Confirmed with Link: [EDM/ANA] Joel Persson for Angus Redmond and Conditional 2022 7th round pick

[Niten Ichi Ryu]

Thats what I thought but we took back an echl goalie

I know it's the ECHL but that goalie we got is undefeated at 13-0 so far this season . You never know, he's young and could be our Binnington.
Didn't like the deal when initially heard it, but there's got to be a deep reason why Tippett isn't fond of him that none of us will ever know. The moves Kenny made today were excellent, I'll trust his judgement on thus one too

 

[LTIR]

Not sure which one of Persson or Haas said it at the beginning of season that they would only go down to AHL for few games. It will be either NHL or Europe otherwise.

 

[Aerrol]

Dang, too bad. I loved the story and thought he was alright in his stint here. Agree that it was probably to give him a shot somewhere due to the bodies ahead of him. Bear coming out the way he did sealed Perssons fate imo. Sandwiched between Bear and Bouchard as puck moving righties. He needs the space to be an offensive guy to succeed imo.

 

[Cloned]

Not sure which one of Persson or Haas said it at the beginning of season that they would only go down to AHL for few games. It will be either NHL or Europe otherwise.

It was Haas ironically.

 

[Jet Walters]

Keep in mind he was on a one-way deal making a million bucks whether in Edmonton or Bakersfield. This does save Katz a few bucks. I doubt he was in the plans moving forward and I bet he's back in Sweden next year anyways. Nobody is filing a missing Perssons report with the authorities over this loss.

 

[Jumptheshark]

From my perspective and I have made my view clear on Parsson

while he was good in the offensive zone he lacked the ability to play in his own zone at the NHL level. In my opinion. Marc andre Bergereon is the comparison I used.

I saw him play several times last season when Vaxjo where either one man or two men down and he did not touch the ice for the entire 2 or 4 minutes and he was rarely on the ice for a face off in his own zone. This was in European hockey and raised my alarm bells

 

[Canovin]

This sucks. The same thing was said about Marino when we traded him for a 6th and then he exploded into Pitts top 4 Dman not even a season later

 

[Faelko]

Meh, forgot we even had him still.

Had a nice run at the start of the year but fell off quick when the competition ramped up.

Oilers looking hard for that diamond in the rough goaltender.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Not sure which one of Persson or Haas said it at the beginning of season that they would only go down to AHL for few games. It will be either NHL or Europe otherwise.

I believe it was Haas and you can blame me for that spreading (not sure if the media reported it but a few bloggers did). Reports from over here said had an agreement in place with the oiles that he would play X amount of games in the AHL and if he was for an extended time him and the oilers would have a meeting about his future

 

[Jumptheshark]

This sucks. The same thing was said about Marino when we traded him for a 6th and then he exploded into Pitts top 4 Dman not even a season later

Two different type of players. Marino is able to play the full ice and game and has a physical aspect to his game that Parrson did not have

 

[Burnt Biscuits]

If a mod wants to edit either the title or opening post to be more accurate, you're welcome to.

 

[Canovin]

Two different type of players. Marino is able to play the full ice and game and has a physical aspect to his game that Parrson did not have

The style are different for sure. But when Marino was traded for a 6th, most were saying Marino was a nothing prospect.

 

[GMofOilers]

Way to slow for the NHL

 

[Tad Mikowsky]

Boo. I like Persson.

 

[LaGu]

Great story, and I still hopes he manages to carve out a decent career. I loved the back-story, but always had my doubts about Persson (although as I repeated many times ppl have doubted this kid many times before and he surprised them all). Anyhow, with Green coming in there is no way he'd be seeing more NHL time this season. I bet he kindly asked to get traded to get another shot at earning a new contract.

Good luck Persson!
And thanks for a pretty decent stretch of games at the start of the season.

 

[aspin3]

This sucks. The same thing was said about Marino when we traded him for a 6th and then he exploded into Pitts top 4 Dman not even a season later

Ya. Sucks to trade him within the division. If he went back to Sweden next year we still had his rights and if he tore it up there we should have been able to get better than a 7th round pick.

 

[Jumptheshark]

The style are different for sure. But when Marino was traded for a 6th, most were saying Marino was a nothing prospect.

If you look at the main board the day of the trade I suggested the Pens just stole a player. Saw a few uni games on line and liked what I saw--did not think he would make the jump right away

 

[alphahelix]

The style are different for sure. But when Marino was traded for a 6th, most were saying Marino was a nothing prospect.

I remember him being a well-considered college player who was rumoured to have teams asking about him, a captain at Harvard on a dominant pairing with Adam Fox. Rumours that he might not sign with Edmonton, and then the deal, and immediate injection into Pitts top 4, even top pair during early injuries.

 

[Oil53]

Sure a lot of crying over someone who was never going to play here.

 

[Beerfish]

No loss for persson he was not in the plans. I have no clue as to why we would take this echl goalie.

 

[GOilers88]

I feel like if this actually upsets you, then you're just looking for a reason to be negative. He was very clearly not going to get the chance here anymore and in no way hurts the team in the short or long term.

 

[fuswald]

What did we pay to get him? Less. Net positive.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

thats bound to smart

 

[CupofOil]

I'm confused about all the love for Persson. It was a nice story of his rise from obscurity to the NHL but he's a dime a dozen player who was the victim of a numbers game here even with Green gone next season. It's a nothing move.

 

[bellagiobob]