Posts About "Kyle Turris"
Oilers News & Rumors: Russell Extended, UFAs Motivated, McDavid, More
October 21st, 2020 In an Edmonton Oilers news and rumors update, the Edmonton Oilers added three key pieces to their puzzle in this year's free agency period and inked three existing players to new contracts. In each instance, there is different motivation for the player. Looking more closely at Kyle Turris, Tyson Barrie, Jesse Puljujarvi, it will be...
Oilers’ Acquisition of Turris Fills Major Void on Third Line
October 16th, 2020 General manager Ken Holland's acquisition of Kyle Turris in free agency seems to be an incredibly shrewd and underrated move in bolstering the Edmonton Oilers' depth down the middle. After Connor McDavid and Leon Draisiatl, the production the Oilers received from their remaining centers was subpar and, frankly, not enough for a...
Oilers' Holland Conducts Free Agency Magic for Under $8 Million
October 10th, 2020 Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland is on a roll. Sure, there are questions about the penalty kill and there's concern that the goaltending isn't good enough. There's even concern after getting a steal of a deal on an offensive-defenseman on Saturday that the blue line isn't good enough. All that said, the Oilers did some...
Oilers Sign Kyle Turris to a Two-Year Contract
October 9th, 2020 It has been a very eventful couple of days for Kyle Turris. On Wednesday, he was placed on unconditional waivers by the Nashville Predators so they could buy out the final four years of his six-year, $36 million contract he signed back in 2017. It didn’t take him very long to gain employment as the Edmonton Oilers have signed...
Names Most Connected to Oilers Heading Into NHL Free Agency
October 8th, 2020 As the Edmonton Oilers prepare for the opening of free agency on Friday, there are a number of rumors circulating around the team. The Oilers have a few needs, among them a search for a goaltender, a third-line center and another top-six winger. Apparently, they're also considering a top-offensive defenseman. The Oilers don't have a...
Predators Buy Out Turris & Santini
October 7th, 2020 Early in the 2020 NHL Draft, many of the headlines are coming from the Nashville Predators. Last night, general manager David Poile answered one of the biggest questions of the First Round by taking Russian goaltender Yaroslav Askarov with the 11th pick. This morning, Chris Johnston is reporting that the Predators have placed both Kyle...
Detroit Red Wings: 4 Potential Trade Targets
September 15th, 2020 If there's one thing that Steve Yzerman changed once he took over as general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, it's the volume of trades the organization made. From August 2019 until now, Yzerman has completed eight trades - more than half of the 14 total moves the team made from January 2017 to March 2019. As an unusual offseason...
Predators Can't Afford To Do Nothing This Offseason
September 4th, 2020 The Nashville Predators began the season with +1450 odds to win the Stanley Cup, which had them placed with the eighth-best odds to win hockey's most coveted prize. Ahead of them in sixth and seventh place, respectively, were the Washington Capitals and St. Louis Blues, the last two teams to win it all. Related: 10 Reasons Hockey Is...
Predators Have Necessary Pieces to Recover From Disappointing Season
August 27th, 2020 It was not that long ago when the Nashville Predators were the plucky underdog, who were, dare we say it, easy to root for. However, after making a Stanley Cup Final appearance in 2017, the organization has regressed and regressed badly. In the 2018 playoffs they were eliminated in the second round, then took a first-round exit, and...
NHL Rumors: Lightning, Blue Jackets, Predators, Hurricanes, More
August 9th, 2020 In today's NHL rumor rundown, the Blue Jackets got good news when it comes to a couple of potentially injured players, while the Tampa Bay Lightning got potentially bad news when it comes to their star defenseman. The New Jersey Devils officially picked up two extra draft picks and the Nashville Predators are looking at ways to improve...
Predators Bitten By Lack of Second Line Production, Again
August 6th, 2020 The Nashville Predators find themselves down 2-1 in their best-of-five Qualifying Round series against the Arizona Coyotes after dropping Game 3 by a final score of 4-1. In such a short series it goes without saying that each game is critical. The Predators have lost two games and are already on the brink of elimination. There will...
3 Keys To Predators' Play-In Round Success
July 25th, 2020 With training camp being one week in and the Nashville Predators getting ready to take on the Arizona Coyotes in less than two weeks, today we look at the three keys to the Predators' play-in round success. Related: Vancouver Canucks' All-Time Team Since the get-go of training camp, head coach John Hynes has made sure the...
Predators Owe Season to Hart Candidate Josi
February 8th, 2020 Do teams still count as top-heavy if the so-called “top” comprises just a single name? Because top to bottom, the Nashville Predators are not a playoff team… far from it. And yet captain Roman Josi has seemingly single-handedly willed them to within one point of a Western Conference wild-card spot. Predators a Single Point...
