The Edmonton Oilers must be watching the Final currently, and since it’s a copycat league, I imagine there are ideas being thrown around. One of them involves marbles. The Oilers like to place the cobs and steelies on one line and pairing, while the two teams in the Final prefer to make each line a threat by marbling the best players across the universe. Please read this.
The Oilers kind of need a coach who has the spine to tell Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl they aren’t going to play together, and the vision to at least try to run Mattias Ekholm and Evan Bouchard in separate pairings.
Last night, Vegas ran Barbashev-Eichel-Stone 18:43, Howden-Karlsson-Marner 17:12, Cole Smith-Nic Dowd-Kolesar 13:07 and Hertl-Sissons-Dorofeyev 10:49. The team’s top goal scorer during the regular season played on a depth line, the best offensive player on the evening populated the second line.
What would an Oilers setup look like? Well, Savoie-McDavid-Hyman, Podkolzin-Draisaitl-Kapanen, Howard-Nuge-Kyrou and Dach-Samanski-Frederic lineup is interesting but doesn’t have the torque of the Vegas units. You would need Savoie to take another step forward and Howard to emerge as a 20+ goal scorer next season. Not impossible, and I like the lines, but that Golden Knights group is rocknrolla.
Carolina ran Hall-Stankhoven-Blake 9:40, Ehlers-Staal-Jarvis 9:16, Martinook-Aho-Svechnikov 8:19 and Eric Robinson-Jankowski-Carrier 6:16. After taking a moment to say hello to that wild MacT trade tree back in 2013 (Carrier singlehandedly won the tree), we marvel at the creativity of the lineup. It’s like a mix tape that includes Carly Simon’s Anticipation, David Bowie’s Fame, Talking Heads’ Heaven and five songs by Air Supply yet makes it work. That’s some heavy lifting by Carly!
I think the Oilers can get there. Edmonton has McDavid-Draisaitl, Carolina Aho and Staal, Vegas Eichel and Karlsson. Carolina has Stankhoven, and what looks like a better mousetrap, but Vegas leads the series 2-1.
I think the next coach of the Edmonton Oilers can win the Stanley Cup with the team he’ll inherit on arrival. I think he should look at the idea of marbling the roster more, and sharing the minutes so that the third and fourth lines contribute every night.
It would be nice if Oilers fans saw a team whose best players didn’t remind everyone of Exhausted by Foo Fighters by the end of every season. Marbles. Who knew?
Is Edmonton Oilers management modernizing, or is this another false start?
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7338411/2026/06/07/edmonton-oilers-darnell-nurse-roster-management/
too late to the party. was on a lear jet back from the ponies 🙂
This blog has been saying what LT said for 6 years??
I think it’s the only way if you want to win. It makes you a team. Not a 5 person juggernaut.
Didn’t realize it was the harpers hair roast today.
Damn son.
Anybody play rec hockey growing up where overtimes went 5on5, to 4on4.. 3on3.. etc to 1on1.
Can you imagine if NHL did this in 5 minute periods (period ends at the end of the next whistle if it’s over 5 mins). I get it – it’s silly but would be entertaining no?
Minor hockey week did this as you needed a clear winner no shootouts back then.The next game needed to start asap after a winner was decided in these OT rules. The next game would start as soon as the Zamboni gave the ice a quick scrub.
Ah yes. Correct. 1 min increments right? Or I forget.
As a goalie, these were particularly exciting haha.
Could you imagine 1:1 for NHL? Unreal.
Still no SOs in MHW thankfully. Hated the taking a player off format then. Hate it for the kids now. So many good teams playing good games utterly hosed. And the poor damn coach having to decide whether to pull the goalie at 1v1.
They can bump the sked a few minutes.
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Tomorrow on Frankly Hockey:
“League sources say the Oilers are interested in acquiring Andersen after his playoff run with Carolina is done to freshen up their goaltending tandem. Some say the cost could be as high as McDavid. I would have to think Andersen’s on their shortlist after his performance.”
Clearly misread this.
But no to Freddy in all scenarios. Not even the best goalie to grab from his team.
Is it April fools?
also from @Kevin McCurdy
“I didn’t feel this needed to be stated, but apparently it does. This is satire.”
My god, do better.
First incorrect facts on offer sheet compensation and now not having the couth to understand that Kevin was being facetious in this post – which he posted shortly thereafter.
Pathetic….again
you are an idiot
Oilers GM for a day.
