as for that idiot lyle richardson… i will first point out that Carson didnt directly do anything for the Oilers cup win in 1990, but the assets we acquired for just his services (he was only messiers punching bag here) from detroit were graves murphy and klima. Without that trade we dont have most of what won us the cup. Graves Murphy and Gelinas were HUGE reasons we won in 1990, and klima …well… when he showed up he normally won the game for us.

A simple intelligent point about the trade deadline. Usually the player you are trading will not be sticking around long term. ou have a depreciating asset when assessing their likelyhood of being in your organization for more than a few more weeks.
I was surprised recently to see a Smyth interview where he stated he was happy he was garnering so much outside attention. He went on to state that talking to oilers brass would be going against his word. you didnt have to have a phd in psychology to get the clear message that he is interested in being dealt. Would he re-sign here? Im 99% sure he would but he wants to play playoff hockey in the mean time.
this is a tough play for the oilers brass. Smyth is beloved in this community and alot of people, even if they saw the interview, would be blind to what he was saying. If the oilers traded him again i suspect even more weirdos who cant add 2 and 2 together would be ranting all over radio broadcasts and id have to quit listening to the stations on my drive to and from work. Theres not much to look at on my drives this time of year so i am not eager to go thru this.
assets that could get moved, should be moved, are in my mind hemsky, and peckham or barker. additional moves i can see are petry, and a top 10 internal prospect like pitlick etc.
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with deadline moves the seller will likely receive NOTHING for the asset come 2 months from the deadline. hmmm…nothing or something? Hemsky even stated it. The oilers offered him a 2 year extension despite his feeble year. He wants a 4+ term contract and brought up the idea (the press had talked about this being in hemmers mind early in the year as did renney)that he doesnt want to be a 3rd and 4th line forward. Hemsky isnt dumb, he can see eberle is the man and is a decade younger and we dont need to put on believer goggles to see it, nor do we have to say “oh he just needs better players”. eberle wins…pack your bags you puss.

as for our second rw position? ive always had gagner in there. If we pick at 2nd overall this year i suspect we will be going with bpa and centre grigorenko who only has a mere 31g and 38a in 46 games. whaddachump.

now thats a big centre who obviously has no hands to go behind rnh and infront of lander.

hopefully next year we are wondering about what to do with belanger.
going into next seasons camp there will be some vet forwards made expendable to possibly get us the pieces to make a pckagefor the damn should we need it.

As for the Smyth trade, funny you should mention that.

Article from Lyle Richardson (Spector’s Hockey) and his take on returns on stars at the deadline

If he did a good job of digging up all the deadline deals, then it looks like deadline trades are almost always not good for the seller at all… even long term.

I’m not too sure why but I’m kinda dissapointed to see O’marra go but I’d imagine this helps the D down in OKC. I’m hoping they make a deep push for the Cup this year down in the A.

13 pts in 33 NHL games……you never know????

I assume this is a minor league deal, cause by the scouting reports, Rodney doesn’t sound like that spectacular a player:

Assets

* Moves the puck well and has plenty of offensive capability. Displays good instincts for the game, especially in the offensive zone.

Flaws

* [b]Can cough up the puck in the defensive zone when pressured,[/b] and must also work on his play without the puck. Lacks size and the physical strength to handle the NHL’s biggest forwards.

Career Potential

* Offensive depth defenseman.