The Ryan Smyth trade (along with the draft) is most certainly the big ticket item, and the Oilers will have to wait for teams to get shutout at the free agent table before calling about Cogliano, Gilbert and others.
Still, there's opportunity here and I think we might see something in the next couple of days.
- June 26, 2011: Acquire Ryan Smyth for Colin Fraser and a 7th rd pick.
- June 30, 2010: Trade Patrick O'Sullivan for Jim Vandermeer.
- June 27, 2009: Trade Kyle Brodziak for picks.
- June 30, 2008: Acquire Lubomir Visnovsky for Jarret Stoll and Matt Greene.
A veteran winger to help with PK/PP and guide the kids at evens.Truculence.- One or more NHL veteran defensemen.
- A faceoff man to help with PK and to balance the C position.
- A legit option for the moment when goaltending becomes an issue.
The world is so connected now that the next time your phone vibrates or you get a text alert or you hit the urinals and look at the television an Oiler deal could hit you. Steve Tambellini just made his best trade as Oilers GM; can he follow it up with something good?
Cogliano for Edmonton-born Vernon Fiddler's negotiating rights?
ReplyDeleteWell, he is nice to his Grandma and all. Okay, deal. Which one of us is going to call Steve on the toy phone? :-)
ReplyDeleteThere is a ton of middling (read better than what Edmonton has available) D-men as UFAs. I suspect we see the next move be something off that list, not a trade we all know is necessary.
ReplyDeleteI still rate the Staios trade as Tambellini's best. This one's up there, though.
ReplyDeleteYa gotta get more than some prairie kid's rights for Cogliano.
ReplyDeleteI mean, really, which one has the better chance of getting into the Hall of Fame?
One of the names I've been suggesting is Josh Harding for that extra 'tender position.
He's coming off a bad knee and the parade in the Land of 1000 Lakes may have passed him by.
fentlyp - Harding's agent methinks
sorry LT, my nephew is on vacation and no one can play with his Fisher Price phone unless he allows it.... we wait ... and wait ... and wait ...
ReplyDeleteSomething tells me UFA day will a little light in the loafers. Maybe a tough guy and a depth Dman comes this way.....that's if we are lucky.
ReplyDeleteOn a side note...I thought the Oilers had to waive Souray before buying him out.....did I miss something?
ReplyDeleteMaybe only one waiver is necessary, after he has been several times now.
based on all the FA's signing all over prior to July 1, it is going to be a really quiet day I suspect.
ReplyDeleteHope TSN isn't paying a premium to have a full desk on July 1. Better spent at the lake following twitter methinks ....
I'd like to see Konopka play 4th line with Hartikanen and Jones. Tire out the D crashing the boards, have the wingers chip in a goal every third game and Konopka beat up a tired defenseman every third game as well. Hartikanen play some 2nd PP and Konopka take draws on the PK.
ReplyDeleteOn a side note...I thought the Oilers had to waive Souray before buying him out.....did I miss something?
ReplyDeleteBeen wondering the same thing-the POS/Vandy thing was completed on the 30th last year,but all of POS,rifles and Nilsson were waived 24 hrs earlier.
Odd-maybe his status at the end of the season doesn't require the waiver process,maybe they think they have a trade lined up,maybe they are keeping him..???
I'd like to see Konopka play 4th line with Hartikanen and Jones.
ReplyDeleteThis can be re-written as:
I'd like to tie a piano to one of Hartikainen's skates, and then a boat anchor to the other, then watch him go!
Also,
Steve Tambellini just made his best trade as Oilers GM
You could re-write that as:
Ryan Smyth bullied his way onto Edmonton's roster and Tambellini didn't look to check the teeth on that particular horse
Also,
A faceoff man to help with PK and to balance the C position.
I dunno LT, that's a pretty new hole in the roster, they may not have seen it yet. (bookie'swholefreakingkeyboard!)
Also,
Vern Fiddler reads to the blind, helps old ladies across the street, always uses a napkin, and says please and thank you in almost every sentence.
