maybe or maybe not a chance

Edmonton Rejects

I want what your smoking on that EDM trade.

The only problem I see with this is the over pay from EDM take out holloway and i dont disagree with the trade too much

Kurashev will be Turbo 2.0 if we trade him. We've been burned too any times using young guys as sweeteners to dump cap, but the thing is we have so much cap space that it doesn't matter if they don't take dehaan. All we really care about is the roster spot not the money. I say if they don't take him we trade him at half price to another team for whatever we can get, probably at least a 3rd

What does it cost the Oil to move Neal's 2 years @ 5.75 in a vaccum? I would think that is in the general neighborhood of that first rounder plus a little more. If the Oilers are looking for cap space to resign Larsson (or replace him otherwise) and address the other holes in the lineup (namely goaltending and forward depth), attaching that first to Neal probably doesn't have many teams in the league interested or capable. Assuming no Klefbom, Keith sliding behind Nurse into the 2nd LHD slot is a nice add where when you utilize him at 18/19 minutes a game as opposed to overuse @23 on a ****show Hawks team. Strome at 2 million adds a solid NHL depth forward who has history with the franchise player.

Edmonton is probably creeping up on the point of build a team capable of winning a couple rounds in the playoffs or Nurse walks as a UFA next Summer and you probably start getting some grumblings from your top of the food chain marquee forwards getting tired of not being in a position to truely contend.