Confirmed with Link: Ethan Bear traded to Carolina for Warren Foegele

[jesusbuiltmyhotrod]

There is literally no room for the guy. Barrie, Ceci, Bouchard, Lagesson, Broberg. Honestly, I liked Lagesson's game more than Bears last year. EDIT: sorry, thought Lagesson was a RHD when I posted this. Still, the motive for the trade is pretty clear.

Honestly mind boggling how people do not understand WHY this deal was done. Shipped a position of strength, for one of extreme weakness.

Exactly....

 

[belair]

Happy with this trade for Ethan. It puts him in a situation where he's going to get a good chance to develop his offensive game at the NHL level while being properly sheltered. That just wasn't going to happen here with Bouchard on the roster.

I love this trade for us. We finally developed a defenseman that could return someone of equal age and good value. Foegele is awesome. A speedy, high energy winger for the third line, still just 25.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

I hate it because of the absolute gong-show insanity that's been going on with Right-shot Dmen this year.

1 year of Risto for a 1st?
Seth Jones for $9.5million?


This is the worst time to be giving our Right-handed Dman for a 3rd liner.

Bear was a bottom pairing d-man last year

 

[OldManBouchard]

So what does Foegele sign for? He's RFA no?

 

[MoontoScott]

Bear will do well for himself in Carolina and I wish him the best of luck.

I think the bigger issues were (a) the Oiler D just has to get physically bigger and they already have one undersized defenseman in Barrie.
(b) A lot of very good D-man Oiler prospects will be pushing for roster spots in the next few years and (rightly or wrongly) the Oilers project them to be better players than Bear.

Another forward now with questionable finishing abilities? Well, perhaps he explodes in an Oiler uniform.

 

[ManofSteel55]

I feel like we finally won a trade but it is hard seeing Bear go.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

Bear was a bottom pairing d-man last year

Yeap.

The unfortunate part of this, is that Barrie is a veteran who needs sheltering.
Then we ran Bear and Bouchard who also need a bit of sheltering.

Larsson was our only guy who could handle tougher minutes, but at least we were slowly developing Bear to do that as well.

Now our right side has nobody who can play hard minutes, and we're looking at Cody Ceci for that???

I feel like we finally won a trade but it is hard seeing Bear go.

You should see the market for Right-shot Dman before you make that claim.

 

[ENTdoc]

Hope Bear thrives in Carolina
Seems like a solid young man
And glad he is going to a different division in case he reaches his full potential

 

[JordanGalhanth]

I hope the Bear haters are satisfied

 

[Oilers in NS]

I was told on the Carolina board to call Foegele, McLovin

 

[McTedi]

I hope the Bear haters are satisfied

I hope he does well with the Canes and everyone saw this trade coming. Bouchard needed his spot.

 

[Hemsky4pm2]

Reimer to SJ.

Looks like it's going to be Edmonton or Buffalo decision for Ullmark.

Chance to win, plus decent $, or more $ to stay on a team that's fading fast...

The Oilers might be able to get him at a lower AAV than I first though. 4-5 year term between 4-4.5M would be awesome.

 

[space321]

Wow we gave up on Bear way too early

At least Foegele is decent? Idk what his contract will look like but hopefully 15g in the bottom 6 next year isn't too much of an ask.

 

[iCanada]

I like Foegele.

Not sure how I feel about moving Bear for him.

Definitely don't like downgrading Bear to Ceci.

 

[Mr Positive]

I hope the Bear haters are satisfied

I'm sure theyll be the first to trash Holland if Bear pans out

 

[CycloneSweep]

If we don't get Foegele an actual 3rd line center...that would totally be Oilers. Trade a guy like Bear for a third liner and pair him with 4th liners and be confused why he is putting up 4th line numbers.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Reimer to SJ.

Looks like it's going to be Edmonton or Buffalo decision for Ullmark.

Chance to win, plus decent $, or more $ to stay on a team that's fading fast...

The Oilers might be able to get him at a lower AAV than I first though. 4-5 year term between 4-4.5M would be awesome.

Ullmark will stay in Buffalo, Kuemper trade will fall thru

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Bear was a really solid and likeable guy. I'll miss seeing him on the team, but the reality is that when you are trying to win you can't have too much youth to develop at the same time. Hopefully Foegele goes a long ways into improving our bottom 6.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Love some of the Oilers fan logic here: I've heard of Bear but never heard of Foegele, therefore this is a terrible trade.

I have heard of Foegle--my concern is that he has arbitration rights and if he files for it and wins? He was on 2.15 last year--he might try for 3. That pushes us into already using .750 of Klefboms LTIR before we sign Yams

 

[Trafalgar Sadge Law]

Yeap.

The unfortunate part of this, is that Barrie is a veteran who needs sheltering.
Then we ran Bear and Bouchard who also need a bit of sheltering.

Larsson was our only guy who could handle tougher minutes, but at least we were slowly developing Bear to do that as well.

Now our right side has nobody who can play hard minutes, and we're looking at Cody Ceci for that???



You should see the market for Right-shot Dman before you make that claim.

Adam Larsson did not handle tough minutes lmao, Bear was the guy who had the highest QoC on the team overall the past 2 years.

 

[Jumptheshark]

I like Foegle--he adds more scoring to bottom 6--but I am concerned about his next contract and the ramifications

 

[ZJuice]

Surprised to see Bear go. Foegele must be decent?

 

[ElysiumAB]

Just talked to my buddy who does play by play for the HABS on TSN and asked about Foegele. He says he has great wheels. I think a good trade IMO

I see that flex.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Bear was horrible last year. I dont see what all the hype has been about at all

Pretty much. My take is Bear will disappear in Carolina and be relegated to AHL or some other club. Don't even know why they would make the trade.

Foegele is a better player. Carolina will at least miss this player. How does any team miss the worst D in their lineup? Bear was awful most of the season and in playoffs. His game disappeared. Essentially he had one good season. Sure not gonna cry over this one.

 

[Forgot About Drai]

Foegele is find. Still dont understand why we had to move Bear.