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<p>According to Tim Panaccio of CSN Philadelphia, the Flyers talked to the Oilers today about the possibility of acquiring Jordan Eberle.  </p>
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<p>Told today Flyers are talking with EDM about Eberle</p>
<p>&mdash; Tim Panaccio (@tpanotchCSN) <a href="https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN/statuses/398860638916972544">November 8, 2013</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>at this point, callups from Phantoms or small trades wont turn <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Flyers&amp;src=hash">#Flyers</a> around. has to be an impact deal</p>
<p>&mdash; Tim Panaccio (@tpanotchCSN) <a href="https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN/statuses/398874129530900480">November 8, 2013</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>i think it is safe to say <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Flyers&amp;src=hash">#Flyers</a> have shown no one is untouchable. ask jeff carter and mike richards</p>
<p>&mdash; Tim Panaccio (@tpanotchCSN) <a href="https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN/statuses/398874518598742016">November 8, 2013</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Just because Flyers call about Eberle doesnt mean it happens. EDM may say NO but Flyers said &quot;NO&quot; to dealing Carter/Richards until &#8230;</p>
<p>&mdash; Tim Panaccio (@tpanotchCSN) <a href="https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN/statuses/398896992988176384">November 8, 2013</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>It&#8217;s Holmgren&#8217;s job to seek out anyone he thinks can be an impact player, even if clubs say NO. Snider said Flyers effort &quot;pathetic&quot; &#8230;</p>
<p>&mdash; Tim Panaccio (@tpanotchCSN) <a href="https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN/statuses/398897292193067008">November 8, 2013</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>When you&#8217;re owner says that game was pathetic, your GM leaves NO pucks unturned in making a deal, even if that player seems unattainable</p>
<p>&mdash; Tim Panaccio (@tpanotchCSN) <a href="https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN/statuses/398897533935951872">November 8, 2013</a></p></blockquote>
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<h1>Is Eberle Tradable?</h1>
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<p>The short answer in my view: yes.</p>
<p>Nobody would deny the Oilers have significant problems. Those problems are so significant that it might be necessary to trade high-end talent from one position to add help at another position. It doesn&rsquo;t make sense to so that with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, because he&rsquo;s the only hope the team has as a first-line centre. It doesn&rsquo;t make sense to do that with Taylor Hall, the best player on the team and the only elite talent at left wing.</p>
<p>That leaves right wing, where Jordan Eberle and Nail Yakupov both play. In the right deal, either of those guys is moveable &ndash; regardless of what the team says. That&rsquo;s not to say that the team should shop either guy, or that they&rsquo;re looking to move either of them, but a trade that makes the team better without robbing Peter to pay Paul is plausible, if the guy getting traded plays right wing.</p>
<h1>Is Eberle Tradable to Philadelphia?</h1>
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<p>Again, the short answer in my view: yes.</p>
<p>But there&rsquo;s a caveat attached. The player has to be a high-end talent right now. That means that no package of Braydon Coburn and/or Wayne Simmonds and/or Scott Hartnell and/or Luke Schenn and/or draft picks and prospects or whatever. Trading down to address immediate need is a good way to kneecap the Oilers long-term. So no third defencemen or big second-line wingers can form the core of a decent Eberle trade.</p>
<p>Does Philadelphia have the high-end talent? I think you can make a case for three players. I don&rsquo;t think either Brayden Schenn or Sean Couturier gets the job done right now. I have a lot of time for Couturier but I&rsquo;m skeptical about his finishing ability and I think you can get more for Eberle on the open market. Schenn&rsquo;s only a year younger than Eberle and significantly behind the same career curve.</p>
<p>That leaves Claude Giroux. Giroux is one of the best players in the game today, and for my money he&rsquo;s a better player than Eberle by a nontrivial margin. He can play centre or wing. He doesn&rsquo;t address the Oilers&rsquo; positional needs, but when an opportunity exists to trade in a very good player for a great player, it&rsquo;s an opportunity that needs to be taken advantage of. For the Oilers, the possibility of having one line built on Giroux/Hall and another on Nugent-Hopkins/Yakupov long-term would have to be extremely tempting.</p>
<p>Does the opportunity exist? With any other team, I&rsquo;d say &lsquo;no&rsquo;; with the Flyers it&rsquo;s just &lsquo;probably not.&rsquo; Giroux is getting killed by the percentages this year (his line is shooting at just over 5 percent and Philadelphia has a 0.875 save percentage with him on the ice at even-strength). The 11.5 percent career shooter has zero goals on 31 shots, as well as a minus-11 rating in 15 games. Most teams would rightly dismiss that as an aberration, but the Flyers are under tremendous pressure and have a history of making quick, franchise-altering moves.</p>
<p>If there&rsquo;s an opportunity to acquire Claude Giroux, Eberle&rsquo;s a justifiable cost. Otherwise, it&rsquo;s hard to see a defensible deal here.</p>

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<p>According to Tim Panaccio of CSN Philadelphia, the Flyers talked to the Oilers today about the possibility of acquiring Jordan Eberle.  </p>
