Don't think I would do Pouliot for Depres, I would rather Manson + because he is RH. Also I'm iffy on Bogosian, decent player but his contract is pretty bad and that 4th could be a future #1 LW/C.

Sure, but it's not about what you want, it's about being realistic. People thought at one point that Poo/Yak rumor was bringing back Maroon/Vatenen lol. Vats, a top dmen for our crap. What a dream.
Manson is their future. That's like somebody trading us Poo for Nurse and asking an add lmao. Except Manson is more promising at the moment then Nurse. Despres is expendable to them. Based on the rumor which out of the billion seemed to actually be legit, Despres makes sense. Not one of the studs that everybody thinks the Oil will get from their castaways.
Poo has been on something like 6 teams in 8 years, he is not getting a stud dman. But someone like Despres who has majorily underperformed in ANA, now that makes sense. Guy went from 155 hits a season to like 50.
Chia traded Poo once already and him and TM both basically gave his spot away publicly to Maroon. Poo is done in Edm. Trading Poo for an underperforming dman like Despres would not hurt us one bit as he is still an upgrade on Gryba, but with way more potential. Look for Despres to be an Oiler imo. He also plays both sides comfortably

Avs have 0 interest in the Nuge, jebus you guys are dense when it comes to that, all oiler proposals are now RNH for Barrie