Most Valuable Oiler #20 (Trade Value) - Final Poll

[Mc5RingsAndABeer]

Who is the next most valuable Oiler?

Consider age, contract, injury history, positional value, leadership, potential, etc... Ignore team need. One way of thinking of it would be: in a trade to a neutral team, who would bring the greatest return?

2015 Offseason Results:

Rank|Name|Vote|Δ
1| Connor McDavid|94%|*
2| Taylor Hall|66%|-1
3| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins|87%|-1
4| Jordan Eberle|45%|-1
5| Darnell Nurse|59%|+1
6| Leon Draisaitl|54%|-1
7| Oscar Klefbom # |40%|+3
8| Nail Yakupov # |39%|-4
9| Andrej Sekera|85%|*
10| Griffin Reinhart|49%|*
T11| Benoit Pouliot #|36%|+3
T11| Cam Talbot #|38%|*
13| Mark Fayne|42%|--
14| Justin Schultz|62%|-6
15| Anton Lander|72%|^
16| Laurent Broissoit|27%|*
17| Bogdan Yakimov|46%|^
18| Matt Hendricks|27%|^
19| Mark Letestu|35%|*

*new to 2015-2016 Oilers roster
^unranked in 2014-2015
#tiebreak

2014 Offseason Results:
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Rank|Name|Vote|Δ
1| Taylor Hall|96%|--
2| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins|84%|--
3| Jordan Eberle|59%|+1
4| Nail Yakupov|43%|-1
5| Leon Draisaitl |39%|*
6| Darnell Nurse |39%|+6
7| David Perron |52%|+4
8| Justin Schultz |63%|-3
9| Martin Marincin # |30%|^
10| Oscar Klefbom # |34%|-2
11| Ben Scrivens |45%|*
12| Jeff Petry |67%|-2
13| Mark Fayne |66%|*
14| Benoit Pouliot |38%|*
15| Boyd Gordon |43%|-1
16| Victor Fasth |36%|*
17| Andrew Ference # |28%|-4
18| Teddy Purcell |37%|*
19| Nikita Nikitin # |34%|*
20| Marc Acrobello |52%|^

*new to 2014-2015 Oilers roster
^unranked in 2013-2014
#tiebreak[/collapse]2013 Offseason Results:
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Rank|Name|Vote
1| Taylor Hall|77%
2| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins|67%
3| Nail Yakupov|67%
4| Jordan Eberle|62%
5| Justin Schultz|76%
6| *Sam Gagner|31%
7| *Ladislav Smid|38%
8| Oscar Klefbom|31%
9| *Devan Dubnyk|39%
10| Jeff Petry|59%
11| David Perron|57%
12| Darnell Nurse|73%
13| Andrew Ference|52%
14| Boyd Gordon|41%
15| *Ales Hemsky|49%

*not on 2014-2015 Oilers roster[/collapse]

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[BoldNewLettuce]

IMO, Slepy is the one most likely to make an impact. (long term)

 

[lakai17]

I will have to go with the Saskatchewan product Eric Gryba.

 

[TheBusDriver]

Seems like an easy choice of Purcell. Hes a legit top 9 forward. Everybody left is a prospect or a fringe player.

 

[Spawn]

Seems like an easy choice of Purcell. Hes a legit top 9 forward. Everybody left is a prospect or a fringe player.

I tend to agree. With some retention you could potentially get a decent pick for Purcell. I don't think anyone else on the list would be considered anything other than a) immovable or b) a throw in. I doubt Slepyshev would have any value around the league. He certainly wouldn't return as much in a trade as Purcell at this stage.

 

[Bangers]

Right now, Gryba (we already know what his value is). Purcell's contract hurts him right now, as not many teams are going to be willing to pay 4.5 for a 2nd/3rd line winger who is soft, mediocre defensively and inconsistent offensively. I see his value going up a lot at the trade deadline though, as his salary becomes negligible and he can offer secondary scoring.

The rest on this list are B/C level prospects whose trade value is basically filler, or players that have either no trade value at best or negative trade value at worst.