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Comment on Oilers likely to move their top pick by thisgamewelose

thisgamewelose — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:27:34 +0000

You’re basically asking them to pay him to stay away from coaching teams against the leafs. Eakins is going to get paid, this isn’t where you offer him a winning lottery ticket to think twice about staying. Trying to buy away his dream doesn’t really work out in a world where you have other offers paying you good money, perhaps less. Any job security will only last until somebody decides Eakins is no longer needed. I’m sorry, but ambition is not about having money and a good position as you called it. I’m not really sure where you came up with that definition, but that sounds more like settling to me.

You’ve never heard of somebody taking less money for a dream job/experience?

If I put myself in that position, I do the same thing. The new offer still allows him to live a very comfortable life. So unless I’m money hungry, I don’t see the reason to stay.

Comment on Report: Isles Interested in Los Angeles’ Bernier by 93killer93

93killer93 — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:15:40 +0000

Apparently Briere has been told he will be bought out. I would prefer to sign him to a short term deal as oppose to Weiss or overpaying on Bozak.

Comment on You play Wild GM: Trades, free agency, buyouts, depth chart info by thisgamewelose

thisgamewelose — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:13:06 +0000

I don’t think you can compare who posted better numbers. Bernier’s numbers suffers from his first 4 games in the NHL where he posted a 4.03 .864 in those games. Since then, he’s posted better goals against & similar/better save % than Reimer, but he’s accomplish that in a limited role – which is also unfair to judge that against somebody playing the half/majority of the season, like Reimer. Until Bernier proves he can do this as a starting goalie, he’s always going to have people raving about his numbers, and he’s always going to have people finding his numbers meaningless.

Because of this, I don’t see why any team with faith in their goalie would trade for him to be their starter. Teams looking for a fresh start, or teams with nothing to lose should be trying to grab him and hope he’s the real deal.

Teams like Islanders, Flames, Devils, Philly, Coyotes (if they can’t keep Smith), maybe even Oilers if they’ve given up on Dubnyk. Some fans call him great, others think he’s horrible – hard to really tell how they feel about him…but those are the teams that should be trying to get Bernier.

Comment on You play Wild GM: Trades, free agency, buyouts, depth chart info by leafy

leafy — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:10:16 +0000

The dude gets no respect. I find it mind boggling.

Comment on Oilers likely to move their top pick by leafs_wallace93

leafs_wallace93 — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:45:24 +0000

I was bashing Nonis on these boards when he was in Vancouver too, I’ve never been a fan and I don’t care to see him have an opportunity I don’t see him as having earn. Just my perspective.

Comment on Oilers likely to move their top pick by leafs_wallace93

leafs_wallace93 — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:41:04 +0000

I’d be ok with a similar deal, if we can get him locked up for a decent cap hit on a 5-6 year deal, buying up UFA years, that would be great.

Comment on Oilers likely to move their top pick by mojo19

mojo19 — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:46:57 +0000

I don’t know that we can make an assessment like that, after one 48 game season, and no offseason.

What did you expect, for Nonis to have pulled off 1 or 2 blockbuster trades already? Tone back the expectations. I don’t think you’re being fair at all here.

I’ll join you after this summer if he misses out on all the bought out stars, and makes no real splash, but until then, I don’t see any reason to bash him yet.

Also, Colborne played really well in games 6 and 7 and made more of an impact than Steckel could have. Steckel’s face-offs took a dive the latter half of last year.

And yes, Eakins did the right thing, in the long run he had to take a job in the show eventually, he has an opportunity to make more of a name for himself now and begin to solidify a real legacy, and earn more money in the long run. Taking a couple extra bucks to stick in the minors, and miss his opportunity to take a big league job in the height of his hype could’ve been the biggest mistake of his career.

Comment on Oilers likely to move their top pick by mojo19

mojo19 — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:40:57 +0000

Franson will command similar money, ya. I think he’ll get a bit less than that, but who knows. We’ll see how good of a negotiator Nonis is.

Comment on Oilers likely to move their top pick by leafs_wallace93

leafs_wallace93 — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:21:06 +0000

More money and security, Nonis could have offered Eakin an extra 2 million a year over a longer term. Let’s say that’s 12 million dollar on a six year deal, that’s a real world reason to make him stay. Put yourself in that position for a moment, what might you do?

We talk about about getting picks and taking other team’s 30 million dollar contracts to buy out but investing in Eakins is ‘impossible’? What?

Steckel would have won key game 7 faceoffs but Colborne was better in that spot? Ok, I’m not allowed to make a point. Nonis is a gem. Come HTR, you’re better than this.

Comment on You play Wild GM: Trades, free agency, buyouts, depth chart info by mapleleafsfan

mapleleafsfan — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:49:53 +0000

Yea I don’t buy it. Reimer posted better numbers on a worse team playing tougher competition. Plus they’re the same age. It makes no sense. It would do no good at all to trade assets for Bernier.

Reimer gets undervalued. If he was a red wing goalie drafted in the first round people would claim the sun shines out of his ass.