Did the Oilers ever take Detroit to Poundtown last night or what?! A Valentine’s Day Massacre, if you will… McDavid throwing up six apples like it was nothing, Kane’s back to scoring, Cody Ceci actually scored a goal, and how about that Holloway gino? Fackin’ beauty, eh?
Today, we’re going to start off with a trade proposal from Sportsnet’s Jason Bakula between the Flyers and the Oilers. Then we’ll touch on a tweet from Bob Stauffer that piggybacks on what I said last month regarding Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway. Lastly, Oilersnation put out an informative blog on former Oiler David Perron and why any team looking to acquire him should do so at their own risk.
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Sportsnet Trade Proposals
“Edmonton trades: 2024 first-round pick, 2025 third-round pick, Cody Ceci, Connor Brown
Philadelphia trades: Scott Laughton, Sean Walker (and retains 50 per cent salary on Walker)”
“The Oilers will get more scoring from Walker. He’s more involved offensively than Ceci, skates better, transitions the play up ice more effectively, and doesn’t fall off defensively.
With the Ceci and Laughton contracts changing hands the Oilers would save $250,000 on their cap. Adding Brown to the mix saves the Oilers an additional $775,000… If the Flyers would agree to absorb 50 per cent of Walker’s contract, it would save the Oilers an additional $1.325 million in deadline day space.”
“… the Oilers would have the cap room to add Sprong and his 14 goals and 19 assists to their lineup. I’m envisioning the cost to acquire Sprong being the Oilers’ second round pick this June.” – Jason Bakula, Sportsnet
Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Hyman
Kane – Draisaitl – Sprong
McLeod – Laughton – Perry
Ryan – Janmark – Foegele
Holloway, GagnerEkholm – Bouchard
Nurse – Walker
Kulak – Desharnais
Broberg
- I’m swayed. I like the depth this roster presents. I’m still concerned about the consistency of the players acquired as well as the lack of physicality and size the club would be going into the post-season with.
- Offense-wise, it’s hard not to like that potential roster. What do you think?
- Another thing to consider, Edmonton would be keeping their best young players and they’ll need them going into next season.
- A question worth asking is, does Ken Holland look at Sean Walker like he’s another Brian Rafalski?
- Rafalski? Who? He played four seasons in Detroit from 2007 to 2011 and scored 204pts for them. Prior to that he played for New Jersey and won two Cups with them.
- He was 34 years old when he joined the Red Wings. As a 37 year old he had 48pts in 64 games and he was only 5’10” and 185lbs.
- On top of all that, he averaged well over 20 minutes a night and won another championship in ’08.
- Rafalski was a very clever player, an excellent skater, outstanding distributor, and his IQ was off the charts.
- Is Sean Walker all of that? Could he be? Nobody’s talking about it and I think they should be.
Oilers Keeping Top Prospects
FWIW.
IMO i don’t see the @EdmontonOilers moving either Dylan Holloway or Philip Broberg in a deadline deal for a rental.
Holloway is fast, physical and at minimum a 3rd liner long-term.
Broberg is playing huge mins with the @Condors
I see him full-time in EDM next season.— Bob Stauffer (@Bob_Stauffer) February 9, 2024
- I said on Twitter WEEKS ago that Broberg’s not getting traded.
- I wasn’t as convinced about Holloway and I’m still not 100% of the way there that they’ll keep him but if Bob says it, there’s a very good chance that is how the org. feels and I’m happy with that decision.
David Perron: Buyer Beware?
“There’s no question that Perron will be sought after by the trade deadline if the Red Wings fall out of the playoff race, as he has a unique skill set and plenty of experience. But for what the Oilers need right now, which is actual scoring from the bottom six, I don’t think he would be a good fit. His performance numbers have fallen off as he’s no longer the play driver he once was. And his ability to finish chances just hasn’t been there this season.”
- He’s hit a wall this season, and is performing and producing well below his career levels.
- This season, he’s put up 11 points in 45 games — a rate of only 1.28. That’s significantly lower than his rate of scoring over his last five seasons, where he’s posted a rate of 1.81 points per hour…
- His personal shooting percentage currently sits at only 6.5 percent this season. This is well below his career shooting percentage of 11.8 percent and his shooting percentage over the last five seasons of 12.60 percent…
- His poor production is also due to the fact that the Red Wings often spend more time without the puck and in their own zone whenever Perron is on the ice.
- With him deployed, the Red Wings have posted a Corsi For percentage of 42.13 percent and an Expected goals for percentage of only 37.45 percent – one of the worst on-ice numbers in the league.
- So far in Detroit, the team has posted a -7 goal differential with Perron on the ice and +10 goal differential without him.
- I still like the gumption that a 35 year old David Perron could bring to the middle six.
- His numbers are down and that could possibly mean his price to acquire couldn’t be lower.
- Holland and Yzerman have a history, let’s not forget about that and is this where the Oilers GM cashes in on those “Future Considerations” from the Yamamoto/Kostin deal?
- The wall that Perron is hitting, is this the same one that Corey Perry hit last year with Tampa but still managed to find a way to get a bidding war going for his services once Chicago released him?
- You do have to wonder if Detroit is overusing him a bit for his age and that shooting percentage, we’ve seen players bounce back wonderfully in Edmonton from bad bouts of puck luck.
- What do you think Sprong or Perron?
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