Rumor: Oilers asking teams interested in Puljujarvi to take Lucic's contract

[Jtown]

lol .

 

[Paris in Flames]

Not to kick Puljujarvi while he's down but he doesn't have nearly enough value to justify taking that contract.

Like...I wouldn't even say it's close.

 

[Jee]

You know what, two negatives make a positive. I'm sold !

 

[EXTRAS]

What are they asking for in return?

As a canuck fan I'd be interested if the ask was cheap cheap cheap.

I assume our true elite cup window opens in around 3 years, at which point lucic only has 1 year remaining.

Pulju is young. He could still become a fairly elite piece.

Although, if I were the canucks owner, I'm not sure how much I'd want to be paying lucic 6m a year to do nothing.

 

[A Loyal Dog]

Lucic + Puljujarvi for Alzner. Done, thanks.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

As they should be. Add some 2nd rounders and b prospects and see if someone bites.

I think Bergevin might go for Lucic + Puljujarvi + Jones + 2nd for FC

Hell no. At bare minimum take Jones out of that deal.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

I think New Jersey could pull this off. If not Edmonton is very much likely stuck with Lucic.

 

[AngelDuck]

I don't understand the reaction here. It's worth a shot to try to get rid of Lucic's deal.

Puljujarvi is still not even 21, to act like he has no value is weird. I think he'll find success as a 2nd liner in his next destination

 

[Scuba-Steve]

Habs should be all over this

 

[WilliamNylander]

Maybe to Arizona.

Pulju + Lucic + 2nd for a mid-late pick + AHL body coming back?

 

[danielpalfredsson]

30 teams in the NHL can turn Puljujarvi into a star player, Edmonton cannot. Trading teams gets him cheap but take on an expensive contract for 4 years.
I can see a few teams that might be interested ...Vegas, Carolina, Montreal

There's never been a contract as bad as Lucic's that wasn't an insured LTIR contract dumped. (Clarkson was an entirely different scenario)

There is no guarantee that a new team is able to successfully develop Puljujarvi. He's at best worth a mid to late 1st round pick right now. If the report was that the Oilers would attach the 20th pick in the draft with Lucic's contract, would you expect teams to take him on?

The problem with Lucic's contract is that there's loads of money owed including signing bonuses, and lockout bonuses. This disqualifies the more frugal teams from helping the Oilers.

The other problem is it's not just a bad AAV, it's a bad AAV attached to a long term. A team like the Rangers who are rebuilding and have deep pockets might not want to commit to taking a contract that they'll have to keep on their books well beyond when their rebuild should have momentum.

There's also the idea of leverage. If there are so few teams able to take him, the unique team who can help the Oilers will not do it for just Puljujarvi. There's multiple historical cap dump trades that dictate the cost should be higher.

 

[Starat327]

Flyers could probably fit it, but i wouldnt want to.

 

[super6646]

Good luck with that. Add your first to that and that’s probably closer to what it would take.

 

[LeHab]

I don’t get why they don’t move Lucic for Alzner. The guy can still defend and would help the Oilers.

Helps Oilers, does not help Habs unless Oilers retain a good portion of Lucic.

Lucic has a NMC so he has to be protected for any expansion draft and cant be sent down.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

I don’t get why they don’t move Lucic for Alzner. The guy can still defend and would help the Oilers.

We need more cap for forwards not on D unless it's a clear upgrade to what we have.

 

[XXIV97]

"Jesse Puljujarvi is on IR with a lower-body injury that may cost him significant time. So he is not likely to be dealt by Monday. But the 2016 fourth-overall winger wouldn’t have been on the move anyway, not with Oilers interim GM Keith Gretzky insisting that interested parties also be willing to pick up the final four years of Milan Lucic’s deal at an annual $6 million cap hit."

Exact quote

 

[Addison Rae]

Don’t do it Jimbo

 

[hbk]

There are maybe 4 organizations who would do this move. Eliminate the ones in the West who don’t want to give Edmonton any wiggle room on their cap issues to turn things around quickly. Any deal would still not happen until the next bonus payment is paid on July 1st. Even then teams involved may ask for additional high end piece(S) to do it.

 

[Cor]

You want to take a chance on our prospect who has greatly under preformed expectations since being drafted?

Well, you need to take arguably the worst contract in the league to get that type of player!

If I was in a position to take Lucic, it would require Evan Bouchard coming my way, not Puljujarvi

 

[BK201]

Ottawa COULD do this.

 

[Seachd]

Great move if the Oilers can pull it off. I'd be shocked if Puljujarvi had that kind of value that he could convince a team to take on the Lucic contract.

This is reasonable.

Maybe if they add in their 1st unprotected for this draft as well.

This is not, in any way.

 

[SanDogBrewin]

‘Wait...what did you say ?” ~ GMs responses to Gretzky

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

To be fair, the Oilers retaining $1.5-$2 million on Lucic's contract makes that a much easier move with adding Puljujarvi. Lucic at $4.5 million and Puljujarvi for a 4th is similar to the Bickell and Terevainen for a 2nd trade that happened a couple years ago.

I mean sure but still would be a limited market no? Seems like more of an offseason deal anyhow.

Maybe 3-4 teams would be interested if EDM retains $2million on Toucan?

 

[KCC]

Poor Keith Gretzky. He has an impossible task. Stupid chiarelli lol

 

[A Loyal Dog]

As they should be. Add some 2nd rounders and b prospects and see if someone bites.

I think Bergevin might go for Lucic + Puljujarvi + Jones + 2nd for FC

Done. Sending the fax papers.