Re: Edmonton Oilers
Originally Posted by
Axeman33
If anything, I hope it helps bolster Eberle's value enough to land us the top Dman we are looking for. I mentioned in another thread earlier, I think it's safe to say we can probably stick almost anyone with skill beside McDavid and they will step up. Move Eberle while his value is peaking and then slot Yakupov (who has little value on the market) back up with McDavid and let him take off where Eberle left off. Win-win!!
It's a fair point. McDavids going to score at least 85 points next year with whomever they put on his wings. I do think Eberle gets underappreciated at times by Oiler fans. For my money he is the best sniper/finisher on the team, even better than Hall and he will outproduce Yakupov on the top line (McDavid's line anyone who calls the Hall line the top line is crazy). I could live with losing Eberle for a sure fired top-2 Dman but I hope trading him is a last resort. I'd rather trade RNH, Yak, the 1st pick any of which in combo should get a quality D-man back. Depending on the other teams needs I think RNH may be more valuable to a lot of teams as centres are more valuable than wingers.
Another thought, if Eberle gets moved does RNH find himself in a winger role in the top-6 or move Draisaitl to the wing to get a stacked top-6? Given the Oilers makeup I'd prefer 2 great scoring lines with heavy minutes to 3 "spread-out" lines.
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