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Yep. I give Chiarelli some credit for making some big changes and trying to "go for it" straight out of the gate. Unfortunately, he made bad decisions that have probably set the Oilers back more than they've pushed them forward.

Absolutely. I agree. As long as they're players in the 26-28 range, and they're not going to cost an insane amount, I'm game for adding a high end UFA or two.

Sure. But even beyond the biggest names (almost all of whom will indeed re-up with their respective teams), there is a s*** ton of really good talent on that list. Jeff Skinner, for example, has always been underrated. I don't want Holland to try to build a team through free agency, but, in theory at least, I'm down with adding a really good veteran or two to help augment our roster and maybe speed up the rebuild a wee bit.

A Jonas post I actually agree with for the most part... especially the bolded.

I hope Kronwall has a strong, healthy final season. He will likely retire after this season. There's no way he should be offered another contract, and he definitely won't sign with another team. I'd consider offering Howard another short, 2-3 year contract at a slightly lesser cap hit, depending on who else is available. We're going to need a stop gap goaltender before Larsson, Petruzzelli, or Fulcher are ready to make the jump. Nyquist should be traded at next year's deadline. He should garner a decent return. Not as high as Tatar because he'll be a pending UFA, but you'd have to think he'd get us a 2nd round pick, at minimum. Like every free agent class, most of these players will re-up with their current clubs. The few that may become available, probably won't end up in Detroit. And honestly I'm okay with that. We need to continue to draft and develop. Just remember that the players listed were draft 2nd overall, 15th, undrafted, 9th, 3rd, 22nd, 2nd, 7th, 5th, 6th, 12th, 6th, 12th, 4th, 22nd, 216th, undrafted, 108th, 61st, 39th, 152nd, 2nd, undrafted. It's very likely we could have another very high (top 5) pick next year, and hopefully get that franchise player we so desperately need. That to go along with Larkin, Mantha, Rasmussen, Cholowski, *Bouchard*, Hronek, etc. should be a very good core of players. I'm not sure we'll get Hughes next year, but piggy backing off my last point, I think we'll have a really good chance. We'll have a shot at the number one, and likely a top 5 pick, so regardless, we should be getting a very good player in what is expected to be another very good, top heavy draft. I'm definitely aboard the 2019 HYPE train though. Fortunately, I don't expect this to be a long rebuild. With a bit of luck and some shrewd moves by our GM, I think we could be right back in the mix in the next 2-3 years...

That Wisniewski chose an organization with zero playoff appearances at the time over a team that needed a top 4 D to stay a contender. During the time he played in Columbus the Wings continued to be more successful than the BJ's. What does that say about Wizzer?

Wisniewski's a dingus.

Not the least bit interested in Adam Boqvist, That concussion already concerns me. I'd much rather have either Evan Bouchard or Noah Dobson. Preferably Noah Dobson he's the complete package.

This is true. Edmonton could have done something had they loaded up right while McDavid was still on an ELC. They tried, sort of, but it didn't work. Bad signings, bad trades like the Hall one. Missed the playoffs after making it to the semis last season. McDavid's $12 million a year deal kicks in now, wasted opportunity.

If Franzen wasn't a thing, we wouldn't be talking about it

Just did. Saw Jensen win the fight.

The video