Rumor: Trade Eberle Rumor Part 2: Eklund Cash In

[Skip Bayless]

How much would it be worth right now though? Looks good to be top 5 at this point though. I just don't see that Oilers young core ever winning in the west. Too small to compete against the bigger western teams.

They should sacrifice some of that young talent to build their blue line and stop giving contracts to guys like freaking Benoit Pouliot who don't bring anything in the leadership department.

 

[sheed36]

They should sacrifice some of that young talent to build their blue line and stop giving contracts to guys like freaking Benoit Pouliot who don't bring anything in the leadership department.

I agree but Friedman (I think it was) said tonight the Oilers want to trade but don't want to trade any of their young core. I just don't see them improving much if they keep all of them.

 

[sheed36]

Oilers desperate for deal, won’t move core pieces

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/oilers-not-interested-in-dealing-core-players/

Good luck improving your team MacT if that's the case.

 

[DAChampion]

It's like the oilers fans on the main board:

"We need a number one dman but we're not willing to give Yakupov, RNH, Nurse, Eberle, RNHL, Draisatl, or our upcpming 1st rounder".

Given those delusions, I offer Gilbert and Desharnais for Perron and a 2nd rounder.

 

[Playmaker09]

Eberle would become DD 2.0 around here in 2 weeks tops.

He's awful.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

It's like the oilers fans on the main board:

"We need a number one dman but we're not willing to give Yakupov, RNH, Nurse, Eberle, RNHL, Draisatl, or our upcpming 1st rounder".

Given those delusions, I offer Gilbert and Desharnais for Perron and a 2nd rounder.

They're in a really tough spot here. If they deal away say... Yakupov and he goes on to become something great they'll get lynched.

Their real problem is management. Lowe and McT have been there seemingly forever. It's way past time for them to get fired.

 

[Brainiac]

It's like the oilers fans on the main board:

"We need a number one dman but we're not willing to give Yakupov, RNH, Nurse, Eberle, RNHL, Draisatl, or our upcpming 1st rounder".

Given those delusions, I offer Gilbert and Desharnais for Perron and a 2nd rounder.

You forgot Hall, but we get the general idea...

 

[DAChampion]

Lafleurs,

In a way it's a great spot. They have a lot of assets and I'm sure some GMs would love to start their career there.

They should get lynched for doing nothing. They are squandering a lot of talent.

 

[Scintillating10]

Oilers desperate for deal, won’t move core pieces

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/oilers-not-interested-in-dealing-core-players/

Good luck improving your team MacT if that's the case.

Young D like that they probably could use a seasoned veteran near end of his career

 

[Rapala]

Lafleurs,

In a way it's a great spot. They have a lot of assets and I'm sure some GMs would love to start their career there.

They should get lynched for doing nothing. They are squandering a lot of talent.

I don't ever remember a team drafting so early so often and sucking for so long?
There is very little character wise with that core. They want too much for what they have and it will be next to impossible to get quality veterans to opt for Edmonton.
Perron Pouliot and Ference aren't Top Drawer by any stretch.

 

[HBDay]

They're in a really tough spot here. If they deal away say... Yakupov and he goes on to become something great they'll get lynched.

Their real problem is management. Lowe and McT have been there seemingly forever. It's way past time for them to get fired.

No they won't. They'll get Lynched for doing nothing. Terrible hockey minds behind this team.

Sometimes you have to let players go, even if they might be great, even if you KNOW they are great, sometimes they've got to go. This is one of those sometimes.

Wake up Edmonton!

 

[Rapala]

No they won't. They'll get Lynched for doing nothing. Terrible hockey minds behind this team.

Sometimes you have to let players go, even if they might be great, even if you KNOW they are great, sometimes they've got to go. This is one of those sometimes.

Wake up Edmonton!

They've waited too long in some cases...
The returns will be no where near the levels expected even 1yr ago.

 

[Compile]

It's like the oilers fans on the main board:

"We need a number one dman but we're not willing to give Yakupov, RNH, Nurse, Eberle, RNHL, Draisatl, or our upcpming 1st rounder".

Given those delusions, I offer Gilbert and Desharnais for Perron and a 2nd rounder.

I have a better solution to help them.

DD for Perron +2nd.
Reasoning:
They didn't include Perron in their " will not trade" list.
The 2nd round relieves them for deliberations and headaches from trying to decide who to select.

