Comments on: Oilers trim the roster, and a few tid bits. http://puttingonthefoil.com/2009/09/oilers-trim-the-roster-and-a-few-tid-bits/ Edmonton Oilers Blog Fri, 24 May 2013 01:50:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Racki http://puttingonthefoil.com/2009/09/oilers-trim-the-roster-and-a-few-tid-bits/#comment-1102 Racki Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:56:44 +0000 http://www.puttingonthefoil.com/?p=1573#comment-1102 Subtract Mucha and Sorochan now. It’s down to Doobie, JDD and Khabi in net.

]]> By: Trogdor http://puttingonthefoil.com/2009/09/oilers-trim-the-roster-and-a-few-tid-bits/#comment-1079 Trogdor Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:30:59 +0000 http://www.puttingonthefoil.com/?p=1573#comment-1079 Yeah, I really do wonder how this will all play out. Kessel is definitely a good guy to pick up, but he’s coming off injury and a lot of his success was due to chemistry with Savard. It may take him some time to get going and establish himself again, and as I said earlier, the Bruins out there will hope it takes him at least one season to settle in.

]]> By: pharsyde http://puttingonthefoil.com/2009/09/oilers-trim-the-roster-and-a-few-tid-bits/#comment-1075 pharsyde Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:07:42 +0000 http://www.puttingonthefoil.com/?p=1573#comment-1075 Honestly, for a guy who stated when he got to Toronto the name of the game was to stockpile draftpicks, he sure got rid of a whole bunch of them in a hurry. Now Kessel isn’t bad at all, I’d be grinning like the grinch who stole Christmas if the Oil made a deal for him. But unless Savard changed the spelling of his name to G-R-A-B-O-V-S-K-I, Kessel isn’t getting the puck where it needs to be to score as much as last season.

Brian Burke has done one hell of a job with the Leafs this off season. It’s just a shame he has to talk, showing his hypocrisies (or short memory). Running his mouth about Heatley when a few short years ago the Pronger situation worked in his favour. The offer sheet fiasco. And now the stockpiling of draft picks to build a team from within, only to trade them all away.

Now the leafs definitely are better with Kessel. But the picks going the other way seems like a bit of an overpayment, especially since he’s injured until December.

]]> By: chucker http://puttingonthefoil.com/2009/09/oilers-trim-the-roster-and-a-few-tid-bits/#comment-1069 chucker Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:05:04 +0000 http://www.puttingonthefoil.com/?p=1573#comment-1069 Hear me now and listen to me later. If Boston dumps a talented player, that player ultimately is a dud. Kessel will get ruined on an abysmal Leafs team and never live up to the pressure put on him by this deal.

Rebuilding….nice job blockhead. Give away two of what’s likely a top 5 pick in the next two years drafts. Same old Leafs. Could have had two shots at franchise guys and rebuild with success, but the shiny object always gets in the way. They’ll be good enough to finish tenth or eleventh because Wilson can coach mashed potatoes into a team.

The Leafs Abomination continutes. Don’t know how to win and don’t know how to lose.

]]> By: Racki http://puttingonthefoil.com/2009/09/oilers-trim-the-roster-and-a-few-tid-bits/#comment-1066 Racki Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:26:48 +0000 http://www.puttingonthefoil.com/?p=1573#comment-1066 lol Mr.M. That situation was definitely pretty shady. I’m surprised he didn’t trade Pronger to the Leafs for a bag of pucks first.

And yes, the compensation would have been a 1st, 2nd and 3rd. And getting Toronto’s 1st’s for the next two years is pretty nice. I sympathize with the B’s because Kessel wasn’t willing to take a bit of a cut to stay there, but he’s also got to look out for #1 too, I suppose.

And I still think Burke has had it pretty easy. It’s easier to do what you said you were going to do when you had The Cleaner come in and do the hard, dirty work for you already.

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