I’m going after Larkin, if that doesn’t happen then….
I’m offer sheeting Gauthier for 11.5M
I’m offer sheeting Leo Carlson 10.5M
I’m offer sheeting Zellweger 6M
Anaheim is a scary team with a butt load of CAP space, someone has to slow this team down.
In all honesty, Oilers are lacking a Marchment and McMann type players, hard nose Hyman players that are tough to play against.
I’m thinking out loud, but would the Canucks do a Demko for Jarry at 2M retained?
Any offer sheet above $4.775 would require a 1st round pick.
The Oilers don’t have any.
For the top level of compensation, I think they need 4/5 so they could make those offers.
How does that work? Do you just get the next 5 in a row or do they have to be consecutive years?
Oilers need their draft picks to do offer sheets and unfortunately they traded those away.
Right, I got that. Do they have to be consecutive years or can they start in 2028 and go from there?
They start the season after the offer sheet is accepted AND it has to be the offering team’s original picks.
The Oilers traded the 2026 pick to San Jose in the Wallman deal and the 2027 pick to Chicago in the Dickinson trade.
I don’t think that is accurate. According to this site the Oilers can still offer at the higher bracket: https://puckpedia.com/offer-sheet-tracker
2026 doesn’t matter, and they have all their picks after 2027.
Above $11,939,167 – 4 1st Round Pick (in next 5 drafts starting 2027)
The Oilers do not have a first round pick in 2027
Four in the next five starting in 2027 means they can use ’28,’29,’30,’31. They do not need the ’27 first to do an offersheet above $11,939,167.
If offer sheet compensation requires multiple pick in the same round a team has an extra year to provide those picks.
The Oilers can offer sheet in that bracket as they’d have 5 years to complete the compensation.
FACTS!
One should not post without knowledge and based on presumption.
The picks must be a team’s own, original draft picks
If a team has traded their pick previously, they can trade to get it back
All draft picks must be for the next draft, with the exception of multiple first round picks
When having to give up multiple first round picks teams get an extra year, but they are the next draft picks available when the offer sheet is submitted so no picking and choosing
A team can have more than one offer sheet outstanding, as long as they aren’t using the same picks/
This, this is exactly what I was talking about and exactly what you did not know when you stated the following:
The Oiler CAN make that offer sheet against your post’s implication.
Jim Matheson
If the Oilers grow weary of waiting to talk to Cassidy and want a one year coach Craig MacTavish might be your guy locally
https://x.com/jimmathesonnhl/status/2063661229168832559?s=61
He just wants to give us nightmares for some reason.
NHL Rumour Report
@NHLRumourReport
Elliotte Friedman: Re Dylan Larkin trade request: Minnesota; Tampa; Dallas; those are three of the teams I’m hearing a lot – FAN Hockey Show
If he goes to Minny watch out.
A Larkin – Boldy – Kaprizov line would be dynamite.
That’s what they said when they got Quinn Hughes.
Larkin seems pretty overrated to me. He had as many 5v5 points this season as Savoie (25 points), would have been tied for 8th on our team.
5v5 pts/60 the last few years
1.95 23-24
1.67 24-25
1.45 25-26
At Savoie’s age Larkin had scored close to 100 goals in the NHL.
Savoie has 18.
This past season, Larkin scored 18 EVG and another 14 on the PP.
Savoie scored 11 EVG and 5 PPG.
You of all people should know that smart GMs compensate and trade assets for future performance, not past.
Smart GMs of elite teams on the brink of a cup win acquire the best players they can get.
Rebuilding or reloading teams are future focused.
I know Im talking about now and Larkin is heavily reliant on the PP. no point in looking at EVP which includes his 8 empty net points and 3 on 3.
Him and Savoie both scored 9 5v5 goals and 25 5v5 points. Larkin hasnt been over 2 points/60 at 5v5 since 21-22.
Larkin scored 19 EVG and 42 EVP.
His P/GP in all game states was .91.
Savoie scored 11 EVG and 28 EVP.
His P/GP was .45…less than half of Larkin’s.
Comparing these 2 players is ludicrous.
Again, using EVP makes no sense because it includes points scored on empty nets and 3 on 3. My point is Larkin is not a great 5v5 scorer and has been declining the last three years. After Jan 1, he had 1 5v5 goal and 7 points in 33 games when his team was in a playoff race.
