Gregor seems pretty damned confident that it wouldn't take that much. Suggested RNH + Reinhart or Eberle + Davidson.
Smoke from Stauffer, now more smoke from Gregor. Better find the damned fire...
That's all homer speculation, I doubt it's based on anything concrete. Faulk is an utter fantasy, Carolina has no motivation NONE, to deal him. The only slight possibility would have been in if the Oilers won the Matthews lottery which I'm sure would have gotten Carolina to listen. I can't imagine that an RNH+small piece would even get Carolina to listen.
Also, Barrie is probably another pipedream. It makes no sense to me that Colorado would deal him from an already subpar blueline because they are a couple of million apart in contract negotiations. I'd have to think that they will surely re-sign him long term. Nothing else makes sense for them unless they were upgrading on Barrie.
The Oilers can't be picky here. The realistically available Dmen are few and far between. Vatanen, Demers and yes, Brodin are the most realistic targets. It's also possible that Chia strikes out completely if he has the HFOil mentality of looking for the perfect deal and not accepting less.
I have a feeling that he will get something done and the fans here aren't going to like the value going the other way. Every GM knows how utterly desperate the Oilers are to add top 4 D.