that left hand defense makes me cringe -- skjei trade is just awful, why would we trade him

Because we have to tank for Jack Hughes.

That defense is cringy, but NYR can rebuild it from the plethora of picks they have, and you can count on Brendan Smith being back and maybe signing De Haan. To be honest I just wanted to know if Oilers fans think the trade is fair (I would not want to do it). Let's see if someone replies.

2 much for montreal namestikov 3rd and 9th should do it or maybe a 2nd instead of 3rd but i wouldnt do the skej trade he was great for a sophomore on a losing team, we dont want to become edmonton or buffalo where all our players know how to do is lose creates a horrible mentality for upcoming players. Also we can do better with zucc, trade him to a 13-18th ranked team this year in the 2018 draft and take their first and maybe slightly more.

Solid Prospect and 1st for Zucc should be a starting point. If Skjei goes to Edm, would need more than just the 10 overall. Even if NYR add Vesey or something to get Klefbom added.

I might be a little low on Skjei, but I think his value is fairly similar to Klefbom's. Also, I would love to get that for Zuccarello, but I worry that Pacioretty will have a "Karlsson effect", where a better player at the same contractual length and similar $ is available and that drains down the return you can get.

That’s fair, Zucc pts wise though is always around 60 so while Patches had a bad year, he doesn’t get as many helpers as Zucc so when Zucc has 15 goals, he’s still close to 60 pts