MaximumBone

Denmark • 27 Years Old • Male

The Problem With Oscar Klefbom (Don't Trade Darnell Nurse)

I'm gonna come right outta the gate and say what qualifies as sacrilege within the Oilers community: Darnell Nurse is the Oilers' best Dman and attempts to trade him under the pretense that his minutes could be replaced by Klefbom aren't just wrong, they're blind to statistically observable reality. I guess I should actually get to the evidence before asserting things so strongly. There's long... Read More »

Bone's Guide: A Disappointing Review

Been a while, [expletive removed for reasons]! In honour of the latest bout of disappointment the Oilers chose to throw at us, I figured now would be a great time to review my targets from last offseason and quantify whether I'm more or less disappointing than my favourite team! First, we ought to set the bar: by how many criteria did the Oilers disappoint? [b]1.)[/b] [i]"Compete for the p... Read More »

Oilers Heading Into Free Agency

With the news that players like Anthony Duclair and Tobias Rieder are heading toward UFA status, I've figured now would be as good a time as any to layout my idea of a reasonable offseason plan for the Oilers to (not) follow. The primary focuses for the Oilers should be as follows: [b]1.) Secure significant RFAs (Nurse, Strome and Benning) 2.) Pursue cheap skill 3.) Prioritize speed in all... Read More »

Oilers at the Entry Draft: Later Round Draft Targets

To conclude my draft series, the following is list of a number of players I'd be pushing for the Oilers to pick. Last year's version of this list included names like Henri Jokiharju (CHI), Kole Lind (VAN), Kirill Maksimov (EDM) and Benjamin Jones (VGK). [b][u]2nd round targets:[/u][/b] Aside from my aforementioned targets in Hillis and Olofsson, a few other names I like include: C, Ty D... Read More »

Oilers at the Entry Draft: Drafting a Forward 10th

As was stated in the first of this series of draft blogs, I'll be operating under this template (though it seems as though it might have shifted a tad the last few days): [quote][i]Depending on who you ask, there's about a 10 player "top-tier" that generally goes as follows: Dahlin #1 Svechnikov #2 Zadina, Tkachuk and Dobson #3-5 Hughes, Wahlstrom, Bouchard, Boqvist and Kotkaniemi #6-10... Read More »