Edmonton Oilers' GM Peter Chiarelli explains the Eberle-for-Strome swap, sort of

Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli had a 10-minute media avail in Chicago this afternoon, in advance of this weekend’s draft and in the aftermath of this morning’s one-for-one trade of Jordan Eberle to New York Islanders for Ryan Strome. That item dominated the early portion of the presser, with a few questions about contract negotiations with Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Kris Russell creeping into the later part of it.
Here’s a transcript of some of Chiarelli’s rem