I would take that deal, but I'd use a burner phone so they couldn't change their mind
No way the Oilers would do that.
I still think market price for Byfuglien right now, with one year from UFA is a 1st round pick, a solid prospect, and a young established NHL'er. Now where the prospect/ pick/ player are on the scales within those parameters really is interdependent and predicated on the particular GM's motivation to sign him.
I think we don't give enough weight to contract status and age with regards to FA status when we try to determine a players worth. What we are hoping for for a return on Buff is unrealistic. MOST GM's aren't stupid. They see the negatives that come along with trading for Buff along with the positives. I think a GM who wants to get a jump on FA and is in a win now mode might be interested, but that is the only team that should be interested in Byfuglien.