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Originally Posted by Bourque's Twin
I think this is a terrible trade. I thought Barrie played a super important role for the Oilers. Ekholm is older and has a lot of mileage on him. Barrie is 12th in the NHL in D points and is the only D who contributes on the PP, which is the Oilers’ differentiating factor.
They also mortgaged their future for the “upgrade”. If Ekholm was the Ekholm of 4-5 years ago, this would worry me.
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Imo if it was Bouchard like someone rumored, they'd have gotten much better right now
Here's to hoping the auto PP is even 5% worse than it was, which is the oilers only weapon/hope for winning games
And yeah-Ekholms peak was between 2-5 years ago