Well I mean it was an Oiler writer that I read this Boychuk stuff from, but he linked Haggerty saying something like Boychuk+ for Evander Kane and Boychuks saying he likes Edmonton. Basically if the player explicitly says he likes the place he grew up in, theres a trade rumor haha. Scary to think of Kane in Boston (i would love if we could get him here), but didnt you guys just ship out a guy for partying..
And i think theres a lot to be said of players on great teams going to poor ones. Ference was a bottom pairing guy over there and had success, but hes been thrust into a larger role than he should here and is playing with much worse players to boot. He really went to the completely opposite side of the spectrum in terms of surrounding personnel talent eh.
If im the oilers id be trying to swing a deal for Byfuglien hard right now. No idea what that kind of deal would warrant going the other way though. Maybe a swap of first round picks this year+
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