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Riprock wrote:Another ex-NHLer speaks out:

Jamie Rivers ‏ @JamieRivers08 Reply Retweeted Favorite · Open
@9modano SERIOUSLY!! that guy barely shows up half the time. What a joke. Low budget teams have to overpay guys just to get to the floor.

Riprock wrote:Another ex-NHLer speaks out:

Jamie Rivers ‏ @JamieRivers08 Reply Retweeted Favorite · Open
@9modano SERIOUSLY!! that guy barely shows up half the time. What a joke. Low budget teams have to overpay guys just to get to the floor.

SpezDispenser wrote:Why did the Oilers do this? They have zero idea how to build a franchise properly, it's actually comical. That should have garnered a 1st round pick easily in this weak market. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

cash wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Why did the Oilers do this? They have zero idea how to build a franchise properly, it's actually comical. That should have garnered a 1st round pick easily in this weak market. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

meh...they don't need the cap space... they need an overload of offensive production to overcome their inevitable and long standing holes on d and in the crease. Hemsky as a secondary scorer is a luxury they can afford.

SpezDispenser wrote:

cash wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Why did the Oilers do this? They have zero idea how to build a franchise properly, it's actually comical. That should have garnered a 1st round pick easily in this weak market. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

meh...they don't need the cap space... they need an overload of offensive production to overcome their inevitable and long standing holes on d and in the crease. Hemsky as a secondary scorer is a luxury they can afford.

It wouldn't be about the money for me, it would be about keeping a guy that doesn't fit into the long term plan for the team when you could trade him in for a bevy of picks/prospects and try to remedy why you're still one of the worst teams in the league. Hemsky adds some nice secondary offence for sure - and the price doesn't matter in terms of $$ and cap, but look at Murray, he had the stones to move guys we could have potentially kept in order to fill up the prospect cupboard in the organization.

stempniaksen wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

cash wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Why did the Oilers do this? They have zero idea how to build a franchise properly, it's actually comical. That should have garnered a 1st round pick easily in this weak market. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

meh...they don't need the cap space... they need an overload of offensive production to overcome their inevitable and long standing holes on d and in the crease. Hemsky as a secondary scorer is a luxury they can afford.

It wouldn't be about the money for me, it would be about keeping a guy that doesn't fit into the long term plan for the team when you could trade him in for a bevy of picks/prospects and try to remedy why you're still one of the worst teams in the league. Hemsky adds some nice secondary offence for sure - and the price doesn't matter in terms of $$ and cap, but look at Murray, he had the stones to move guys we could have potentially kept in order to fill up the prospect cupboard in the organization.

To be fair the Oilers it may have been that team just weren't offering enough value. A guy like Tuomo Ruutu could also be an example of that, as defenceman have been much more coveted then forwards so far (minus maybe Carter).

Riprock wrote:Damn, Nail Yakupov is picking up so much nice nice on Twitter. He's got young hotties asking him to call them, and asking how pretty/hot they are on a scale from 1-69... it's pretty lame on their part, but it's insight into the world of stardom.