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That is an excellent breakdown of the situation. I haven't been on the HF boards in a few weeks so I didn't see that, but it's accurate. They used their second rounder (32nd overall) last year on a winger named Mitch Moroz that just about every analyst agrees would have been available in the third, maybe even fourth round. Management's reasoning was that they saw him as a Lucic-type (Moroz is two inches shorter and 10 lbs lighter, but certainly still a big kid). He's been terrible in the WHL with the Oil Kings this season. See, it all goes back to what I've been harping about in this thread over and over- rushing the development of the kids. Burning first years of entry level contracts. Not developing defensemen. Personally, I wanted Adam Larsson over RNH in 2011. Had this show been run properly we'd have Larsson on this team, preferably in a pairing with Nick Schultz or Petry. Gagner signed a one-year deal, Hemsky is signed at 5 mil/year through 2014. I'd say if anyone gets traded that one or both of them will be the guys to go. I am a huge Jordan Eberle fan, he's my favorite player and they'll never move him, but I'd do it if it would bring back an Oliver Ekman-Larsson type back. I highly doubt Phoenix would trade OEL but if the Oilers could land a talent like that I'd wish Ebs the best and make the move. In reality Tambo is probably scouting Minnesota and salivating over the potential of icing a line of Eager-Konopka-Brown.

Hahaha yes! I was actually just typing up a response to your previous post. And Jack Johnson scores. That's what I get for mocking him in the Kings thread after Carter's hat trick last night.

My main league is run on CBS and I couldn't agree more about the message board function on that site. The way they have it set up is atrocious. The reason we stay with CBS in that league is that the layout of the site is nice, and we've been with them for over a decade for our fantasy sites.

Yeah that's kinda what I'm getting at- that trade was highway robbery. Carter was fantastic tonight and it just made me think of that trade and how great it's been for the Kings.

So uh... you guys miss Jack Johnson?

Tambo is Tony Reagins on ice. His high point was getting the Flames to take Steve Staios off his hands somehow. I certainly hope the Grebeshkov rumors are true because he would be a nice, legitimate NHL defenseman added to the roster next season. We don't have too many of those. I find I get this weird satisfaction at this point in seeing former Oilers make management look stupid. Cogliano for you guys, then seeing Penner, Stoll, Greene and Fraser raise the Cup last year somehow makes me happy. Of course I do like to see Anaheim and LA do well for all of you here.

Oilers trade a 2014 4th rounder to the Leafs for Mike Brown. As I said LAST FRIGGIN NIGHT, you can never have enough Ben Eagers. I guess Tambellini must be a member of AngelsWin. And apparently doesn't understand sarcasm. I am in hockey fan hell.

Oh hey look at that- due to Hall's injury, these idiots were forced to play Paajarvi tonight. And he scores while taking a glove to the side of the head. If anyone cares to explain how a man who has been the second best player on this team the last three weeks is supposedly bad enough to be a healthy scratch two straight games, yet looks like he belongs on one of the top two lines every time he plays, let me know. He's been an absolute demon on both ends of the ice tonight, so he'll probably be in the press box the next couple games. Perhaps he should take stupid roughing penalties and ignore possession in lieu of a hit like Eager. Yeah, can never have too many Ben Eagers out there.

Andrew Cogliano 25th to the Oilers..... *sigh*.......

I'll go with Crosby. I like his linemates Kunitz/Neal and Kunitz/Dupuis slightly more as a whole than Stamkos' which has generally been with two of St. Louis/Conacher/Purcell. Crosby with more total points, Stamkos settles for his third Rocket Richard trophy.

Seabrook scores off Toews feed, Blackhawks win. They're now an incredible 18-0-3. I really hate that stupid Fratelli's song.

Point streak extended to 21 games. Jackets are hanging with 'em as they're currently in OT.

Taylor Hall leaves with an undisclosed injury. Magnificent. I have to thank angelduck for starting this thread. This will be the permanent Official Edmonton Oilers thread since the title of the thread won't need to be changed anytime soon, especially if Hallsy is gone for any length of time. Hey, on the bright side, Paajarvi will get some ice time!

This O'Reilly thing just gets better and better. Apparently the Flames might have lost their first and third round compensation picks to the Avs and ended up losing O'Reilly through waivers because he was not on the Calgary reserve list and played KHL games after the NHL season started. This would have been hilarious considering the gentlemens agreement most teams follow with offer sheets that was broken by Calgary. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2013/03/01/calgary_flames_fortunate_colorado_avalanche_match_ryan_oreilly/

The Avalanche have matched the Flames offer sheet of 2years/10 million.

They've also got a decision to make with Iginla with the deadline coming. They just seem like they're on a treadmill to nowhere. Must be an Alberta thing.....

Jay Feaster is clearly a crazy person. I actually did a double take when that update came up on my phone.

The Oilers made Magnus Paajarvi a healthy scratch tonight. This drives me insane, as by almost any advanced metric, Mags has been outplaying the majority of the roster. He was a part of the only line that made a dent in Chicago along with Hemsky and Gagner. Days later, scratched. The stupidity of this franchise is astounding. Tambellini, Lowe, Renney (last year), and now Ralph Krueger have done nothing but screw with this kid the same way they did Linus Omark. Omark was outspoken about it and saw the writing on the wall so he headed to Switzerland. I can only hope that this "braintrust" trades Paajarvi to an organization that actually knows how to cultivate young talent, instead of just tossing them into the shark tank and saying "There you go! Sink, swim or get eaten!" Magnus Paajarvi deserves better than to be sent back and forth from Edmonton to Oklahoma City, back to Edmonton, then show he can hang with the second line only to be randomly healthy scratched. Any time these idiots are icing Ben Eager or Lennart Petrell over Magnus Paajarvi, they're not fielding their best lineup. There's a reason this organization has finished 30, 30, 29 the last three years. I'm sure that if they don't make the playoffs but show improvement that Steve Tambellini will keep his job and that's the worst part of all of this. Fast forward to the end of June and there you'll see Tambo's dumb ass up at the podium after winning the lottery yet again, smiling as if failing upwards is something to be proud of. I plan on being in attendance in Jersey for the draft and I may actually pass out from the anger I'll be feeling seeing that dope up there again. I'm so so sorry, Seth Jones. At least some good news has come out this week- Denis Grebeshkov might be coming back to the Oil next season.

This is exactly why I made sure I drafted Trout in my main league's 2010 minors draft. I also made sure to draft him in all my 2011 regular drafts and burned a roster spot for the season on him, then kept him in every single league I'm in. My league mates know I'm a gigantic homer and can't help myself and would have coughed up an insane package.

Disappointing. The interview was better than the performance. I give this 2 faps out of 5 on the Lubriderm Scale.

Agreed on the Coyotes to Seattle, I think that will eventually happen when Bettman finally gives that fight in Phoenix up.

The NHL has looked at expansion and may be headed back to Quebec City and adding another team in Markham, ON. They'll probably be placed in the West eventually.

Gagne is an unrestricted free agent after this season. I guess the thinking is that they might as well get something of value for him. A 4th rounder isn't a bad return.

I agree, KC is a very good guess and I would be surprised if it's anyone other than the Chiefs.

Francois Beauchemin at 3.5 million per year through 2014-15 is looking pretty sweet right now!