Cap space biggest reason Oilers traded Jordan Eberle

CHICAGO — Rather than dancing around the issue and trying to pretend it was a talent-for-talent hockey trade, Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli got right to the truth, breaking down the Jordan Eberle-Ryan Strome trade to its simplest form:
Six million dollars for $2.5 million dollars.
Those are the 3.5 million reasons why Edmonton moved Eberle to the New York Islanders for a 23-year-old right winger/centre with 21 goals over the last two seasons.
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