The Oilers Fanatic goes over all the latest in Oil Country!! #Oilers #EdmontonOilers #LetsGoOilers #JeffJackson #LeonDraisaitl #EvanderKane #Trade #NHLTrade #NHL #nhlhighlights #nhlhighlight #brettkulak #codyceci #connormcdavid
Kane would have been a impact if he was healthy in a Stanley Cup final that came down to a one goal difference. They need Kane and the type of sand paper game he brings.
I agree with others. Kane has a unique skill set and we should be looking to keep him, especially if we can get him healthy and have him start the year on LTIR. Ceci is the guy we can and need to move out. Ceci at 3.25m on the bottom pairing makes no sense.
If they can trade Ceci for cap space to sign Holloway and Broberg, why would you not keep Kane. He could play on literally any line considering the teams depth going into the season. I mean if our 3rd line is Janmark Henrique Brown, and our 4th is Kane Holloway and Perry, or maybe Kane takes Nuges spot, they’ve got a good roster.
I don’t understand why Kane’s name was even brought up for a trade. His numbers have been great, he’s coming off a 24 goal season. I would give him as much time as he needs to heal even if that means starting him on LTIR at the beginning of next season. As for Holloway and Broberg, they are both RFA’s, I’m not sure about Holloway, but I believe that Broberg can’t go to arbitration, so are they really going to get more than they were qualified for? As much as I would love to bring a true top 4 RD, the defensive group was really good last year after Coffey took over and are you really going to find an upgrade on Ceci that costs as the same or less than him? I hate to say it but it looks like Kulak would be the odd man out if Broberg is going to play on the main roster all season. Honestly I like the team now, the only change would be another top 4 RD for Ceci if they can make it work.
The Oilers lost the cup because they were missing Kane. He would have added the physical play and a few goals, especially neutralizing Chucky. Cap-wise the Oilers don't have an issue if they move Cody Ceci. Ceci can be moved, although the Oilers have to include a mid-round draft pick with him. Holloway and Broberg are $1 million per each on bridge deals. The Oilers aren't moving Kudlak. They picked up two right-side D to replace Ceci and Desharnais. The biggest issue is where to place Kane on the roster. He's too good to play on the fourth line. I'd suggest he plays with Henrique, and Holloway on the right side. The fourth line would be Janmark, Brown, and Ryan unless they bring in a right-shot center with size. I can see Ryan being the 14th forward. Perry the 13th.
I think kane should stay . Hes tough and resilient. Scores when he has to. Acurate. Maybe expensive but is one reason we got where we did. In my humble opinion.
Excellent video as always thanks for the update Patrick! Love Kaner and would love to see him stay and get 100% Healthy! Agree the team is better with him on it. Would only want to lose one of those guys if possible somehow Jeff Jackson work your magic some more please lol Would have been sweet to meet ya and Tyson at Game 6 quickly at the Molson house bar or whatever its called. Damn terrible setup prevented that from happening. Next June 2025 :)
Why wasn't Kane put on LTIR in January when it was obvious to anyone looking that something was wrong? Could have pulled a Vegas and brought back Eberle for the playoff run and had a 100% Kane.
If Kane is 100% the most logical person to move to the 3rd line would be Nuge to be it's center where the Janmark/Henrique/Brown line becomes the 4th line. Nuge would get Holloway and "one other player" who would have to be a play driver (not sure if Holloway can do that to the extent needed and Nuge doesn't do that, he's utility and a facilitator, not a driver). Arvidsson plays right wing normally as does Hyman so if Connor or Leon gets Kane on the Left Skinner would go to the other person. Gives both lines a grinder (Hyman and Arvidsson) and both lines a shooter (Kane/Skinner) with two great centers (Connor/Leon). Nuge with Holloway on his left would need a play driving RW. While Levoie is a RW is he a play driver? Eventually our new addition Matt Savoie would probably slot in here quite well but he has one NHL and 6 AHL games on his resume and has played mostly in the W so he needs some experience first (don't throw another prospect to the wolves PLEASE). Just a few thoughts. Oh, paying for it, if you move Ryan/Perry you free up $2,015,000. With what we're low on that pays for both Broberg and Holloway (if $830K to each is enough) but we'd still need that RW for Nuge. If you trade Ceci (no chance for Kulak, he's GOLD come playoffs and a local boy and cheaper by 500K (and leftie)) you have to replace Ceci with a better RD. Better and cheaper rarely mix. While some may say no problem easy you're wrong. He does a lot (and yes, he messes up too but some of that is covering for Nurse). Take care all.
