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massive signing. wow. wonder how much they paid him.

You keep referring to Chiarot as a rookie but he's not, he's actually been in the AHL for several years and he actually had a cup of coffee with the big club last year. Is he good? I guess he's ok, He's not a top 4 d man tho and if he is, your team is in trouble. He might be a good 6th d man but more than likely on a good team he's the extra d man, that's not hating on Chiarot, it's just the reality. There are 100's of chiarots out there, didn't people talk about postma like this before too? Redmond? Clitsome? Theres hundreds of chiarots out there, it's not a shot at him tho cuz he has played well since being called up, it's just that he's not really as great as you like to think he is, You think he's scratched cuz he's a rookie? That's crazy, he's scratched cuz the other guys playing are better, you don't scratch him just cuz he's a rookie, you scratch him because that first game, he didn't play well at all. Regardless tho, it's irrelevant cuz he's at best a number 6 d man. He's not the reason we are losing or winning. Anyways, Enough about bottom pairing d man who make little difference in the series. I'm gonna talk about the guys who should be making a difference but aren't.. Little? strong game last night but not so good the previous games, however, this is his first playoffs, so you can sort of give him some slack, Wheeler? Has played well but... kind of invisible, shows strong leadership tho, Ladd? not so good the first 2 but was very good last night, lead the team in hits and was a forechecking machine last night.. Buff? Hasn't been good at all actually, defensive liability out there The way i look at buff and moving forward, do i give this guy who when we need him to step up the most, he doesn't, do i give him a 5 6 7 year deal for big big money? Or do i try to move him for some younger assets, Yandle got a 1st and a solid prospect, buff should get the same, yeah yandle had a year remaining but really, for 1 year and 10 or so regular season games the yotes got a 1st and an A++ prospect in duclair. Buff should be able to get you something similar, So yup.. I actually agree that buff should be moved, hopefully at the draft. Frolik? again invisible really. 2 guys let's say... buff and frolik who you expect to step up, haven't. That's a problem considering guys like Lowry,Trouba, Scheif even (tough assigments for his line but regardless), those 3 have shown more than buff and frolik combined.

Stemp in an ideal scenario is a 4th liner. You see when copp played they had stemp play with him. Perhaps that's 2/3rd of our 4th line next year. Chiarot is just another average d man who ppl get hyped about cuz he played well with buff for a few games. Clitsome got the same hype too. And no its not cuz he's a rookie that he isn't playing. It's cuz the guys playing are better. Simple as that really.

Myers Trouba on the d side. Scheif Lowry up front right now. Probably add ehlers and Morrissey next season too.

Buff is a good player but he seems to be a defensive liability out there. And hasn't been the same since the all star break and even his suspension. Chiarot isn't as good as people like to think he is. There's a reason he's not playing and it's not because he's a rookie

It will be interesting to see what happens this off season with guys like Frolik stafford Stempniak. Tlusty good as gone imo. Buff. Ladd even.

Myers and Morrissey are as untouchable as trouba cuz they are all young and will be part of the new core. Buff or Toby could be moved tho I'm sure. Doubt to the oilers but maybe. They would bring vet experience

Jets and ducks are pretty even in the series when you look at numbers and fancy stats like possession time and things like that. Jets have lead for 65 minutes plus. Ducks have lead for 12 minutes. Jets ARE a good team but can't hold a lead. Truly easily could be 3-0 jets this series. 3 games where they had the lead going in to the third and lost. That's tough and probably shows the lack of play off experience on the jets.

Buff was off in the corner on that Pardy one. Buff had a rough Game in the d zone actually. Believe he was on the ice for 3 goals against and 2 definitely were a result of his bad play. Fun fact tho in regards to others opinions. I welcome them and actually I'm not the one getting all pissy when someone disagrees. Seriously TUP you have this issue when someone actually disagrees with you.

I don't drink or wear hats. Roller coaster for years? Yup all 4 of them right and TUP you telling ppl to get off the ledge? Lol.

Ducks are a good team with lots of playoff experience. We are a good team with barely any

Lol is Buff your brother in law?? There's tons of talk about it on social media. It's a relevant topicMiserable bunch around here after a loss. You are the miserable one. Social media? Lol.

Cheering for the jets? You sure. You are convinced they are done. They might be but your posts aren't exactly screaming go jets go.

Buff will be playing. Stop the bs suspension talk.

Buff has not played well at all but that's not even close to a suspension. Jesus man. NEM is right about you. Blame this guy. Blame that guy. He should be suspended this that. Why not just come to the conclusion the ducks are good. The jets are too. All 3 of these games could have gone either way. Ducks are just better right now. Buff suspended. Should make a bet. If he isn't you don't post here for a month. If he is I won't.

