Del Preston
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- Souray to Philly for Scott Hartnell in 2009. At the last second Tambellini changed his mind. A year later Souray badmouthed Oilers' management, got loaned to Washington's AHL team, and then eventually bought out
- Mike Richards to Edmonton or Calgary at the 2015 draft. Lombardi learned of Richards getting in trouble at the border and had to tell Chiarelli and Treliving on the draft floor what was going on
- 3-way trade between the Oilers, Flames, and Blue Jackets at the 2016 draft. iirc Calgary would have moved up to #3, Jackets went back one to 4th, and the Oilers would go to #6 while getting a dman from the Flames
- Mike Richards to Edmonton or Calgary at the 2015 draft. Lombardi learned of Richards getting in trouble at the border and had to tell Chiarelli and Treliving on the draft floor what was going on
- 3-way trade between the Oilers, Flames, and Blue Jackets at the 2016 draft. iirc Calgary would have moved up to #3, Jackets went back one to 4th, and the Oilers would go to #6 while getting a dman from the Flames
This one bogus from Darren Dreger. He mentioned it on the radio and then immediately backtracked on Twitter when people started poking holes in the "rumour".Name a trade that your team was rumoured to have about to make but opted out for one reason or another.
I'll start:
Edmonton almost traded Taylor Hall to the Ottawa Senators for Cody Ceci but Ottawa's GM needed to run it by Melnyk who took too long answering his phone.
The reason this one didn't go through is because dumbf*** Tambellini wouldn't give the Senators the higher of the two 2nds the Oilers had. That killed the deal and Ottawa made the trade with Tampa instead.Ben Bishop was almost an Oiler. Before he was traded to the Lightning, Edmonton offered winger Ryan Jones and a 2nd-4th round pick for goalie Ben Bishop. Instead, the Senators liked Cory Conacher and a 4th rounder better.
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