This is a joke right?

I'll probably catch some flack for this from my Oilers brethren, but Barkov and Draisaitl are nearly comparable players. The deal swings in Edmonton's favour strictly because of the lack of term on Barkov's deal despite it being cheaper. For sake of using the variables in this trade, let's say that Borgstrom and Lammikko brige that gap.

That leaves us with Huberdeau and Ekblad for RNH, Larsson, Neal, and Puljujarvi. If we remove Neal from the equation, we would be getting Huberdeau at a steal. There isn't enough in this deal for Florida to bite on realistically, even if ownership has mandated that they cut $10M in salary to offset what they're paying Bobrovsky. That's a gap likely filled by replacing Hoffman and Dadonov in-house with Tippett and Heponiemi/Borgstrom.

This is a royal joke, Other then Leon Draisaitl Florida by far is giving away the best pieces. If Florida is slashing payroll by moving these guys. They sure as hell aren't taking on about $25 million in cap plus retaining 50% on Ekblad. And FYI Krug doesn't want to play in Canada already been said that Edmonton was on his no trade list. Anyways that Florida trade is for Florida.

I think barkov is better than draisaitl, but draisaitl has the term. So it’s pretty even, maybe draisaitl having more value.

So you're basically replacing the Oilers core (minus McDavid) with the Panthers core....because the Panthers are definitely a team you want to become like.

Either way, the trade doesn't make sense. Florida is trying to shed salary, and you're giving them a lot of extra salary, plus expecting them to retain a ridiculous amount for a ridiculous term on Ekblad's contract.

lol I saw this on twitter