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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
The Oilers need to trade one of Hall, Eberle or RNH just to send a message to others. They need to move one of the Canadians to send a message that these guys aren't safe and they will get moved.
I'm sure they'll end up trading Yakapov... but I get the feeling he's not part of the Hall/RNH/Eberle/Schultz young guns core.
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Of course they do.
But what impact player that they'd want/need as a return, would waive their NTC (if they're that good, they're going to have an NMC/NTC) to go there? Nevermind the mess the team is in the standings, said player would be expected to change things all on his own. Only a few players could do that (Pronger was one, and they screwed him over 8 years ago) singlehandedly.
Outside of that, the Oilers would have to settle for draft picks as a return...and that message isn't going to be positive for the others listed, or for the fan base.