Eberle has never been a PPG player and his career PPG is 0.8.
Sorry, "roughly" a PPG player. Still, not likely to be traded for Simmonds and Coburn.
Simmonds and Coburn have the toughness and defense Edmonton sorely lacks. They are also fairly young and signed for years to come and pose no risk of leaving the NHL to play in the KHL.
This may be true, but that doesn't mean the Oilers are going to let go one of their best young players (I know, I know, he hasn't looked good in the first ten games this season). I don't know if I would call Coburn "fairly young." He isn't ancient, but he's pushing 30. Simmonds is no spring chicken either.
Think of it this way...would you trade a 20 year old one year removed from being the #1 overall pick in the draft, who put up 31 points in 48 games for a second pair defender pushing 30 and a mid twenties grinder, just because of a slow start and the fact that there are rumblings that maybe possibly he might think about possibly thinking about going back to Russia. But they need toughness and defense! Gimme a break. The Flyers need scoring...would you trade Couturier for Joffrey Lupul...he's putting up some good points and he's only 30! Of course not. Because that would be silly. But the Oilers will probably trade their 20 year old potential star for Coburn and Simmonds because they need grinders and second pairing d-men and one guy tweeted that something might possibly make Yakupov think about maybe going back to the KHL.
If the Flyers are going to trade both of those very valuable pieces, then a player like Eberle makes far more sense than Yakupov.
Very valuable to whom? All anyone talks about on here is how ****** Coburn is, now all of the sudden he is valuable. I'm not saying he doesn't have value, but he's not going to command Yakupov or Eberle by himself or with Simmonds. You want Eberle or Yakupov, you better believe that Couturier, Schenn, Laughton, or maybe even Morin or Haag would be involved in addition to some other players.
He already declined to waive his NTC to go to Edmonton on draft day.
Do you have a source for this? I have not heard that. Not saying you are wrong, but I have not heard that.