defenceman Tom Poti.
Poti who is only 25 years of age and recently won a Silver Medal with the US Olympic Team in Salt Lake City has been playing with the
Oilers. The 6'3" 215 pound defenceman who was drafted 59th overall in 1996 has firmly established himself as a regular on an Edmonton team laden with young talented players such as Mike Comrie, Marty
Reasoner, Ryan Smyth, Eric Brewer and Shawn Horcoff to name a few.
True enough as the Oilers starting lineup forwards of the past two games had a total of 7 centres from a total of 12 forwards. Pretty high numbers. There has been much interest around the league for Tom
Poti who isnt a highly priced player and also who is young, agile and fast.
There have been rumours circulating for this player, especially taking note were Tampa Bay, Carolina and Toronto. Although Sultan and Poti and his agent have not openly discussed any trade rumours it seems certain Poti is to leave the club by the end of the month. Players such as Tanabe, Alfredsson and Leclavier have been mentioned but it has yet to be seen how many players and which players are to be traded as Sultan said earlier in the month that his team roster is basically up for grabs apart from some core franchise players.