76697701
half of that was after the deadline actually, look at his monthly splits

>>76697355
>Vegas Golden Knights
Instead of
>Las Vegas Golden Knights

WHY.jpg

>>76697817
or just Las Vegas Knights since apparently London wasn't really blocking anything

Are the transplants coming into vegas even white? If not this team is fucked

>>76697755
>taking a single season's statistics instead of career
cherry
picking
Pretty obvious he was checked out for the entire season.

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>>76697683
I'm fine with another year in the AHL if that's what he needs. Draisaitl might not be the best comparable for Pulju, because Draisaitl is a very cerebral player with a sky-high hockey IQ, whereas Pulju seems to be more of a reactionary guy who relies on his size and speed. Draisaitl obviously studied the tape, listened to his coaches, and caught on quick. Pulju might need to be sorta beaten over the head with it until he learns where to be and when to be there.

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>Islanders

>>76697967
Can that mongol even speak english yet? He is so fucking unintelligent, the next virtanen

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>>76697966
I'll never forget his first goal. Bought an Ebs jersey the very next day.

Sail on, you glorious niggerfaggot.

>eberle
>hall
>yakupov
>schultz

Who had RNH as the lone survivor?

>>76698020
WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS?

>>76698005
nigger stop posting your blogposts here

>>76698005
Such a loser because we cleared up cap and can get some good players. They were 1 point away and had the same amount of points as the preds. Even if we lost our pick, it wasn't bad in such a weak draft class

>>76698044
RNH's so stealthily unremarkable his own GM forgets he exists

>>76697871
>London wasn't really blocking anything
ofc they didnt, all they wanted was to be paid their royalties
something the billionaire refused to so

>>76698044
I figured Hall, then RNH. Centres have an added layer of value, especially to coaches like McLellan who like to have centres playing wing (Pavelski, Draisaitl).

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Can /hoc/ explain this to me? Why did the Blue Jackets get fucked so hard?

>>76698209
you generally have to pay to dump a contract on another team

>>76698020
Why would u buy an Eberle jersey you have so many good players in the franchise to choose from and u went with Jordan freaking Eberle?!?

Never again after Kesler man. Sticking to Linden-naslund-bertuzzi jerseys.

>>76698209
Cap space and wanting to clear out of a shit draft. Vegas can be a paper champion on drafting but they'll be shit

>>76698209
Clarkson is negative value

>>76698209
Something to do with taking Clarkson instead of a good player. I didn't really pay attention to their list of exposed players though, so if a 5th line faglord wants to explain it, I'd be grateful.

>>76698044

À lot of people actually, he's an okay Centre.

Hell be gone soon, no way hell be down with 3rd line minutes for the rest of his career.

>>76698255
>wearing another man's name on your back

wew

>>76698255
>wearing another mans name on your back

>>76698255
Well this was 7 years ago, after Eberle's first NHL game/goal.

I have a McMeme blue from when >we drafted him, but I'm gonna look for a Draisaitl orange from last year, the adidas jerseys are shit.

>>76698292
>>76698297
HIROMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT

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>VGK
>not LVF

>>76696942
>they don't even have a couple of decent players for their draft picks to play behind
They're going full Edmonton. Don't expect a winning season for 20 years

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>>76698432

>>76698563
Amazing

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>>76698563
A T O M B O M B S

how long until we move past the other concepts memes?
we've been spamming this shit since they announced vegas was getting a team

>>76697089
>sbisa
>tradebait

Vegas Gambling Addictions

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>>76698619
flamingos never die

>>76698692
...they just get mothballed until another sunbelt cities applies for expansion?

>>76698596
This is good too

Great trade for both the Oilers and Islandets. Eberle has show great chemestry with Taveres at worlds before and should score 25-30 goals with him and Strome being RFA will allow the oilers to keep their best players. Makes sense for the style of hockey the teams want to play too.

Am I the only one who thinks that Eberle trade was a good thing?

