Ken Holland is right in his wheelhouse here as the Edmonton Oilers are a Stanley Cup contender yet again and that means he’s going to sell the farm to make his team as good as possible. Who’s he going to bring in though? There’s a veteran Cup-winning center playing in Southern California that might tickle his fancy. That yearning for a goal-scoring RWer could be solved by tapping into a former Oiler’s relation playing out east. Lastly, do you think that the Oilers could’ve offered a better package to get Elias Lindholm? I do. Read on to find out what Edmonton could’ve offered.
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The Latest Edmonton Oilers Trade Rumors
Holland to Bring in Another Player with Stanley Cup Pedigree?
“Adam Henrique will be a popular guy over the next four-to-six weeks. The Anaheim Ducks are collecting information and trade calls, and as I reported earlier this month, there seems to be a willingness to move him well in advance of the trade deadline. If the Ducks eat half his deal and are willing to take a contract back on top of it, I think the Edmonton Oilers could pursue.” – The Fourth Period
- I do like the idea of bringing in Henrique if the price is right and right now, I’m not sure if the price is going to be right and being a left-shot doesn’t exactly knock off “Right-Shot Center” from the deadline checklist.
- Although, would him having the 7th best EV FO% make you forget that he’s not RH’d?
- On top of that, he’s healthy right now but boy does he have a dodgy IR history. That would scare me off paying any sort of premium for him if I was GM of any team.
“Henrique is a pending UFA with a cap hit of $5.825M, so the Ducks would either have to retain $1,800,113, or the Oilers would have to send back that amount in other contracts, or something in the middle that made the math work.” – The Oilers Rig
- Well, that’s a first rounder at least to retain that much salary and Monahan just got dealt to WPG for a first and a conditional 3rd if the Jets win the Cup without salary retained.
- I know Stauffer has mentioned a couple times in recent weeks that the cost to acquire Henrique will be much lower than that to get Monahan… As Bob often says, I guess time will tell on that regard.
- Personally, I think the only center position that needs attention is the one on the 4th line and I’d be targeting Nic Dowd (cheap and serviceable on the dot) but if the Oilers want to go balls out, Kevin Hayes in STL could be a tasty addition.
- Jake Evans in MTL has taken over 600 faceoffs this year and his EV FO% is 53.7%… Edmonton was looking at him last season if I remember correctly.
Could Louie’s Boy Finally Come Home?
“…the Bruins winger is writing a hefty pay raise from his current $4 million cap hit. Most NHL bettors would likely bet that (Jake) DeBrusk is looking at a minimum, six-year, $30 million contract. So, it will be interesting to see if, as Sweeney did two years ago when he signed DeBrusk to his current two-year, $8 million contract at the 2022 NHL Trade Deadline, gets DeBrusk signed again by the March 8, 2024, NHL Trade Deadline. – Jimmy Murphy, Boston Hockey Now
- Bob Stauffer has hinted at the Oilers targeting a pending UFA right-winger in the past and I thought he was talking about Jordan Eberle. I totally forgot about Jake DeBrusk but hey, Edmonton’s inquired about him in the past and if he’s on the market, even softly, you can be damned sure that Holland has called Boston about him.
- Would a deal centered around Warren Foegele and DeBrusk work?
What the Oilers Could’ve Paid to Get Lindholm Out of Calgary
“So, the Edmonton Oilers price for Elias Lindholm would have been the equivalent of (say) Zach Hyman, their 2024 1st, 2024 conditional 5th, Beau Akey and Nikita Yevseyev, no salary retained.” – Kurt Leavins, The Cult of Hockey
- I think an argument could’ve been made to deal Kane IF he would green-light the deal. I mean, I like what Kane’s going to bring to the post-season, however, age-wise, he’s in a very precarious position as his type of player generally doesn’t get better with time aka the production is going to start declining fast and hard.
- That said, maybe that extra year on Kane’s deal wasn’t ideal for Craig Conroy. Maybe making a trade with Edmonton wasn’t a savory idea for Calgary but that’s a team with no bite anymore now that Tkachuk is gone. Wouldn’t you want somebody on that team who stirs the pot and can back it up?
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