yave1964 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Evander 1 year 2 million. It was going to take a team desperate to turn around their fortune. A top tier team wouldnt touch him, a bottom feeder had no reason to. It apparently came down to the Oilers and Capitals. And trigger a heart attack for @JR Ewing in 3...2....1... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 1 minute ago, yave1964 said: Evander 1 year 2 million. It was going to take a team desperate to turn around their fortune. A top tier team wouldnt touch him, a bottom feeder had no reason to. It apparently came down to the Oilers and Capitals. And trigger a heart attack for @JR Ewing in 3...2....1... Poor JR. Probably wondering if Peter Chiarelli is pulling strings from somewhere in the Yukon.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 But one year is not such a big risk and it won't burden their cap too bad. This may actually be a low risk-high award type of signing. I mean I don't see why not... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Mad Dog said: But one year is not such a big risk and it won't burden their cap too bad. This may actually be a low risk-high award type of signing. I mean I don't see why not... Fair enough. And, with the Oilers spiraling from leading the division to outside the top 8, apparently, they also say "why the ^%$@ not??" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 5 minutes ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said: Fair enough. And, with the Oilers spiraling from leading the division to outside the top 8, apparently, they also say "why the ^%$@ not??" And that's the thing, too. Unless they can make a gigantic push in the 2nd half of the season, they almost have no shot at the playoffs. The teams learned how to be successful against them: shut down their two-headed monster, and you have a decent shot at winning the game. If only he can stay away from his regular foolishness, Kane will bring attitude and make the Oilers hard to play against. And they don't tie a boatload of cash into this. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Ewing Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Since the deal isn't for any kind of term, I'm not flipping my sh|t or upset. I don't know how it will work out, but it's a low risk/high reward situation, and is almost the exact sort of thing that Glen Sather used very successfully. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yave1964 Posted January 27, 2022 Author Share Posted January 27, 2022 21 minutes ago, JR Ewing said: Since the deal isn't for any kind of term, I'm not flipping my sh|t or upset. I don't know how it will work out, but it's a low risk/high reward situation, and is almost the exact sort of thing that Glen Sather used very successfully. Kane ON THE ICE is now and always has been a favorite of mine, first guy to have 30 goals and lead the league in PIMs since Tiger Williams, a real throwback. Off the ice...... Best thing the Oilers can do is lock him in the supply closet at night with the practice pucks and stick tape and let him out for morning skate...... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 8 minutes ago, yave1964 said: Kane ON THE ICE is now and always has been a favorite of mine, first guy to have 30 goals and lead the league in PIMs since Tiger Williams, a real throwback. Off the ice...... Best thing the Oilers can do is lock him in the supply closet at night with the practice pucks and stick tape and let him out for morning skate...... Not like he has any spending cash to go clubbing.... too soon? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 1 hour ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said: Probably wondering if Peter Chiarelli is pulling strings from somewhere in the Yukon.... Isn't Chiarelli currently in the Blues organization ? (I mean, it would be astonishing if he's still employed by some NHL team in whatever role...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Math said: Isn't Chiarelli currently in the Blues organization ? (I mean, it would be astonishing if he's still employed by some NHL team in whatever role...) I believe that is a clone St. Louis has employed. The real Chiarelli has been banished and is somewhere in the Yukon and Whitehorse Edited January 27, 2022 by TropicalFruitGirl26 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puck_Pun Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Signed for the rest of the season. They're probably hoping he'll give them the talent to sneak in the playoffs as a wild card. Whether they resign him at the end of the session is the big question 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 1 hour ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said: I believe that is a clone St. Louis has employed. The real Chiarelli has been banished and is somewhere in the Yukon and Whitehorse Found it, he's the current vice president of hockey operations of the Blues. My fellow Whitehorse and Yukonians can sleep on their two ears for now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radoran Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 3 hours ago, Mad Dog said: And that's the thing, too. Unless they can make a gigantic push in the 2nd half of the season, they almost have no shot at the playoffs. They've got seven games in hand on Anaheim and are all of eight points behind. For that matter, they just need to be five points better than Calgary. Neither of those things seem gigantic to me. A month and a half ago there were folks on this board saying the same about the Flyers. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J0e Th0rnton Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 He's all yours! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewin Flames Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 For me, personally, i have always been a fan of his work on the ice, off however, he's a train wreck. That said, i'd rather his presence not help the oil in anyway at all....Go Flames. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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