thing is. I would shocked if he signed in seattle. iof he leaves edmonton he is going to a team that can win and win now. He's had enough losing as is

I mean he probably wants a raise and if i'm EDM I say fk that! Stats are inflated due to being on the PP with McDavid and Drai.

Defense is not really an issue for EDM so Jones to me doesn't make sense

It’s a very big hole in this armchair.

Who knows if Vegas taught us anything it is that expansion teams aren't always going to be bad in their first season.

Your right it’s not an issue. Guaranteed not an issue with Jones around. It like a weighted blanket compared to a normal blanket... well whatever works for ya.

Id take the bet of seattle being further away from vegas than closer to what vegas did. Something like has only ever happened twice in league history and given the recency ofthe vegas situation, I doubt teams will fall for the same tricks again. Nuge is either in edmonton for max 6.1 or goes to a potential contender for 6.5+

Ya I dunno about you but I come out with some pretty good teams! There are a few situations that makes an expansion team foam at the mouth. They are going to be as awesome. Maybe not best team like vegas but I don’t see why they wouldn’t be able to push for the playoffs off the bat.

You gave up way too much just to acquire Domi and Jones for a year. More silliness in trading for Kesler, thinking he helps the cap situation . You've vastly overpaid Larsson in $$$ and term.

That’s what you think. The idea is to sign Jones to make it worth it. Kesler going on LTIR would not help the cap? Or am I unaware that he is healthy to play next year?

Of course Kesler is on LTIR next season....and it doesn't help/or hurt the cap situation. Foolish to trade for a guy and hope he signs long term as a UFA. Really the chance that the Oilers can sign Jones is one in thirty two.

They have him all year. So they could sign him any time. I understand the risk and I do want to say, the first round pick seems a bit heavy to me but felt a somewhat high pick was going to be needed

Oilers say no way to the CBJ trade. They're not about to give up 2 good defensive prospects when they just got their defensive prospects looking good. Bouchard and Samorukov are staying.
Huge overpay for Jones and Domi.