But he will get Stevie Y a haul because he is fast and was on the Olympics – it’s not a bad spot for Detroit to be in.
I don’t think it includes points scored on empty nets but definitely 3 on 3.
It does – per NST – it’s because both teams still have 6 players on the ice
Even Strength – Play where both teams have the same number of players (including goalies) on the ice. Includes 5v5, 4v4, 3v3, as well as when teams have pulled the goalie to turn 5v5 into 6v5, 4v4 into 5v4 or 3v3 into 4v3.
Fair enough.
Now do the “presto reverso if it were opposito edmontitoooo!!!!”
“You are now Iccanobif!!!!”
Now please Mr. ICCANOBIF save is from yourself!!
With like:
Larkin’s best days are clearly comimg to a close and everyone outside of Edmonton clearly knows this. The wings? There is no way they would be willimg to part with eminem’s suppossed illegitmate son who works on the main mezzanine confection services staff let alone a player just barely scratching the surface of his potential like savoie. Like savoie is the future type player they invested extra time to ensure percectly seasomed before advancing rightly leaques due to his size. They knew his value and are justbeginning to reap the rewards for their patience.
I can knob if you like but you just seem to really enjoy it sureky way more than anyone else doing it for you.
Sportsnet
An unexpected name surfaces in Toronto’s coaching search — Joe Pavelski. According to multiple sources, the Future Hall-of-Famer is on the Maple Leafs’ radar.
@FriedgeHNIC
has more.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/maple-leafs-plan-to-interview-joe-pavelski-for-head-coach-vacancy/
“Pavelski, who retired at the end of the 2023-24 season, has coached son Nate at the youth level in Madison, Wisc. That’s similar to St. Louis’ path to Montreal.
It’s an interesting twist, as Toronto backed away from some other candidates due to a lack of experience. (Another Maple Leafs’ interviewee, Peter Laviolette, is among Los Angeles’s finalists with incumbent D.J. Smith and Jay Woodcroft.)”
Chayka being Chayka
It is pointless to trade for Kyrou to play him with Nugent-Hopkins.
Hyman/Savoie McDavid Kyrou.
Kyrou can actually keep up with McDavid, with the skill to play give-and-go at high speed.
McDavid often goes one on many, because his wingers cannot keep up. Kyrou can keep up. It would be two on many.
It it pointless to trade for Kyrou and then play him with slow players.
Maybe one makes Draisaitl unhappy, and goes Podkolzin McDavid Kyrou.
But pairs
XXX(Savoie), McDavid, Kyrou
Podkolzin Draisaitl XXX(Kapanen)
Howard Nugent-Hopkins Hyman
And see if Kyrou can replace Nugent-Hopkins on PP#1
Yeah, and see if Max Jones can replace Issac Howard because he would mostlikely be going to the Blues as part of the deal for Kyrou. Honestly I think he could.
It really isn’t pointless, Kyrou can transport and has high skill. Looking to marble talent through the lineup means Kyrou on the the third line imo.
So kyrou standing flat footed at offensive blue line 7 out of 10 times instead is better than hyman 5 out of 10 times ?
I agree and I don’t even know what the lineup will look like. There could be some “big moves” but I still am not sure that happens and I truly think the incumbent lineup, with tweaks is a contender.
The core from the SCF teams is still here and all in their primes except Ekholm (still very good) and Nuge (who was very good for half of last year). Hyman scored 31 in 56 games.
I remain convinced that this team isn’t average but they played average.
There was a complete disprspect for the regular season from the high end players (that the coach either agreed without or could not coach out of his core) that will be gone (as acknowledged by the players at year end.
That led to an ability to sustain any commitment to playing a structured game or managing the puck. McDavid is a top player of all time so still Ted Lindsay worth in a season where his overall game was not near the peak of his abilities. He acknowledged that himself, as did Leon.
The incumbents have the ability to play much better, as individuals and as a group, than they did last season where puck management was non-existent, preventing and defending rush chances against was an after-thought, the low to high play for a clean shot from the slot (and overall net front play) was horrid and the transition game was below skill level.
McDavid/Drai want to be “coached harder” – come back after 5 months off, refreshed, re-set with a renewed sense of respect for the regular season, commit to structure with a coach that will implement and adjust and hold those accountable who don’t adhere.
Do that Jarry/Cossa or Jarry/Ingram or whoever will be much much better and this team will contend.
