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Team Sloppy Seconds - Final

Tampa Bay Lightning's Alex Tanguay (13) battles for the puck with Atlanta Thrashers' Joey Crabb (15) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)

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4 months ago: Tampa Bay Lightning's Alex Tanguay (13) battles for the puck with Atlanta Thrashers' Joey Crabb (15) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)

Team sloppy seconds is complete except for a backup goaltender.  After the initial wave of free agent signings in July, I looked at the remaining unrestricted free agents and cobbled together a competitive team with those leftovers.

I think this team is a defenseman away from the playoffs, and with approximately $17,000,000 in cap room, I'm sure that our fictitious GM can swing a trade to make it happen.  Plenty of people knew that this was going to be a buyer's year in the free agent market, plenty of people that weren't NHL general managers, that is.

Star-divide

Tanguay - Koivu - Kovalev
Moen - Malhotra - Niedermayer
Kotalik - Lang - Sykora
Veilleux - Moore - Grier


Morris - Boynton
Foster - Beauchemin
Mara - Seidenberg


Biron
Legace**

The signed portion of this team has a cap hit of $36,102,202 - not enough to make the salary floor.

I mentioned some low cost alternatives and depth players in my original post, "...Betts, Yelle, Labarbera, Perrin**, Pyatt, McKee, Tollefson, Bouillon..." Their cap hit totals $5,450,000 thus far.  Adding in enough guys from the depth players list to make a 23 man roster doesn't get this team to the salary floor.

**Unsigned

Looking over this list, there are some general managers that should be questioned, both by the media and their fanbases.  In the face of some of these deals, how can the overpays we've seen in recent years (Komisarek, Hossa) have any justification?  I've said this before, but you have 30 guys running 30 multi-hundred-million dollar franchises, the majority of whom have nothing more than a high school diploma or equivalent.  Whether they like it or not, these guys need a bigger support base, more information, more research, more lessons on strategy and markets, and especially more support in negotiations and negotiation techniques. Most intelligent owners will soon wake up to the fact that being connected to the old-boy network of the NHL isn't enough to run a competitive franchise.

Until then, root for Team Sloppy Seconds for the cup!

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Assuming a trade for a stalwart defenseman, can Team Sloppy Seconds make the playoffs?
In the East
9 votes
In the West
3 votes
In either conference
12 votes
No
19 votes

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bad defense. and very average offense

by SumOil on Oct 14, 2009 10:05 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I would say ‘yes’, but they would play some extremely boring games. 1 good offensive line, 2 good defensive lines, 1 so-so/inconsistent offensive line, defense that wouldn’t scare anyone, and average goaltending. Depending on the coaching system, it could work, but it would be like watching NJ or Minnesota. Maybe worse. I’d rather have the current Oiler team which may not make the playoffs, but they will make it fun to watch the games again.

by jonnybluejay on Oct 14, 2009 10:24 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Tanguay – Koivu – Kovalev
Kotalik – Lang – Sykora

Those are two decent offensive lines; the first ostensibly in a PVP role (where I think they get squished, hence my ‘no’ vote) and the other in a soft minutes role (if Lang’s healthy, they could perform well there.

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by Jonathan Willis on Oct 14, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t think these boys play PVP. I think they run the second and fourth line out at the opposing first.

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by Derek Zona on Oct 14, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yikes.

I like Malhotra and all, but he’d get buried with those wingers.

Surely you send Koivu and Co. out against th second-tier threats before Moore’s line?

A posse ad esse.

Writer for The Copper & Blue and OilersNation.

by Jonathan Willis on Oct 14, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Brad May

Needs to be added

But my real question is: How has Khabby been received so far in Edmonton?

by The Admiral on Oct 14, 2009 10:36 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I’m trying to push the nickname “The Maginot Line” for Khabibulin. It’s being well-received.

How’s that for an answer?

by Benjamin Massey on Oct 14, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mixed reviews. He’s had some really shining moments, but he’s been victimized by some ugly deflections, some of which we’ve felt like maybe he should’ve had.

Oh, and there was that bullshit with David Moss in the first game of the year. I think that got him off on the wrong foot with a lot of people, even with those of us who weren’t initially horrified by the contract.

SNN Sports - A theoretical Oilers blog (i.e. theoretically, I write stuff there). Link now 100% less broken.

by Doogie2K on Oct 14, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

True or False

The Oilers lead the NHL in “own” goals this year?

by The Admiral on Oct 14, 2009 12:23 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

in 2nd place: Mike Komisarek’s head

by The Admiral on Oct 14, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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