[Trade] Oilers acquire Isaac Howard for Sam O'Rielly

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Rejean31

No but it gives the Oilers a player to plug a hole next season. O'Reilly wouldn't make the team out of camp unless he really killed it in the preseason. Howard will be gifted a spot out of camp. I hope this backfires on them so bad!!

Which is what makes it beautiful! Every year, the Oilers gift out a few roster spots, and every year it doesn't work. And every year they continue to not learn from their mistakes.

[The Original FFIV]

Originally Posted by 1qqaaz

So the Oilers traded for the 2024 1st because they couldn't pass on Sam O'Rielly, then they proceed to trade him for no reason a year later.

Bowman didn’t draft him. Easier to trade prospects you don’t have that attachment to.

[1qqaaz]

Originally Posted by looooob

Evan Bouchard is the latest Oilers first rounder still with the team (2018) - they don’t possess any of their own firsts taken outside the top 10

Reminds me of Nashville - they don't have a single 1st round pick from the 2010s

[Canada 02]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1942767729439568243

[Bonded]

Howard has similar stats to Vesey for anyone who is freaking out.

[dammage79]

Nobody should be freaking out. The Oilers formula for team building is flawed and will result in only failure.

[FanSince'01]

Originally Posted by Whynotnow

Which is exactly why they make this trade. They get a guy 2 years closer to playing on an entry level which they desperately need. He either helps now or doesn’t, but by the time oreilly arrives if there’s no cup in the building (good chance there’s not) then it likely won’t matter as he’ll be too late.

Yep, their cup window is almost shut so they need to take a gamble on Howard and hope he can be an impact player for them now while he’s still on an ELC deal.

[looooob]

Originally Posted by 1qqaaz

Reminds me of Nashville - they don't have a single 1st round pick from the 2010s

Neither do the Flames - and that’s a separate/ different problem- they do have 7 from the 2020s (and one from the 2000s)

[dino7c]

Gifting a guy an NHL spot because he did well in the NCAA at 21 always goes well

[Major Major]

What am I missing? Howard finally had a standout offensive year in his d3 season. Those types rarely become players. This is mid tier prospect for mid tier prospect. If you compare their d+1 seasons, O'Reilly beats him handily, and his wasn't that great.

[Major Major]

In his draft year, Cullen Potter outproduced Howard in his d+1...

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Major Major

What am I missing? Howard finally had a standout offensive year in his d3 season. Those types rarely become players. This is mid tier prospect for mid tier prospect. If you compare their d+1 seasons, O'Reilly beats him handily, and his wasn't that great.

the kool-aid

[TheScorpion]

Upperclassmen to win the Hobey Baker since 2015:

Isaac Howard
Dryden McKay
Scott Perunovich
Adam Gaudette
Will Butcher
Jimmy Vesey

[mile]

With Kane gone, they needed another egomaniac

[Sandman]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

As a Knights fan I am so happy for Sammy. I think he will be the better player.

Originally Posted by Cheese

Love O'Reilly. I was hoping the Flames would get him last year. I think the Bolts got a great player.

I'm a big fan of O'Reilly's as well- was PO'ed when the Oilers got him. He's going to a good organization, hope he develops well.

[FlamesAreOne]

Most Oiler fans are neutral or hate the trade it appears. O'Reilly was VERY highly thought of in that organization.

[Sandman]

They've purged themselves of Kane, Perry, Holloway, Broberg, Foegele, among others- let them keep getting smaller and softer, and we'll see how they do in the playoffs...

Seems they need more Sam O'reilly's in their pipeline.

[BigThief]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Upperclassmen to win the Hobey Baker since 2015:

Isaac Howard
Dryden McKay
Scott Perunovich
Adam Gaudette
Will Butcher
Jimmy Vesey

Upperclassmen means junior or senior, that's not an impressive lost. The upperclass pool won basically every Hobey Baker besides a few (Paul Kariya, Ryan Miller - freshmen). Voting shifted after Gaudreau's win in 2014 as a junior, when he should have won as a sophomore too.

Your list is better flipped to be honest

Freshmen or Sophomores to win the Hobey Baker since 2015
-2015 Jack Eichel F Fr
-2019 Cale Makar D So
-2021 Cole Caufield F So.
-2023 Adam Fantilli F Fr.
-2024 Macklin Celebrini F Fr.

I know which group of players I'm going with.

[browna]

Oilers just getting desperate as their window, such as it is, is sliding shut, while coincidently, McDavid is looking out that same window at the green green grass of Southern Ontario.

The Oilers only hope, even though I think it's long been understood by both sides for years now that McDavid will be leaving sooner than later, is that they can convince McDavid to sign a 2 or 3 year extension.
He'd be an idiot to waste more of his career and prime up there but it's the only hope the Oilers have to have him play past this season.

Any team he goes to in the next 2 or 3 years will be more stable and functional, with a properly built roster, development, coaching, leadership, so McDavid just has to play hockey and adding him will vault a mid-high tier team into contender status. Meanwhile the Oilers are waiting for legal proceedings to pass to see if they have a shot at a few players, and are scouring Euro leagues to find the next "best player not in the NHL" to try and keep the wick burning on McDavids Edmonton candle.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Upperclassmen to win the Hobey Baker since 2015:

Isaac Howard
Dryden McKay
Scott Perunovich
Adam Gaudette
Will Butcher
Jimmy Vesey

A real who's who of who cares?