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Post by sharksbrewer on Feb 28, 2023 14:27:44 GMT -8
I don't really have an opinion on this, but here's this bit near the end of the article. "What I'm trying to do is clear some [salary] cap space to try and do something between now and Friday (NHL Trade Deadline at 3 p.m. ET)," Oilers general manager Ken Holland said. "Certainly trying to move $3-million for a guy that has five goals and played six minutes last night was tough.
Is the door for Karlsson to the Oilers still open?
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Post by bellizar on Feb 28, 2023 15:05:10 GMT -8
I don't really have an opinion on this, but here's this bit near the end of the article. "What I'm trying to do is clear some [salary] cap space to try and do something between now and Friday (NHL Trade Deadline at 3 p.m. ET)," Oilers general manager Ken Holland said. "Certainly trying to move $3-million for a guy that has five goals and played six minutes last night was tough. Is the door for Karlsson to the Oilers still open? And its Gone XD EDM traded for Ekholm Grier missed a big one here. |
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Post by jamnjon on Feb 28, 2023 16:49:05 GMT -8
I don't really have an opinion on this, but here's this bit near the end of the article. "What I'm trying to do is clear some [salary] cap space to try and do something between now and Friday (NHL Trade Deadline at 3 p.m. ET)," Oilers general manager Ken Holland said. "Certainly trying to move $3-million for a guy that has five goals and played six minutes last night was tough. Is the door for Karlsson to the Oilers still open? And its Gone XD EDM traded for Ekholm Grier missed a big one here. It's debatable whether Grier missed it or just wasn't seriously in the running. The Preds had to burn a salary retention slot for the next 3.25 seasons for 4%, so it's seemingly unlikely that the Oilers were willing to have more than $6M in cap space for whatever player they brought in. Aside from that, Ekholm is a more defensive player than Karlsson which is definitely more of what Edmonton needs. Were the Oilers willing to pay a sufficient price for it to be worth it for us to retain $5.5M for the next 4.25 seasons when the player they got in return doesn't really solve their main issue? |
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Post by bellizar on Mar 1, 2023 3:23:21 GMT -8
I think the main question was were the Oilers willing to pay for the sharks to retain money if they wanted to give up a the same package what they gave up for Ekholm that was absolutley unaccaptable for 2 first for a Norris Dman and the sharks paying 20 mil over 4 years to play for them obviusly not going to happen but if the OIl throw in at least another 1st and two 2nd pick or prospects instead now we are talking about something.
My main problem with this if teams checked in for him as Grier mentioned it you pursue the opportunity until you make it happen even if the other team wins the trade because you want to move EK65.
In my opinion Grier did this with Timo and not with EK65 and thats a big problem.
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