Confirmed Trade: [EDM/CHI] Duncan Keith and Tim Soderlund for Caleb Jones and Conditional 2nd/3rd round pick

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[hamzarocks]

Shouldn't cost the Oilers anything crazy

 

[ChiHawk21]

keith is still a good d man. oilers fans will be upset at the trade but shouldnt be. he will help and wants to be there.

 

[Bettman Returnz]

Thank god! Hopefully we can move on from endless pages about this topic soon.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I can't wait to see this trade

 

[joestevens29]

I've said from day 1 one of the other things that has to be done is a deal with Seattle. All of a sudden adding Keith adds a guy that needs to be protected.

Holland isn't just going to add Keith without some sort of deal with Seattle.

 

[duxfan1101]

In his trade target article, Seravalli mentioned Caleb Jones was on the table for a Keith trade, we will see if that comes true.

 

[Hodge]

I've said from day 1 one of the other things that has to be done is a deal with Seattle. All of a sudden adding Keith adds a guy that needs to be protected.

Holland isn't just going to add Keith without some sort of deal with Seattle.

They didn't have enough defensemen worth protecting to begin with.

 

[VanillaCoke]

 

[GreeningOil]

Oilers… Pretty please, don’t make this another joke of a trade.

 

[BCNate]

Have to assume a solid + from CHI or heavy retention, otherwise I have no idea why the oilers do this. 5.5 in a flat cap could get you a lot of far better Dmen than 38 YO Duncan Keith.

 

[Del Preston]

keith is still a good d man. oilers fans will be upset at the trade but shouldnt be. he will help and wants to be there.

Unfortunately, there is a portion of this fan base that already hates him and will never give him a chance no matter what.

 

[YP44]

I think this will end up be a good pick up for the Oilers even at full cap hit

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Have to assume a solid + from CHI or heavy retention, otherwise I have no idea why the oilers do this. 5.5 in a flat cap could get you a lot of far better Dmen than 38 YO Duncan Keith.

Most reports have Chicago absolutely unwilling to retain.

If that's true, and what's going back isn't James Neal, this trade is a loss for the Oilers almost regardless of what else is going back. Adding Keith at 5.5 severely hampers our ability to improve in places we actually need to improve, which is in goal and top 6 forwards.



If the immediate take from the team's beat writer is "hot damn, money for a better defenceman" I have serious concerns.

 

[Beerfish]

Big time trepidation on this for me as an oiler fan.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Oilers fans will be mad no wonder what the return is.

 

[Jumptheshark]

The fact they are doing it before the expansion draft is interesting

 

[Pinkfloyd]

If the Oilers manage to get Keith in a swap where Neal is going the other way, it's hard to see any piece involved not making that a win for Edmonton.

 

[COHawk]

Always thought Keith was going to retire a Hawk. This makes me sad.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Could be good to get some Cup rings in that dressing room.

 

[YP44]

Oilers fans will be mad no wonder what the return is.

until he is a key part of a series win

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Of course he goes to Edmonton lol.

 

[razor ray]

Oilers fans will be mad no wonder what the return is.

I think you can say the same for a group of Chicago fans.

 

[cwede]

I've said from day 1 one of the other things that has to be done is a deal with Seattle. All of a sudden adding Keith adds a guy that needs to be protected. Holland isn't just going to add Keith without some sort of deal with Seattle.

i don't see why - expose both Russel and Klefbom, maybe you lose one
Russell is older and Klefbom carries injury uncertainty

Keith is gonna pick up the lost guy's minutes anyway

expose some guys, lose 1, don't look back ...