Thread: [Trade] Oilers trade Gagner to Tampa for Purcell. Tampa flips Gagner to Coyotes for a 6th
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Old 06-29-2014, 08:43 PM   #141
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Originally Posted by flameswin View Post
Why didn't the Oilers just trade Gagner to Coyotes for the draft pick?
The optics.
Purcell is a power winger they have coveted for a long time, blah, blah, blah..
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