I didn’t like what Connor & Leon did calling out the coaching to the media at the end of the season. It was disrespectful, it’s easy to blame the coach. How is the new coach going to get them to commit to the structure he wants implemented, and hold them accountable.
Did Knoblauch not implement structure??
How are they going to like being “coached harder”, and how will the new coach make Connor & Leon accountable? That remains to be seen.
I was fine with it. I don’t consider it calling any one person or any one department out. They talked about “everyone” including management, coaching and themselves.
We’ll find out how they do with a “harder” coach.
We couldn’t win 3 games in a row something was amiss in the dressing room. I could see by midseason that K.K had lost the room the same thing happened to Cassidy in Vegas. Coaches get fired all the time you can’t fall in love with them unless they’re real characters that win championships like Sather-Muckler-Green. I do think Bowman did the right thing by not firing him midseason as I believe K.K being to the final 2 years in a row deserved one last playoff to turn the team around.
I’m with you, and was very disappointed when on-ice leadership started publicly airing complaints that should have been handled privately. That was Draisaitl before and during Olympics. McD’s comments after TBL loss, and weak reply to challenge on those comments, as well as post-season comments by both, evidence that they are comfortable going over coach’s head, publicly. A poor look for this team. Of course, maybe, like teens acting out, they were asking for coach to “coach hard?”
As I’ve said, the words from these two aren’t carrying much weight with me. Not as a fan, nor as someone who’s worked on leadership and groups for most of my adult life.
I look forward to this coming season. I look forward to more maturity, both in how they conduct themselves as off-ice leaders, and as hockey players committed to being coached (in the NHL I believe that means playing all 200 ft). I look forward to less public words, more active leadership.
May I ask how McDavid’s comments post Tampa was “publicly airing complaints”? He didn’t say anything about the Oilers coaching staff – he was asked a question about Tampa and talked about their structure and how well coached they were.
I don’t believe anything was said about Knob or his staff.
Cooper blew smoke up McDavid’s ass in his pre-game avail – was that complaining about Kuch and Point?
McDavid was showing respect for Cooper and somehow it gets twisted around.
Agreed!
Leon-Connor are starting the back nine no way they can keep up with the heavy minutes game after game. It’s time for a coach to roll 4 complete lines with minutes varying game to game depending on opponent and how they are playing. If one are two lines are showing chemistry don’t break up a good thing. Bowman is loading up the farm system with big skilled bodies. Samanski-Dach etc need to be auditioned fairly and elevated or demoted depending on play.
Instead of playing a mediocre 82 games, Oilers should implement an NBA style 70 game load management schedule for its star players. Play balls out for 70 games and rest periodically while still being fresh(er) for the playoffs. Hockey purist will hate it, but who cares. Do what needs to be done to be ready for a Stanley run and playing 82 games balls out, ain’t it.
Or you know, play all 4 lines and have two PP units play their fair share.
All we need are some tweaks. Major changes are not needed.
Alas, we’re already into “major changes” —and, at the moment, major chaos/anxiety.
I’ve been saying that for a month.
Maybe longer?
Perhaps.
Years.
Every year the same things pan out in playoffs. Some here don’t like MacT, but one thing I can give him is he played on the best team of all time, has played different roles on the ice, has experience in all seats off ice, so I respect his opinion on teams and players
He thinks you need size for success in playoffs. I agree. There are some smaller players that can excel, but those are outliers. And they need the right combination of traits – plus skating and aggressiveness. Skill is always necessary to me, so it’s a given
The last run of Cup winners have been bigger tougher teams. Tampa didn’t win until they added that to their ‘analytics’ line up: Florida x2, Vegas, Colorado, Tampa x 2, St Luois, Washington. That Avs roster was tougher than this one I think
So if they are looking for a more impact player I think it needs to be along the lines of McTavish or the rumoured Tippet. Size and skill with some edge. Another nice good player won’t move the needle in the right direction enough
For example
Savoie Connor Tippet
Podz Drai Kap
Howard Nuge Hyman
Dach Samanski Frederic
I still like Bobby McMann who wound only cost money.
The problem is McMann is soon 30 and will want term. The Oilers need to keep adding youth so that it’s only Connor and Drai up front that are older in a few years
I like them both.
Connor wants to win and can he win with young inexperienced players?
Yes I think so. Rookies have played large roles on Oilers winners. But ideally you are looking for a mid 20’s player. Rookie wobble is past and years of top end play left
Yep…trade for a speedy Tippett who is in the middle of recovering from sports hernia surgery. Keep trading for players who cannot pass a physical on the day of the trade, and whose main asset may be impacted by the injury.
