Gorges, Gallagher and a first round pick
- sEb_666

hmmmmm. not bad.

hmmmmm. not bad.
- seanjohn667

No Gallagher. He's a mega-Arcobello (better skater). Great player but still not what we need.

Eller instead maybe?

Wouldnt you guys rather give up sam gagner over yakopov since buffalo wants more centers anyways?
- Mapleleafs_91

MacT gave Gagner his word he wouldn't trade him this year and he has a notrade next year.

No Gallagher. He's a mega-Arcobello (better skater). Great player but still not what we need.

Eller instead maybe?
- Morris

i like Gallagher's tenacity. bout time the Oil finally got their head out of their -ss and decided to dangle some of this young assets in hopes of receiving some real players.

So Sam Gagner, Dubby and +(prospects/picks) for Miller, Myers


Perron Hall Eberle

Hemsky Nuge Yakopov

as top 2 lines


Defense:

Ference Myers

Smid Justin Schultz

Top 2 pairings on defense


Miller in net
- Mapleleafs_91

If Buffalo is trading Miller and Myers in any deal like such deal Yaks better be coming back.

If Buffalo is trading Miller and Myers in any deal like such deal Yaks better be coming back.
- ImThatGuy

Sorry but the Oilers will not give Yakcity up, you can have Omark, Petry,Smid,Klefbom and or Draft picks

Sorry but the Oilers will not give Yakcity up, you can have Omark, Petry,Smid,Klefbom and or Draft picks
- The_Hinter

The Sabres do not need D. They are set with Risto, Zadorov, Pysyk, Ehrhoff, McBain, Weber, McNabb.

The Oilers need D. That makes little sense. You would be willing to give up more Defense and not on offense that seems to be an organizational strong point.

kreider and del zotto for yaks?

Possible Trade

Oilers- Yak and Labarbera

Sabres- Miller, 1st and 2nd round pick, possible prospects instead of 2nd round pick?

Possible Trade

Oilers- Yak and Labarbera

Sabres- Miller, 1st and 2nd round pick, possible prospects instead of 2nd round pick?
- matty_ice_30

There is no way in hell that Buffalo gives up their first in 2014; that's the first overall pick we're talking about here.

The Capitals have had some luck with Grabovski and Yakupov is a big OV fan as well. Don't think for a second that his benching in Washington, on the night he could have first faced-off against AO, wasn't a message being sent directly to his core. Ek

If this is the case its bad coaching. Playing against someone you look up to gives you more motivation. Message received you don't want me.

Possible Trade

Oilers- Yak and Labarbera

Sabres- Miller, 1st and 2nd round pick, possible prospects instead of 2nd round pick?
- matty_ice_30

We wouldnt trade our first rounder straight up for Yak, we'd rather have Reinhart. Also. No labarbera, we got a great goalie prospect Matt Hackett in the pommer trade thats in the AHL that we will call up when miller is traded.

For Yak, i'd imagine something like:

Miller+2 second rounders+a defenseman prospect like Mcnabb.

Or

Pysyk+2 seconds

kreider and del zotto for yaks?
- webleedblue

Thats a bad trade for the rangers

keep your first

staal and kreider

yaks and n schultz
- hugefemale dog77

I wouldnt want Staal, hes gunna walk as a UFA in a few years to play for the Carolina Staal's.

Myers over the past two seasons (including this season): .314ppg -9
Petry over the past two seasons (including this season): 3.2ppg -9

Both have been playing on awful teams so the comparison is fairly close. Here's where Petry sets himself apart, though:

Myers has 150 hits and 132 blocked shots in those 102 games
Petry has 251 hits 226 blocked shots in those 126 games

Still fairly even, but I give the edge to Petry.
- MaximumBone

Fair stats, but this is how I look at Myers... He was a lazy fu*k and didnt work out because he thought the lockout would go the entire year. We had to use the little time for his skill development to get him in shape and he sucked the whole year. I havent given up on him yet.

On paper it sounds neat but Julien would be this kids worst nightmare. All he wants to do score and doesn't care too much for other aspects of the game. He won't work in Boston.
- glove_was_stuck

Very late to the party here, but this is exactly why boston will never ever do this. Or its why chiarelli should be fired for doing it. Its just a bad fit regardless of how much offense the bruins need. Its funny, the first few games of the season, the b's had a great offense. Last few its terrible. Julien is the problem just as much as any personnel. Either way, today was game 6, way too soon for chiarelli to make a move like this one. He's fairly good at selling high and buying low, as long as he keeps the boston media quiet beforehand.

Thats a bad trade for the rangers
- Djtyczy

why is that?

why is that?
- webleedblue

Yak is risky, KHL is always an option. Krieder is worst going to be a good 3rd liner, and del zotto is a top pairing defenseman on most teams.

Yak is risky, KHL is always an option. Krieder is worst going to be a good 3rd liner, and del zotto is a top pairing defenseman on most teams.
- Djtyczy

Isn't the KHL an option for any hockey player? This assumption is base on what other Russian players have done. It is like saying people can't wait to get out of Buffalo, cause a few have left.

Yak isn't getting traded anyway, unless the return is real good. (2 UFA's no matter how good they play is not fair value)

Isn't the KHL an option for any hockey player? This assumption is base on what other Russian players have done. It is like saying people can't wait to get out of Buffalo, cause a few have left.

Yak isn't getting traded anyway, unless the return is real good. (2 UFA's no matter how good they play is not fair value)
- Al Hacker

I agree, IMO Vanek is useless to the oilers. But i only say that about Yak because he has played in the KHL, and an NHL star just opened the door to go back. The center piece player i assume the oilers would want is Mark Pysyk or Christian Ehrhoff