He was beyond fucking pathetic in the playoffs this year, is expensive as fuck, and Strome isn't *that* much worse while way cheaper.

I don't get why so many people are calling this a shit deal.

>>76699555
because you either win or lose trades, there is no middle ground where both teams can be happy

>>76699603

Everyone on Twitter, Reddit, and Havefun Boards are calling Chiarelli a shit GM right now and I don't get it at all.

That was a really smart trade by him imo. Team gets even younger, Strome is far from a shit player, he's cheap as fuck, and he can't leave as a UFA.

I think Snow just got dicked on tbqh.

Weber (31)
Markov (37)
Petry (29)
Schlemko (30)

nice mem bergevin

cant wait for the mcdavid and gaudreau to step around a bunch a slow skating old mens and top shelf price

>>76699555
You know what Eberle is and you don't know what Strome will be. That's all there is to it. It's Chia doing what he always does and that's undersell to take a risk.

>>76699691

Are Price, Lundpads, and Luongo the biggest tragedies in the league?

>These three god tier goalies will never get a cup

It's not fair when they keep their teams from being the equivalent of the Coyotes.

Nico drafted when?

>>76699690
Strome isn't far from a shit player

Strome is literally Eberle minus the offense minus 4 million

depends on what the oilers do with the money that determines if this was a good move for them

>>76699690
I would give the edge to Snow to bh, but its really fucking stupid to judge trades like this on the day they happen. Nobody learned from the hall/larsson trade. Everyone likes a good circlejerk

>>76699727

I think that's a good thing though in this scenario though, right?

On the Islanders he was pulling 30 points, which is good (but unproven to be consistent this young), but it means the potential is definitely there.

Worst case scenario is he plays himself out of a really big contract and the Oilers get him for cheap when they have to re-sign and he has to work hard to prove he's worth real money.

I don't really see many downsides to this trade especially after Eberle played such a massive part in the Oilers getting fucked in the playoffs.

>>76699731
In todays league being loyal to your team only harms you.

In a way it's their fault for signing again and again, hoping for a miracle to happen at the front office

>>76699731
Luongo probably won't even go cup chasing, I think he's just happy being in Florida.

>>76696735
It freed up money for two years so Draisaitl gets his payday and they can go buy a number 3 d man who isn't Sekera

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>mfw plekanec is still here
>mfw emelin is gone

>>76699796

That's an upside at least. I'm glad Lou can at least be happy in his last couple seasons. Nice weather and no taxes on his shit while he plays.

I don't know if I've ever seen a player get cockblocked from a cup as hard as he did by Thomas. That was brutal.

>>76699786

I've always wondered why the NHL has so many players that feel like loyalty to club is so necessary. Players in the NBA and NFL aren't afraid to either demand a lot more money or just leave if the front office is fucking around or stupid.

>>76696735

Look at the future, Pekka. Edmonton has a lot of really good young kids that are gonna need money, and they're WAY more valuable than Eberle is.

>>76699727
He's an overpriced 2nd wing who puts as much points up as he loses them, and this was on a good oilers team for that matter. For 6 gorillions his +/- stat for the whole season should've been better, and playoffs was just plain bad from him.

End of the day, I really doubt any other gm would have given any better price for him. Even if fans like the flashy offence he could give, every single GM is going to look at how many times he manages to lose the puck or how many times the opponent scores when he is on the ice. Maybe Tavares and whoever they stick as the left winger will give enough defence support that it doesn't matter, and he can just concentrate on doing goals.

>>76698209
Vegas didn't select their top goalie prospect and another player, which was part of the deal.

>>76699833
Don't forget about McDavid next year, he'll be 10 million minimum.

>>76699836
NBA and NFL are full of mercenaries. There was a time in sports when people hardly changed teams, and cemented their legacy as one team players. NBA and NFL fucked everything up along with MLB, by having free-agency be full of so many players. The only guys nowadays I can think of that are one team legends are Zetterberg, Crosby, and Ovi.