6-12 weeks recovery. It could be someone else it’s the player type for me. Kyrou is a good but contact averse player. The Oilers need a winger that can shoot and is hard to play against, because that is what you end up playing against if you go deep. McDavid does better with it it seems. Hyman has been sort of like that, but he’s not that aggressive, not a shooter, and is now old
Tippett is expected to make a full recovery and be ready for training camp.
This is a player signed for 6 more years at value.
Frederic was expected to make a full recover also. Did Evander Kane make a full recovery from his sports hernia surgery?
Make the trade when Tippett has demonstrated no ill effects from the surgery.
I’d like a bottom 6er with some size and a motor. Maybe it’s Dach, maybe it’s another Dach, maybe it’s someone else entirely. Freddy ain’t going anywhere, on the fence when it comes to Lazar.
I’d also like a Texier type, another guy with some hustle and a motor.
I think I’d keep Cheeks.
Sail on Janitor, sail on Rico. Probably sail on Jack, too.
Feels like it’s possible to upgrade at a couple of the forward positions without breaking the bank (LT has floated a few names), and then maybe a larger fish too, depending on moving Nurse, etc.
I think we know that Bruce Cassidy is one of these coaches, at least on the first part.
With that said, McDavid and Drai played 317 minutes together at 5 on 5 this past season, McDavid was almost 1100 minutes without Leon and Leon 723 without McDavid. Only 33 minutes together in the playoffs and 71-73 without each other (each).
They didn’t start many games together but Knob was quick to load up when thing were going poor this season.
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On the second part, I agree it should be tried but Ekholm had the following this season
1) played 82 games
2) had 41 points
3) was 12th in the NHL in 5 on 5 points
4) played 36% TOI vs. elites
5) had a 56% goal share (and expected goal share)
Those are legit 1D numbers and I think we are safe to say they are largely on Bouchard floating boats. What do we think Ek can do away from Bouch? Can he and Murphy form a very solid defensive 2nd paring allowing Bouchard to shine Walman (if Nurse is gone).
Also, Nurse/Bouchard has had real success in the past.
I think the concept is balance. Balance out the forward lines and balance out the defense pairings. That’s what seems to work for Carolina & Vegas.
Every player, so line and pair, need to contribute something. Putting skill down the lineup is a shot at better match ups and more potential offense
LT I really like your line up.
Savoie-McDavid-Hyman,
Podkolzin-Draisaitl-Kapanen,
Howard-Nuge-Kyrou
Dach-Samanski-Frederic
The
McDavid-Hyman,
Podkolzin-Draisaitl
Nuge-Kyrou
are line pairings the team can be built around for sure.
Around the margins, no idea how to make them work, but for this Sunday conversation purposes, I’ll say:
Replace
1. Kyrou with Larkin, one can dream
2. Upgrade Kapanen on the second line ĺ in free agency or trade
That 3rd line is skilled but outrageous small. Noone to go in the corners and battle for pucks, noone to go to the dirty areas in front of the net. I think against playoff teams all that skill would end up defending in their own end.
I hear that. New coach might have to shelter that line a bit or maybe flip Kyrou and Hyman?
And there it is. LT you provide the answer that has been hiding in plain sight.
Each time the team has gone into a funk, they had to play their way out as a team.
surely a new coach will see this as obvious.,
You need a team. Build a team.
Random question on a Sunday afternoon. If a player has a NTC/NMC and they request a trade, should the NTC/NMC be voided? Thumbs up for yes, thumbs down for no.
Just like if a team gives out a NTC or NMC they should not be able to ask the player to waive it.
It would make both sides think a lot harder about the contract and what the commitment means.
Teams have to be okay with keeping the player the entire contract, maybe shorter term contracts might have NMC or NTC but longer term would probably be cut out more often.
The player also shouldn’t be able handcuff the team into a bad return because they decided they weren’t happy with the team anymore or even it becomes a 15 team NTC or NMC if they ask to be traded.
Kyrou. McDavid. Hyman
Podkolzin. Draisatl. Kapanen
Mikheyev. Nuge. Savoie
Is that a balanced 3 line approach with decent size, speed and skill on each line? I think that Nuge line would do very well. Sign Mikheyev and trade for Kyrou (Howard plus every prospect and pick). even Samanski if you have to, as Nuge at 3 C has 3 more years so you can use the found money in Samanski if needed.
