Edmonton Oilers Acquire Connor Murphy From Blackhawks! w/ Steve Dangle | Instant Analysis

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1. now they have two Connor m’s

2. Jeez I need a flow chart for these cap gymnastics!

3. Dude's apparently been around over a decade. Ive never even heard of him lol

4. When I was about 7 I attended Cub Scouts, the local scout groups made a hockey house league.
   One of my teammates was Gord Murphy, solid NHL D-Man in the 90s , father of Connor Murphy.
   Fun Fact : former Calgary Flames 1st round pick in 87 Bryan Deasley was also on that team..

5. No one cares

6. To the Oilers fans I am Blackhawks fan. Dude will actually defend the net decent pick up.

7. Someone said that the Hawks now have a team where everyone on it was either signed or drafted by Davidson. There is no more Bowman fingerprints left on the Hawks roster.

8. This guy has been on the block for 6 years lol

9. might Edmonton acquire center Laughton and goaltender Stolarz or Woll from Toronto? what would it take to pull off trade for one or both?

10. That’s even if Edmonton even makes it.

11. No health issues for Ekholm this year, he has been excellent. Murphy is the kind of addition this team needs, he can play the defensive role that the oilers need on the PK and 5on5.

12. Clear win-win.

    Plus, Chicago's competition owns Edmonton's 1st this year.

13. Healthy scratch Nurse for rest of the season. Instant Stanley Cup.

14. Would love to see something happen goalie wise. Maybe Mcmann and a tender from the leafs?

15. Send Jarry to Ottawa, bring back Pickard.

16. Really like this trade, needed a second shut down D, needed to bolster our PK, and a RD let's us put Walman back at LD and hopefully improve him a bit.
    Walman Murphy second line to give us an Ekholm Bouch like second line.

17. Are you dumb? Nurse with Murphy?
    Ekholm bouch
    Wallman Murphy
    Nurse/statsney emberson

18. OEL is a logical fit if they can make the cap numbers work. If he could stabilize Nurse's game, then Murphy and Walman as your third pairing would be a much better balanced D core imo

19. Add another bottom 6th and goalie before trade deadline

20. Lib

21. Meh….could have kept Kulak

22. Now that they somehow convinced Coffey to come back and yell at the defenceman again when they don’t play the puck, they have a shot. When Coffey wasn’t there pissing them off they played soft. This trade helps.

23. it'll help, i wanted him in montreal. but if bouchard, nurse and walman still refuse to play defense, this team can't win. if jarry/ingram/pickard can't stop a beach ball, this team can't win.

24. Band-aid for a gunshot wound, Bowman traded two 2nds, Kulak, and Skinner to acquire Kulak and Skinner 2.0. Utterly dumb

25. That's some serious cap gymnastics

26. As an oilers fan I am a dangle fan. Thanks for the content my dude

27. 6 D depth will give Jarry the confidence necessary to push Colorado Dallas and Minnesota. That will put Connor McDavid and Leon Draisiatl in position to control playoff hockey games beyond Vegas. Round 3 with the Lightning the big kick out might happen….♓️

28. The Oilers are not a lock to even make the playoffs at this point

29. Murphy is basically Ceci with a brain.

30. First sign of competency from oilers management in a long time…

31. The oilers need guys in the bottom six that will win puck battles….. we need to get bigger and meaner imo

32. "He's been traded twice in his career and both times was acquired by Stan Bowman". We call that the Bowman Special.

33. Whether the Oilers are done is likely entirely dependant on if there is a team out there willing to take a chance on one of the forwards that hasn't really worked out for them; its a safe bet that nobody wants Federic's contract, but I have no idea if there's a market for Mangiapane.

34. Need a goalie….. above 90 overall

35. Remember when we said “what would we do without cap friendly”

36. Edmonton may not even make the playoffs this year hahha