@@nahguo3k That works but I hate breaking up a line as successful as Janmark/Henrique/Brown. I think Kane works "better" with Leon and with Arvy in the corners battling and IN YOUR FACE in the blue paint (and ready to try and earn another Oscar for DIVING (hopefully not too much of that)) that line works great too. I think it really will come down to the blender and honestly Connor and Leon. Connor has had Hyman/Nuge for most of a year and Leon's had "remnants" of low quality or guys who are injured and can't play to their ability (Kane). He deserves great linemates too.
A healthy Kane adds some healthy value. Injuries seem to pile up every time they play LA, and they grind through afterward. It’s going to be an interesting shuffle of the cabinet, but some up front grit and nastiness is probably more desirable at this point than skilled guys who will be injured when it matters most.
Imagine having a team so good on paper you consider getting rid of Kane or not sure where he fits in the line up. Almost won the Cup with McD, Drai and Kane injured or not at 100%. Exciting season coming. I expect either Kulak or Cece are gone but would choose Kulak over Cece. Personally would rather see Nurse gone due to his contribution is not equal to his pay . Not his fault really. Thanks for the update!
Having a healthy Kane would put pressure on Skinner to play well. I think have Kane in the Top 6 is still a great fit if he is Healthy. Trading Ceci and Kulak would be the way to go and you can start with Bouchard, Eckholm, Nurse and Brown Broberg and Stetcher. You will have cap space to look a top 4 defenseman.
Personally, I think that the sandpaper that a healthy Kane brings is indispensable. I'd like the Oilers to keep him and move Ceci. Kulak is also one of those dependable players come playoff time.
As long as Mcdavid is on the team, Nurse is not going anywhere. Period. He has a no movement clause, so you can't trade him without his say. Even then, who's taking his contract? Nobody, that's who. NOBODY!!
I like Broberg's step forward, but hes only played a few games, I've always rooted for him, but he should make league minimum no? He only has a couple games and points.. Nurse Needs to Go, we need wopping amount of money freed up, Yiu dont pay a guy 9.25 mill for 32 points, We need a Real Magic move here
I am really concerned about the Oilers' cap situation. They need to resign Holloway and Broberg who are currently RFAs. At this point we want to keep all 5, but the NHL won't allow it. So as far as I'm concerned, we need to let at least some of them go.. If we keep Kane, like it sounds like they want to do (I think they may not be able to as he is a $5.125M cap hit), we seem to be in between a rock and a hard place. If we trade both Ceci and Kulak we either hurt our defense as we won't be able to trade for as good a player as that will be a large cap hit, and we can't keep them as we need to be cap compliant. Overall, I am very concerned about our defense this year. We let a lot too many teams into our defensive zone in the playoffs, and that really hurt us. We were saved by our strong forward lines. I fear that will only be more true next year as Jeff has gone all out to bolster our offense at the expense of defense. That is very exciting, but a Stanley cup team needs a good offense and defense to win. At this point, we may have to let Broberg and/or Holloway take an offer sheet from another team to make sure we are cap compliant.
I completely agree I just don't know how they're going to manage signing Holloway and Broberg. Trading Kane would have made that easier That said, I think we'll be needing Kane next playoffs because some other teams looked to toughen up their D-core.
