NHL insiders pooh-pooh the idea that Edmonton Oilers will trade for a goalie

This in from NHL insiders Elliotte Friedman, Pierre Lebrun and Bob Stauffer, all three of them on Stauffer’s show Oilers Now pooh-poohing the notion that Oilers GM Stan Bowman will be trading for a goallie any time soon. Article content

Said Stauffer, referring to Avs GM Chris MacFarland who last year traded for two useful goalies in Mackenzie Blackwood and Scott Wedgewood: “A lot of people look to goaltending, but I don’t think you’re going to pull a Chris McFarland rabbit out of a hat like he did last year.” Article content Article content

And: “We have people saying, ‘You Oilers must trade for a goalie.’ I have the perception that there aren’t a lot of teams looking to offload anybody right now.”

Said Lebrun: “The Oilers have made a lot of moves here, they’re chasing it the last