What should the Oilers' organization do to make the fans' summer more exciting (which is, of course, must be its first priority)? Trade for Keith Yandle! The price is not going to be cheap, but it will not be terribly expensive because of Yandle's somewhat diminished role with the Coyotes, and on our side there are assets to be moved. With Doan on the move and a plethora of quality "Ds" in the desert, I believe that Yandle can be acquired for: Ales Hemsky+Sutton (or Martindale if they want a prospect)+a 2nd rounder in 2012 (ours or the acquired pick). We get Yandle (Smyd-Petry, Yandle-N.Schultz, Whitney-J.Schultz and Teddy Peckham), Yakupov's place as 2nd RW is freed and we might have a team that looks something like this:
Hall-RNH-Eberle
Smyth-Gagner-Yakupov
Paajarvi-Horcoff-Jones
Hartikainen-Belanger-Petrell
Eager-Hordichuk
Smyd-Petry
Yandle-N.Schultz
Whitney-J.Schultz
Peckham
Dubnyk
Khabibulin
Let's just say, I am not against watching games played by this team.