Original sentence: Eberle, Hall, and Yakupov were replaced in free agency and through further trades with Milan Lucic and Ryan Spooner.However, the Oilers began to struggle shortly after the 2004–05 NHL lockout, having missed the playoffs every year since 2006, with the exception of 2016–17.In 2017, the Oilers dealt 2008 first-round pick Jordan Eberle to the Islanders for Ryan Strome.The Oilers made a series of trades with the New York Islanders in the mid-2010s.They first traded two draft picks to the Islanders in 2015 in exchange for defenseman Griffin Reinhart
Edited sentence: Eberle, Hall, and Yakupov were replaced in free agency and through further trades with Milan Lucic and Ryan Spooner, neither of whom lived up to expectations despite commanding greater salaries than the players whom preceded them.Hall won the Hart Memorial Trophy as NHL MVP with the New Jersey Devils in 2017–18 after being traded to the team in 2016 in a one-for-one deal for defenseman Adam Larsson.However, in recent times, the Oilers have been mired in a period of great failure.In 2017, the Oilers dealt 2008 first-round pick Jordan Eberle to the Islanders for Ryan Strome, who was traded the next season.Louis Blues, and Colorado Avalanche.Meanwhile, Yakupov left the NHL in 2018 to play in the Kontinental Hockey League after brief, unsuccessful stints with the Oilers, St.The Oilers made a series of particularly poor trades with the New York Islanders in the mid-2010s.They first traded two draft picks to the Islanders in 2015 in exchange for defenseman Griffin Reinhart; the Islanders selected top-six forwards Mathew Barzal and Anthony Beauvillier with the picks, while Reinhart is no longer in the NHL.They have missed the playoffs every year since 2006, with the exception of 2016–17