Rumor: Oilers trying to trade dead weight?

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No team is taking Edmonton’s trash.

 

[Del Preston]

Wasn't Benning pretty good a few years ago? What happened?

Not very good since his rookie season.

 

[ddawg1950]

Biggest deadweight in Edmonton is the Lowe/Mactavish shadow that continues to ruin this once fine franchise.

 

[belair]

Wasn't Benning pretty good a few years ago? What happened?

He's fine. There are just limitations in his game that likely mean he won't be a regular in the top six next season with Evan Bouchard, Ethan Bear and Joel Persson pushing for possible roster spots.

Considering he's signed for $1.8m next season, he's a logical guy to put on the market today.

 

[north49er]

Doubt that even Weight Watchers can't help with that amount of dead weight.

 

[Yamazaki]

 

[Yamazaki]

 

[General Disarray]

Oilers will have to pay to get rid of Manning.

Chicago got lucky that someone was stupid enough to pay to GET him. LMAO

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Fun fact; the Oilers will be forced to have Milan Lucic on their protected list in the next expansion draft.

 

[belair]

Fun fact; the Oilers will be forced to have Milan Lucic on their protected list in the next expansion draft.

Fun fact: We've been through one expansion draft and people still don't understand that NMCs can be waived.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Fun fact: We've been through one expansion draft and people still don't understand that NMCs can be waived.

I guess theoretically he may prefer Seattle over Edmonton, though I doubt Seattle would even be compelled to take on that contract without some added incentives.

 

[McSuper]

There 2 kinds of dead weight . The normal dead weight and Chia dead weight . One can be traded the other can't . Guess which one can be trade and I will give you a free Manning .

 

[Wayward Son]

What's the add?

That's the real question here.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

No team is taking Edmonton’s trash.

Tell me if this sounds familiar: ‘Nikita Zaitsev has value! We won’t have to retain on him or include a good asset to move him!’

 

[belair]

I guess theoretically he may prefer Seattle over Edmonton, though I doubt Seattle would even be compelled to take on that contract without some added incentives.

Not really news to me. The problem you mentioned was him needing to take up a protection slot. Not a problem.

 

[FinlandPanther]

Wow according to some Oilers fans Petrovic was a good player. My how that just slapped you right across the face.

 

[Del Preston]

Wow according to some Oilers fans Petrovic was a good player. My how that just slapped you right across the face.

Who said that? He can't even get in the lineup.

 

[Funk21]

The consensus 1/2 were Yakopuv or Murray. You must be new to hockey because how often has ANYBODY not taken a top-3 consensus player... look at the 2017 draft. Would you have NOT taken either Nico or Patrick 1/2 at the time? In hindsight the following players are better... but nobody is picking Miro or Elias #1 back then.

Then why Burke say he would have taken Reilly number one had they had the pick?

I know revisionist history makes things simple in hindsight but if the plan was to trade Hall as well why didn’t the Oilers grab Tkachuk. Big, gritty LW who can also score. Exactly what they needed and instead they pick Pool Party and sign Lucic to a gawd awful contract.

 

[calder candidate]

What would it cost for Puljujarvy and Manning?

 

[Yamazaki]

 

[McSuper]

the entire roster outside of like 5 players is dead weight

6 if my counting is me being a homer

Nurse Klefbom Larsson
McD Draisaitl RNH

 

[McSuper]

Fun fact; the Oilers will be forced to have Milan Lucic on their protected list in the next expansion draft.

How so ? They can buy him out with 2 years left and not worry about it

2021-22	Modified NTC, NMC	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$0	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000
2022-23	Modified NTC, NMC	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$0	$3,000,000	$1,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000
TOTAL

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Only 9 million owed on his final 2 years and with a Modified NTC

 

[izzy]

6 if my counting is me being a homer

Nurse Klefbom Larsson
McD Draisaitl RNH

i agree with that

could even be nice and count chiasson from his early offense

 

[ChaoticOrange]

What would it cost for Puljujarvy and Manning?

Manning is a short term dump that we can bury in the AHL and only have a mil or so cap hit.

Price will not be cheap/free as I’m sure you’re hoping.

 

[Benedict Kovalchuk]

There 2 kinds of dead weight . The normal dead weight and Chia dead weight . One can be traded the other can't . Guess which one can be trade and I will give you a free Manning .

There's also Doug Weight. Y'all want him?

Just send a pick of your choice.