>>76699856
NHL is only ever about cap. That's all this league is about. It's a fucking joke in all honesty.

>>76699967
9.7 million

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>>76699967

Feels nice in a way being one of the last "one club" teams desu.

I think in the modern league though, when the "battle" between front offices is almost as hard as the battle on the ice itself though, that loyalty shouldn't have nearly as much meaning as it used to. What the fuck is the point of being loyal to a team that's like the Mac-T era Oilers?

You might love the city and the people in it, but you've only got so many years to play and win, why waste it somewhere that's a total and absolute shitshow?

It's good that the younger generations don't have a ton of option because it gives the bad teams a chance to draft and improve, but I think veterans and developed players probably show more loyalty than they should a lot of the time.

>all this serious hockey discussion during offseason /hoc/
brings a tear to the eye
anyways i just came here to
>rags

>>76700048
>alfie
>shanahan
>chelios

>>76699555
Eberle haa improved his 2way game a ton these last couple of years and has a ton of skill. He's been utilized in a much different role the last few years on a line with Hopkins with more defensive zone starts. If he's put in an offensive role he will have success.

>>76699967
>The only guys nowadays I can think of that are one team legends are Zetterberg, Crosby, and Ovi.
>not one but two Sedins rotting away in vanpooper
also Padqvist

>>76699967
>implying ovi won't pull a ray bourque because his team is full of chokers

>>76700274
Ok but what if Ovie is the choker?

>>76700239
>alfie
JUST

>>76700239

>Anyone ever considering Chelly anything but a Wing

Cmon now. The Shithawks were a meme back then and I barely even remember him being in Montreal.

>>76700288
still cursed in that meme team

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>>76700155

Dunno if you were here for the playoffs, bud, but have the newest >rags

>>76700319
>Hull
>Hasek
>Robataille
"one club team"

>>76700378

Hasek is forever a wing. Fight me irl. You won't. I'm ripped.

>>76700451
hasek is a fucking sabre and there is nothing you can say to convince me otherwise

you chose osbad now live with it

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>You now remember Michael "I started in the stanley cup final" Leighton

>>76700556

Stanley Cups: Detroit - 2 Buffalel - 0

Gaborik tackles: Detroit - 1 Buffalel - 0

Always a wing m8.

>>76700615
your mom won a cup with my dick, yet you don't call me dad
he's a fucking sabre

>>76700615
>>76700657

RACE WAR

Breaking: Stupid detoilet shitposter can't admit he's wrong

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Weird.

That doesn't look like blue, gold, and silver to me.

>>76700657
No he's a blackhawk you cocksucking canadian fuck. Stop samefagging and fuck off.

Also, I fucking hate this "Click until All Gone" bullshit. Takes three times as long as other Captcha

>>76700803

>Not using legacy captcha

Faggot

>>76700761
THANKS BETTMAN

>>76696819
Benning's batting at about .500 now. He's made some great deals and some not so great deals.

He can't really be blamed for the shitshow the team is because it was going to happen regardless.

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>>76700657

He's a fucking Sabre in the same way this was cheating (Hint: He isn't/it wasn't.)

https://mobile.twitter.com/FlaPanthers/status/877968370116820992
>Kitties

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Can we talk about how Edmonton lost the bust defenseman they gave up the 15th AND 33rd picks for, for nothing?

Sickens me that such a meme franchise got gifted McDavid

>>76700900
>quietly changes the rule before anyone can realize the discrepancy
i already thanked bettman once itt

I like the Eberlek trade, desu baka senpai. Dude did FUCK all in he playoffs, and looked content doing it. Strome will at least throw a hit, and if he ends up sucking balls, they have leverage to sign him on the cheap. Eberle will do better in the east, I bet.

Everyone collectively shat their pants at Hall for Larsson, and it worked out pretty swimmingly. I'm gonna wait and see how this one goes.

