The Oilers need a goalie. With the UFA market looking incredibly weak, the St. Louis Blues might be Edmonton's best trade partner.
The Proposal:
EDM gets: Jordan Binnington
STL gets: Tristan Jarry, 2027 1st Rd Pick, Beau Akey
Who says no?
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Now that I've slept on last night's first round exit, these are the three most important decisions the Oilers organization has to make this off-season:
1) Fire Kris Knoblauch & Mark Stuart
2) Trade Darnell Nurse
3) Acquire a goaltender. Cossa? DiPietro? #LetsGoOilers
@MarkBrolund@TheMugNHL I think they young guys, Dach, Saminski and Freddie could be a good line if given a year to work together. I think the biggest part of the problem this year is simply fatigue from playing too much over the last 5 years. Give them a break this summer, new coach, move nurse.
If Kris Knoblauch is employed by the Edmonton Oilers for the 2026-27 season in any capacity, they’re not a serious franchise.
Not up for discussion, at this point.
@BruinsMedia11 Ducks also won’t have the cap space once all the young guys are reassigned. Carlsson and Gauthier this year close to 10 and Sennecke in two years.
@BruinsMedia11 Why would the Ducks want McD. The assets it would take to acquire the Ducks are better off keeping. I’d rather keep Carlsson, Gauthier,Sennecke, Lacombe instead of give up two for one all about me player.
@dstaples Crushed by the flat cap with Covid. How did 31 other teams manage then? Oilers are crushed by the old boys running the show and catering to Connor at every turn. Injuries is an excuse. Terry and Gauthier are both injured for the Ducks but they showed up and performed.
The Oilers were crushed by 3 things: injuries to top players, the NHL’s brutal flattish cap of the COVID era, and management mistakes of the summer of 2024.
But despite what Chicken Little will tell you today, the team’s Stanley Cup window is still open.
@MarkBrolund@TopTierPucks They got rid cassidy, they're finally getting decent goaltending from hart. Best 3rd period team in the league, big, experienced, nasty team to play against. Their top players hasn't even show up in these series, and they're still beating the utah. They'll kill the duck in 5.
@OilerAnalytics Demko doesn’t get hurt in 2024 and Canucks beat them. Been a very lucky franchise the last few years. Luck has clearly run out. McDavid is gone.
Since 2021, the Oilers have played in 85 playoff games, more than any other team. That's not a fluke, that's sustained excellence. McDavid’s best shot at a Cup is in Edmonton.
@OilerAnalytics Oh wow. A whole 1 game more. Poor babies. Florida has played 84 games in that time frame to Edmontons 85 and 6 of those were this year so the two years the oilers lost the cup FLA 61 go since 2021 to EDM 57 and then 84 to 79. Find another excuse
The Avalanche getting that mickey mouse run to the final now that the Oilers are out.
The Montreal Canadiens having to fight the Avengers, Batman and Superman just to reach the conference final.
The west is a joke.
@TopTierPucks Go get blasted by vegas, anaheim. An expansion team who owned your sorry asses for 9 straight years. And they actually play defense, have more than 2 players who can score.
Another year has ended for Edmonton a game with no powerplays all icings all commercials Oilers didn't lose tonight the NHL fucked them again gn everyone
@Scottos_@ShutdownLine And none of them are going to be difference makers. Just cheap 4th line players because the Oilers spend way too much of their cap space on 6 guys.
@oilers_hub Guess what. Ducks had injuries too and still won. Terry hasn’t practiced since Feb due to injury and he played better injured than McDavid.
@NewWorldOilers Walman has a NMC and at 7 mil nobody is going to take him. Nurse is going nowhere until his NMC ends. Jarry is awful and so is Frederic and his NMC. Oilers are stuck with them all.
@NewWorldOilers Walman might be movable 🤞🏿 Nurse wont waive. The best trade asset the Oilers might have is Bouch. If you can sell hard on his 93 pt season.
@heyitsalmar@NewWorldOilers Walman at 7mil per is not moveable. And then teams have to ask why have 4 teams traded the guy after two seasons with them.