If the Oilers want a depth defensemen then prairie boy Brent Sopel might be a good target. If anything, he can teach the blueliners how to block shots and PK.
ReplyDeleteVern Fiddler reads to the blind, helps old ladies across the street, always uses a napkin, and says please and thank you in almost every sentence.
ReplyDeleteHe does all of that whenever he is in Edmonton.
Imagine if he lived here?
We just ran out of toilet paper at our house, but Vern Fiddler dropped by with a 24-pak of the good stuff.
ReplyDeleteMan, what a guy!
Woodguy - that was the best read of the day, hands down. Classic!
ReplyDeleteYou might want to add to it:
Souray has to be waived to be bought out is... 3.1 is waiting by the phone as he expects an offer to come down any moment for Souray as other teams have to get to the salary floor.
I do believe Mr. Fiddler made some public service commercials about the need to read to your children on his way to experimental gene therapy so he could grow more than one kidney to donate to blind, impoverished children.
ReplyDeleteBut he's no good in the room, so he wouldn't be a fit.
Today again, Gregor was talking about Cogliano. He said something along the lines of he doesn't think Cogliano will ever be a great faceoff man, but that he can be a 50-51% guy.
ReplyDeleteIn my mind, a 50-51% guy is a pretty damn good faceoff man. Obviously not Jonathan Toews or Malhotra good... Though I can't see how Cogs will ever get to 50% either.
Last year, he was 41.6% on 1108 draws. The year prior he was 43% on 379. In '08/'09, he was 37.2% on 702.
Has there been a guy in recent years who's taken the quantum leap from a ~40% over three consecutive seasons to ~50% And no Crosby doesn't count since he made a big jump after one mediocre season on Faceoffs in '05/'06
Oh, sorry, I forgot my point. I get the sense that we'll see Cogs slotted in the 3c position again this season. It's fairly slim pickings for UFA's this year--especially at d.
ReplyDeleteAs for Fiddler, yeah, I could use some TP myself. Anyone got his number?
Gilbert doesn't need to take lessons from anyone on blocking shots. It is one of his elite skills.
ReplyDeleteBrent Sopel would be dandy.
ReplyDeleteHe's a good hitter, good checker, block shots and has enough skill not to be a liability in the offensive zone.
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ReplyDelete"Gilbert doesn't need to take lessons from anyone on blocking shots. It is one of his elite skills."
ReplyDeleteNice to see Tom Gilbert's mom on the site.
Lee:
ReplyDeleteTom Gilbert : 172 BS (1st) by 50 on the Oil. (11th) 1 behind, 4 over in the NHL.
Durp.
Actually, Gilbert is one of the leaders in blocked shots iirc.
ReplyDeleteI like the Sopel suggestion.
ReplyDeleteI see Erhoff has been traded again. The Isles get a 4th from Buffalo (they gave up 7th to get him) so nice return for a few phone calls.
I wonder if the Oil would take a shot at Flyer castoff Daniel Carcillo? If he could just turn the crazy down a half notch...
FPB:
ReplyDeleteTom Gilbert: 87 GvA (last on the Oil) 3rd last in the NHL.
One of his not so elite skills.
Signed,
Not Tom Gilbert's Mom
Vancouver Canucks
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Hmmm.... RT @garrettbauman:
CKNW 980 reporting Hodgson, Samuelsson, Schneider for Parise. NO idea if it is true, better wait for TSN.
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Lee: I don't think blocked shots means what you think it means.
ReplyDeleteDid we ever talk about giveaways? Anywhere? I believe it was blocked shots.
The #Sabres have traded the negotiating rights to Steve Montador to Chicago for a conditional draft pick RT from Mackenzie
ReplyDeleteLosing an opportunity at that D-man would be too bad.
DSF: Thats slightly better return than the Oilers got for Pouliot.
ReplyDeleteFPB. Are you completely 'literal' in everything?
ReplyDelete'Tom's Gilbert's Mom' is a joke. A joke to which you respond literally with stats. So I respond with another joke (i.e. and now here's the response from the non Tom Gilbert's mom camp). To which you respond literally again.
