“He’s never been fit enough to help us.' Back in 2011, Craig MacTavish simply could not stomach any more of Dustin Penner, so the EdmontonOilers shipped him out of town. SportsnetSpec revisits the trade and other big moves in team history ⤵️
On March 20, 1994, I was standing inside the visitors’ dressing room at La Colisee in Quebec City when I asked Sather if he was indeed fixing to trade defenceman Brad Werenka, as a source had said. “Are you kidding?” Sather said. “Brad’s got a great future in this town!”
The problem? They got the second-best left winger named Greg Adams in the game at the time, a fact they were reminded of when, every now and again, a stick order destined for the Greg “Gus” Adams in Vancouver would arrive in Edmonton’s dressing room. Who possibly could you draft with the 235th pick in the draft, or lower? Well, here were some names left on the board when the Sharks selected one Tomas Pisa, who never played in the NHL: Richard Zednik, Tomas Holmstrom, Kim Jonsson and Sergei Berezin.Back in 2011, then-coach Craig MacTavish simply could not stomach any more of Dustin Penner, and he exploded.
So the Oilers dealt Penner — on Feb. 28, 2011 — to Los Angeles for defenceman Colten Teubert, a third-round pick and a first-rounder that would turn into Oscar Klefbom. Today, Klefbom is Edmonton’s top D-man, and at age 26 is expected to spend the rest of his prime in Edmonton, if not longer.Some would say that dealing Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson — straight across — should win this category.
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