LeBrun: "Oilers have gone fairly down the road" on trade talks

Pierre LeBrun was on Montreal’s TSN 690 on Tuesday evening.

On if he’s suggesting it’ll be status quo for the Oilers for awhile, based on a conversation he just had with a source in the front office:

“Well, I never want to say never because, and this isn’t a cop-out, but literally one phone call changes everything. But I will tell you that as of five minutes ago (laughs) that there was nothing on the table from teams that was making a whole lot of sense.

“I will say that the Oilers have gone fairly down the road with a couple of teams on a couple of scenarios that if those teams were willing to see Edmonton’s way on a couple of those things then yeah, those deals could happen, but those teams aren’t willing to do that right now.

“And I think the question everyone is asking, of course, is what about the coach? And my understanding of the situation is that Craig MacTavish is a huge backer of Dallas Eakins and that would not be his first move. It may not even be his second or third move. Which may surprise a lot of people. I think a lot of people look at that team and feel like the players are playing like they want the coach fired, but I’m telling you the GM does not believe that’s the best move at this point.”

Source: TSN 690/ Transcript: Nichols on Hockey

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