@@nrXic I think I changed my mind about Kane. Apparently he is going to have surgery sometime in Aug, not sure what for though. Kane is not good in the playoffs by the way. Just look at his plus minus. Putting Kane on injury list will allow us to get Broberg and Holloway. That's my best guess. Also Kane is never played a full season. He is always injured. Now he is injured with a hernia, wrist, something else, plus other stuff we don't even know about. Kane is done. He is an old man now too. Just about to turn 33. He had a good run. Time to close up shop and not make his plus minus any worse. He is -17 in playoffs and -50 for the regular season. He will cost the Oilers lots with these horrible stats. He is done. We don't need to carry an old man in our arms. And that's what he will be. Bad contract for the Oilers. Just think how much better the Oilers would have been if they didn't sign all those rotten long term contracts they are stuck with like Jack Campbell
@@Parture All valid points. I don't know if he has a two-way contract but there's going to be so much competition on this team that there will be legit reasons to send him down. And maybe he won't like that to the point where he would request a trade.
@@nrXic Agreed. What's weak is the 3rd line defense. Kulak lost it in the 7th game backing up to the goalie giving a clear shot on Skinner. If I had it my way, I would insist Oilers get two 3rd liners better than Kulak and Ceci. Their plus minus sucks as is.
The only Jackson Move I wasn't happy about was the re-signing of Perry. I get it but it's just a luxury we can't afford. He wasn't producing much and our forward depth is already insane. Would have been better to use Perry money to keep Kulak and Ceci because you know some defence would be great too. Downgrading from Ceci and/or Kulak is not a great idea. I'll hold judgement until the dust settles. Maybe some awesome D that wants to win a cup signs for a million. who knows.
The only problem that it's been giving is to you guys. The fan base want him kept. Sure, you're gonna find some that don't. Maybe they're from the outside that want to spoil the thing that we have here?
I say trade nurse for draft picks, he good enough defensive in his own zone. Save 9 million. Broberg is ready 2 nd pairing minutes and better defensive defence men and a better passer and transporter of the puck.
lol. In his 16 years in the NHL. he has only done that twice. 1 with Winnipeg in 2011 and 1 with San Jose in 2018. So he has been trying and can't do that obviously.
@crashandburngaming5103 I agree he's pricey. Sometimes, it's just not about the goals or points. He brings that muscle and agitating factor that we were missing. Especially in game 7
Nurse is only a 4.5 million dollar deadweight... he's definitely worth half his current salary. No fault to Nurse or his representative. Wouldn't you have signed the same deal given the opportunity.
How Nurse ever negotiated that 9.25mil is beyond me. Ya ya. He had a +6 or whatever in the playoffs. Big whoops. He’s a liability back there. The Oil could get so much more with that money on their books to play with
I love kulak, ceci trade for a pick, use that money to resign kulak and broberg to 1.25 1 yr deals, trade nurse for a high draft pick and an ltir player (keep him there) use the cap space to resign touch n drai.
Too bad Conner and Leon wouldn’t accept lower $$. If they would that would free up a lot of $$ for the other players. Both of them make enough in endorsements so they shouldn’t be so greedy. If they were team players and not only looking out to see who makes the most money the Oilers could be champions for many consecutive years.
@@danmiller1056 On the other hand, look at McDavid's mindset last year. "I am not going to be the one scoring goals. I am going for the assists record". Is that not a team player? But your point is well taken. I dread the next off-season, as I can see the quality of our roster taking a nosedive when we are unable to resign Drai and/or McDavid due to cap space limitations.
@stephenbarringtonleigh367 the evolution of the league business is not ideal. Few player's make way more than ever, all the rest make way less. Not ideal for anyone.
Nurse and Ceci should be the only options tradeable.1 for cap space and tweak the defense a bit with actual shutdown roles ONLY. There must be a sort of Gustav Forsling out there lolll I wont consider Kane because of injuries he can go on IR. Oilers have Arvisson also who's a injury prone which will likely be on IR at somepoint. The timing could be "good" if they're injured at the end of the season before the trade deadline.
I think the oilers would have made it if they hadn't gotten rid of Kostin and what made it worse ir Detruit traded him for nothing at trade deadline,,Holland spent his time here making us a bigger team. Jackson keeps making us smaller. It will haunt us in playoffs
@@jm4871 If we get Holloway resigned. I am beginning to realize that is not a foregone conclusion, as many have made it out to be. We can't fit everyone into the roster. That would be millions over the cap.
