Prompt 1:

For me personally, the worst trade the Edmonton Oilers have made in recent years is the trade that sent Ethan Bear to the Carolina Hurricanes for Warren Foegele. Now I only think this trade is awful because I liked Ethan Bear and thought he played well for the Oilers. Looking objectively at the trade for Edmonton, they got the better end of the deal. Foegele is a player that is perfect for the bottom 6, something that the Oilers struggle with every year. That said, in order to bring Foegele in, they had to give up Ethan Bear, who plays defense. Defense is always an issue for the Oilers, where it seems they had 2 solid defenders and the rest are 7th man type guys or AHL at best. It was a trade of a solid defenseman for a solid depth player. The issue being that at the time, the Oilers needed to have solid defenseman that could play both sides of the puck.