What would you like the Oilers to do this Summer?

[PDO]

Re: What would you like the Oilers to do this Summer?

You want to commit $36 million (U.S.) for Danny Markov? When the Oilers would not commit this much money to Ryan Smyth?

Why don't we dig up Tim Horton and Carl Brewer instead?

Also, I don't think that JF Jacques is going to be a regular NHL'er.

Salary cap up by 8 million a year? I know I have asked this before but what was the year long strike about

Andrei Markov

[moontoscott]

Re: What would you like the Oilers to do this Summer?

Andrei Markov

Sorry

[Traxy]

Re: What would you like the Oilers to do this Summer?

Sign Danny Briere (probably at 7 mil or so a season)...if he's to expensive for the front office, shoot for Chris Drury.

Trade picks/prospects for Redden.

Love the Hill signing for a year. Good call PDO, I had him or Aaron Miller on my list.

Trade Horcoff for a low rounder to purge his salary.

Pick up a winger to play with Hemsky and Briere/Drury. I would have shot for Shane Doan before he re-signed with Phoenix. Maybe a guy like Darcy Tucker to inject some grit on the top line.

Sh!t or get off the pot on Rob Schremp. Either give the guy a spot on the club or trade him while we can still get something for him.

Re-sign Sykora

Re-sign Torres

That would make my lineup something like this:

Hemsky - Briere/Drury - Tucker
Sykora - Stoll - Lupul
Schremp - Pouliot - Torres
Stortini - Reasoner - Pisani

Redden - Smid
Smith - Staios
Greene - Hill
Gilbert

By my gorilla math we are adding probably 18 - 20 mil in salary with Briere, Tucker and Redden and re-signing Sykora and Torres while dropping Horcoff. Probably a bit high, but in all honesty I hammered this out in 5 minutes

[earl2]

Re: What would you like the Oilers to do this Summer?

Sign Danny Briere (probably at 7 mil or so a season)...if he's to expensive for the front office, shoot for Chris Drury.

Drury is going to be more attractive as an UFA than Briere...

[Esks4ever]

Re: What would you like the Oilers to do this Summer?

Andrei Markov

who is this ?

[Beerfish]

Re: What would you like the Oilers to do this Summer?

Pick up a winger to play with Hemsky and Briere/Drury. I would have shot for Shane Doan before he re-signed with Phoenix. Maybe a guy like Darcy Tucker to inject some grit on the top line.

Tucker already resigned in Toronto. And he was not cheap enough either. We may be able to afford a Redden and a Briere Drury but no way can we afford more high end salary than that. It will be debateable whether we can even get both Redden and one of those other guys, they are going to command big dollars.

[quake]

Re: What would you like the Oilers to do this Summer?

I want the Oilers to get Vinnie Lecaviler (sp)

That would be nice.

[Traxy]

Re: What would you like the Oilers to do this Summer?

Pick up a winger to play with Hemsky and Briere/Drury. I would have shot for Shane Doan before he re-signed with Phoenix. Maybe a guy like Darcy Tucker to inject some grit on the top line.

Tucker already resigned in Toronto. And he was not cheap enough either. We may be able to afford a Redden and a Briere Drury but no way can we afford more high end salary than that. It will be debateable whether we can even get both Redden and one of those other guys, they are going to command big dollars.

Crap...thats what 5 minutes of research will do.

[Deathsdoorstep]

Re: What would you like the Oilers to do this Summer?

One thinh we all have to keep in mind. It might be pointless to sign guys with the idea in mind that they'll play with somebody else specifically (example...someone to play with Hemsky, or someone to feed Lupul). The coach never keeps players together for long so....

[stamphater]

Re: What would you like the Oilers to do this Summer?

I wouldn't touch Sean Hill with a ten foot long pole. unless you want Igor Ulanov, round 2.
Markov would be a great addition but we really need a solid offensive defenseman more then anything.
And please, no more Matt Greene in a trade rumour.

[Kevin Feterik]

Re: What would you like the Oilers to do this Summer?

I'd like to see the Oilers do nothing - it was injuries that ruined their season - stay healthy and they will score 400 goals next year!