My personal thoughts are to get rid of a contract worth 9,250,000. Kane is a keeper in my mind right from the start when Kane wasn't welcome by some when he was traded . This team would be foolish to even entertain the idea of letting him go. Kane has a good contract and is willing to rough it up if needed, not like the other one . Okay let's talk about the other player. From what I understand he is a good team mate on bench, dressing room an all around nice guy But since his contract his play has petered out. Another question is who gave a defenseman that kind of money.
@@306-fromthestix Plus he takes right side faceoffs (and most of the time does above average at them, yes he got beat by top tier talent during the playoffs but he also won the night several nights when Connor and Leon couldn't sell a signed stick or jersey to get a faceoff win). He can play either wing or center and he's 900K. Perry gets $1,015,000 plus bonus's. Punt him down. He's a pylon with a mouth who doesn't take faceoffs. Yes, he has value (and I know my comments were derogatory) but it's a matter of who fits better and saves us more dollars.
It’s not even close. Keep Kulak and ship Cici out. He should have been gone last year when they were shopping him around. He has zero trade value that is why we still have him.
When you site insiders it becomes news. Yes, until it's signed on the dotted line it's basically a rumour but what do you think insiders do. They get told things by "sources" that they share without revealing their sources.
Nurse isn’t movable unless we ship him out for another teams cap problem. I’ve seen the suggestion of a nurse+ for Vlasic as he’s only got 2 years left and SJ has cap space and would prob like to grab another asset. Problem is we’re in win now mode and moving McDavid BFF could rock the boat too much in the room and whatever cap dump we get in return won’t be great and likely by logic would be attached to an inferior player. Hence the potential reasoning behind a club grabbing Nurse. I just don’t see it.
Fine with Kane, but he is a bad fit for McDavid and Draisaitl's lines. They both performed much with with him than without him the past 2 years. Kane needs to accept his 3rd line role and cannot be a distraction. He is in his mid 30s now, needs to realize he is not a top 6 guy anymore.
It’s hard to believe how much money the very mediocre Nurse makes. There is NO WAY that he should make more than Ekholm, and especially Draisaitl. Even harder to believe is he’s got 6 years left at that ridiculous salary. What a joke.
ive been subscribed to this channel for over 3 years which was the start of this channel and i could tell you he does not speak non sense. If you want to see non sense read your comment and even that 2nd part.
What’s giving you that impression? There’s no concrete proof that he doesn’t get along with some teammates here. Kane isn’t going anywhere. He has a No Movement Clause, just built a new house in Edmonton, and is very active in the community. If he wasn’t getting along with the team, why do recent reports say he refused to waive his NMC? He wants to stay here. Why would he want to stay if he doesn’t like his team lol?
I would like to see Kane and Kulak stay. Cici is much better than Nurse in different ways, but together I think Nurse brings him down. If anyone should go it is Nurse because he doesn't know if he is playing defense, forward, or goalie. He has caused more goals against than so many others. Cici plays much better away from him.
The only issue I have with Kane, is all the baggage he still carries with him. He's too streaky, and you still hear mumurs of locker room distruption, and his attitude on occasion. If he would just show up to the rink, play hockey to the best of his abilities, and not cause any issues at all, I would be happy to keep his cap, and move someone else. Right now though, if they traded him out? I wouldn't miss him too much at this point. I just don't have much faith in Kane keeping it together, long-term. 🤷♂
@@datriaxsondor590 , rumours are not facts. No one knows what’s going on in that dressing room but the team. Some people don’t want to let others pasts go away.
@@Oilers1972 Likely because the past, gives foresight on the future. This guy wasn't a one-off of trouble. It's followed him his whole career, and he's going on 33 years old. He is who he is at this point.
@@datriaxsondor590 , does that also mean the Oilers will trade Connor or Leon to the Kings? The past gives foresight that the Oilers will trade their best player(s) to the Kings right after they win the cup. 😉
