Oilers would have to accept that

Easy MN decline

i like hathaway and dont think we need lindblom but this is a good one

The only reason Edmonton would be interested in moving Barrie is for cap space to sign Evander Kane. This certainly doesn't help.

I think Seattle takes that easily. Any chance of making it this years 1st Rounder, though?!!? LOL Nemec AND Jiricek, here we go!!

Holy hell, Those first two trades are very bad for Philly…

No way JVR dump is close to that high and if you’re paying that much there’s much better players you can get in return

TK and Sanhiem for Fiala is just… I mean, wow, you’re paying for a guy based on one year… TK is a career .633, that’s with all that time of AV hurting him… Fiala is a career .675

I’d rather have Fiala but giving up probably the best player on the team and a guy who until this season was pretty much on par with Fiala is a crazy move

Come on, if he's healthy (and motivated?), Ellis is such an upgrade on Barrie. Only reason Barrie is still an Oiler at all is you lost Larsson to Seattle and gave up on Bear.

Reality is the Oilers will have a near impossible task of re-signing Kane, anyway. With goaltending still a question mark and quality RFA's to consider, I can't see a way to get it all done unless EDM eats it in trades to remove Kassian and probably Foegele from the books. Can't see Kane taking too much of a pay cut given his situation and the season/playoffs he's had.

I will have to side with CD282 on this one. If you move Barrie, it will be to clear cap, not take any on. Why would we play one of Ellis, Ceci, Bouchard on the bottom pair when they are all top 4 guys? Having a 3-6M guy on the third pair isn’t ideal, and Ceci is looking good on the top 4. If we didn’t have Ceci I would see why Holland may go for a guy like Ellis, but we don’t need him as much as some people think. I believe Kane will sign with the oilers and he may take a discount, because he has to remember that he is also playing beside Connor McDavid, and without him he wouldn’t be playing this well. Also, he sounds like a reasonable guy so far in Edmonton. I would like to upgrade goaltending, but I don’t see that possibly as Smith will definitely not retire now. I believe this was the season that was the deciding factor about if Smith was going to retire, or stay. Now, I bet you he will stay. We are in the conference finals. He will definitely want another shot at the cup.

This is a quote from Ryan Ellis during the exit interviews at the end of the season:

“I want to play here, I want to be a part of the solution here, I think I can really help out this team. My family loves it here, my kids love it here, we’ve found a great school. If I was playing, this would be Heaven for me. The only reason it’s not is because I’m not playing."

If Ellis is able to play, he'll be a key part of the Flyers defense. Only question is if he can get healthy for next season.

See both your point on Ellis v. Barrie, now. Guilty for forgetting you've got Ceci in the mix, too. Seems like he's figured it out after being made seem the pariah with both Ontario clubs!

Hope you're right about Kane, but I'm sure there is some GM out there that will pony up a big payday for him . . . I just don't think the "discount" can be too significant. Really hope whatever he gets, wherever that is, that no team gives him more than 2-3 seasons at a time . . . TOPS!

Yah Ceci has been excellent for us! He has definitely been a guy that can play on the top 4.

I too hope Kane takes a discount. I think he may for Edmonton, but seeing how he is done, I too see some GM offering him a boat load. I just hope Holland doesn’t try to match, and offers him what he wants to give him. No need to get him another huge contract at 7M. I would love a 2 year 4M deal. That buys Holloway some time to come up to the top 6, we wouldn’t have to rush Holloway too as Kane would be there to fill that void. After those 2 years, Holloway fills his spot, then if Kane wants to stay, he would have to take a cheap contract to play on the third line. That’s what I’m hoping for!

Flyers lose all four of those trades

Healthy? Ellis? He's had just 1 healthy season in the past 5, I don't like the odds for the next 5. He's 31 and signed for 5 more years at $6.25M, which is a lot of cap space for a guy who's out of the lineup more often than not.

Sounds like a Chuck Fletcher summer to me!

This comment for the win!