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The Athletic
Hard-target search for the Oilers’ next starting goaltender
- A Marc-Andre Fleury deal would need to involve some retention by Chicago…
- Jonathan Bernier was signed by Holland in 2018 to help shore up Detroit’s goaltending situation, and history suggests Edmonton’s general manager tends to reacquire talent.
- Braden Holtby and James Reimer play for teams who anticipate being in the thick of the race, so the list may come down to Fleury and Jake Allen as strong options for Edmonton.
- An example of a trade that could work for Edmonton: Koskinen ($4.5 million and on the last year of his deal) for Semyon Varlamov of the New York Islanders.
- (Jake) Allen might be included in a package with rugged defenceman Ben Chiarot (also in COVID-19 protocol) if Holland makes the 2022 first-round pick available.
BLH’s Thoughts: I like what LT is selling there, but I feel like Montreal and the Islanders will wait until closer to the trade deadline to make a deal like that. Rogers Place might get burnt down if Holland chooses to hold pat on his goaltending duo until then.
If Edmonton didn’t want to include that 1st rounder to get Chiarot and Allen out of MTL, do you think a package of Rafa Lavoie, Dmitri Samorukov, Slater Koekkoek, Koskinen, and a 2023 2nd round pick would get it done?
Don’t forget about Seattle. Chris Driedger and Carson Soucy to Edmonton might be a plan B to an Allen/Chiarot-like deal and Yamamoto’s heating up with 6pts in his last 6 games. Should the Oilers sell high for once?
Edmonton Sun
Edmonton Oilers have more to worry about than Koskinen
- Almost the exact same thing happened just two years ago. Instead of a 9-1 start, they were 8-2-1. Instead of 16-5 heading into December, they were 16-7-3. Instead of a 2-8-2 slump, it was 4-10-1.
- Same scenario, same time of the year. Then Yamamoto came up, brought life to their second line, and the Oilers went on a 15-6-3 run to finish second in the division, with Smith and Koskinen in net and no secondary scoring.
BLH’s Thoughts: The moral of this story, the Oilers like to play Santa in Decembers and give back what they’ve earned in the first few weeks of the season.
F*CK! I totally forgot about this… Maybe this is something that Tychkowski should’ve mentioned earlier?… It might’ve lifted some of the fanbase’s anxiety.
Killer’s on a bit of a heater right now, is he going to come in and save the day again?…
The Daily Goal Horn
NHL Rumors: Oilers goalie targets
- Yesterday, we mentioned Dallas Stars’ Anton Khudobin as a possibility.
- Sportsnet’s Rory Boylen suggested six others with the most interesting being Joonas Korpisalo (UFA, $2.8M), Marc-Andre Fleury (UFA, $7M), and Chris Driedger (2 years, $3.5M).
- “Georgiev is out there. They are talking about him and there’s no way the Rangers are keeping him,” Kypreos said on his podcast.
BLH’s Thoughts: At this point anything is possible, but if Ken Holland wants to move Koskinen in that deal, the impossible would be him not getting bent over a barrel to do it.
Georgiev’s on fire right now and the Rangers are tops in the league. Why would they move him?
I don’t know if MAF is going to waive any clauses to go to Deadmonton in the middle of the winter and a season-long slump.
I would say the train has passed on Khudobin and Korpisalo, but that’s just my personal feeling. I suppose a lateral move could take place if Holland thought keeping Mikko around was a detriment to the team.
