Lets make a deal cbj

This team has got my attention 100%. Just not crazy on the goalies. But id love it if we had this exact defense. I am big fan of it! Plus Laine. He should have been ours

That is an absolute overpay that the Oilers should in no way consider. Laine is a top notch goal scorer but he's very inconsistent. You're getting an RFA with a similar statline to JP and offering a young cheap RHD, a young cheap RFA forward that's already playing in our top 6, our top D prospect, and a 1st. The Koskinen one is barely negative value at the point you've retained 50%.

Oilers lose this trade by a mile. Realistically you're probably giving up something along the lines of 1st plus Broberg or Holloway. I personally wouldn't trade for Laine. Oilers biggest weakness was depth, top 6 scoring was fine.

I'm disgusted by that Laine trade, but I'm also disgusted at the thought of acquiring Laine so take it with a grain of salt. Feels like an overpay and Laine doesn't feel like the kind of player the Oilers should pursue: one-dimensional, expensive, and bad defensively.

Oilers biggest weakness was depth SCORING, outside of 97/29, and 93 on the PP, it was not there and got exposed in the playoffs... However I do agree, I would NOT want Laine, dude is a liability defensively, a cancer in the dressing room, and very selfish as a player... Would rather the Oilers use that cap space if they do get it to bring Hall back, or go after Landeskog w/o giving anything up...

Depth scoring was issue #1 but we also had our 3rd D pairing exposed. Biggest need up front is a true 3C but a scoring winger that can play with McDavid is definitely up there. Agree I'd much rather go to the free agent market if you're spending that kind of cap anyways and not give up the assets. Hyman scares me, looks like the next Lucic/Neal/Ladd/Okposo/Eriksson but would love to see a Hall or Landeskog. If the term was short I'd have time for Hoffman as well.