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Originally Posted by PugnaciousIntern
Can somebody help explain - instead of signing Kris Russell to that contract and trading for Strome, why didn't the Oilers trade Eberle for Hamonic, with picks or other pieces to balance the trade as needed?
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I truly believe it was because Snow did not want to trade with Edmonton. GMs around the League probably are more than a bit jaded that the Oilers have lucked their way from a decade of dead last into the second round of the playoffs. They are probably jaded that Chiarelli walked into one of the highest paying GM jobs, and the chance to draft the best player since Sidney Crosby. Honestly, why wouldn't every other NHL executive absolutely despise the Oilers?
In the end, Snow did pretty well this weekend: a top-line winger, a first round pick and two seconds for a 3/4 defenseman, a young, project forward and ta fourth. He did much better than he would have if he were just dealing with Edmonton.