<h1>The Tweets</h1>
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<p>Told today Flyers are talking with EDM about Eberle</p>
&mdash; Tim Panaccio (@tpanotchCSN) <a href="https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN/statuses/398860638916972544">November 8, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>  <blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>at this point, callups from Phantoms or small trades wont turn <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Flyers&amp;src=hash">#Flyers</a> around. has to be an impact deal</p>
&mdash; Tim Panaccio (@tpanotchCSN) <a href="https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN/statuses/398874129530900480">November 8, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>  <blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>i think it is safe to say <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Flyers&amp;src=hash">#Flyers</a> have shown no one is untouchable. ask jeff carter and mike richards</p>
&mdash; Tim Panaccio (@tpanotchCSN) <a href="https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN/statuses/398874518598742016">November 8, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>  <blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Just because Flyers call about Eberle doesnt mean it happens. EDM may say NO but Flyers said &quot;NO&quot; to dealing Carter/Richards until ...</p>
&mdash; Tim Panaccio (@tpanotchCSN) <a href="https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN/statuses/398896992988176384">November 8, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>  <blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>It's Holmgren's job to seek out anyone he thinks can be an impact player, even if clubs say NO. Snider said Flyers effort &quot;pathetic&quot; ...</p>
&mdash; Tim Panaccio (@tpanotchCSN) <a href="https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN/statuses/398897292193067008">November 8, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>  <blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>When you're owner says that game was pathetic, your GM leaves NO pucks unturned in making a deal, even if that player seems unattainable</p>
&mdash; Tim Panaccio (@tpanotchCSN) <a href="https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN/statuses/398897533935951872">November 8, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<h1>Is Eberle Tradable?</h1>
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<p>The short answer in my view: yes.</p>
<p>Nobody would deny the Oilers have significant problems. Those problems are so significant that it might be necessary to trade high-end talent from one position to add help at another position. It doesn&rsquo;t make sense to so that with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, because he&rsquo;s the only hope the team has as a first-line centre. It doesn&rsquo;t make sense to do that with Taylor Hall, the best player on the team and the only elite talent at left wing.</p>
<p>That leaves right wing, where Jordan Eberle and Nail Yakupov both play. In the right deal, either of those guys is moveable &ndash; regardless of what the team says. That&rsquo;s not to say that the team should shop either guy, or that they&rsquo;re looking to move either of them, but a trade that makes the team better without robbing Peter to pay Paul is plausible, if the guy getting traded plays right wing.</p>
<h1>Is Eberle Tradable to Philadelphia?</h1>
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<p>Again, the short answer in my view: yes.</p>
<p>But there&rsquo;s a caveat attached. The player has to be a high-end talent right now. That means that no package of Braydon Coburn and/or Wayne Simmonds and/or Scott Hartnell and/or Luke Schenn and/or draft picks and prospects or whatever. Trading down to address immediate need is a good way to kneecap the Oilers long-term. So no third defencemen or big second-line wingers can form the core of a decent Eberle trade.</p>
<p>Does Philadelphia have the high-end talent? I think you can make a case for three players. I don&rsquo;t think either Brayden Schenn or Sean Couturier gets the job done right now. I have a lot of time for Couturier but I&rsquo;m skeptical about his finishing ability and I think you can get more for Eberle on the open market. Schenn&rsquo;s only a year younger than Eberle and significantly behind the same career curve.</p>
<p>That leaves Claude Giroux. Giroux is one of the best players in the game today, and for my money he&rsquo;s a better player than Eberle by a nontrivial margin. He can play centre or wing. He doesn&rsquo;t address the Oilers&rsquo; positional needs, but when an opportunity exists to trade in a very good player for a great player, it&rsquo;s an opportunity that needs to be taken advantage of. For the Oilers, the possibility of having one line built on Giroux/Hall and another on Nugent-Hopkins/Yakupov long-term would have to be extremely tempting.</p>
<p>Does the opportunity exist? With any other team, I&rsquo;d say &lsquo;no&rsquo;; with the Flyers it&rsquo;s just &lsquo;probably not.&rsquo; Giroux is getting killed by the percentages this year (his line is shooting at just over 5 percent and Philadelphia has a 0.875 save percentage with him on the ice at even-strength). The 11.5 percent career shooter has zero goals on 31 shots, as well as a minus-11 rating in 15 games. Most teams would rightly dismiss that as an aberration, but the Flyers are under tremendous pressure and have a history of making quick, franchise-altering moves.</p>
<p>If there&rsquo;s an opportunity to acquire Claude Giroux, Eberle&rsquo;s a justifiable cost. Otherwise, it&rsquo;s hard to see a defensible deal here.</p>

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