Dan RosenVerified account @drosennhl

To say Ryan Strome is excited about his opportunity in EDM would be a massive understatement. Says he's got an extra jump in his step now.

Chris Nichols @NicholsOnHockey

McKenzie: "Dallas, I think, has been talking to Vegas about Marc Methot." #Stars "seem to be fairly active. Lots of irons in the fire."


LELMAO

>>76700900
He was a Sabre for 9 fucking years.

Next you'll tell me Ray Bourque is an Av but not a Bruin.

>>76701100

How many times did he do anything notable in Buffalel lmao

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>>76700972
I was bitching about this yesterday. It's one of the few outright terrible moves Chiarelli has made for the Oilers. Maroon, Kassian, Larsson, the Klefbom contract, etc were all solid moves that helped balance the team.

The Reinbust trade was fucking abysmal, especially considering >we plenty of young D men and no skilled forward prospects, and that 1st pick ended up being Barzal.

That being said - fuck you, bitch. Oilers > you, I'm LMAOing at your life.

>>76701097
>muh picks
>"What do you mean it's a garbage draft year"
McPhee about to fleece every other franchise before his own lel

>>76701134
>How many times did he do anything notable in Buffalel lmao

You mean like those 6 consecutive seasons he lead the league in save percentage?


>You're only a player on a team if you win the cup with them

Shit so Ovechkin, Iginla, Hawerchuk, The Sedins, Thornton, Bure, Dionne,Oates, Stastny, etc don't exist.

>>76701073
I know it's just Ryan Strome, but it gives me a good feeling to know that someone is actually excited to play here for once.

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>>76700803
>he is literally too new to use the legacy captcha

>>76701248

And honestly if he's not underselling it it means the kid is probably gonna work hard to be good in Edmonton too.

The McMeme effect is real.

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>>76697619
This needs to be an actual chant by the Kings crowd when they play the Magnetos

>>76701100

>Bouque a bruin

Next you'll tell me Iginla isn't a Penguin

>>76701298
Iginla is a King, just like Gretzky

>>76701207
>It's one of the few outright terrible moves Chiarelli has made for the Oilers.

And now he's got another one in the Eberle trade.

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>>76701134
how does 6 vezinas worth of notables make you feel

>>76701327

>Keeping Ebergay when it would probably mean losing Draisaitl and more

Are you retarded my dude

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>born and raised in Edmonton
>grew up an Oiler fan
>loved the dynasty teams
>Chiarelli's guest at a playoff game last year
>met Gretzky
>witnessed the maniac fanbase
>toured the dank new building
>will most likely play with McDavid or Draisaitl
What number will Spencer Foo wear, lads? I'm thinking 51, because 15 is taken by Pitlick already.

>>76701346

That's funny how he had zero cups in all those seasons. Surely he won a cup while playing that well, and you're just rusing me, right?

>>76701370
thanks bettman

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FINALLY OUR YEAR

oilers got fleeced

>>76701322
You misspelled KANGZ

>>76700972
But his name fooled Vegas' GM into picking him instead of Oesterle or based Jujar.

>>76700900
>this pic will never EVER stop triggering Sabres fans

>>76701370
>Le players singlehandedly win championships meme.

Stick to basketball friend.

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DARKNESS

IMPRISONING ME

>>76699727
He was cap dumping a useless player. The fact that he didn't have to retain any salary and got a potentially decent player in return is a huge win for Edmonton.

>>76699555
It's a good thing for both the isles and Oilers. Once again, they gave us a good player in a smart trade

I hope that one day we will get an NHL player called Glatt who will wear number 69, it will be hilarious.

