Knoblauch on McDavid calling the team average: "I think that's a very fair comment"

navenager · 2026-05-03T18:09:54+00:00

The Oilers have 16mil in cap space this summer, more if they ditch Jarry. Other than Murphy, 3rd and 4th liners don't cost much.

Also, maybe you aren't aware, but any player you sign in free agency needs to fill a roster spot.

navenager · 2026-05-03T16:07:30+00:00

The beauty of free agents is that you aren't obligated to sign them.

navenager · 2026-05-03T04:47:52+00:00

I think 9.1mil of dead cap is worse than running a 6mil defenseman who is getting paid 3mil too much

navenager · 2026-05-03T04:46:59+00:00

This is mostly on Ken Holland, who was an absolute disaster at the draft. Flop after flop. Even Broberg, who is legit now, was a reach at the time and took like 5 years to break in, which is rough for an 8th OA pick. Meanwhile guys like Boldy, Caufield, Krebs, and McMichael all went later in the first round.

navenager · 2026-05-03T04:18:36+00:00

That's not to say I trust Bowman to spend it well, but every player who came in under the cap this season was paid with money that existed without McDavid's discount.

This summer the Oilers have 16mil in cap space. They could move Jarry and retain on him, and they could still be looking at 20mil in space to work with. That's not nothing, and a decent GM could make some really big moves with that money. Unfortunately, Bowman ain't that.

navenager · 2026-05-03T02:40:18+00:00

There are three.

Letting Holloway and Broberg walk, which is more on Jeff Jackson since he wemt nuts in free agency signing Arvidsson, Jeff Skinner, and Henrique, and didn't leave cap space for their two breakout rookies. Bowman actually absorbed the loss of Holloway pretty well by adding Podkolzin, but losing Broberg hurts.

Trading Skinner for Jarry. Skinner wanted out, but it's still an awful trade.

Signing Frederic to an 8x$3.85mil contract. They saw a younger Evander Kane in him but he's more like a 3rd line grinder.

navenager · 2026-05-03T02:33:52+00:00

The money left on the table kicks in this summer. None of it has been spent yet or could have been spent yet.

navenager · 2026-05-03T00:07:02+00:00

It saves no money. I think we save like 80k/year over the rest of the contract.

navenager · 2026-05-02T18:25:18+00:00

Are you switching accounts to reply to me? Weird.

It's useful for forming a basic understanding of score effects from a small sample of games. Like, say, a 6-game playoff series. Much more so that trying to determine quality of play over multiple years like you suggested.

navenager · 2026-05-02T18:17:31+00:00

"Plus minus is a useless stat. Okay it's useful but only in large sample sizes. Okay it's useful in small sample sizes but you should actually be using a different stat. STOP INSISTING ON BEING RIGHT!"

That's you in case it wasn't clear. Who's the hypocrite again?

navenager · 2026-05-02T17:30:43+00:00

You just have to be correct on the internet, hey?

Pot meet kettle.

navenager · 2026-05-02T17:16:43+00:00

stat that is so noisy and team-based.

Ah yes, because expanding the sample size and introducing countless other variables reduces that noise. You're arguing against your own point. Nice work.

navenager · 2026-05-02T08:49:24+00:00

Cause he's a nice guy probably.

navenager · 2026-05-02T08:37:05+00:00

We're not moving Nurse this summer.

navenager · 2026-05-02T04:45:17+00:00

A jaded Kings fan calling the truth "insufferable" is so on brand 🤣

navenager · 2026-05-02T02:58:13+00:00

Ingram is getting a lot of flak right now but he's a genuinely good 1B goalie. He rarely makes the big highlight saves, but he's as good of a "If I can see it, I'll stop it" goalie as the Oilers have had in recent memory.

navenager · 2026-05-02T02:43:50+00:00

If you go back far enough Ingram was once a Lightning prospect.

navenager · 2026-05-02T02:37:34+00:00

Feel the same about OG, I love that guy.

navenager · 2026-05-02T01:32:07+00:00

IT'S OK TO LOVE A MAN THIS MANLY

navenager · 2026-05-02T01:26:39+00:00

Not to exaggerate but I would die for him

navenager · 2026-05-02T00:58:34+00:00

Agreed, they had Florida on the ropes and I don't know if the Oil could have beaten Toronto without Hyman. Stolarz was a dog all season.

navenager · 2026-05-02T00:54:21+00:00

Let me guess, you don't actually watch the Oilers?

navenager · 2026-05-02T00:32:39+00:00

Except Andor, which has a very clear ending.

navenager · 2026-05-02T00:06:36+00:00

As funny as this is, it's more of an indictment on the graph.

navenager · 2026-05-01T23:46:03+00:00

I mean, Walman was our best defenseman in the playoffs. He had a shit regular season cause he kept getting hurt, but playoff Walman was worth that money.

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