McNuge
Registered User
They won't have a choice. He has made it very clear he asked for a trade and does not want to be an Oiler. I could actually see Yak bolting to the KHL if the Oilers don't trade him.
Just like Hamonic and Drouin in the past year. Neither one of those guys are leaving their respective team. There is not point of trading him for a draft pick. it would leave us with 1 legit RW in Eberle and a rookie in Puljujarvi. The chances of a 2nd or 3rd round pick turning into anything special are minimal. May as well keep the kid to see what this change in team can do for him.
Although I do think he only has roughly 2-3 months to prove himself. This is his absolute last chance, because if he doesn't produce with one of our C it will be addition by subtraction.