And while we don’t like to talk about McDavid leaving, a skill player like Kyrou at least gives Draistal one high end player so the Oil still have 2 stars, plus Bouchard. Why I think getting Kyrou should be the priority.
Personally I’d like to see an upgrade on Kapanen on the second line. He was great last year in that role, but I wouldn’t pencile him in that role for 82 games.
Larkin to the Ducks for McTavish and Zellweger. Makes a lot of sense. Zellweger needs new deal but Ducks aren’t playing him as he has been passed on depth chart, so he is expendable. And McTavish has potential but has a slightly depressed value
Two good young pieces for Wings. Great 2nd line center for Ducks. Win win.
Larkin controls the process with his NMC. As such I wonder if any team he okays would be inclined to “pay full price” or even 70 cents on the dollar.
Larkin is going to have to give Yzerman a list that includes more than one team or Yzerman will tell him to go you know where. Yzerman should be able to get a haul. This is not Panarin who had the UFA leverage over Drury. Larkin has five years. He has to give Yzerman a reasonable list or Yzerman will not trade him.
There are teams that are close and/or desparate. Particularly, Minnesota.
Minnesota, Anaheim, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Carolina, Boston, Montreal, Islanders.
There are a lot of assumptions in your thinking.
Larkin doesn’t have to give Yzerman a reasonable list.
Yzerman is not a good GM to maximize value.
Other teams may be desperate, but desperate doesn’t mean they will pay whatever Detroit dreams up.
I can’t imagine Yzerman and the team will want an unhappy captain in their locker room next year. Detroit might be more desperate than the teams acquiring Larkin come late summer.
This would just be a repeat of how Stevie handled Drouin non?
Ducks centre depth:
Leo Carlsson
Mikael Granlund
Ryan Poehling
Tim Washe
Jansen Harkins
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Top centre prospects:
Roger McQueen – 10th overall 2025
Nathan Gaucher – 22th overall 2022
Ethan Procyszyn – 68th overall 2024
Sam Colangelo – 36th overall 2020
As you say, Larkin would be a great fit at 2C and would allow the Ducks to move Granlund ($7 million cap hit X 2) and make the net cap hit for Larkin only $1.7 million.
Zellwegger could easily be replaced on the D roster by the Ducks top prospect Stian Solberg – 23rd overall 2024.
Zellweger lacks size at 5’10” 194 while Solberg is 6’2″ 205 which falls more in line with the Ducks proclivity for big boys.
Connor wins his 5th Lindsay, now tied with 99 for the most ever. It was presented as a surprise to him on a day of golfing… Does this mean he didn’t win the Hart as well? Last year, when Hellebuyck won both the Vezina and Hart, they were presented to him at the same time.
Video
https://x.com/NHL/status/2063637184851144811?s=20
(Sarcasm on) What do those guys know about hockey? Do they even post on LT? (off).
Was thinking last night that Carolina still needs one more piece to get over the hump.
While watching the American broadcast, it was noted that Sebastian Aho, while playing reasonably well, wasn’t generating much offence/ shots,
Sure enough, after checking the stats, noticed he is leading the Hurricanes in TOI in the game and in the playoffs but is 8th on the team in shots and only 5th among forwards in points in the playoffs.
Pretty sure Tulsky will have also noticed this and, given the Hurricanes have $12 million in cap space (and more if they can get rid of Kotkaniemi’s $4.8 million), they should pursue another play driving centre.
Dylan Larkin….come on down.
But how could Larkin play for the Canes and the Oilers…?
Under what circumstances do you think the Oilers could acquire Larkin?
Carolina has first round picks in the next 2 drafts, a significant prospect pool and has, it seems, about half of the young players in the KHL under control.
Tough to match.
He’d be a third line center in Edmonton. He could play with Nuge & Hyman.
That doesn’t address what the Oilers would need to send the other way nor does it indicate why Larkin would be happy playing 3rd fiddle.
Exactly. He’d look good with Nuge & Hyman on a third line in Edmonton and all the players want is to win Stanley.
is that more of the same?
Carolina has always been missing the 1-2 tier player – they always have a ton of starts, good 1st line players – Svechnikov, Aho, Jarvis, Ehlers, etc., etc., etc.
Larkin is a gret player but he’s another 0.85-1.0 PPG player – the more the merrier but its more of the same.