Wow, another 1st pick

subman · #1 04-13-2012, 03:59 PM

Why get rid of Horcoff? I understand he isn't worth his contract but this isn't a cap team so it doesn't matter how much he gets paid. He is a decent 3rd line center, the problem was when he was our first line center, he is far from that now.

(Im not a Horcoff fan at all)

muck · #2 04-13-2012, 04:12 PM

PLease... please get rid of Horcoff. Can't stand that guy.

Ironically though the 1 game i made it too this season he scored the winning goal.

Oilers · #3 04-13-2012, 04:23 PM

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PLease... please get rid of Horcoff. Can't stand that guy.

How do you get rid of Kevin Lowe's son-in-law? It's impossible. What? He's not Lowe's son-in-law? Hmm, I have always thought that's the reason he got that big fat contract in the first place. My bad!

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Ironically though the 1 game i made it too this season he scored the winning goal.

And that alone worths 7M. Don't you think?

muck · #4 04-13-2012, 04:35 PM

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And that alone worths 7M. Don't you think?

If he got paid for every giveaway/turnover he would be worth that for sure, probably much more.

subman · #5 04-13-2012, 04:36 PM

I agree its a bad (super bad) contract but I do find it funny how fans hate a player for his contract. The only person who should care is Katz. Its not like his contract is stopping us from signing free agents, the Oil have tons of cap space.

muck · #6 04-13-2012, 04:38 PM

I honestly don't care how much the contract is... he could be playing for free and Id still pray he was playing for Calgary or at the least a healthy scratch.

Oilers · #7 04-13-2012, 04:43 PM

I don't hate Horcoff because of his contract. He can make 10M for 10 years, I would care less if he actually performs. He's just dead weight now as far as I am concerned. Nobody wants him and that's why we can't trade him away.

subman · #8 04-13-2012, 04:50 PM

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I don't hate Horcoff because of his contract. He can make 10M for 10 years, I would care less if he actually performs. He's just dead weight now as far as I am concerned. Nobody wants him and that's why we can't trade him away.

No we can't trade him because of his gross contract. Again I'm no fan of his but in his defence he was put in a crap position by the team, he was a shutdown center expected to score goals as well. It's been constant theme on this team, players not knowing their roles and being asked to do what they have never done. I am glad to see it changing but I think that comes from having enough top end talent to allow the role players like Horcoff and the like to be role players.

(I wasn't pointing fingers at anyone before it was a general statement, mostly brought on by listening to sports radio all day lol)

ponokareefer · #9 04-13-2012, 05:00 PM

Considering how little Oilers fans have had to cheer for for so long now, this was great day for all of us. How many teams have gone through rebuilds and still have most of the seats sold on a lot of nights?

As for Horcoff, he may become tradeable in the last 2 years of his contract. Although his cap hit remains at $5.5M, his actual salary drops to $4M and then $3M. A non-cap team might be interested. His salary is still $6M next year though, so he won't be going anywhere soon.