Pretty sure they win this deal.

 

[Deebs]

I have a better solution to help them.

DD for Perron +2nd.
Reasoning:
They didn't include Perron in their " will not trade" list.
The 2nd round relieves them for deliberations and headaches from trying to decide who to select.

Pretty sure they win this deal.

They aren't going to do this deal. Try to at least be somewhat realistic....lol

 

[jaffy27]

They aren't going to do this deal. Try to at least be somewhat realistic....lol

Who is they??

 

[Kojo]

Nope. The cost of getting him is unrealistic. Eberle for a second round pick is the best I can do.

 

[Kojo]

I have a better solution to help them.

DD for Perron +2nd.
Reasoning:
They didn't include Perron in their " will not trade" list.
The 2nd round relieves them for deliberations and headaches from trying to decide who to select.

Pretty sure they win this deal.

Perron is a league above DD, can you do a trade proposal that could happen outside of NHL15?

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

No they won't. They'll get Lynched for doing nothing. Terrible hockey minds behind this team.

You're right.

But read what I wrote again. They trade Yak and then he goes on to become a superstar? Forget lynching, mgmt would be drawn and quartered.

Sometimes you have to let players go, even if they might be great, even if you KNOW they are great, sometimes they've got to go. This is one of those sometimes.

Wake up Edmonton!

Well, they better be damn sure on the return. Because that franchise cannot afford another big mistake.

 

[habfaninvictoria]

MacT drives up the price with the comment... nothing wrong with that, but at some point they have to sit down and say which of our core are we willing to part with in order to provide a supporting cast. If I were MacT I'd offer Eberle and Yakapov to a lottery team for their first and hope to get McDavid

 

[sheed36]

MacT drives up the price with the comment... nothing wrong with that, but at some point they have to sit down and say which of our core are we willing to part with in order to provide a supporting cast. If I were MacT I'd offer Eberle and Yakapov to a lottery team for their first and hope to get McDavid

I'm not sure a lottery team would even make that deal with the likes of McDavid and Eichel in the draft.

 

[Habsawce]

Edmonton has to clean out the entire front office, plain and simple. Before they trade anyone or do anything to fix this, get rid of the old boys club that continues to drive that franchise into the ground. There are plenty of good hockey minds out there who don't have ties to any player on the team and can come in and objectively make changes without emotions involved, and that's what they need.

Plus, Kevin Lowe is horrid. Just awful.

 

[Jabba11]

The Oilers team is an absolute joke to the league. Just look at their players and their plus minus tonight.

Can't believe that MacTavish is an actual NHL GM.

http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2014020306

 

[SirClintonPortis]

Would rather complain about Eberle than DD because Eberle can have some flash with one of our guys instead of being invisible for all but 2-5 shifts.

 

[NobleSix]

The Oilers team is an absolute joke to the league. Just look at their players and their plus minus tonight.

Can't believe that MacTavish is an actual NHL GM.

http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2014020306

Looks like they are still clinging to the unrealistic expectation that one season everything will magically come together for their group of 1st overall picks. Not likely.

This all starts with bad management. Although this is a young man's game now, you still need veterans on your team. Not veterans solely in bottom 6 or bottom pairing D either. You need good capable vets in key spots within your lineup.

The Oilers will never have success until the current management regime is completely purged, and they get someone in there who can make the tough decisions and rebuild properly. And by properly I don't mean sucking every year, making no significant moves or signings, and hoping a group of 19 year old kids will save your franchise through the draft. They need to dedicate themselves to a rebuild. Start building from the net out. Not the forwards back, as they have been doing.

 

[Saundies]

Getting Eberle would be awesome. IMO, we're one top 9 RW away from becoming the real deal and he would automatically become our 1st line RW. If we don't give up a forward roster player to get him, our line up would look like:

67-51- Eberle (pretty decent #1 offensive line)
27-14-15 (had good chemistry already this year)
26-81-11 (these guys would be awesome on the forecheck, and could help shut down if needed)
22-20-8 (With the way Weise and Prust are playing right now and Manny on the draws, the best 4th line in the league)

If we're in the same position we are now around The TDL, I'd give up a lot to get this guy and try to make a run at the playoffs. I think I read something somewhere about Eberle being pretty decent in big games too? Not sure though (lol).