Quoting: Mitch9412
If you can flip a player for picks, he clearly has value... anyway, like I said, I don't think it takes much more than I have there to get the deal done. The guy is a pending UFA. Jesse being a non-tender candidate also means very little. I haven't read or seen anyone talk about it being a reason the Oilers havent moved Jesse. He knows hes not worth his tender offer right now and doesn't have a leg to stand on to hold out. Just sign the player before hand. Also, say you put his value at a 2nd or 3rd round pick, add a first instead of a second and a 1st, Jesse (3rd round pick value) and barrie with a 4th is enough to get the deal done in all likelihood.
He's not saying he puts Jesse's value at a 2nd or 3rd, he's saying he puts Jesse at a 4th. It was rumored that Holland was asking for a 2nd for Jesse this offseason (at the draft, specifically), but couldn't get one. As he said, Jesse is an interesting candidate to take a flyer on, if he can be successfully rehabbed he could be a good 2nd line RW for the Ducks, I would wonder how well he would do on a line with McTavish and Bedard (should we get him)
The biggest stumbling block is the extra year of Barrie, and the Ducks really not wanting a player like him. we desperately need to overhaul our defense next season with defensively minded guys, and Barrie occupying a spot that we could put a big beastie is going to hurt our overall defense.
Now, if we keep Helleson in the AHL to start the year, let Barrie teach Drysdale and Zellweger how to score off the faceoff on a PP, and ship Barrie off next TDL with retention, its maybe not the end of the world. Maybe he can get Vaakainen working properly, or maybe we leave him working with Benoit, who seems to have worked well with Klingberg this season. There's a lot of variables, including a new coach to consider.
All that said, bumping the 2nd to the 23 1st probably gets the deal done.