Starting Lines with PoolParty

Created by: newmy

Team: 2019-20 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 29, 2019

Published: Jul. 29, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Trying to keep balance of LW's and RW's while having players in their "primary" position (with the exception of Draisaitl who will play LW with McDavid).

Top Line: keep Neal with Drai & McD on top 3, he'll likely but up more points here than anyone else on the roster this year; so keep him there.

Fourth Line: I think this would be a pretty solid fourth line in the NHL, capable of playing an "energy game" w/ speed and would likely put up some good numbers.

Middle six - All players, with the exception of RNH would be fluid. This gives Tippet options to move players around based on chemistry and what is working best. No matter how you slice it though, unless Benson & PoolParty really excel, and Haas & Nygard best pay off, this is a pretty scary middle-six which will likely struggle to put up points and keep pucks out of their own net....

Ultimately, unless Benson, PoolParty, Haas, Nygard & Koskinen really step up, I don't think this team is competing for the playoffs in 2019/20. That's a lot of bets that need to pay off in order to make this team competative.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Puljujärvi, Jesse		1	$1,500,000

Buyouts

Andrej Sekera: $2,500,000
Benoit Pouliot: $1,333,333
Eric Gryba: $300,000

Retained Salary Transactions

Milan Lucic: $750,000 (12.5%)

Buried

Brandon Manning: $1,175,000 ($2,250,000)
Kyle Brodziak: $75,000 ($1,150,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
24	$81,500,000	$79,880,332	$0	$2,490,000	$1,619,668

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000$8,500,000 C, LW UFA - 6	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C UFA - 7	Neal, James $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 4
Nygård, Joakim $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 1	Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, C UFA - 2	Chiasson, Alex $2,150,000$2,150,000 RW UFA - 2
Benson, Tyler $808,333$808,333 ($32,500$32K) LW, RW UFA - 2	Haas, Gaëtan $925,000$925,000 ($637,500$638K) C UFA - 1	Puljujärvi, Jesse $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW UFA
Granlund, Markus $1,300,000$1,300,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 1		Kassian, Zack $1,950,000$1,950,000 RW UFA - 1
	Khaira, Jujhar $1,200,000$1,200,000 LW, C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Klefbom, Oscar $4,167,000$4,167,000 LD UFA - 4	Larsson, Adam $4,166,666$4,166,666 RD UFA - 2	Koskinen, Mikko $4,500,000$4,500,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Nurse, Darnell $3,200,000$3,200,000 LD UFA - 1	Russell, Kris $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Smith, Mike $2,000,000$2,000,000 ($1,750,000$2M) G NTC UFA - 1
Jones, Caleb $720,000$720,000 ($70,000$70K) LD/RD UFA - 1	Benning, Matthew $1,900,000$1,900,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Gagner, Sam $2,835,000$2,835,000 RW, C UFA - 1
Archibald, Josh $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Persson, Joel $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD UFA - 1
Jurco, Tomas $750,000$750,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Top Comments

Jul. 29, 2019 at 1:29 p.m.

BeterChiarelli

Ban Price trades

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If the expectation is for Puljujarvi to excel and make a case to stay in the NHL full-time, he needs to be on either McDavid's or RNH's wing for the entirety of the season. No two ways about that. He won't have anything remotely close to success if he's used on a no-NHL-experience line.

Jul. 29, 2019 at 2:05 p.m.

NR1203

V5 ANA and BOG

Joined: Jan. 2017

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I thought Puljujarvi doesn't want to play in Edmonton anymore?

Jul. 29, 2019 at 2:11 p.m.

newmy

Joined: Aug. 2018

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Quoting: BeterChiarelli

Fair point. I was more just trying to show a middle-six that would be fluid where you could move players in and out, up and down based on what chemistry develops. But I definitely don't disagree with you!

Jul. 29, 2019 at 2:13 p.m.

newmy

Joined: Aug. 2018

Posts: 181

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Quoting: NR1203

I thought Puljujarvi doesn't want to play in Edmonton anymore?

He doesn't have a choice. Oilers were "underwhelmed" with any trade offers for him, European development camps are pretty much done with rosters being almost set, and PoolParty won't get anywhere near the money he would get elsewhere in the world as he would with the Oilers (even on a qualifying offer). He's going to have to come back to Edmonton with a better attitude and really try to make this work with the same commitment coming from the new GM/Coach.

Jul. 29, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

NR1203

V5 ANA and BOG

Joined: Jan. 2017

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Quoting: newmy

Or just hold out if he's really desperate

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