Oilers. Why? Getting rid of Perron for a late first who probably won't be as good as Perron.
Arizona, Buffalo and Leafs are all teams that made moves looking towards the future. You might argue that trading away Enroth at the deadline was a tank move by the Sabres, but Enroth is not an answer moving forward so it would make sense unloading him. I still think they were all asset management type of moves, more than 'tanking', though I completely understand how they can be viewed as tanking as the cuts did run pretty deep. Rebuilding teams generally make these types of 'smart asset' moves that hurt now, but will give them a chance to be better in the future.
However, Perron? I still don't understand how trading away someone who checks off so many boxes for them and who is definitely still young enough gets sold for futures. He is a fairly sound 2-way forward (something lacking on the Oilers), is gritty (again, lacking in the Oilers), scores and apparently brought some leadership (again, lacking) to team. I doubt the Oilers would be able to draft that well with a late first. Don't get me wrong - Perron isn't some great asset that teams should never trade away, but that move still makes zero sense other than "Ok, we suck this year again, so let's try and suck more."
After so many years of rebuilding and rebuilding, and drafting 1st overalls, the Oilers SHOULD have been making moves this season to load up a bit and balance out their lines better. Perron wasn't the answer there, but he was (imo) a part of the solution. Oh, and Petry too. I am not a fan of Petry, but he was one of their better defencemen - maybe their best defencemen - on a defensively inept squad.
Oilers is the best answer I can think of.
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