Compete Level

I assume they give Savoie and Ike Howard a chance to see what they've got (and get Hyman back) but yeah, this year's trade deadline deal is likely a top 6 shooter

that and an upgrade in net are really the only holes I see

assuming Ekholm signs for like 5m I think they have like $17M cap space next year

IMO they need a goalie and a top 6 goal scoring winger and don't see too many holes beyond that

not sure who best fits the bill for both of those but they have a lot of cash to make it happen

literally just handed bowman 7.5M to sign a goalie (or whatever)

lol didn't even take a raise, incredible

don't wanna do this all over again next year

hoping it's 3 years not just 1-2

Grand Moff Larkin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 01, 2025 12:17 pm Goil gets Connor Ingram from the Mammoth, I don’t think he’s any better than their existing tandem but hey he’s another live body

edmonton is hockey's perpetual rehab centre so why not I guess

I mean carter hart to Edmonton makes way too much sense

they dumped Kane and Perry this offseason so they should be able to fit him in under the Bad Karma Salary Cap

the only offseason news I can offer is that I saw Mattias Ekholm riding a cargo bike in the bike lanes to the farmer's market with his kids this weekend... Oilers using the bike lanes might be the best tool we have to get more of these built... on the other side of the urban transportation spectrum ...

Edmo apparently has said they will not be pursuing him

Gotta spend all that regained good karma in one place

man I'm just so sorry you guys

just opening this thread for the first time in a while and so sorry to hear NA and Cacophony, hope you guys are doing ok through all this

acquiring Ryan Reaves and Jeff Skinner on the same day - we're in the midst of a real golden era for the sharks organization

I don't mind losing Sam O’Reilly to take a big swing here but this reeks of desperation there's a lot of oiler muscle memory for this kinda "pencil the guy with 0 career games on the 1st line" kinda nonsense e.g. Robbie Schremp, Linus Omark, Magnus Puljujuarjkjlvi, Nail Yakupov, JF Jacques...

back to back headlines on Sportsnet earlier today:

"McDavid meets with management to future discuss direction of franchise" and "Kane traded"

surely unrelated

ideally it would be Nurse but I don't think Edmonton can do that without retaining salary

unpopular opinion but I trade Bouchard

great move by Edmonton

I think they gotta start Pickard for g5?

Probably Klingberg back in if Stetcher was benched

That was a terrible play by Stetcher but seemed kinda nuts to run 5 D for the rest of the game and not even waver in OT