>>76699784
Also, strome does do well with faceoffs (See game 1 of 2015 playoffs), but lacks in defense

>>76699555
Because you have several centres who are better than Strome and while Eberle was shit you still could have gotten a better return

>>76701366
Foo is going to da 'toilet, cap this post

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>>76701207
Enjoy strome while he's there. He isn't even that good but he will show some signs. Also, barzal is a good move, so thanks for giving us that pick even where we have one of the three picks to Boston is where they picked 3 busts instead of barzal

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>>76701742
ALL THAT I SEE

ABSOLUTE HORROR

Are Oilers fans ready for future #1 dman Ethan Bear next year?

>>76701934
My body is so fucking ready, lad. I haven't seen him play, but apparently he has a cannon of a shot.

>>76696311

>>76698255
Up until 2 years ago Jordan Eberle was a great player.

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What are some BIG TRADES that have happened?

>>76702152
is that your husbando kippers you slut?

>>76702176
pls be on topic and tell me big trades

OP needs to put a list in the OP

it's too hard to read thru everything

>Peter Chiarelli says the Oilers will match "any offer" if RFA Leon Draisaitl were to sign a "predatory offer sheet."

I'm going to assume extension talks aren't going well.

>>76702230
its hard to come to an agreement when the client demands the extermination of entire """""religion"""""

new here
whats the vegas meme name

>>76702290
>rags

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Is he Cell key material?

>Go get lunch
>Come back
>Canautists are still taking my Hasek bait after all this time

lelmao

>>76702290
Vegans

>>76702290

>shites

When the next expansion team happens, will the league go to an 84-game season?

If a team plays 4 games against other teams in the division, and 3 games against other teams in the other division in the conference, and 2 games against teams in the other conference, that's 84 games in a season. Would increasing the season by two games be a good thing or a bad thing? Should the preseason exhibition games be reduced from 6 to 4 or 5 as a result?

>>76702290
>vegs

>ctrl f + "hasek"
>1 (You)

only a dumb team with no prospects thinks 1 (You) is "good bait"

lmao

>>76702388
what do you call the burger who was arguing from your perspective?

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>>76702290
Begas Golden Horde

>>76702442

Nice cups you got there :^)

>>76702290
gay faggots bitches

Can we make fun of the Golden Knights yet?

>>76702290
>gnats

>>76698596
>>76698692
>>76698563
>>76698432

>amateurs with mspaint managed to shit out far superior team identities than a well-paid creative design team.

What is the world anymore

>>76702578
>select a bunch of busts and literally who's, in order to stockpile draft picks
>draft a bunch of busts and literally who's with said draft picks
This shit writes itself man

>>76702290
Loss Vegans Golden showerw

>>76702290
>Loss Vegas
>Golden Showers

>>76702620

Bill Foley is a faggot who came out of West Point who are the Black Knights (Black and Gold colors) and decided to basically make his alma matter into a fucking NHL team cause he's a faggot.

There were so many cool possibilities with LV for a team name, design, etc.

>>76696735

Don't forget Ryan Nugent-Hopkins making 6mil/year

ryan smyth retired before the McDavid-era

> Chris Nichols @NicholsOnHockey 9m9 minutes ago
>Dreger: "There are whispers that it's going to be $14 million for Connor McDavid." #Oilers

> Chris Nichols @NicholsOnHockey 9m9 minutes ago
>Dreger: "There are whispers that it's going to be $14 million for Connor McDavid." #Oilers

Ho

Lee

Fuck

>>76702815
How do you want your cap senpai?

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>>76702845

Well managed

>>76702815

His buyout will be hilarious.

>>76702815

Does Connor realize that if he asks for that much money he's guaranteeing that the Oilers will never win?

Penguins rape the league because Crosby is so cheap because of his superstition.

>>76702815
And with Canada's tax system McSecondary is only going to see about 50% of that BEFORE his agent takes a cut and his girlfriend buys a ton of shit.

>>76702815
Classic Chiapet.

Absolutely rape your cap by making big, long term deals.

>>76702871
I hope he marries his gf and she takes half his shit. Will be hilarious.

