Seachd
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We couldn’t take him for free. The cap opened in the Talbot trade goes to activate Sekera off LTIR.
We’d have to dump Lucic and Spooner to add Weber and the cost to dump them would exceed Weber’s trade value. If you disagree I’d love to see the cost for Weber with Lucic going to Montreal. Something tells me the ask would be tremendous or simply Montreal wouldn’t even consider it. Point being we couldn’t take Weber for free even if we wanted too
Maybe he'll decline at some point
Your probably gonna get offered 3rd liners or UFAs lol.
Only way we move a top 2 pick is if we get an established young top pair d or top line forward with high potential (23 or younger). In other words, not gonna happen.
Just take the pick. And maybe develop the kid properly like a professional sports franchise would.
No one is going to pay what you want for the pick. I literally saw Seth Jones name in this thread. Put the pipe down.
Yakupov, RNH, Hall, McDavid, and Pool Party were all no brainers. Hindsight is 20/20 but they cannot be faulted for making those picks.
Draisatl was a fantastic pick
Eberle was a great pick at 22. Only Carlson is better in that chunk of guys.
Nurse was a good pick. It was him or Risto
Klefbom was a great pick
Yamamoto has looked good but it's too soon to say.
Same for Bouchard, but their other option was Dobson.
Drafting isn't really a huge concern in the 1st round. It's the fact that they develop almost no guys outside the 1st. The last guy they drafted outside the 1st, that went on to become an actual impact player was Jeff Petry 12.5 years ago. And before Petry it's Stoll almost 15 yrs ago. It's insane
Weber is old and signed till he's 50..
Dumb post
most teams wouldnt take him for free including the leafs. You hab fans think we care if hes good for a year or two more...look at his contract kid put the pipe downUtterly ridiculous post
Weber is still a fantastic defenseman. If the Olympics started tomorrow i think Canada still selects him top 2 for D.
Maybe he'll decline at some point and he is signed for long but he carries tremendous impact/value on ice and would actually be an absolutely incredibly valuable player to add to Edmonton. Both for on-ice play and the leadership he brings off ice.
Now im obviously not saying he's worth a top 2 overall pick - but to say you wouldn't take him for free is just dumb.
Because teams routinely trade Top 2 picks for 33-yr olds.for the 2OA? Weber if we were rebuilding.
Probably . Fans love to hate the Oilers . There are some decent fans out there that do not bash the Oilers . Just got to weed thru the 10 to one bad postings
Columbus will trade us Seth Jones.
If it’s a top 5 pick id offer spurgeon straight up. Top 2 I’d offer granlund.Now as an Oiler fan I am embarrassed that we are probably going to be picking high yet again . I am not sure if anything will change in Edmonton and the have a piss poor drafting record .
Busts
PRV
Yakupov
Puljujarvi ?
Looking for offers on our pick . what would you offer for the following picks and what cap dumps would you be willing to take back .
1st OA ?
2nd OA ?
3rd OA ?
4th OA ?
5th OA ?
6th OA ?
Oilers needs are wingers , PPQB and Right shooting C
Now as an Oiler fan I am embarrassed that we are probably going to be picking high yet again . I am not sure if anything will change in Edmonton and the have a piss poor drafting record .
Busts
PRV
Yakupov
Puljujarvi ?
Looking for offers on our pick . what would you offer for the following picks and what cap dumps would you be willing to take back .
1st OA ?
2nd OA ?
3rd OA ?
4th OA ?
5th OA ?
6th OA ?
Oilers needs are wingers , PPQB and Right shooting C
If it’s a top 5 pick id offer spurgeon straight up. Top 2 I’d offer granlund.
Dumba for Hughes?Wild have nothing besides Dumba that we'd give up a top pick for.
Dumba for our 1st if it isn't top 5... Then sure.Dumba for Hughes?
I wouldn’t trade Dumba unless I was garunteed Hughes of Kaapo. Turcotte, Dach, and Byram are great, but none of them are sure-fire gamebreakers. Dumba is the closest thing we have to a gamebreaker right now, so I wouldn’t take the risk.Dumba for our 1st if it isn't top 5... Then sure.
For example, rn our pick sits at 6th OA. So I'd trade it for Dumba easily. Anything higher than that and we're guaranteed one of Hughes, Kakko, Turcotte, Dach, Byram in which case I'd keep it.
I'd do the smart thing and add them to RNH on the 2nd line. We're looking for forward depth, when we get it in the form of a potential game changing top 2 player, it's not gonna be traded away.... AgainIf the oilers get one of hughes/kakko, I'd look to deal RNH