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Sekera' Injury opened up cap space
Not permanent cap space, you'll be forced into a trade when he returns.
Sekera' Injury opened up cap space
It's so hard to gauge Faulk's price in a trade. Some think it'll take RNH, some think Kassian + a 2nd get it done. Those are obviously vastly different values.Faulk to Edmonton makes sense to me. Not sure the Oilers have the pieces needed to get Faulk though.
It's so hard to gauge Faulk's price in a trade. Some think it'll take RNH, some think Kassian + a 2nd get it done. Those are obviously vastly different values.
I think the truth inevitably lies somewhere in between, but you never know how Chiarelli values him. Chia shipped away Hall to get Larsson. If that's your benchmark, RNH for Faulk actually seems pretty comparable.
Personally? I would offer some combination of Kassian, Caggiula, Aberg, Khaira, 2nd, 3rd. Maybe I'd be willing to relinquish a higher potential prospect like a McLeod or Marody, but a guy like Benson/Yamamoto would be off the table. That's how I see it.
Caggiula + 2nd is enough
If Larson returned a Hall then I think Drais may potentially be a reasonable ask.
Caggiula + 2nd is enough
You're right. The 2nd is probably enough
The only thing that changed about Faulk is his shots stopped going in last year. Instead of playing with a guy helping him out like Hainsey he had to babysit Hanifin or Fleury which he isn’t good at and played a role in his offense and the stats in his own end.
He’s actually better defensively than he was two years ago. He had a bad year offensively. There’s no reason that can’t turn around, he’s 26. This whole narrative that Faulk is trash in his own end just to argue he isn’t worth anything on a message board is pretty comical.
If teams won’t give a fair offer he stays. We still have the deadline, then next offseason, then the deadline after that. We aren’t spending too much money overall so the fact we spend a little too much on defense hurts nothing right now.
A second and a role player is obviously low balling and not enough.