>>76702413
They should already put it down to a 60 game season; a home and away series with every other team.

>>76702815
9.7x8
calling it right now

>>76702871
>and his girlfriend buys a ton of shit.

You mean his then wife divorces him and he's only making entry level contract money again.

>>76702936
>whispers of 14
>9.7

You don't get how Chiarelli operates.

It's going to be over 10 at the LEAST.

>>76696400
>Nick Suzuki

he 'll be great at picking up speed, right? haha

>>76702963

Hopefully Draisaitl get's a matching contract so it can be like Kane and Toews.

>>76702936
retarded fucking post

>making less than kane/toews

fuck coilers

>>76702815
Thats canuckbucks, righr? It would >only be about 10.5 then.

>>76702963
you seem to think that crosbys contract is due to his superstition and not due to being the most marketable player in the game. Connor is the next one.

Has chicago truely ruined the league? Toews/Kanes contracts are going to be precedent now.

>>76703007
Yeah just about

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>With the 4th overall pick in the 2018 NHL draft the Vancouver Canucks pick, out of Mahtomedi High School, Dallas Duckson!

>>76702290
>vags

>>76703066
Perfect trade bait for Benning's "muh physical defensemen"

>>76702978
If I was another GM id give Draisital a high offer sheet. Fuck Edmontons cap up nicely.

>>76698209
Jackets fan here.

Basically the front office really wanted to keep Josh Anderson and move Clarksons contract because it's useless.

So to get vegas to not pick josh Anderson they had to give up those picks for a promise from Vegas that they'd take somebody else.

It works out for the jackets and Vegas because I think Clarkson adds his fucking stupid contract into helping Vegas hit the cap floor (I could be wrong)

>>76703007
No, I think it's actually in american green paper.

So $14M as a cap hit.

>>76703024
Do you not know who Kovalchuk is?

And before that, DiPietro.

And then, Luongo.

>>76703085
>thinking you need someone else to interfere to screw up their cap

Chiapet is a fucking master at completely destroying your cap. He doesn't need help.

>>76702963
Tarasenko got 7.5 as a 70 point winger so I can't see a 100 point center getting less than 9.5.

>>76703115
>Kovalchuk
>6mil cap hit

What? Almost any big star before the last lockout has a front loaded contract. Even Crosby does.

>>76703110
>getting 3.5 million more as an RFA than a 3 time Stanley Cup champ did as a UFA.
JUST

>>76703150
The thing is, every player sets the precedent for the other. Conor will basically set the precedent for the next franchise babby.

If McDavid does get 14, is Ottawa fucked next year with UFA Karlsson? Hes gonna be 11-12mil atleast

>take a proven 3/4 defensive center who can skate fast and kill penalties
>pick him over a young D who has shown offensive potential that is rumored to be more or less worth Galy
>do it because the team traded you a big rookie who looked completely lost in most of his NHL games
I guess /lvgk/ is just trying to compete with the clutch and grab socal teams?

>>76703168
Eventually itll bankrupt the league or just dilute the talent pool so much itll be 1 star per team.

The cap can only be so high when the teams dont generate as much revenue as other sports. There has to be a ceiling.

>>76703176

It'd really fuck up the league and we'd be facing another lockout loss of season when the CBA expires.

>go invisible in playoffs
>make 14million

How do i become an NHL player? Seems like easy money.

>an rfa getting a max contract
you guys really don't know jack shit about this sport do you

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>>76703202
>las vegas is a bigger bust than Alex Daigle
>league is finally forced to pay out for concussions after Crosby offs himself
>sunbelt collapses
>league is reduced to 20 teams
>consolidation draft has the best memes of the last 5 years
>league has the best talent in the salary cap era while minor leagues set the record for highest attendance

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>vegas' home opener is against arizona

vegas is the gift that keeps fucking giving holy shit

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Who's the best American NHL player in the league right now?

>>76703296
The one drinking burgers from the cup right now.

