Vigilante Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 @JasonGregor: #Oilers trade Boyd Gordon for winger Lauri Korpikoski... They will be looking to sign UFA Centre now... Bob McKenzie retweeted Ryan Rishaug @TSNRyanRishaug 8m8 minutes ago Korpikoski for Gordon done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltt Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Woooaaaaahhhh!! Holy left field trade!!! Unreal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEGCanuck Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Gordon was the only player on the Oil who could win a draw. Relying on McDavid and Nuge to compete in the face-off circle is tough duty for a couple of boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Interesting. Oilers getting a shade more experienced where they need as well in the bottom 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucksfor2012 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Gordon was the only player on the Oil who could win a draw. Relying on McDavid and Nuge to compete in the face-off circle is tough duty for a couple of boys. I could see them go after Vermette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEGCanuck Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Gordon was the only player on the Oil who could win a draw. Relying on McDavid and Nuge to compete in the face-off circle is tough duty for a couple of boys. The Oil will likely go hard after Vermette and if successful will undoubtedly over-pay to play in E-town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canorth Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Wonder if they go after B. Richardson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Who needs a depth centre that can win 56% of his faceoffs, handle the hard minutes, and still produce some respectable offense with only 22% offensive zone starts. Evidently not Edmonton lol. You do strange things Edmonton. Role players begone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baking Soda Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 On the tsn go app it said he got traded to the Phoneix Coyotes lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucksfor2012 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Who needs a depth centre that can win 56% of his faceoffs, handle the hard minutes, and still produce some respectable offense with only 22% offensive zone starts. Evidently not Edmonton lol. You do strange things Edmonton. Role players begone! Edmonton has to think they have a real good shot at signing on of the veteran centres (Vermette, Richardson, etc.) on the market. Enough to trade away Gordon for a veteran on the wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOB for MVP Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 1 post - tradebreaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Edmonton has to think they have a real good shot at signing on of the veteran centres (Vermette, Richardson, etc.) on the market. Enough to trade away Gordon for a veteran on the wing. Well they would not have been able to speak with anyone yet, and there are very few of those quality centers available, with a lot of teams looking. Who knows - we'll see, but counting on something like that can come back to bite you. I'd rather have one sign and then cut the deal with the risk of having two quality depth centers - ie not a risk at all. Gordon is also a right handed draw - something that is a nice option to have in your bottom six. Perhaps they're also pursuing Santo. My hope is that the Canucks take Richie off the market now that they have Juice's cap to work with (and possibly Santo)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neymar Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 blockbuster trade alert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vigilante Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 1 post - tradebreaker Just posting a trade and passing along information. I know I like to keep up with all the movement, so I know who is where next season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripplereh Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 wow wonder what they are thinking,unless they want to go after a couple UFA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex425 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Oilers: Now that we have McDavid, we can get rid of all our good depth forwards! Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucksfor2012 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Well they would not have been able to speak with anyone yet, and there are very few of those quality centers available, with a lot of teams looking. Who knows - we'll see, but counting on something like that can come back to bite you. I'd rather have one sign and then cut the deal with the risk of having two quality depth centers - ie not a risk at all. Gordon is also a right handed draw - something that is a nice option to have in your bottom six. Perhaps they're also pursuing Santo. My hope is that the Canucks take Richie off the market now that they have Juice's cap to work with (and possibly Santo)... Definitely not a safe bet, and you've got a good point. Gordon's cap hit is 3M, and Korpikoski's cap hit is 2.5M. So maybe Chiarelli wants the extra cap space for tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Definitely not a safe bet, and you've got a good point. Gordon's cap hit is 3M, and Korpikoski's cap hit is 2.5M. So maybe Chiarelli wants the extra cap space for tomorrow? To me, Korpikoski is a far more redundant piece in Edmonton than Gordon would be. As a stand alone, this deal is a head-shaker imo, but who knows what they're up to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucksfor2012 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 To me, Korpikoski is a far more redundant piece in Edmonton than Gordon would be. As a stand alone, this deal is a head-shaker imo, but who knows what they're up to. Will have to agree on that one. All depends on what happens after the dust settles in a couple days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Well they would not have been able to speak with anyone yet, Not necessarily true. There is an interview process in the week before July 1st. How do you think deals get done with the first few hours of frenzy day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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