Comments on: Rumor: Gilbert for Stafford.. Would You Do It?

By: chucker

chucker — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:32:50 +0000

Nope. Gilbert is worth way more than Stafford. Stafford is similar to O’Sullivan in my opinion. I’d want a player one shelf up from Stafford for Gilby.

Also, I do not like the optics of getting a guy who’s related to an Oilers employee. It’d be like trading Gilbert for Tambellini.

I do agree Gilbert is the obvious guy to trade, but he can fetch way more than Stafford.

By: Antony Ta

Antony Ta — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:49:42 +0000

Grebeshkov + Staios + 4th round pick for Stafford + Lydman + Mair and conditional 5th round pick

Not because Gilbert is better than Grebs (in my books, they’re almost the same) but because Grebs is due for a huge raise and Gilbert is guaranteed at 4 million. We also get a younger shutdown D-man out of it in Toni Lydman, and a versatile forward in Adam Mair.

By: gr8one

gr8one — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:00:09 +0000

Steve-O: Off topic but I just saw on TSN that Quinn separated Hemsky and Horcoffpenner-gags-hemmer comrie-horc-o’sully

FINALLY!

By: Hockey Noob

Hockey Noob — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:58:07 +0000

Yeah, Pittsburgh’s got their top three center positions locked up for what seems like the next 20 years, lol. I would be surprised if they move Staal.

With Souray and Staios out (Souray in particular), it’s hard to think about trading Gilbert until he returns to play (Souray).

Overall, I agree with Racki in that Stafford’s a decent player, but I would hope to see the Oilers get a better return on Gilbert. Specifically, I would hope that we would find a player who’s a bigger difference maker.

By: Racki

Racki — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:12:53 +0000

Was just about to start a post to mention that and some other updates. Btw, I heavily approve that idea. Someone let Quinn know..