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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I really hope the Oilers are that foolish.
Give up Klefbom and a former 1st overall pick who's still a decent center for an aging winger.
After they traded a winger who is better than Pacioretty (Hall), straight up for a d-man that is worse than Klefbom (Larsson)
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I hate the term "aging". Every player in the NHL is "aging". I doubt you mean to imply he is regressing in skill and that the game has passed him by.
Pacioretty is 29. Has five 30+ goal seasons and if you watch any Montreal games from last season he is the only one playing with heart, every night, on a terrible Canadiens team. I would argue he's still in his prime.
That being said he's exactly the type of player the Flames could use, but he doesn't play RW. Too bad.
Oilers become a better scoring and disciplined team from that trade but in the long run seems pretty stupid to give up one of their better young defensemen.