Jets are good. Ducks are better. Buff won't be suspended but he probably shouldn't play D next game. Not good back there. Ducks are like a 36 and 1 when trailing after 2. It's not mental on the jets part cuz they owned the ducks in the 3rd. It's as simple as the ducks are very good

Or you know. His heart wasn't in it. Didn't wanna be away from his lady for periods of time

Pretty sure that is Darrin baumings depth chart not the clubs

It's pretty bad when the sportsnet panel and tsn panel both talk about questionable officiating. There is no conspiracy when it's truth

Heres what people forget, Wingers don't equal top 4 defenders in trades, it never happens. Centers and D men are equal.. You talking top 4 d, well then the other team would need to send back a top center.. Wingers, as good as hall is even, their value isn't the same as Centers and D men. It's just reality in the NHL. you don't build around wingers, you build around centers and D men. It would more than likely be hall plus for Trouba actually cuz d men are way more valuable than wingers. Basically what TUP wants to do is become Edmonton, have all this fancy fancy high skilled forwards but no D to get them the pucks. That's crazy.. The more realstic trades with Edmonton would involve Toby or Buff for a Draisatl or Eberle type. There is no way, no chance in hell, that the Jets move one of their cost controlled young d men for a winger that we don't really need. Edmontons biggest problem is goaltending and D.. THe Jets aren't a team that will be helping them fix those areas. There is probably just no realistic trades that can be made between winnipeg and Edmonton. Definitely none involving young core players like Trouba, Scheif,Lowry,Morrissey,Ehlers etc. Jets would probably be happy to move Toby or Buff but... i'm not sure Edmonton has what it would take to move them or be willing to move what it would take to move them and the young guys are just, well they are UNTOUCHABLE really. Just for Fun, I'd bet if we dangled Ladd to Edmonton, they might think about moving one of their kids for sure... cuz Ladd brings exactly what the Oilers lead... they need veteran leadership, that's ladd, they need Veteran D men, they don't need any more kids.. Toby or Buff or Ladd would probably make more sense to the Oilers, not their fans, than Trouba or any of the young guys who won't be traded ever.

I dunno, whatever. If his hearts not in it, it's not in it. It's too bad cuz he was pretty pumped a month or 2 ago when he signed. Hope all his well with Goodrich and his state of mind right now. Regarding Demski at 2, I think it's a possibility however there is also the strong possibility that Demski much like Brett Jones did with Calgary, tells people he only wants to play for the Bombers, I mean in this day and age, i think drafting a guy in the first round, you want him to be there after his first contract is up. If Demski only wants to play for the bombers, teams could pass on him and he could drop to wpg in the 2nd round, only due to the fact that i'm not sure a team would take a guy who in all liklihood would bolt in a couple years once his rookie contract is up. It wouldn't shock me to see teams pass on Demski if he truly only wants to play for the bombers. You hear all these questions about who is your favorite team, have you ever put a watermelon on your head, those questions seem crazy but i think they matter cuz teams want guys who will be there for the long haul, not just guys who will play out their first contract and bolt back home which i Think demski might do.

No way we make that trade either.

I'll add number 4. MUST WIN!! Truly is must win, need to win this one, if we do, theres a chance we could take game 4 and the series will be tied up going back to Anaheim, if not, the brooms will probably come out in game 4.

What the Buffalo GM said was taken out of context, he basically said he'd rather not be there, I mean really, Buffalo has finished dead last the last 2 seasons and have ended up picking 2 both of them, I'd be pissed if i was Murray too but he did say he was preparing to lose the draft lottery, he wasn't taking a shot at EICHEL, he just basically said, and it's not an exact quote but similar to "i'm not a fan of the process". The process being the GM's or reps of the teams show up, sit there and do nothing for an hour, then fly back. I believe he made a remark saying something like, it would suck to be the kings gm or rep to have to fly across the country really only to find out one minute later, it was pointless and he's right. What should take 5 minutes takes an hour. I wouldn't be happy if i was him either and in no way did he take a shot at Eichel, he actually praised Eichel many times, he just said he'd rather have the 1st than the 2nd, and honestly, who wouldn't. Also i think if a team other than Edmonton would have won (4th first pick in 6 years), he probably wouldn't have said a thing. I'd be pissed if i was the gm or rep of another team, You can do this over the phone, it doesn't need to be a one or 2 hour show on a network.

It's been said before. Oiler management will screw it up just like before and until the oilers start winning. Well. Nothing can be said to make me think otherwise. Great having all these skilled forwards but with no d or goaltending they won't win.