- Draisaitl and Ekblad trade.... love that trade, its a great hockey trade if it were to go through. And giving up on Draisaitl and getting a player like Ekblad will only help the oil city.
- I have never been a big fan of Lucic in Oil city with the contract that he has and I would trade that guy for bag of pucks. (Lucic is the next Clarkson- will never live up to his contract)
- I don't like like the RW at all tho.
with what you have got above.... I think i would try to put Nurse with Ekblad and move Klefbom down to play with Larsson. Or.... I would try to trade one of Russell or Gryba for a decent RW cause i think Yamamoto needs time and cant see Puli as a first line wing at this moment ( he needs a lot of work done).

Pearson has WAY more value than Sekera. HUGE overpayment for Lucic. And I agree with henryp, the Draisaitl Ekblad trade is a great hockey trade.

zackdionne9

Tanner Pearson, in my opinion is a reliable player who has some offensive upside.

Sekera is a solid 2 way defender who has history in LA AAND can run a powerplay. Defenders are a much more coveted position than the wing.

I know seeing a bunch of text next to a small amount of text usually creates a knee jerk "WWWHHHUUUUUUUTTTTTT" reaction. Actually look at it though.

Lucic for a 2nd, 3rd and Ritchie.
Lehtonen is a cap dump, with an additional 2nd as compensation. with a condition attached that could bring it down to a 3rd.

Henryp

I mean no offence to you good sir, but I would recommend thinking a little bit harder before forming an opinion.

Now for some factual inaccuracies. Lucic has 24 more points LAST SEASON than Clarkson did... AS A LEAF. A bad contract, yes, a DISASTROUS one? No.

The right wing could be better, but that would require giving up unnecessary assets, this would be the way it would look long term for me, Yamamoto earned his spot, McDavid can make pouliot look good i am sure Puljujarvi can keep up. why not see if the tools you have work before going to the store to by new ones?

Puljujärvi and Yamamoto, we have been seeing both play but this team is meant to be trying to win the cup this year and with the way Yamamoto or even Puli is playing I am not convinced. Yea its only 7 games in but what if its the same problem 30 games in. Also, the problem is not just one player right now a lot of things needs to come together for this team and the way it looks right now its not a team that looks like that will be fighting for a cup this year.

Henry P

There is no GOO HAARRDD FORR THE CUUUP THIIISSSS YEAAARRRRR. This is a team designed to compete year after year and if I were the GM in Edmonton, this is what I would do. I would not give up assets to address a a short term issue, that might not even be an issue.