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Originally Posted by Weitz
With the emergence of Nashville's D I wonder if Weber could be pried for the right price.
The D on Nashville looks ridiculous even without Weber.
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Does he have a NMC?
Even if he waives (or has one at all, can't remember) the acquisition cost would be astronomical. Think back to the last two Pronger trades and add to them, that's a good starting point.
Eberle+2016 1st+Klefbom just as a starting point to get Nashville to listen, it's likely EDM adds significantly more given what a guy like Coburn fetched at the TDL. But I wouldn't be doing Edmonton any favors as a rival GM in the same conference, no sense in helping them beat you down the road. If I could find an equivalent package from an eastern team I would take that instead.
Edmonton should target Phaneuf, he could be had for less but he's half the Dman Weber is. Even with his warts, he's still twice as good as anyone currently on the oilers backend. But it still wouldn't be enough as you still need 2-3 more top 4 D. Edmonton's going to have to sell a lot of players/picks to fix their issues in the next few years to start winning and keep McDavid happy. Other GMs are going to be circling like vultures knowing the position the oilers are in, going to be hard to get good value IMO.