Former Oilers general manager Craig MacTavish always placed his core of young stars in the untouchable category at the trade deadline, insisting the organization suffered too much to acquire them in the first place.
Well, there is a new sheriff in town and Peter Chiarelli won’t be handcuffed by sentiment or history or anything else that might prevent him from turning The Nice Guys (on account of where they always finish) into a playoff team.
So everyone and everything, excluding Connor McDavid, of course, is on the table.
Asked specifically about moving one of his $6 million contracts (Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins), Chiarelli said he is absolutely open to a deal.