Quoting: Cheddamonkey37
That oilers trade… my lord
Its not enough for Holloway, alone but Smith is a cap dump, Jesse's value might be far less than we think as the media is reporting that he's done in EDM and we cant afford him in the end as Yamo looks to be their pick over Pool Party to keep.
The problem I have mostly with the trade is that it adds salary where the first goal on the offseason should be to shed salary.
The Oilers have about a 3 year window here with McDrai. They need to be bold kinda like the Canucks last season with OEL. Take on a long contract with an effective player to shed some awful deals
Kassian, Barrie for someone like Gallagher could make sense for both clubs as Habs save cap in their contention window in 3 years while the Oilers shed cap in their window with a player they need on the wing in Gallagher to replace Kane. He wont fit in as well without the speed on McDavid's wing but he's a different kind of player than Evander that adds a lot of versatility to the lineup, same as Hyman.
The Habs value Anderson pretty highly as do GMs around the league so who'd have to pay for the bigger, faster, younger, cheaper winger. Gallagher can be had and they dont need to worry about his deal in 3-4 years when they'll be outside their window with one of McDrai probably leaving