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I think you're overpaying for OEL. Happy to trade gardiner, not happy to trade nylander/marner. Just like with McD, you pay the price with other assets. Gardiner is a good enough piece that you can surround him with value and seal the deal. I'd happily give up brown and he's a very good player.
Problem being you have to give to get and pieces like Brown are not going to sway anyone from parting with a elite top pairing Dman. IMO
In order for Arizona to deal a player like OEL whom they consider all but untouchable it will cost alot to make that happen.
Could LA be convinced that a Kadri + Gardiner + Brown + ?? could get you in the Drew Doughty trade talks potentially then great but I suspect the first words out of most other team asks will be Marner/Nylander as the requirement in an deal. IMO