LeBrun: Teams waiting for Oilers to trade Eberle

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

On if he’s heard anything connecting David Perron trade talk and the Montreal Canadiens:

"No. No, not involving the Habs. That was news to me. I haven't heard that."

On if sooner than later, Perron and others might be leaving Edmonton:

“You know, it’s funny. We touched on this in Insider Trading... when I talk to other teams around the NHL, they’re waiting for the bigger fish to be put in the frying pan before they start taking Edmonton’s trade talk seriously. Namely Jordan Eberle. They want the big names out there.

“They’re not interested – no offense to David Perron, no offense to young Nail Yakupov. Until the Oilers – and maybe they’ll never be ready – but until they’re ready to put one of the big three guys into the fray, I’m not sure they’ll ever really entice that many teams or bring back tangible change to their roster.

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“I mean, listen, David Perron is a nice, secondary player. But you’re not going to get a top centre for him. Who’s kidding who here? So, I mean, that’s interesting. And again, that’s not even - well, I guess it is my opinion, but this is what other teams are telling me, that if they call and put Eberle in play, ‘Now we’re talking. Now we’re talking turkey.’

“So that’s an interesting, I think, internal debate for Oilers management there. Of course you don’t want to trade Eberle because that’s the guy you’re building around. But you know what? If you’re really trying to bring meaningful change, you’ll probably going to have to trade one of the kids you don’t want to trade because that’s exactly one of the kids that other teams want.”

Source: TSN 690/ Transcript: Nichols on Hockey