Baggedmilk Live Blogs the Trade Deadline ***UPDATED***
By baggedmilk
10 years ago
It looks like my first order of business at the Nation is to sit on my ass and watch TV for the day. Life is good. Which Oilers will be traded? How many 4th round picks will we collect? No one knows for sure, but I’m “excited” to find out.
What’s Happened So Far
Yesterday, MacT took care of the goaltending part of his to do list with a couple of trades. After only 4 months, #BryzNation is no more. Our favourite Russian Space Lord was traded to the Wild for a 4th round pick and I wish him well unless he is playing against the Oilers. MacT followed up the Bryzgalov trade by scoring Viktor Fasth for a 5th rounder in 2014 and a 3rd rounder in 2015.
Fasth still has another year left on his contract at $2.9 million and should make for a solid running mate with our beloved Ben Scrivens. It’ll be interesting to see how they battle for ice time down the stretch. WHO COULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE OILERS WOULD HAVE BETTER GOALTENDING THAN THE CANUCKS WHEN YESTERDAY STARTED?!!? One thing is for sure, Vancouver sucks at goalies.
Anyway…
The Likely Candidates
As much as it sucks to say it, Ales Hemsky will likely not be an Oiler when the day is done. I never understood why some people dislike Hemsky so much. He’s been a warrior for the Oilers, has played hurt, and was often the best player on a team full of clowns. The return for Hemsky is likely definitely going to be disappointing and I’ll even go so far as to predict a Twitter meltdown when the trade goes down. He scored a beauty goal last night and it bums me out to think about him on another team.
- baggedmilk’s prediction: Ales Hemsky for a 2nd and a 3rd round pick
I’d also be willing to bet Wanye’s lunch money that Ryan Smyth will be leaving town again. For Smytty’s sake, I hope MacT sends him to a contender for a chance to win the Cup. Personally, I’d like to see him re-signed for another year and finish where he started, but the guy deserves a chance to win. If anyone is down to go cry at the airport with me, just hit me up on Twitter.
- baggedmilk’s prediction: Ryan Smyth for a 4th round pick and my tears
Next up on your ol’ pal BM’s chopping block is Nick Schultz. The thing that bums me out about trading Nick Schultz is the fact that the Tom Gilbert trade will likely end up as a late round pick. At the time, lots of people were really into the Gilbert trade (I was too) but now it seems like it was all for nothing. Gilbert is having a solid year #FancyStats-wise in Florida (Jonathan Willis, Lowetide, Tyler Dellow etc. can explain) and now it seems like Nick Schultz will be traded for any asset MacT can grab. Seems like a Tambo trade lost, no?
- baggedmilk’s prediction: Nick Schultz for a 6th round pick
Last of my likely moves is another favourite of mine, Ryan Jones. Jonesy hasn’t been the same guy since the eye injury but I’ll always love the man with the flow. He gave a lot of effort with not as much skill and he used his carcass to score some goals in his time here. Lots of stats guys disliked him, but luckily I don’t know how to math – my guess is that we say so long to the flow today.
- baggedmilk’s prediction: Jonesy for a low pick
The Gagner/Marcobello Factor
Before the Olympic break, Twitter had Gagner going to the Kings but nothing came from it except getting angry at Kyle Clifford’s name. At this point, there’s no need to trade Gagner. He’s under contract for a couple more years and he would likely fetch more at the draft. Meanwhile, Marcobello has been lighting things up in OKC and it would seem like he’s too good to be playing in the AHL at this point. Can he replace Gagner on the 2nd line? Has Marcobello done enough to make MacT think Gagner is expendable? I can’t see it happening right now. In my uneducated opinion, it’ll be Marcobello that gets traded today or neither. I think Marcobello deserves a chance in the NHL but I can’t see it happening with the Oilers.
- baggedmilk’s prediction: Arcobello for a prospect we’ll all have to Google after
The Trades
While you’re pretending to work, be sure to keep refreshing this article as I’ll be posting live updates of Oilers trades as they happen. Until then, if you disagree with my trade predictions let me know. If you have a prediction of your own, feel free to share so we can all argue about it. Enjoy the trade deadline, friends – workplace productivity be damned.
- 10:05am – Boston Bruins claims Corey Potter off waivers
- 10:30am – Ales Hemsky to Ottawa for a 5th round pick (2014) and a 3rd round pick (2015)
- 10:49am – Former Oiler, Devan Dubnyk has been traded to the Canadiens for future considerations… tough year for Dubnyk
- 12:23pm – Nick Schultz to Columbus for a 5th round pick **Corrected** -thanks John Shannon
That’s all for Oilers trades today. The countdown to the draft lottery begins.
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