Why Edmonton Trading Jeff Petry To Montreal Wasn't Actually THAT Bad After All | NHL Trade Trees

Steve Dangle takes a look back at the 2015 Jeff Petry trade that saw the Edmonton Oilers offload the defenseman for draft picks. Everyone likes to look back at this as a colossal mistake by the Oilers but Steve explains why it may not have been a bad deal after all!

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[Kyle-ktqr]

Do an entire episode of Chiarelli screwing over Edmonton with bad trade after bad trade. A solid 4 bad trades in a row to destroy Edmontons present and future

[BananaHammer]

The problem with the Petry trade was that if we still had him, we wouldn’t have had to trade Taylor Hall to replace him a year later...

[alexgiglio]

Marian Gaborik Trade Tree
Rangers to the Blue Jackets

[seanhenderson]

The problem with justifying the Petry trade with the acquisition of Talbot is that it assumes that the trade for Talbot couldn't have happened using other picks.

[shalewarbringer]

As an Habs fan, all I have to say is thank you Edmonton!

[imperialaggron]

Win win. We continue to love Petry, they continue to rake in assets.

[Chaseonfire]

The only reason it's a good trade for the oilers is because it made them a worse team and they won the draft lottery.

[harmsm]

MacTavish Trading away Jeff Petry led to Chiarelli blowing a 1st and 2nd on Griffin Reinhart. Keep Petry, draft any of Kyle Connor, Barzal, Aho, Chabot (hindsight 20/20). We then traded Hall for Larson after Griffin Reinhart didn't pan out.

[liam]

That “we dont care, Jeff Petry rules” is so accurate lmao

[grahamvandervechte]

that kesler goal still drives me crazy how in the hell does that count?

[pachidermo]

This is very true. As a Habs fan? Do not care. Jeff Petry rules. Jeff Petry freakin' rules.

[alexandrechaput]

Please do the complete Craig Rivet trade tree from Montreal to San Jose

[pierrepellerin]

So Petry, 5+ good seasons and counting for 1 good season of Talbot and a 6th or 7th D man. sounds like a pretty bad trade for the Oilers. Unless you figure they were gonna lose Petry for nothing if they hadn't made that trade. In that case, 1 season of Talbot is better then nothing.

[Flower-sqgr]

Jeff Petry now has 20 points in 21 games

[segasys]

Excellent analysis! It's easy forget how much nuance there is in a trade. From the Montreal perspective it looks comically one-sided, but in truth I distinctly remember thinking at the time of the trade who tf is Jeff Petry, briefly checking his stats, and then forgetting all about it until Petry broke out of his shell and showed how smart and poised he is. It really wasn't clear at the time of the trade he would mature so incredibly.

[kujo]

should do the Ryan O’Reilley trade from the Avs to Buffalo

[andrewmoulton]

This is a bit of a stretch not gonna lie lol

[BFMDL]

REQUEST: Trade History of GM Rejean Houle or the ART of DEMOLISHING A TEAM to Ashes! Pretty Much a Mike Milbury Student.

[oliviergaudreau]

The trade tree’s expending with that petry trade

[SURVIVORkid]

I think it’s ridiculous to try to insinuate that this trade played a significant roll in Edmonton landing Mcdavid. If you just look at the pieces involved Montréal absolutely destroys Edmonton in this trade tree, it’s not even close.