>>76703296
Ryan Miller

>>76703296
Kane is probably still the one for now.

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>Fleury wont be part of the threepeat

Its just starting to sink in, lads ;_;

>>76703296
Therapist

>>76703296
whos the richest man in ethiopia

>>76703353
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Hussein_Al_Amoudi

Expansion drafts are so fucking stupid.

>>76703385
Lord bettman has to gift players to his newest U N T A P P E D hockey market somehow

Canes defensive pairings look scary.
Slavin-Pesce
Faulk-Hanifin
Fluery-TVR

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>win a contest to hang out with Brad Marchand for a day
>not my favorite player but still a Bruin so I'm happy
>we meet in downtown Boston for lunch
>typical upscale cafe
>our waitress is pretty short but cute
>he says about her "greasy fuckin shorty there eh bud? You know I lead the league in shorties right?"
>"I don't think that is true"
>he gives me a light tap to the back of my ankle with his foot under the table, I get the hint
>after lunch we go to a florist
>I wonder who we are going to give the flowers to maybe some sick kids?
>instead Mr. Marchand spends 2 hours sniffing every flower in the store repeatedly demanding I smell certain ones and asking "ain't that the good shit?"
>finally we take a cab to TD Garden and take a tour of the place
>I got to meet a lot of the staff and see the locker room, it was awesome
>about halfway through Brad gets a call
>he talks very quietly and after he hangs up says he needs to end the day prematurely
>His whole demeanor has changed and he keeps rubbing his nose, I wonder if he got too much pollen in there
>The last thing he says before leaving is "call my agent to get signed shit our whatever, I gotta go get bruined" and winked at me
Still a cool tour of the place.

New Orleans Waves when?

>>76703415
after atlanta gets another team

You are a financial manager and have been placed in charge of a $100 billion fund. The Powers That Be demand that you choose, from the following, a man to be the co-manager of the fund. This man will be able to act unilaterally and independently of you, yet your name will be attached to whatever decision they make. You must chose one of these men. Which man do you chose?
>Peter Chiarelli
>Kenneth Mark Holland
>Eckhard Pfeiffer

>>76703415
Hurricanes relocated to New Orleans when?

>>76703442
This.
I would love if that happened
Move there for sure.

>>76703442
With Nino "El nino" Neidereitter as their captain

>>76698596
i have to say i like this, and the colors too. to bad they went with the (in my opinion) cheesy golden nights...

>>76703460
>moving for a hockey team
Pretty dedicated tbf

>>76703469
Good meme

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What's with this lower sleeve coloring meme
Doesn't mean pittsburgh brought it back for nostalgia reasons means that every other team can simply pick it up

>>76703440

Chiarelli. He waste half of the fund on paying incompetent manage and then they can take the other half when they get fired via golden parachutes.

>>76703743
What did he/she(male) mean by this?

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Anime fags need to leave

>>76703571
these new jerseys would look like generic piece of shit from some TV movie about hockey without the Yotes logo

Chris Nichols @NicholsOnHockey

McKenzie: "There's word on the street that maybe the #Isles are asking for as much as two first-round picks" for Hamonic.


:thinking:

>>76703289

They are trying really hard to Give the knights a win in their first ever game.

Them playing Phoenix instead of Anaheim isn't just a "pure coincidence"

>Le betman rubbing his hands together

>>76703066

Fuck man, I've said it before and I'll say it again

But Dallas Duckson is probably the coolest guy to be drafted into the NHL in years .

He just looks like hanging out with him would be one of the best times ever

>>76703900
This is probably the only time it is acceptable for the league to rig something. No one wants to see the expansion team get raped their first night except the team that lucks into playing against them. Better to let them play against a bottom-feeder.

>Alexander Radulov reportedly asking for 7 millions for 6 years
Yay or nay?

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>team
>all of their players are from different teams

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>>76703999
>7 million
>6 years