AND make a move for Tavares. He's not playing another season in Long Island after this one. As with many, I think he'd make a terrific addition to our team. High end talent aside, his skillset would likely link up a lot of pieces on this roster.
At this point I am ready to move anybody not named: Skinner, Aho, Lindholm, Slavin, Pesce, Hanifin, Fleury and Darling. Oh and Derek Ryan. Cause no matter what - that guys gonna be playing somewhere on the roster so long as Peters is at the mast. No point in saying he's gonna be traded. He won't. He's a lifer. Officially taken the Chad LaRose cloak of all effort and no results, straw weight style. Back on track, you'd think you might be able to get something from the likes of:
- J. Staal
- Turbo
- Rask
- Faulk
Edmonton is going to have the face the reality of having so much bottled up in McDonna, Drisletoe, Nugget-Hoppskotch and Milan Punic. Annulax Batteries? Harbulary Batteries? But they need some talent on the wing. And still could use some defense. Greedy lot need to make us an offer of Drisletoe for Faulk, Turbo and Derek Ryan. Just kidding. Derek ain't going nowhere as stated. But Faulk and Turbo, a pick say for Drisletoe?
BREAKING NEWS, OILERS CANE PULL OFF BLOCKBUSTER OF THE AGES!!!: Canes send Oilers Faulk, Staal and Terravainen to the Oilers for Drisletoe and Puljurjarvi coming back...
I. WOULD. BE. DOWN. WITH. THAT.
Is that a bad deal? Would that be a good things for the Oilers? I mean, their D is still iffy albeit marginally better since they got Larsson.
Down the middle? Well they got a lot of depth locked in with McDonna, Drisletoe, Nugget-Hoppskotch, Stroom and LeTesticle. Swap out Drisletoe for J. Staal. That's not a bad lineup if Staal plays 3rd line and Hoppskotch man buys some confidence playing as a 2nd line center.
Of course Skinner would probably make this a real conversation with the Oilers, at least any start of a conversation would have to include him for the Oilers - but that's not happening.