Lucic (half retained salary), Chara, morrow, spooner and 1st

for

Hall, Petry and Oil 1st



Ludicrous, yes. Would it change the dynamic of both teams. Absolutely
- dothedougie

Congrats on the worst idea for an Oilers trade I have heard yet.

Change the dynamic? If you mean renew Boston's older and failing core and doom Edmonton to many more years of futility, then yeah, you are changing the dynamic.

if a team on a run of futility like this deems any player "untouchable", god help them...

Lucic (half retained salary), Chara, morrow, spooner and 1st

for

Hall, Petry and Oil 1st



Ludicrous, yes. Would it change the dynamic of both teams. Absolutely
- dothedougie

switch Chara w/Seidenberg (bc Chara is old) the Oilers 1st pick to a 2nd rd instead, spooner out & add Griffin n Subban and maybe this starts the talking.....

Florida has all the assets to get Hall.
Bjugstad, Kulikov, Gudbranson, Howden, McFarland, Trocheck, they have really promising young pieces (not going to add Ekblad, Barkov, or Huberdeau)

I think there is a deal to be made with them.
- DDM-Coga

man that is a pretty good list of young prospects.

Edmonton would no doubt like Ekblad and I am sure in MacT's mind, that is a reasonable trade.

Congrats on the worst idea for an Oilers trade I have heard yet.

Change the dynamic? If you mean renew Boston's older and failing core and doom Edmonton to many more years of futility, then yeah, you are changing the dynamic.
- Aetherial

love how the Oil first comes in after Petry... like we won't notice it if it's third on the list.

Florida has all the assets to get Hall.
Bjugstad, Kulikov, Gudbranson, Howden, McFarland, Trocheck, they have really promising young pieces (not going to add Ekblad, Barkov, or Huberdeau)

I think there is a deal to be made with them.
- DDM-Coga

Ha! It's bad that Ek hasn't come close to that sort of well thought out rumour in years - or ever.

Congrats on the worst idea for an Oilers trade I have heard yet.

Change the dynamic? If you mean renew Boston's older and failing core and doom Edmonton to many more years of futility, then yeah, you are changing the dynamic.
- Aetherial

Poor decision making seems to be the trend in Edm.

Florida has all the assets to get Hall.
Bjugstad, Kulikov, Gudbranson, Howden, McFarland, Trocheck, they have really promising young pieces (not going to add Ekblad, Barkov, or Huberdeau)

I think there is a deal to be made with them.
- DDM-Coga

OK but you're taking Edmonton's best player, and saying that Florida's best players are off limits. why would Edmonton trade Hall to Florida if not one of those 3 are coming back?

Have to say that I disagree with your analysis of the James Neal trade... before coming to Pitt, Nealer was averaging between 20-25 goals and like 45-50 points per season.. he became an elite sniper playing on Geno's wing... Horny on the other hand before coming to the Pens was good for... around 25 goals and 45-50 points as well... to say the Penguins got bad return is pretty inaccurate to me. They got a player that could equal the production of James Neal, won't take as many boneheaded plays, and judging form his style of play, won't disappear in the playoffs (although that has yet to be determined.) And they also acquired a responsible adequate bottom 6 player that helps their depth, which is what hurt them oh so bad in the playoffs last year. Taylor Pyatt, Tanner Glass, Craig Adams, Joe Vitale, Derrek Engelland... I would say Spaling is an upgrade over all of those players (even tho they kind of overpaid him during is RFA status by a mil or so..) sooo... to say that it was a bad return.. I disagree.
- j.boyd919

But what I'm saying is a return like that would be unacceptable for Hall. It has to be from the Oilers standpoint! Hornquist hit 30 goals once, Neal hit 40. Neal and Hall both have the same number of points right now but Neal has more goals playing with a worse center. Hall is the better player and the only way you trade him is to get a top enter of dman(which they probably wont get) so it makes a lot more sense to hang on to him.

if a team on a run of futility like this deems any player "untouchable", god help them...
- DoubleDown

Good advice coming from the team that traded Roy in his prime

When did NHL hockey become something that can only be truly understood by looking at spreadsheets?

Anyway the question is moot because we have as exact a comparable as we could possibly get for what Hall would likely yield in a deal, and that is what the Bruins got for Seguin.
- Snowblind

This is true of all sports.

I would trade Schultz for a bag of pucks
- Oilfan19

My point exactly. 15 months ago he was practically the next Paul Coffey. If you are determined to run him out of town, sell high or at least higher than rock bottom.

switch Chara w/Seidenberg (bc Chara is old) the Oilers 1st pick to a 2nd rd instead, spooner out & add Griffin n Subban and maybe this starts the talking.....
- Ur Not Me

Meh, my idea was more for laughs than anything.

Just trying to make up for the terrible seguin trade.

Kreider + Hagelin + Skjei + 2016 1st for Taylor Hall

Good advice coming from the team that traded Roy in his prime
- KarlKarlsson

When a player demands a trade, especially publicly, you trade him. Doesn't matter who he is.

Good advice coming from the team that traded Roy in his prime
- KarlKarlsson

Kinda had their hand forced though

sutter, derek poiliot, 1st rounder, Beau Bennett, christian erhoff get it done!

OK but you're taking Edmonton's best player, and saying that Florida's best players are off limits. why would Edmonton trade Hall to Florida if not one of those 3 are coming back?
- DoubleDown

The point was that even if you dont add their 3 lottery pick players, they still have a lot of pieces that could get to the value of Hall. They have the luxery of moving some of those other prospects.

If youre Edmonton you start asking about the Bigger 3 but its not like there great value elsewhere in that organization

sutter, derek poiliot, 1st rounder, Beau Bennett, christian erhoff get it done!
- ChrisMS

Good advice coming from the team that traded Roy in his prime
- KarlKarlsson

you think they had a choice in that? roy is on tape telling the habs president he'll never play for them again.

Kinda had their hand forced though
- Aetherial

exactly

The point was that even if you dont add their 3 lottery pick players, they still have a lot of pieces that could get to the value of Hall. They have the luxery of moving some of those other prospects.

If youre Edmonton you start asking about the Bigger 3 but its not like there great value elsewhere in that organization
- DDM-Coga

Good advice coming from the team that traded Roy in his prime
- KarlKarlsson

can't even begin to figure out what this means

When a player demands a trade, especially publicly, you trade him. Doesn't matter who he is.
- BINGO!

Agreed.. If Hall publicly asks for a trade.. You need to trade him.. I still think Phaneuf, Kadri, Fredrick Gauthier and a 20154 1st rd pick is enough to get him

Kinda had their hand forced though
- Aetherial

guys... i was not involved in that decision