[quake]

Re: What would you like the Oilers to do this Summer?

Hire some hotties to clean the ice like they have in a lot of other NHL cities. Oh and when Big Paul L can't sing anymore, someone hot will do. Not like the one they have singing in the crushed beer can in the city of cows.

[Diesel]

Re: What would you like the Oilers to do this Summer?

Projected salary cap: $48,000,000

Kevin Lowe has recently stated that he's attempting to up the budget.. went right through the press to do it ( ), so I think it's safe to assume the Oilers will be at $46,000,000 this season. Assuming that - there's no reason to believe we can't be competitive

So, under contract for next season (for all intensive purposes - lets assume that Stollie is healthy, shall we?)

So the DC of signed guys looks like:

Center:

Horcoff (3.6)
Stoll (2.2)
Reasoner (.95)
Pouliot (.942)

LW:

Moreau (2.0)
Thoresen (.570)

RW:

Hemsky (4.1)
Pisani (2.5)

D:

Staios (2.7)
Smith (1.976)
Smid (.915)

G:

Roloson (3.667)

Cap commitment: $29.002

RFA's:

Greene
Torres

Possible rookies:

Gilbert, Grebeshkov, Nilsson, Schremp, Jacques, Stortini, Deslauriers and Brodziak should more or less cover it.

So.. two RFA's to sign, and some rookie's to cut, because Gilbert, Grebehskov, Nilsson and Jacques all need to be in the NHL.

My team:

Sign Kariya, $15,000,000 / 3 years.
Sign Markov, $36,000,000 / 6 years.
Sign Johnson, $5,000,000 / 3 years.
Sign Moen, $1,000,000 / 1 year.
Sign Torres, $5,800,000 / 3 years.
Sign Hejda, $5,000,000 / 3 years
Sign Petersen, $450,000 / 1 year
Sign Hill, $450,000 / 1 year.

To EDM: Toivonen, 3rd rounder
To BOS: Schremp, Greene, Deslauriers

Sign Toivonen to $2,000,000 / 2 year deal.

To EDM: 2nd OV
To PHI: Lupul, NYI 1st

Draft Kyle Turris.

Assume Gilbert starts the year in the AHL.

Kariya (5.0) - Horcoff (3.6) - Hemsky (4.1) - 12.7
Torres (1.93) - Stoll (2.2) - Pisani (2.5) - 6.63
Moreau (2.0) - Pouliot (.943) - Johnson (1.66) - 4.603
Moen (1.0) - Reasoner (.95) - Thoresen (.570) - 2.52
Petersen (.45) - .45

= 26.903

Markov (6.0) - Smith (1.976) - 7.976
Smid (.915) - Staios (2.7) - 3.615
Grebeshkov (.9) - Hill (.45) - 1.35

= 12.941

Roloson (3.667)
Toivonen (1.0)

= 4.667

Total Salary = $44,551,000; but that can rise quickly with a guy like Nilsson making the team (+$500k), and I like low balled Markov.

For fun, PP:

Kariya - Horcoff - Hemsky
Markov - Stoll

Torres/Nilsson - Pouliot - Pisani
Grebeshkov - Smid

PK:

Moreau - Pisani
Stoll - Johnson
Horcoff - Kariya

Markov - Smith
Staios - Grebeshkov


... and please, don't bother adding a "fire Kevin Lowe," "fire MacT," "trade Horcoff or Lupul for a 7th" etc,

Sorry I stopped reading as soon as I saw Horcoff as the first line center again.

[Opus]

Re: What would you like the Oilers to do this Summer?

Sorry I stopped reading as soon as I saw Horcoff as the first line center again.

[PDO]

Re: What would you like the Oilers to do this Summer?

Sorry I stopped reading as soon as I saw Horcoff as the first line center again.

The Oilers have far bigger problems than paying Shawn Horcoff $3,600,000 a year. Like, LW and D, and forwards who can check their own hat and separate the puck from the man.

E4E, he's the #1 D on Montreal. The guy is a complete stud. 27 years old, great on the PP, great at ES, great on the PK.