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Edmonton Oilers Rumors: Can the Buffalo Sabres Make A Deal?

By Pelle

BUFFALO, NY - DECEMBER 06: Rasmus Ristolainen #55 of the Buffalo Sabres battles for position with Milan Lucic #27 of the Edmonton Oilers during an NHL game at the KeyBank Center on December 6, 2016 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images)
BUFFALO, NY - DECEMBER 06: Rasmus Ristolainen #55 of the Buffalo Sabres battles for position with Milan Lucic #27 of the Edmonton Oilers during an NHL game at the KeyBank Center on December 6, 2016 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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EDMONTON, AB – MARCH 14: Oscar Klefbom #77 of the Edmonton Oilers skates during the game against the San Jose Sharks on March 14, 2018 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Oscar Klefbom /

Why I Like The Idea

I’m not convinced that will be any more than what we’ve seen. He’s a player that is injury prone to date and hasn’t put the necessary offense up apart from one season where the entire team was on a heater. And should we be happy when we hear a defender’s name being brought up in the Lady Byng conversation? I like players who play clean, but that also tells me that the player might not be going all out on the ice to stop the opposition too.

I’m also a fan of the way that Rasmus Ristolainen plays the game of hockey. He’s tough and doesn’t take any guff from forwards like Nazim Kadri for example. He can shoot the pill and simply put, he produces.

A lot of Oilers fans have an emotional attachment to Oscar Klefbom, and that’s where a lot of pushback on this deal would like within the fanbase.

I think it’s unfair to Ristolainen to criticize him with regards to how his point totals were accumulated. It’s not his fault that his GM couldn’t find his team the necessary playing personnel so that he wouldn’t have to play 26 minutes a night.

That wouldn’t be a problem in Edmonton with Adam Larsson on the club as well. And the fact that he puts up points on with the man advantage, that’s a good thing, no? I mean if you disagree there, I urge you to go back and watch the Oilers powerplay last season. An area where players who can put up points are required.

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