[Trade] Linus Omark to the Sabres for a conditional 6th

[DionTheDman]

@EdmontonOilers
#Oilers have traded winger Linus Omark to the @BuffaloSabres in exchange for a conditional 6th round selection in the 2014 #NHLDraft.

[albertGQ]

Conditions are for games played but I don't know the exact details

[Ashasx]

Bold stuff by the Oilers.

[irrevocable]

lmao, really?

[OutOfTheCube]

This trade will be awesome if him and Linus Ullmark play for the team at the same time at some point.

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/linus-ullmark/

[irrevocable]

Honestly, Omark is a pretty slick offensive player..

I hope he has MAD success in Buffcity.

[The Fonz]

Didn't realize how old he was. Guy is 1.5 months away from 27 years old.

What the hell was all the hype about?

[jeffman]

Omark is not an nhl player anyways

[bubbsy]

Mactavish when hired :

"I'm an impatient guy and I bring that impatience to this situation," he said. "I think we're at the stage in terms of the cycle of our hockey club right now that we have to do some bold things.
"We have to expose ourself to some semblance of risk to try and move the team forward in a rapid fashion."

since then he's brought in:
larssen/2016 7th round pick for horcoff
perron for paajarvi/2nd round pick
4th round pick for mike brown
horak/broissot for smid/roy
6th round pick for omark

oilers management is just awesome. Please never change!

[getbak]

Originally Posted by The Fonz

Didn't realize how old he was. Guy is 1.5 months away from 27 years old.

What the hell was all the hype about?

Smething special.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

That 6th round pick probably has a better chance of being an everyday NHL player than Omark does.

[bubbsy]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

That 6th round pick probably has a better chance of being an everyday NHL player than Omark does.

hmmm.... maybe youtube isn't the best way to scout a player

[Jbo]

I'll only remember him for that silly spinorama win against Tampa Bay

[herashak]

mctavish with his bold moves to fix the oilers

[FlatLandFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by getbak

Smething special.

fyp

[browna]

Originally Posted by bubbsy

Mactavish when hired :


since then he's brought in:
larssen/2016 7th round pick for horcoff
perron for paajarvi/2nd round pick
4th round pick for mike brown
horak/broissot for smid/roy
6th round pick for omark

oilers management is just awesome. Please never change!

Besides their players' values being in the toilet, it takes two teams to make bold moves.

Any impact player that the Oilers would have had to consider overpaying in so far as a trade return since MacTavish was hired, likely has an NTC. Excellent chance that those players are not willing to waive that to come to the Oilers thanks to the reputation Lowe's given it, nevermind their position within the standings.

[Resolute 14]

Woah MacTavish... don't do anything you might regret later!

[ah123]

Oilers are just getting rid of contracts...they were at 49 or 50 at the beginning of the season

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by ah123

Oilers are just getting rid of contracts...they were at 49 or 50 at the beginning of the season

Getting prepared for the big Shae Weber acquisition.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by browna

Besides their players' values being in the toilet, it takes two teams to make bold moves.

Any impact player that the Oilers would have had to consider overpaying in so far as a trade return since MacTavish was hired, likely has an NTC. Excellent chance that those players are not willing to waive that to come to the Oilers thanks to the reputation Lowe's given it, nevermind their position within the standings.

Weak-ass excuses, and not what's happening.

If the Oilers really wanted to make a bold move, they have plenty of assets to trade and the vast majority of players in the NHL do not have NMCs.

The simple fact of the matter is that there have been numerous comments and rumours surface from discussions with other teams (if they're discussing, then trades are possible) but the repeated refrain is that the Oilers vastly overvalue their assets.

It isn't that players have NMCs. It isn't that the Oilers - and other teams - don't want to make moves. It's that Oilers management have swallowed more of their own hype than even the media have. They refuse to pay the necessary price to get that bold move done.