Ducks Allow Dustin Penner to Become an Oiler

Published: August 2, 2007, 11:04 am

Tags: brian burke, brianburke, dustin penner, dustinpenner, kevin lowe, kevinlowe, nhl free agency, nhlfreeagency

Filed under: Anaheim, General NHL, Oilers, Ducks, Western, Fantasy Hockey, NHL Rumors, Breaking NewsDespite all of Brian Burke's huffing and puffing, he did not, in fact, match Kevin Lowe's offer sheet to chunky winger Dustin Penner. Hence, the 29-goal scorer is going to Edmonton with a fat-like-Louie Anderson $21.5mil contract over five seasons.Desperate for an injection of offense that only a free agency syringe could provide, Lowe paid heavily for a young forward who has just 101 games of experience and one productive season under his hockey pants. Not only are the Oilers coughing up $4.3mil per season for an rather unproven commodity, they also have to give up three draft picks (a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd rounder).I understand that Kevin Lowe wants some offense, but for that much money, and those kind of draft picks, you better be getting a star. The chances are, Penner will be a solid winger, but nowhere near the kind of assets that Lowe just pissed away. The Oilers would have been

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