Jordan Eberle relieved trade from Edmonton Oilers to New York Islanders has been completed

In the end, it came down to numbers for Jordan Eberle.
The ones on his pay-check, not the ones on the stats sheet over his 507 National Hockey League games.
The Edmonton Oilers winger’s $6-million salary for this season and next was too big for general manager Peter Chiarelli, who needs cap room to sign Leon Draisaitl to maybe $7-million a year, so he dealt Eberle —the longest-serving Oilers player — to the New York Islanders for cheaper and younger right-winger Ryan Strome, wh