Red-Haired_Shanks Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Vancouver trades D Alex Edler and LW Mason Raymond to St.Louis for RW T.J. Oshie, RW Ty Rattie, and D Ian Cole. We get a good young forward that can set-up Kesler and Booth, and he is on the upswing of his career so he will see an increase in points. We also get 2 good young prospects to add to our shallow prospect pool. Rattie is a very talented RW, Cole is a big D-man with a good breakout pass that can develop into a good 2nd pairing d-man. i would have included a 1st rounder in this deal instead of Cole but with Edler being a UFA i think his value decreases enough to not let that happen. STL gets a top pairing d-man to partner up with Pietrangelo and make a great, high offense 1st pairing defense. they also get Raymond to replace Oshie on the depth chart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 If we couldn't re-sign Edler, I'd be all for that. Not so sure STL would be willing to give up so much for a pending UFA and Raymond though. Cole should be a good bottom pair guy, maybe a decent top 4, and Rattie is looking like he could be a 30 goal 60 point guy. Not to mention Oshie is already a very solid 2nd liner. One other thing is that at this point Cole is probably worth more to STL then their 1st round pick (which would likely be a very late 1st rounder). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuretoMogilny Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Edler will be resigned. Ballard will be given away before they allow Edler to walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_314 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Edler will be resigned. Ballard will be given away before they allow Edler to walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheels22 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 If Edler didn't want to sign, I would be perfectly fine with that trade... Oshie could boost the 2nd line for sure.. and Cole could be a solid D for us. Maybe put Alberts or a cheap signing in for a year until he is NHL ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsasaki Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Doubt St. Louis would do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Doctor Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Stl may do something like that if oshie does not grow up soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoolander Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Doubt St. Louis would do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palindrom Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 According to the news about Edler injury reports, he may never be back at 100% and never be the player he once was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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