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Who do people realistically see as Spezza's other line mate (Michelak being the other)?

SpezDispenser wrote:Who do people realistically see as Spezza's other line mate (Michelak being the other)?

eriksson, Vanek, stewart, yakupov, bobby ryan, Briere... and then Erat, J Jokinen as plan C's or D's as teams trying to dump salary for close to nothing just to see if they wouldn't click with spezza kind of like the latendresse experiment.

Burmistrov might be brought in on a side deal but that's not 1st line . I also wonder if we do end up trading Cowen(i hope not) if they wouldn't take  look at Kulikov from Fla. I'd be really happy if we could pry Bogo out of Winnipeg somehow.

to me if they're really trying to fit Ribero salary demands they'll try and part with Erat. jokinen is also a cap clearing move from pitts.

Flo The Action wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Who do people realistically see as Spezza's other line mate (Michelak being the other)?

eriksson, Vanek, stewart, yakupov, bobby ryan, Briere... and then Erat, J Jokinen as plan C's or D's as teams trying to dump salary for close to nothing just to see if they wouldn't click with spezza kind of like the latendresse experiment.

Burmistrov might be brought in on a side deal but that's not 1st line . I also wonder if we do end up trading Cowen(i hope not) if they wouldn't take  look at Kulikov from Fla. I'd be really happy if we could pry Bogo out of Winnipeg somehow.

I think Briere would be a great addition to the 3rd line, PP, able to move up into the top-six. As a small player with success at the NHL level he would be a great mentor to our smurfs. But riding shotgun on Spezza's line full-time? Not sure.

Vanek is great offensively, and is a nice, big body. Does he play a hard style though? Will he clear space for Spezza? Same question about everyone else, actually. Spezza doesn't hit -- he dangles. Michalek kinda hits. Need someone with size and not afraid to use it -- that's why I was concerned with Silfverberg there. He might eventually grow into that kind of player but he certainly isn't there yet.

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I LOL'd at the Yakupov suggestion.

Flo The Action wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Who do people realistically see as Spezza's other line mate (Michelak being the other)?

eriksson, Vanek, stewart, yakupov, bobby ryan, Briere... and then Erat, J Jokinen as plan C's or D's as teams trying to dump salary for close to nothing just to see if they wouldn't click with spezza kind of like the latendresse experiment.

Burmistrov might be brought in on a side deal but that's not 1st line . I also wonder if we do end up trading Cowen(i hope not) if they wouldn't take  look at Kulikov from Fla. I'd be really happy if we could pry Bogo out of Winnipeg somehow.

If Melnyk won't or can't spend.. then Greening or a rookie like Hoffman.

wprager wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Who do people realistically see as Spezza's other line mate (Michelak being the other)?

eriksson, Vanek, stewart, yakupov, bobby ryan, Briere... and then Erat, J Jokinen as plan C's or D's as teams trying to dump salary for close to nothing just to see if they wouldn't click with spezza kind of like the latendresse experiment.

Burmistrov might be brought in on a side deal but that's not 1st line . I also wonder if we do end up trading Cowen(i hope not) if they wouldn't take  look at Kulikov from Fla. I'd be really happy if we could pry Bogo out of Winnipeg somehow.

I think Briere would be a great addition to the 3rd line, PP, able to move up into the top-six.  As a small player with success at the NHL level he would be a great mentor to our smurfs.  But riding shotgun on Spezza's line full-time?  Not sure.

Vanek is great offensively, and is a nice, big body.  Does he play a hard style though?  Will he clear space for Spezza?  Same question about everyone else, actually.  Spezza doesn't hit -- he dangles.  Michalek kinda hits.  Need someone with size and not afraid to use it -- that's why I was concerned with Silfverberg there.  He might eventually grow into that kind of player but he certainly isn't there yet.

Briere would be great with Spezza. Nice shot, good playmaking, clutch player. He needs to play with a better coach in a better system than he is now. He's still got goals in him - and with Spezza and Michalek, I'm confident we'd be happy with him.

Of course he would, but I would still prefer a bigger body on that line to create space. Briere could, of course, move up if necessary.

So we tried Silfverberg up there, albeit very briefly, how about Zibanejad? He may not be as creative, but he's got more moves than, say, Fisher, and if that pre-season game against the Bruins last year is any indication, he's got a wicket one-timer. We've got Spezza, Turris, Pageau, Smith down the middle; Zibby will have to play the wing.

tim1_2 wrote:I LOL'd at the Yakupov suggestion.

laugh all you want but if they part with one of the 3 young wingers he might be it, on top of it we'd have the pieces to do it. i'd imagine it be cowen + zib and our 1st for yak and a second rounder.

i'd like some vanek please but i'm not sure what the price would be. our 1st rounder for sure, then a young prospect and a NHL player is my guess

Flo The Action wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:I LOL'd at the Yakupov suggestion.

laugh all you want but if they part with one of the 3 young wingers he might be it, on top of it we'd have the pieces to do it. i'd imagine it be cowen + zib and our 1st for yak and a second rounder.

I would consider that a pretty big overpayment. Oilers need Cowen more than they need Yakupov. Heck, *we* need Cowen more than we need Yakupov. What we need is what Yakupov has the potential to become. We need a 30+ goal scorer, not someone who may eventually get to that level.

Flo The Action wrote:i'd like some vanek please but i'm not sure what the price would be. our 1st rounder for sure, then a young prospect and a NHL player is my guess

Only if he signs upon arrival...  How in the hell can you reply -- out of the box... Can't get there..

wprager wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:I LOL'd at the Yakupov suggestion.

laugh all you want but if they part with one of the 3 young wingers he might be it, on top of it we'd have the pieces to do it. i'd imagine it be cowen + zib and our 1st for yak and a second rounder.

I would consider that a pretty big overpayment.   Oilers need Cowen more than they need Yakupov.  Heck, *we* need Cowen more than we need Yakupov.  What we need is what Yakupov has the potential to become.  We need a 30+ goal scorer, not someone who may eventually get to that level.  

I think that's fair market value - maybe an underpayment from us, but I'm not sold that I'd do it. Probably, to be honest.

wprager wrote:Of course he would, but I would still prefer a bigger body on that line to create space.  Briere could, of course, move up if necessary.  

So we tried Silfverberg up there, albeit very briefly, how about Zibanejad?  He may not be as creative, but he's got more moves than, say, Fisher, and if that pre-season game against the Bruins last year is any indication, he's got a wicket one-timer.  We've got Spezza, Turris, Pageau, Smith down the middle; Zibby will have to play the wing.  

Yeah...I almost half expect Murray to leave the forwards alone until the deadline. I guess it depends on what the prices are in trade and if he likes anything in UFA. If we came back with the exact roster we did last year, but hoped for health, is it that bad a move? Only time will tell to see if Murray goes all in for a D-man and leaves the forwards as is, or what.

SpezDispenser wrote:

wprager wrote:Of course he would, but I would still prefer a bigger body on that line to create space.  Briere could, of course, move up if necessary.  

So we tried Silfverberg up there, albeit very briefly, how about Zibanejad?  He may not be as creative, but he's got more moves than, say, Fisher, and if that pre-season game against the Bruins last year is any indication, he's got a wicket one-timer.  We've got Spezza, Turris, Pageau, Smith down the middle; Zibby will have to play the wing.  

Yeah...I almost half expect Murray to leave the forwards alone until the deadline.  I guess it depends on what the prices are in trade and if he likes anything in UFA.  If we came back with the exact roster we did last year, but hoped for health, is it that bad a move?  Only time will tell to see if Murray goes all in for a D-man and leaves the forwards as is, or what.

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