I mean, he's kind of forced to go all in, have you seen what the other teams in the east are doing, they have to keep up

Kinda crazy how we're going to lose either Tampa or Toronto in the 1st round even though they're both trading their entire farm

I feel like whoever wins the West will win the cup. They will be well rested whereas the winner of the East will have had just gone through the bloodbath of beating 3 Eastern conference teams.

I disagree, sure the team in the east will have gone through bloodbaths but i think ultimately the team from the east will simply be better

What a year to be a seller

I do gotta say, and maybe this gets me on some ignore lists:

My opinion is Edmonton for Parayko makes sense if Parayko wants to play there. Canada, especially west, does have a harder time attracting term. Parayko’s 6.5aav is actually quite nice for a cap strapped team (see: Darnell Nurse’s aav).

Edmonton is $ in $ out. Stl is player in player out.

The fit and cap implications would be Ceci and Puljujarvi.

I think Ceci has no negative or positive value. His aav is 3.25, which is reasonable for his performance. He is not outstanding relative to other nhl defensemen. He has 2 years left after this. This fits the Blues retool window. I think Puljujarvi has slight positive value. Perhaps a late round pick. Edmonton doesn’t want to admit that, and neither do many fans, but he isn’t absolute garbage, he was just overhyped and not developed properly.

Parayko has positive value, especially considering term has value to western Canadian teams, but a portion of that is offset because his term does go beyond age 35.

So the deal that makes sense is those 3 skaters, then Edmonton pays in either draft picks or prospects to even out the values.

My suggestion is a 1st and 2nd (or prospect of that value) Ceci and Puljujarvi for Parayko and laffrerrie (blues are player in player out).

I do not think the Blues can get Evan Bouchard unless Edmonton knows he will be moving on as the rfa process continues or that Edmonton knows they will not be able to afford his next contract this offseason.

If Bouchard is included, I don’t know how to make it work for Edmonton’s cap. Ceci is included above because it does fit the cap and player in out requirements. As a blues fan, Bouchard as a return would be killer.

So uhh, Carolina has to do something now right, Tampa, Toronto, NJ, NYR, Boston have all added, i pity whichever teams make the WC in the east, i also pity whichever god teams lose in round 1 in the east

So uhh, Carolina has to do something now right, Tampa, Toronto, NJ, NYR, Boston have all added, i pity whichever teams make the WC in the east, i also pity whichever god teams lose in round 1 in the east

I'd be down for a Parayko to Edmonton trade, as long as it doesn't include Bouchard

I don’t think that would happen (Bouchard). I think if it did STL would be the one paying to even out value, and that doesn’t really make sense from our retooling state nor trying to make it work within your salary cap constraints.

I wanna see mcdavid challenge for a cup. Hoping he gets to multiple times.

I don’t know if the oilers best option is to deal with stl, but if I were them, considering it takes 3-5 years for a later 1st rounder to hit and impact the nhl, I’d be looking at ways to increase the team by acquiring players with term and use those 1sts right in this timeframe. But I’m also an idiot so :P

Everything I'm hearing/seeing from the Edmonton media is that those talks aren't actually happening, and I take that report with a grain of salt. The organization has very frequently used guys like Bob Stauffer to litmus test ideas to the public (before going through with the dumb ideas anyways) but the Oilers media is some of the most disconnected in the league and a lot of the scoops regarding Oiler moves come from out east.

Checking down from the ilk of Chychrun, Ekholm, or Karlsson to Joel huffs-his-own-farts Edmundson is such a kick in the balls. Please no.



I'd honestly be willing to add in a Parayko-to-Edmonton deal if it meant we instead got like Saad half retained to boot. Bouchard, Ceci, prospect like Schaefer, Yamamoto, and the next two firsts and I'd call that tidy business.

The quote above though makes it funny

As imagine CBJ just waiting for a Gav trade but after TDL hes still with them

And they go did we ask for to much

McCabe at 2m for 2 more years seems like one of the best value contract for a Dman