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Originally Posted by stemit14
I would not be surprised if the oilers pull off their panic move within the next 5 days. Chia probably knows his job is already on the line and he needs to try and do something to spark the team before the Flames comes to town. You would think a blowout loss to the Flames on home ice would certainly be the tipping point both for fans and ownership. I could see the return of the jersey toss coming to their fancy arena this Saturday.
That’s why I think he’ll try to make this trade by Friday. The problem is that most teams that are looking to sell are probably waiting for more teams to be in the buying market. Demand usually goes up closer to the deadline. Chia doesn’t have that kind of time... and he knows it. He probably knows the oilers will be dead in the water within 2 weeks at this rate. This will make him overpay even more just to convince a team to make a trade early.
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I don't think the Flames game is an important marker, but most deadline deals are made with an eye towards improving your team for the playoffs. If this report is serious, the Oilers looking to add for the regular season in order to make the playoffs. So they would need to do something soon.