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McDavid Extends in Edmonton: 2 years @ 12.5M AAV (!!!!)

cw said:
McDavid obviously wants to win a Cup. He's buying them a good player.

They'll probably be in on the three goalies on the waiver wire. Not sure why they wouldn't offer a low round pick to get one.
Pickard can be waived to make room. Dipietro, Daws and Stevenson are all at around $800k - less than Pickard

But I don't know why they wouldn't have done more except that none were practically available. They'll have money this upcoming summer to land a UFA if any are available.
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They traded for Ingram a little while back. They're not looking for a 4th goalie.
 
You have to think this came with some conditions from McDavid. This isn't exactly verbatim, but I assume it goes like this....

"I'm giving you two more years. If you don't go and find a real starting goalie, I'm fkn out. Consider yourself on the clock"
 
He wants to win in Edmonton and this is him giving them the financial opportunity to do so. But also he wants to win there or somewhere else in 2 years.
 
bustaheims said:
They traded for Ingram a little while back. They're not looking for a 4th goalie.
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I'm not so sure. There are a number of opinions like this:
thehockeynews.com

Connor Ingram Is Not The Edmonton Oilers Savior

Let's get one thing straight: Connor Ingram is a good story. The journeyman goaltender who battled through OCD and anxiety to find his footing in the NHL deserves respect. But if you're an Oilers fan hoping he's the answer to Edmonton's perpetual goaltending question, we need to have a hard...
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Utah retained $800,000 of his salary and got future considerations (nothing) from the Oilers.
He cleared waivers Sept 25th or so - nobody wanted him.

That's the best Edmonton, a Stanley Cup contender, can do? They can't improve on that?

Having said that, Stevenson, Dipietro and Daws all have warts of some kind. Maybe they're no improvement.

But Skinner and Pickard seem like the weakest link for the Oilers. McDavid won't re-sign if they're still the goalies two years from now.
 
cw said:
I'm not so sure. There are a number of opinions like this:
thehockeynews.com

Connor Ingram Is Not The Edmonton Oilers Savior

Let's get one thing straight: Connor Ingram is a good story. The journeyman goaltender who battled through OCD and anxiety to find his footing in the NHL deserves respect. But if you're an Oilers fan hoping he's the answer to Edmonton's perpetual goaltending question, we need to have a hard...
thehockeynews.com thehockeynews.com
Utah retained $800,000 of his salary and got future considerations (nothing) from the Oilers.
He cleared waivers Sept 25th or so - nobody wanted him.

That's the best Edmonton, a Stanley Cup contender, can do? They can't improve on that?

Having said that, Stevenson, Dipietro and Daws all have warts of some kind. Maybe they're no improvement.

But Skinner and Pickard seem like the weakest link for the Oilers. McDavid won't re-sign if they're still the goalies two years from now.
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Considering they didn't make a claim on any of the goalies that were waived . . .

They're clearly comfortable with the duo they've been running with, or they would have found a way to a bigger move in the offseason. None of the goalies that hit the waiver wire move the needle. They're all 3rd string guys or middling backups. For whatever reason, the Oilers still seem to believe Skinner has it in him to be the guy, despite all the evidence to the contrary.
 
cw said:
But Skinner and Pickard seem like the weakest link for the Oilers. McDavid won't re-sign if they're still the goalies two years from now.
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Considering they both expire at the end of this year, perhaps that was his caveat. Are there any names coming up at the end of this year? Bobrovsky?
 
bustaheims said:
Considering they didn't make a claim on any of the goalies that were waived . . .

They're clearly comfortable with the duo they've been running with, or they would have found a way to a bigger move in the offseason. None of the goalies that hit the waiver wire move the needle. They're all 3rd string guys or middling backups. For whatever reason, the Oilers still seem to believe Skinner has it in him to be the guy, despite all the evidence to the contrary.
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They all had warts. They passed on Primeau too. One could make the argument that none of these goalies were better than Skinner or Pickard at this time. One of them might develop ...

"all the evidence to the contrary" is likely to lead to some sort of change. I'd bet they beat the bushes this summer but couldn't find a solution that made sense.
 
bustaheims said:
Considering they didn't make a claim on any of the goalies that were waived . . .

They're clearly comfortable with the duo they've been running with, or they would have found a way to a bigger move in the offseason. None of the goalies that hit the waiver wire move the needle. They're all 3rd string guys or middling backups. For whatever reason, the Oilers still seem to believe Skinner has it in him to be the guy, despite all the evidence to the contrary.
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Maybe they have something lined up with Carter Hart .. though that would be quite a leap in a short period of time after what he has been through. He is a UFA that doesn't have to clear waivers ... Edmonton would present a good shot at a Cup plus not stiff competition to win the starter's job.
 
cw said:
Maybe they have something lined up with Carter Hart .. though that would be quite a leap in a short period of time after what he has been through. He is a UFA that doesn't have to clear waivers ... Edmonton would present a good shot at a Cup plus not stiff competition to win the starter's job.
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Hart reportedly is not interested in playing for a Canadian team.
 
bustaheims said:
Hart reportedly is not interested in playing for a Canadian team.
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Didn't know that.
www.tsn.ca

Former Flyers G Hart ‘almost certain’ to join Golden Knights in coming days

Carter Hart appears to be moving towards signing with the Vegas Golden Knights, according to TSN Hockey Insider Chris Johnston.
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I knew he told Philly he would not re-sign with them.

Looks like he's going to join 'bad-DNA' (not in my opinion), Mitch Marner in Vegas.
Las Vegas has a lot of gated communities with guards (like their own police force) so away from the rink, they're secure from crazy fans and zealous media. After what Carter has been through (I'm not passing judgement one way or the other), that is probably why he didn't want to play in Canada and was an appeal for living in Vegas.
 
herman said:
Extremely movable contract on that second year if McDavid wants. Recipient team would have no issue making 12.5 fit.

Bowman immediately turning around to sign some depth schlubs at over-market rates.
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This is sarcasm, right? McDavid’s contract would be easy to move at 16-18 million. People would make space.

From McDavid’s side though, if he wants to win with a new team, he doesn’t want the new team to give up assets for him that could be used in other trades.
 
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