I can't see the Oilers agreeing to this. We aren't really in great need of d men on the left side. I could see the trade less the 1st round pick being accepted but I doubt the Oilers would offer a first to unload contracts. They need to build up and coming talent on cheap entry level deals and I think that first round pick is worth even more in a flat cap world. So I doubt they would include that as part of a deal like this.

Jonathan Toews isn't coming back to play for a rebuilding team. After all he's done for Chicago, they owe it to him to give him the opportunity to succeed and be a perennial playoff team. With the cap space and assets they have, that's a real possibility. It'd be foolish for the hawks to take this route. They've sucked for long enough.

As I said in the description I stole the trade idea from someone else. I tossed in DeHann cause I thought their dump off was too lopsided.

Toews will most definitely be back! He will probably also tell why he took the year off.