Confirmed with Link: [EDM/FLA] Oilers Acquire Alex Petrovic for Chris Wideman & 3rd '19

[Tobias Kahun]

If it were up to me, We get rid of Benning, Nurse, Gravel, Manning, and Petrovic. Hell trade one of Klef or Larsson for something better or try. This D needs to be even average next year.

So trade 2 top 4 D? When we need more top 4 D, in what world does that make sense

 

[Blue Line Turnover]

Is Roseanne hotter than Rosie O'Donnell?
Benning has another year left. Petrovic is a UFA.

I thought that you meant in terms of who should play over the other for the remainder of this season

 

[Tyrolean]

Not just a 3rd but the better of the two the Oilers had. If the draft was today Florida would get the 67th overall as opposed to 90th.

There should be an investigation as to why Chia deliberately sabotaged this team in the last 3 trade moves. No one is that stupid deliberately or is he?

 

[Cloned]

There should be an investigation as to why Chia deliberately sabotaged this team in the last 3 trade moves. No one is that stupid deliberately or is he?

Deliberate sabotage would indicate superior intelligence...

So it's probably not that.

 

[ujju2]

Is Roseanne hotter than Rosie O'Donnell?
Benning has another year left. Petrovic is a UFA.

I don't see the value in burying Manning. He's a decent bottom pair defenseman when there's someone to cover for his lapses. He's probably the third best puck moving defenseman on the roster behind Klefbom and Sekera.

Again, the trade itself was boneheaded, but the player has strengths that we can utilize. Gravel, unless he's willing to sign a league minimum deal, is probably playing elsewhere. The way I'm seeing it, unless a significant trade occurs,

Klefbom - Larsson
Nurse - XXXXX
Sekera - Russell
Manning

XXXXX is either Bouchard, Bear, Persson or a UFA.

I'd rather trade Manning cheap than bury him, if possible. But I see Gravel as being much better than all of Benning, Manning, and Petrovic.

 

[belair]

I'd rather trade Manning cheap than bury him, if possible. But I see Gravel as being much better than all of Benning, Manning, and Petrovic.

When Gravel adds puck-movement and offensive support to his game, he'll be an NHL defender. Right now he's a guy who essentially breaks even at best.

Manning is significantly worse in his own end, but he offers you offensive upside. Benning does as well.

 

[OilerFan4Life]

Benning, Manning, Petrovic, and Gravel all have a common trait.

None of these guys has the foot speed to play at the NHL level.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Benning, Manning, Petrovic, and Gravel all have a common trait.

None of these guys has the foot speed to play at the NHL level.

Gravel is most definitely the most mobile of the group.