A fan-built mock trade sends Sean Couturier and Nick Seeler to the Oilers for Ike Howard, Trent Frederic and Jake Walman.
Oilers fan account nWo proposed it with no draft picks involved.
Nearly half of the 670 voters in the poll said Edmonton declines, with 49.4% picking that option.
Only 21.3% called it a fair trade.
The fans got this one right. Taking on a 33-year-old forward with no goals isn't how a 4-0-1 team should spend its cap.
It's like trading your leaky boat for an older boat with a bigger engine. Different problem, same water in the bottom.
Couturier has 2 assists and no goals on a $7,750,000 cap hit.
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Oilers-Flyers trade proposal puts Jake Walman's contract in the spotlight
Walman has no points and a -3 rating on a $7,000,000 cap hit.
He's also out until at least Oct 15 with an upper-body injury, and Edmonton has Ty Emberson and Shakir Mukhamadullin as depth options if he moves.
Edmonton Journal columnist Jim Matheson already floated him as a salary piece in a potential Simon Edvinsson deal.
In this mock, Edmonton would send out $11,822,500 in cap hits and take back $10,450,000.
That's $1,372,500 in savings, which is nice, but not enough to justify getting older.
Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl already have 22 points between them, so Edmonton doesn't need an older forward to drive the offense.
Howard has 2 assists, and his name keeps appearing in Oilers trade ideas.
Trent Frederic has a goal on a $3,850,000 cap hit.
Seeler has 2 assists and an even rating for Philadelphia.
Couturier is still tied for the second-most points on the Flyers' roster, which says plenty about how thin things are there.
The Flyers are 0-5-2, so Daniel Briere would likely welcome younger pieces.
Would Stan Bowman really add two 33-year-olds to a team that's already rolling?
Edmonton visits Los Angeles tonight, while Philadelphia hosts Seattle.
Fan polls don't make trades. When half the voters say no before the GM even picks up the phone, though, the idea probably isn't going anywhere.
Would you make this Oilers-Flyers trade if you were Stan Bowman?
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