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Leon_HART_Draisaitl

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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 23, 2020 at 8:55 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 23, 2020 at 10:07 a.m.
Thread: eichel
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Leon_HART_Draisaitl </b></div><div>The Oilers decline. They aren't trading 5 good pieces for a player they don't need. The depth they are trading away in the deal above is worth FAR more than the superstar they get in return.</div></div>

Agree. A 5-for-1 is ridiculous when all 5 are top-level pieces.

- I looked at Nuge's production yesterday and found that as a winger, Nuge is a top echelon winger. Of course he isn't as good as Eichel, but he'll also sign long-term in Edmonton for somewhere around $7M.

<a href="https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/336148?post_id=1500253">https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/336148?post_id=1500253</a>

- Nurse is known as a physical, defensive defender around the league, but most don't know that he's also one of the highest point-producing defensemen, too. He doesn't get to play on the 1st powerplay unit so his overall scoring is shy of the NHL's best, but at 5v5 he's the 7th best scorer in the league, tied with Victor Hedman. That's decent company.

<a href="http://naturalstattrick.com/playerteams.php?fromseason=20172018&amp;thruseason=20192020&amp;stype=2&amp;sit=5v5&amp;score=all&amp;stdoi=std&amp;rate=n&amp;team=ALL&amp;pos=D&amp;loc=B&amp;toi=0&amp;gpfilt=none&amp;fd=&amp;td=&amp;tgp=410&amp;lines=single&amp;draftteam=ALL" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">http://naturalstattrick.com/playerteams.php?fromseason=20172018&amp;thruseason=20192020&amp;stype=2&amp;sit=5v5&amp;score=all&amp;stdoi=std&amp;rate=n&amp;team=ALL&amp;pos=D&amp;loc=B&amp;toi=0&amp;gpfilt=none&amp;fd=&amp;td=&amp;tgp=410&amp;lines=single&amp;draftteam=ALL</a>

- Bouchard is one of the top prospects in the league and projects to be a 1st pairing RHD with the ability to run the 1st powerplay unit. Plus he'll play at $925k for the next 3 years - that has huge value.

<a href="https://theathletic.com/1859144/2020/06/09/lowetide-every-prospect-in-the-oilers-system-and-whats-next-for-each-player/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://theathletic.com/1859144/2020/06/09/lowetide-every-prospect-in-the-oilers-system-and-whats-next-for-each-player/</a>

- I like Puljujarvi, some people hate him. But he has value, as I showed in the post below (look at comments #1, 2 and 5):

<a href="https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/332985">https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/332985</a>

- The 1st is likely to be in the 18-23 range, as this trade has torpedoed the teams depth.

I'm all for getting more talent wherever possible, but sending 5 good-to-great assets to Buffalo for 1 very good asset doesn't strike me as a winning formula.