Look at the OEL trade for a fairly recent comparable.

3 cap dumps (1 year term)
for
OEL (long term) and Garland (RFA)

It cost them a 1st, 2nd, and 7th.
Garland was a positive asset but OEL was one of the worst contracts in the league.

Edmonton is trying to unload players with multiple years of term.
Montreal doesn't have a contract as bad as OEL's to offset some of that (Gallagher and Anderson have lower cap hits at half the term).
Edmonton isn't looking for a piece as valuable as Garland may have been at the time (young RFA on a 60 point pace), so that helps.
However, they aren't bargaining from a position of strength (putting it lightly), which does not help.
They also aren't moving pure "cap dumps" aside from Campbell, so they may get some credit in a deal if the other team can actually make good use of those players. (Hint: that's not Montreal)

ROUGHLY estimating in comparison:

Campbell's contract alone is worse than the 3 cap dumps by Vancouver. (Totals are $12M x 1 year vs $5M x 3 years, and that's not counting this season.)
The worst contract Montreal can offer is Gallagher (highest value and term) and the best asset they can give back is Montembeault (young RFA).

That would put the starting point around Campbell + 1st + 2nd for Gallagher + Montembeault, which doesn't account for everything in the ARZ/VAN trade comparison.

As a fan I might be convinced to make that deal from either side anyway, but I don't think many would agree.

I guess something around Jensen + but hes 33.

Honestly the Avs Spark me as another considering they got 5 good Dman and something around Girard could be interesting. Especially if say Landeskog's Knee is bad enough to where he may be done

I would figure the OEL comparison works better if Edmonton takes the position of taking on three bad one-year deals today, however that becomes incredibly problematic when you consider the only RFA of any real value Edmonton has is Bouchard. That's a move that cannot be made by Edmonton without the total commitment to resetting the franchise: where else are they going to find an 80-point pace RHD?

how do you, as darryl katz, not fire literally everyone in edmonton after this game?

Didn’t know Zach benson was like that

He’s who I would’ve taken during the draft if I was Washington, but I still wouldn’t complain about Ryan Leonard

how do you, as darryl katz, not fire literally everyone in edmonton after this game?

Somebody needs to do something. It's spiraling. The goaltender has no confidence and is operating without a parachute. The players don't have faith in each other. The coach has no relationship with anybody yet. Who does everyone turn to when nobody has the answers? What a mess.

The thing is do you trust the guy whose contract is up this summer to make the right moves

This is on Ownership now

I'm very excited to see which grifter the Oilers hire next. Nicholson into Holland into ???

The thing is do you trust the guy whose contract is up this summer to make the right moves

This is on Ownership now

If im EDM I look to hire Eric Tulsky from the Canes

That guy deserves to be a GM

As hes the brains behind the Canes.

Not at all. He should have been gone when he suggested replacing Woodcroft with a guy with no NHL head coach experience.

Holland had no say on that move for what it's worth. That came from Jeff Jackson.

oilers suck holy

My god this is going to be a bloodbath.