[Trade] Oilers trade Gagner to Tampa for Purcell. Tampa flips Gagner to Coyotes for a 6th

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AKA- bold moves equals old moves equals edmonton is no good.

Seems like Steve Yzerman is making room. Lecavalier or Richards maybe?

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by AlbertaOiler72

who cares if he was gonna get bought out? doesn't make him a less useful player....
bad contract? so...Oilers aren't hurting for cap space

a change of scenery for both players could be good

It could be good for Gagner but we all know what Purcell is in for as the scenery in Edmonton is last place in the Western Conference.

[AlbertaOiler72]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

It could be good for Gagner but we all know what Purcell is in for as the scenery in Edmonton is last place in the Western Conference.

David Perron-like year?

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by AlbertaOiler72

David Perron-like year?

And that helped the team finish last in the Conference but I guess for Oilers fans it's all about individual accomplishments.

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by AlbertaOiler72

who cares if he was gonna get bought out?

he is a UFA then
so you give up no assets

[dino7c]

So Edmonton gets an older player with similar contract, points, stats,

and its s Shrewd move for Mac T

oh Oilers lol

[Dion]

Originally Posted by AlbertaOiler72

because the Oilers get a winger with size for Gagner...who clearly has negative value based on the fact TB is retaining 1/3 salary and only fetching a 6th rounder..and trade Gagner before his NMC kicks in

trading Gagner for a 6th AND retaining salary (which they can't do anyways) to Arizona would be disastrous...we'd still need a winger to replace him and overpay in the UFA market

not sure how this doesn't benefit the Oilers

You no longer have that 2C center to play behind RNH. What will happen is the Oilers brass will push LD into the lineup too early to make up for that that 2C loss.

Rushing players into the lineup before they are ready is what the Oilers do best. Surely you can't be happy about that.

[trackercowe]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

He's not a useful player.

He's now just a no good player.

[Badgers Nose]

Yzerman so smart. Avoids a buyout and gets 6th.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

he is a UFA then
so you give up no assets

Oilers have to give up assets. They either do it now, or trade for Purcell from the team he chose the over the Oilers. UFA's spurn Edmonton, unless they're looking for a retirement deal like Ference.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

he is a UFA then
so you give up no assets

Oh, but you see, in Oilerworld, they acquired an asset by getting rid of Gagner. Because Gagner now has negative value, you see, whereas yesterday he was a core player and a bright part of the rebuilt rebuilding rebuildedness.

Lying with Numbers, Lesson 23: You can make anything look like an upward trend by choosing a sufficiently awful baseline.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Badgers Nose

Yzerman so smart. Avoids a buyout and gets 6th.

they are paying the same amount in salary as the buyout would have cost

did get the 6th though

[AlbertaOiler72]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

he is a UFA then
so you give up no assets

we gave up a guy with negative value for a guy on a bad contract...something he probably would've gotten in UFA

Originally Posted by Dion

You no longer have that 2C center to play behind RNH. What will happen is the Oilers brass will push LD into the lineup too early to make up for that that 2C loss.

Rushing players into the lineup before they are ready is what the Oilers do best. Surely you can't be happy about that.

clearly they need another center...but Sam wasn't cutting it as a second line C...plain and simple

[OzSome]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

he is a UFA then
so you give up no assets

MacT must be targetting Purcell all along. If he waits for him to become UFA he knows there is NO chance for Purcell to sign with the Oilers because Edmonton is NO GOOD!!! So, he forced him to play for them and MacT also got rid of Gagner's contract.

[sureLoss]

And it begins:

Terry Jones @sunterryjones
I wonder. Teddy Purcell a legit RW. Sam Gagner who knows? You don't think MacT is setting table to trade Nail Yakupov?

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Oilers have to give up assets. They either do it now, or trade for Purcell from the team he choice the over the Oilers. UFA's spurn Edmonton, unless they're looking for a retirement deal like Ference.

Yeah the only way they were going to get Purcell was to trade for his contract. His size addresses a need but he's soft which is an ongoing issue with that roster and he's going to find it harder to collect points in the Western conference. Not to mention they are placing a lot of pressure in an 18 year old kid they just drafted. It's kind of like RNH all over again.

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by OzSome

MacT must be targetting Purcell all along. If he waits for him to become UFA he knows there is NO chance for Purcell to sign with the Oilers because Edmonton is NO GOOD!!! So, he forced him to play for them and MacT also got rid of Gagner's contract.

Actually, in Edmonton this might in fact be a good deal then.
wow...

[Reign of Fire]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

this gif will never get old lol

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by AlbertaOiler72

clearly they need another center...but Sam wasn't cutting it as a second line C...plain and simple

Sam Gagner should have been converted to the wing eons ago. Any GM or coach worth his salt would have known this at his first training camp.

Instead the Oilers let his value slip and slip and slip until it is basically worthless. Move him out so the next young player gets a gift wrapped roster spot without having to earn it.

Just a poor organization, learning nothing from past mistakes.

[JJ1532]

Originally Posted by AlbertaOiler72

who cares if he was gonna get bought out? doesn't make him a less useful player....
bad contract? so...Oilers aren't hurting for cap space

a change of scenery for both players could be good

Absolutely. I mean, Purcell clearly wasn't interested in playing well in sunny Florida for a good Tampa team, I'm sure moving to a poor Oilers team will inspire him.