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Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
I laugh at everyone thinking that the Oilers won this trade. Surely they could have done better than just a 2015 1st and Klinkhammer. This team doesn't have any good players, adding a pick won't change how atrocious their drafting has been.
A better trade would have been Beau Bennett and Dumoulin, they get a LW/RW who is capable of playing middle 6 minutes like Perron, and grab a defenseman prospect that is probably miles ahead better than their defenseman prospects, excluding Nurse.
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No chance the Pens would include Bennett in a trade for Perron. He's a rosterable player for them with upside, and will be cheap for awhile. The type of guy that appeals to good teams too.
Competing teams want to move non essential players, prospects, or picks in deadline moves.
Bennett doesn't fit the bill.
Considering Perron is signed for next season at a manageable cap hit, I agree he had some good value. But we also see what top 6 players generally go for at the deadline when they are UFA, for example, last season nobody would give more than a 3rd round pick for Cammaleri.
The fact Perron had an extra year likely got them the upgrade from a late second/third to a first. It's certainly not a haul, but after the Erat/Forsberg fiasco (which would have been a similar asset being traded as Erat was at a similar stage in his career and contract), it seems like teams are hesitant to give up quality young assets.
It's certainly not a "haul", but I think the value is pretty consistent with what has been happening. Perron wasn't looking like a long term keeper for them, so they presumably shopped him for the best asset they could. I bet they try to use the pick to get an asset that better fits their profile right now (likely try to get a defensemen back from a not so contending team). The teams that wanted Perron wouldn't be willing to move a quality D-men, but teams wanting a 1st might be.