Lets Get Kraken
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Campbell has sucked hard in the AHL. Oilers will either have to buy him out, or they pay whatever asking price is given, which will more than likely be around 2 first round picks. Broberg and Lavoie don’t have as much value as some people seem to think, and whilst Merzlikins hasn’t been great, he still has somewhat decent numbers for a bad team.
Edmonton isn’t going to want to retain on Campbell, so any team thinking about taking him on would have to 1) have the available cap space to take on his 5mil AAV for the next 3 years, 2) be willing to pay the penalty for either burying him or buying him out, 3) be willing to let Campbell potentially take away playing time from their own goalies they would be trying to develop, and 4) be a team that isn’t on his 10 team no trade list. Considering there might only be 3-4 teams that might be willing AND able to take on Campbell, assuming they aren’t on his list, Edmonton will have to bite that bullet or just suck it up and deal with it. They have no leverage in this situation whatsoever.