Proposal: Nashville Edmonton

[olli]

Leon Draisaitl, Matt Benning for Ryan Ellis, Kyle Turris. Edmonton gets a no. 1 D who is rh shot who can help their PP, and a 2c to replace Drai. Nashville gets a 1c and a rh d to replace Ellis. Who adds?

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[ChaoticOrange]

Oiler fan saying Edmonton adds.

Draisaitl is excellent but the difference between him and Turris isn’t Ellis.

 

[rent free]

Edmonton for sure. They'd need to add a 2nd pair rhd. Nashville will have a huge hole at that position while slightly upgrading at the C position.

 

[kij]

Ryan Ellis is an elite #3 defenseman not a #1. He is potentially a decent #2 but with Josi and Subban he is not facing the workload of a #1 and IMO is not capable of being a #1. Similar to Ristolainen, great player but in no way top D. All in all a solid deal but can we please stop trading Draisaitl.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Oiler fan saying Edmonton adds.

Draisaitl is excellent but the difference between him and Turris isn’t Ellis.

Drai and Benning for Turris and Ellis.

 

[rent free]

Drai and Benning for Turris and Ellis.

More like larsson

 

[Ctrain2k]

A solid 2nd line centre and a really good 2nd pair D doesn't get you a 22 1C and a young top 6 D with some potential

 

[A91]

Stop trying to trade Draisaitl. No deal.

 

[olli]

Stop trying to trade Draisaitl. No deal.

I didn't know I was hired as oilers gm.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

More like larsson

No chance.

 

[Flamesfan62]

I didn't know I was hired as oilers gm.

Well congratulations. Can’t be worse than what they currently have.

 

[lifelonghockeyfan]

Ellis is a UFA in a year, there are lots of Bennings available. So the trade is really Draisaitl for Turris..

 

[Spirit of 67]

Leon Draisaitl, Matt Benning for Ryan Ellis, Kyle Turris. Edmonton gets a no. 1 D who is rh shot who can help their PP, and a 2c to replace Drai. Nashville gets a 1c and a rh d to replace Ellis. Who adds?

No way in hell from Nashville.

 

[Starat327]

A solid 2nd line centre and a really good 2nd pair D doesn't get you a 22 1C and a young top 6 D with some potential

There's a 22 year old #1C in this proposal?

 

[rent free]

No chance.

Yup. No chance they make the trade, regardless of who they get.

 

[PerdFan]

Nashville says hard pass. They already own Turris and Ellis. Why trade other than to help EDM out. Makes zero sense for Nashville.

 

[herzausstein]

Nashville says hard pass. They already own Turris and Ellis. Why trade other than to help EDM out. Makes zero sense for Nashville.

I wouldn't say it makes zero sense for Nashville. Draisaitl is younger than Turris with a higher upside so you get a slightly larger window with Joey and Draisaitl in the middle. Ellis/Josi will likely be prohibitively expensive to keep both and they become UFAs in sequential offseasons. If Poile doesn't believe he'll be able to keep both one of them is likely going to be traded in order to get some sort of value of them. I fully expect that Ellis either signs an extension this offseason or is traded but I don't think Benning is enough to span the gap of Turris + Ellis > Draisaitl.

 

[Soundgarden]

I wouldn't say it makes zero sense for Nashville. Draisaitl is younger than Turris with a higher upside so you get a slightly larger window with Joey and Draisaitl in the middle. Ellis/Josi will likely be prohibitively expensive to keep both and they become UFAs in sequential offseasons. If Poile doesn't believe he'll be able to keep both one of them is likely going to be traded in order to get some sort of value of them. I fully expect that Ellis either signs an extension this offseason or is traded but I don't think Benning is enough to span the gap of Turris + Ellis > Draisaitl.

We'll have enough to sign both with Rinne's contract going down and Stalberg's buyout ending. If we give Rinne a $4 million contract we can easily give Ellis $6 and be in the same spot we are now.

Nashville really has no need for a shake up, we just went to the finals last year and won the president trophy this year. We have better center depth than we did last year and Ellis has been a mad man this year.

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

Not shaking things up for the foreseeable (2-3 years) future. Especially for a trade which is only done for the sake of trading.

 

[TheBluePenguin]

Unless something crazy happens in this years playoffs I cant see why Nashville would want to shake up things this much. Ellis was pretty damn good in last years run, I do not know much about Turris in the playoffs but I would not touch this if I was the Preds.

 

[predfan24]

If Drai was headed here Johansen would have to be headed the other way.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

We'll have enough to sign both with Rinne's contract going down and Stalberg's buyout ending. If we give Rinne a $4 million contract we can easily give Ellis $6 and be in the same spot we are now.

Nashville really has no need for a shake up, we just went to the finals last year and won the president trophy this year. We have better center depth than we did last year and Ellis has been a mad man this year.

I think Ellis will want more than 6 dollars

 

[VoluntaryDom]

If Drai was headed here Johansen would have to be headed the other way.

Not convinced RyJo is any better than KT

 

[herzausstein]

I think Ellis will want more than 6 dollars

Fiala will also be earning a 4-5 million payraise that season too. Not to mention we'll have to replace Smith's production (or re-sign him) the same offseason that Josi goes UFA. Sissons/Watson will also be due another 1 million paybump in that timeframe. I reckon we could always jettison Bones if we can't make it under the cap

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Fiala will also be earning a 4-5 million payraise that season too. Not to mention we'll have to replace Smith's production (or re-sign him) the same offseason that Josi goes UFA. Sissons/Watson will also be due another 1 million paybump in that timeframe. I reckon we could always jettison Bones if we can't make it under the cap

Yo I was just kidding that other guy said $6 instead of 6 million lol