Rather than turning everything on the site to a math equation, how about some sarcastic fun every now and then? Shite.
Bu the Oilers didn;t have tomthrown in Jacques.
ReplyDelete:)
Bob Mac shooting down the Parise deal...for now.
ReplyDeleteFor the better part of two decades now, Oilers fans have despised the good players and found themselves in love with spare parts and terrible players. It continues to this day.
ReplyDeleteSomehow Jacques, Schremp, Corson, Greene, all get a huge following and love and Horcoff, Penner, Gilbert, Arnott, Comrie, Reasoner, Brodziak are crapped on as the "problem."
Amazing.
I'm a little worried that an amazing human being like Vernon Fiddler would be severely under-appreciated, possibly even hated by this fan base. Terrible treatment for a guy who spends one day a week driving around the city changing flat tires for free.
ReplyDeleteSopel is a 3rd pairing Right defenseman. Isn't that supposed to be Petry's job?
ReplyDeleteThe Oilers need a top 4 defensive D, not another #5 (Smid) or #6(Petry, Foster, Peckham) guy.
Lee: I don't think blocked shots means what you think it means.
ReplyDeleteWell, now you're added to my list of alter-egos.
Sopel is a 3rd pairing Right defenseman. Isn't that supposed to be Petry's job?
The Oilers need a top 4 defensive D, not another #5 (Smid) or #6(Petry, Foster, Peckham) guy.
We need a top pairing guy. If we can't get one, then we need a top four guy. If we can't get one of those, I'd still like another good bottom pairing veteran (that is, a guy who would be an every day player on a good team). I'd rather we throw Sopel in over his head than Peckham or Petry.
Nice little move by Chi to give up a 7th for a day's headstart on picking up Montador.
ReplyDeleteI imagine the Sabres did it because they're confident they can ink Erhoff
I'm down with bringing Hamrlik back.
ReplyDeleteAs long as he doesn't wear #44.
Smarmy Boss said... If the Oilers want a depth defensemen then prairie boy Brent Sopel might be a good target.
ReplyDeleteNo. NOOOOOOooooooo. The only way this guy makes a good target is if you're launching beercups from Sec 225.
Brent Sopel - alias The Unmitigated Disaster
Does Sopel still have that goofy hairdo? If he does, no way. Looks silly, not like Smmyth's brilliant look.
ReplyDeleteWe just ran out of toilet paper at our house, but Vern Fiddler dropped by with a 24-pak of the good stuff.
ReplyDeleteMan, what a guy!
Let me get this straight, LT...you ran out of T.P. and Vern Fiddler, upstanding northern Albertan that he is, dropped off an entire flat of beer in order to help you cope with having to use paper napkin until you could make it to a grocery store to replenish the Charmin-supply?
What a guy indeed. Sign the man!
PS: Normally I'd bitch about a main act at a concert only playing for an hour and a half, but the Black Keys get a pass from me for putting on an outstanding show at Rexall tonight.
catickha: something related to feline hairball issues...
catickha: something related to feline hairball issues...
ReplyDeleteWasn't that the name of that awful Ethan Hawke flick from the 90's?
I may be wrong, but was not Hamrlik involved in that MTL scandal with the Kostitsyn bros?
ReplyDeleteIf so, I don't think he is a good fit for this group; even if he is a decent option player-wise.
Tom Gilbert: 87 GvA (last on the Oil) 3rd last in the NHL.
ReplyDeleteI don't play a scientist on TV, but I'm willing to lay down money that the number of giveaways a player has is directly proportional to the amount of time he spends with the puck on his stick.
Lowetide said...Does Sopel still have that goofy hairdo? If he does, no way
ReplyDeleteYah. Joe Dirt style but darker and if I'm not mistaken Joe's had a hint of curl. Soapy looks like he just ironed his head.
ronsgerr: Ron's upset
D_Oil : Well he pretty much had nothing to do with it. He met a guy involved in the mafia a couple of times to never contact him after (When he was made aware of who he was)
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