Takecout kelfbom and edm considers

Just gotta make the roster positions and cap numbers line up. Change Klefbom to Larsson and the overall idea is the same.

Really? 30 years later, the Gretzky trade revisited? I can't imagine Edmonton wants any part of that.

They certainly shouldn't have the same financial motivation as they did before the salary cap.

Adding Doughty and Kopitar could be pretty tempting, in terms of getting the Oilers to the playoffs and winning a couple rounds this year, but I think LAK still has to sweeten it a whole lot. Like, change Klefbom to Sekera, swap starting goalies, and add Scherbak and Iafallo. The Oilers' best listed wing right now is Chiasson. Toffoli alone doesn't solve that, and this deal doesn't create enough cap space for them relieve other teams of expensive wings for late draft picks. Maybe also take Russell for Muzzin?

It's not like Edmonton would be getting a bunch of chumps in exchange for McDavid. They'd be getting a guy that is a perennial Selke winner and arguably the best two-way center in the NHL, an elite, perennial Norris nominee, and a young proven 30g scorer that could benefit for a change of scenery. They also get to move out that awful and otherwise unmovable Lucic contract. If they want to swap Larsson for Klefbom, I'm ok with that. Kings would arguably prefer a RHD anyway.

I agree that were this trade to actually happen, Edmonton fans would probably riot in the streets and burn Chiarelli effigies like they did to Pocklington back in the 80s. I don't think they'd move McDavid in a million years, no matter what the return was. It's just an interesting idea to ponder what both teams would look like if it did happen.

I actually like this trade. yes, Edmonton surely wouldn't want to do the trade but the trade is not a terrible idea. I like this trade just cause Lucic would be out of town in the expensive of McDavid but at the same time seeing Kopitar and Doughty come back is great. I also think, because of younger player going to LAX would think draft pick has to go back the other way.

I'm sure there would be a few picks and prospects included on both sides to round out the deal, but that wasn't really the point. The core pieces of the deal remain the same.

i am in, do the deal.

Lol I'll keep Kopitar and Doughty.
Kings don't need a dollar store Gretsky...

About 7 more years of Kopitar and 9 years of Doughty vs 17 years of McJesus? I think they'd have to seriously consider it.

I hate when people call him McJesus. If he was McJesus he'd be winning cups right now. They can't even make the playoffs. Kopitar is replaceable, but we will never have another Doughty. We have Vilardi coming up who will be the next Kopitar(if he has a healthy career)
Again, no thanks.

Call him whatever you want, he's the best player in the NHL since Wayne Gretzky. It's not his fault that he plays for an awful team. Even Gretzky couldn't carry the Kings to a Stanley Cup, and they had players like Kurri, Robitaille, and Blake.

Doughty's amazing, but he's no McDavid.

Dude you can't even compare Doughty and McDavid one is a forward one is a defenseman. Who taught you about hockey?

Crosby is hands down the best player since Gretzky. Until McDavid has the cups, metals, and awards Crosby has you can't make that statement and have it hold weight.

McDavid is the most talented forward in a generation. It's not fair to knock him for not having won an Olympic gold medal, because NHL players weren't allowed to participate in the only Olympics that he was old enough to play in. Crosby didn't win his first Stanley Cup until his 4th season in the NHL, and he arguably wasn't even the best player on his team that season, with Malkin finishing higher in every statistical category in both the regular season and playoffs. The league obviously thought so too, as Malkin earned the Conn Smythe that year. McDavid doesn't have a Malkin on his team, yet he has still won the Ted Lindsay twice in a row as the best player in the league as voted on by the players. At this point of his career, McDavid has accomplished just as much, if not more than Crosby had during his 3rd season in the league (3 international golds for McDavid vs 1 for Crosby, 2 Ted Linsday awards vs 1 for Crosby, 1 Hart Trophy vs 1 for Crosby).

Doughty is certainly in the conversation for being one of the best defenseman in the NHL right now, but players like Lidstrom and Niedermeyer were a step above him, and players like Chara, Keith, and Weber are certainly in the same conversation. McDavid has only one possible comparable talent player this century. Sure, you can't directly compare them to each other because of the positions they play, but you can definitively say that McDavid is one of the top two at his position this century, while you can't say the same about Doughty.

I stick by my original assessment.

Doughty IS the best defenseman in the NHL. There's nobody better right now. Even Tampa fans think Doughty is better than Hedman. I don't know how you can compare Doughty to Chara, Kieth, and Weber. I still stick with my original assessment that you know nothing about hockey.

Top 2 this century??? I can name so many players that were better than McDavid the last 50 years... Get real.

You blow me away every time I read your comments. There's a reason why you only have 88 likes.

This century started 18 years ago....

..and I don't post for likes. However, since you're counting, you don't have many more than I do, despite having more than double my post count.

I rarely post or comment on anybody's teams. And when I do it's only on the Kings.