@lotsryan What do you think he’s worth as a FA?
Cap is 104mil, 113 next yr and most likely 120 the year after. Hes 31 but can skate,win draws PK and way more of a player than henrique was the last 2 years. Im not a fan of bowman and think he should be gone. But this is a fair contract.
@JasonGregor Bowman isn’t capable of making “smart”decisions. I’m confident this will be another lost trade and setback making our roster and assets worse.
@TSNRyanRishaug Desperate move from a desperate gm. Bowman has now made it very clear he should not be in charge and has no idea what he’s doing. his signings/trades/asset/cap management suck, eye for talent is comical. now our coach is a guy who hasn’t been relevant for 18yrs and players hate.
@Bob_Stauffer Another Abysmal n desperate move from Bowman if this is true, Babcock hasn’t been relevant for 18 years when the game was clutch n grab its way faster/skilled now and all he’s gonna do is stunt the growth of young players while scaring away potential free agents. Bowman is a joke
@TheLineBlender Oilers have 16.5mil in cap space and burning 11.9mil on a winger that will cost you two 1sts a 2nd and 3rd leaving us w 4.5mil to find starting goalie a 3C and a 2nd pair RD is comical. hows that make us better? This isn’t fantasy hockey, Dorofeyev will get 8-8.5mil w Vegas.
@TheLineBlender I wouldn’t sign him for free for that much let alone an offer sheet for all the picks. That’s one of the worst offer sheets I’ve seen in a long time. Not sure what Marek is smoking.
@clgmatt@Bob_Stauffer@EdmontonOilers When 97 n 29 come out saying we took a step back what are they talking about? Cause Jarry,Frederic,Stasteny or Mangiapane weren’t good enough to play in playoffs,+13mil in dead cap along w all the picks/players we gave up was a massive fail. Bowman isn’t making us better.
@spittinchiclets@BizNasty2point0 Biggest offseason in Oilers history and we’re trusting the gm that Signed an ogre in Frederic to 8x3.85, traded Skinner, Kulak 2nd 3rd for an unplayable goalie and Stastney, then he had to dump Mangiapane plus a pick to get rid of his contract. sounds like we’re in good hands.
@EdmontonOilers@Enterprise Bowman sounds like a politician, takes zero responsibility and gives word salad responses hinting others are part of the problem. Not once did he own up for his OWN actions that put us here. Terrible leadership! Hes clearly shown he cant judge talent, manage a cap or make trades
@FriedgeHNIC@FAN590 Fire bowman! It doesn’t matter who the coach is until we get a competent gm who wasn’t out of the game for 5 years. his trades and signing show GMing has passed him.