DoneI would be if price is Strome + DeHaan
Hawks have plenty of cap coming off the books in coming years so taking risk on OEL is not the worst gamble
Getting rid of Strome or CdH at this point doesn't really even help us out.
I don't know, addition by subtraction. One has no motivation and the other seems to have not recovered from injury/rehab...give those minutes elsewhere. Although CdH at least may turn it around, when in top form he's solid.
Given they each only have the 21-22 season left on their contracts, it just doesn't make sense to take on a 30 year old defenseman with 6 more years at an 8M+ cap hit to get rid of those 2 plugs. Just wait it out.
CdH will probably be injured for more than half the season anyway.
Not to mention at that price you can get a better player in Hamilton who is 2 years younger.
Oh, sorry, I didn't mean for OEL, I just meant ditching Strome and possibly CdH in general though I'd prefer the latter get his game back.
Kind of surprised he's only 29. Feels like he's been in the league forever to me.
Not really interested, though.
Eight million for six more years coming off a terrible year. Wouldn't claim him off waivers.Hawks are set to have 70M in open cap room in a couple years (I know we will have some youth to extend and Kane most likely)
But the OEL contract is not the great risk many are seeing it as for a team like Hawks and the reward/upside is very high
OEL is not a Seabrook in which he is physically failing.. OEL struggles largely seem to stem from an organization that is pretty shit around him and incompatibility with coach
OEL struggles coincide alot with hiring of Rick Tochett who is a terrible coach IMO
Also one has to just look at last years play in/playoffs in which OEL was by far Yotes best player to see him performing at high level
Hawks are set to have 70M in open cap room in a couple years (I know we will have some youth to extend and Kane most likely)
But the OEL contract is not the great risk many are seeing it as for a team like Hawks and the reward/upside is very high
OEL is not a Seabrook in which he is physically failing.. OEL struggles largely seem to stem from an organization that is pretty shit around him and incompatibility with coach
OEL struggles coincide alot with hiring of Rick Tochett who is a terrible coach IMO
Also one has to just look at last years play in/playoffs in which OEL was by far Yotes best player to see him performing at high level
OEL has never been a good all around dman. Mostly a good shot is all. Anytime they've tried to play him outside a pure Offensive role its been bad.
He's in a way what Boqvist could reasonably be. Great offensive shooting dman that's medicore otherwise. But all the Bqovist didn't do enough... Boqvist had better ppg at 20 than OEL did. Short season for Boqvy sure.
Free of Tochett I expect a return to form for OEL
Tochett has been major issue in Arizona
Obviously people disagree but at end of day I would not be upset if Hawks take shot on OEL giving up nothing of value like I proposed
What an excellent contribution.Another imaginary proposal that’s not gonna happen but let’s discuss it to death…