TurdBurglar

If the Oilers are going to get Montembeault, they are going to love and hate this game.

It all depends on the return. I would rather Allen be traded, but I think Primeau's value is too low and Allen's contract is too high to be traded this early. Someone has to go.

He's played really well tonight so far. The 2 against weren't close to his fault.

You're probably right. I wonder how much interest Edmonton may have in Savard, he should be back in a couple of weeks. Would definitely help their defensive woes. I would imagine anyone not named McDavid or Draisaitl is available. With a heavy price tag on Hyman, he has been their one of their best players so far this season.

The more I watch Slafkovsky, the more I notice his situational awareness isn't great. He get knocked down a lot on plays that he holds the puck too long, then looks like he had no idea someone was going to hit him.

That will be dependent on what Montembeault we see for the rest of the game.

With the Dreger saying Oilers will likely acquire Montembeault. How crazy would this trade be? To Montreal: RNH, Pickard, Xhekaj To Edmonton: Montembeault, Monahan(50% salary retention), Broberg Oilers aren't as high on Broberg as they were last year. Oilers save ~$3m in cap space and get a cheaper replacement for RNH. Montreal also gets a goalie for Laval in Pickard, could take out the young D swap too. RNH's age could be an issue. If the young D are included, Broberg has a higher ceiling and Xhekaj doesn't have a roster spot on Montreal with Broberg. Xhekaj also brings a bit more sandpaper to Edmonton, something Kane and Desharnais has to provide now. I will add I do like what Xhekaj does bring to the lineup and that will be hard to replace.

Dreger speculation Oilers goalie shopping will land on Montembeault. For Bourgault or part of a "bigger blockbuster package." He also notes that the return for coming back from Edmonton would have to be substantial.

Having watched my fair share of Oilers games so far this season, a goalie isn't the only solution to this problem. They can shore up their defense and get a similar effect. Their defense looks worse than Montreal's defense did last season, they are abysmally bad. This is where the desperation comes in. They need to shed cap space. Obviously Campbell is the biggest lightening rod. Nurse is also massively overpaid. RNH is, and has been, expendable for awhile. Kane is under performing. There's 4 $5m+ contract that are all expendable. They should explore a Nurse for Fowler move. Frees up some cap space and Anaheim may be interested if someone like Bourgault or Petrov is involved. Then they can explore lesser moves to acquire a veteran backup for Skinner. Their defense is overpaid and real bad.

This only means they will be more desperate. I'm fairly confident missing the playoffs for Edmonton is unacceptable regardless of where they currently sit. The contracts of McDavid, but more pressing, Draisaitl are too short to just let this season slip away so early. I fully expect a desperation move before Christmas to attempt to right the ship.

Marc D'Amico was reporting the expectation is $3.5m-$3.8m on a "short-term" deal. He used Vanecek out of New Jersey, Gustavsson out of Minnesota, Georgiev out of Colorado, and Jarry out of Pittsburgh as compatibles. From that list alone, I would expect the number to be in the $3m-3.5m range as all of the above goalies are getting more starts than Montembeault.

That's a great trade for Edmonton. I don't see much value for Montreal. Kovacevic is developing well, Ceci is what he is. I'm assuming something else would be coming with Ceci, but I doubt it'll be anything of substance. Even if the idea is Ceci to trade next year and a prospect, I think Kovacevic is more of what Montreal wants. The only real consideration would be if the prospect is called Bougault or Petrov.

The proposed trade was: Draisaitl and Foegele for Ullmark, DeBrusk, Poitras, Lysell and a 2026 1st rounder The original tweet with the idea: hhttps://x.com/Buccigross/status/1720412424795226157

The whole Ullmark inquiry was a mock proposal by a sports writer that has Draisaitl going to Boston. Every reference I’ve seen to that idea refers back to that mock proposal. It has no teeth, so to speak, outside of that. Also, it make very little sense for either team to trade Ullmark for Draisaitl. Draisaitl is just as untouchable in Edmonton as McDavid is. Binnington is realistically the most reasonable suggestion I’ve seen. It’s no secret that St Louis has been trying to move him since at least last season. That trade would be Campbell plus for Binnington.

Is it just me or in the few starts Primeau has started, there's signs of a decent goalie there, much more than last season.

I'm afraid I'm not following this. If I'm wrong below, please let me know why because I really don't understand why it wouldn't work. Pickard goes to Bakersfield with Campbell and Rodrigue, saving $627k. Campbell doesn't play often, all reports is he will be bought out. Foegele ($2.2m) plus a two-way contract, say Lavoie ($719k) goes to Montreal. The savings for all 3 is $3.5m compared to the $3.1m coming in from Allen. Edmonton actually increases their available cap space by about $400k. I was just working on cap space. As for value the two-way contract going to Montreal could be changed as long as it's a roster player for Edmonton, other than that any non-roster player or picks could be exchanged to even it out. As for Montreal needing a goalie in return, they are shopping a goalie because there's 3 on the roster that won't clear waivers. So I'm confused as to why Montreal would be looking at Pickard in return.

Edmonton can trade Foegele any other two-way roster player for Allen and it should work cap-wise. With the savings from Campbell about $1m, Picard no longer on the NHL roster, $2.7m (closer to $2.2m prorated) from Foegele, they are about $500k from making it work. Hence a two-way roster player. They are carrying 14 forwards according to cap friendly, so no need to worry about a callup. Foegele is on an expiring contract as well. This trade would be more about the two-way contract player than Foegele for Montréal. Currently Lavoie, Holloway could fit the money aspect and some or all of the value, Holloway more so. Montréal could target Bourgault as the value piece of the trade too and take any two-way contract from the roster.

Least surprising thing you’ll read all day. Oilers have fired Woodcroft.

While discussion goaltending options for the Oilers, Chris Johnson said “Like, you know, Sam Montembeault, not going to be extended.” I haven’t seen anything other than this suggesting he wasn’t being extended.

Rough first goal to give up. Montembeault could of played the angle better, but that was a great tip.

The word last summer was Holland turned down the idea of an extension for GM. Instead at the time there were rumblings of him getting moved somewhere else in the organization and the Oilers looking for a new GM at the end of this season. I'm not sure where that stands now.

Something is going to happen soon. They just lost to SJ in regulation to claim sole position of last. Not a good look for a cup favorite at the start of the season. I doubt Woodcroft is the head coach in 24 hours. There has to be a goalie move somewhere in the next week or they're writing off this season.

Benching a player sets up accountability. He's a first overall pick, not Wayne Gretzky. There's been talk of shipping him to the AHL all season. First step is benching, see how he responds, next is a healthy scratch, see how he responds, then send him down. It's all stages of development. It's showing St. Louis is holding players accountable for their play, which is nothing but a good thing.

I gotta say, Montreal's defense is a work in progress, but they did look fairly well tonight. Primeau didn't have to bail them out often from the 2 1/2 periods I saw.

That was a stupid penalty for Riemer to take in OT.