The pros and the cons of trading away Edmonton Oilers defenceman Oscar Klefbom

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Edmonton Oilers insider Bob Stauffer has been pushing the notion that if the team is going to make changes this summer, it will be in the form of a “contract for contract” transaction, with the Oilers moving out a player “with term” on his contract. The leads me to speculate that Oscar Klefbom is on the block. Why Klefbom? The list of veteran Oilers players with term on their contract isn’t large, especially if you eliminate Milan Lucic, Andrej Sekera and Kris Russell, who all have No Movement Clauses in effect this summer. TSN’s Jason Gregor has said Lucic might be open to a trade, but I wonder who would take him? The remaining vets with term include Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins,

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