Cap crunch defense upgrades

Created by: ItzLamey

Team: 2020-21 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 18, 2020

Published: Aug. 18, 2020

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

Not a oiler fan I am not sure what line combinations would be, the issue im looking at is their gaping need for solid defence that matches their high flying play.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Puljujärvi, Jesse		1	$874,666

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Athanasiou, Andreas	1	$2,333,000
Bear, Ethan	3	$3,500,000
Vesey, Nolan	3	$800,000
Kuffner, Ryan	3	$800,000
Benning, Matthew	3	$800,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Byfuglien, Dustin		1	$7,000,000
Crawford, Corey		1	$2,000,000

Trades

EDM

Helm, Darren ($1,900,000 retained)

DET

Neal, James
2022 1st round pick (EDM)

EDM

Burns, Brent

SJS

Buyouts

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

Retained Salary Transactions

Milan Lucic: $750,000 (12.5%)

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
21	$81,500,000	$78,639,033	$341,534	$230,000	$2,860,967

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Nygård, Joakim $875,000$875,000 LW UFA - 1	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C UFA - 6	Chiasson, Alex $2,150,000$2,150,000 RW UFA - 1
Kuffner, Ryan $800,000$800,000 LW UFA	Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000$8,500,000 C, LW UFA - 5	Kassian, Zack $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 4
Helm, Darren $1,950,000$1,950,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1	Athanasiou, Andreas $2,333,000$2,333,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Archibald, Josh $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Khaira, Jujhar $1,200,000$1,200,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Haas, Gaëtan $915,000$915,000 C UFA - 1
		Yamamoto, Kailer $894,166$894,166 ($230,000$230K) RW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Klefbom, Oscar $4,167,000$4,167,000 LD UFA - 3	Burns, Brent $5,280,000$5,280,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 5	Koskinen, Mikko $4,500,000$4,500,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Nurse, Darnell $5,600,000$5,600,000 LD UFA - 2	Byfuglien, Dustin $7,000,000$7,000,000 RD UFA	Crawford, Corey $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 2
Russell, Kris $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1	Bear, Ethan $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Jones, Caleb $850,000$850,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Top Comments

Aug. 18, 2020 at 11:53 p.m.

BStinson

Joined: May 2020

Posts: 4,742

Likes: 3,509

I don’t think Oiler fans are going to like this.

Aug. 18, 2020 at 11:55 p.m.

ItzLamey

Joined: Jul. 2020

Posts: 108

Likes: 24

Quoting: BStinson

I don’t think Oiler fans are going to like this.

They didn't like hearing the Chelsea dagger stabbing their playoffs dreams either.

Aug. 18, 2020 at 11:56 p.m.

Bluetomorrow83

Joined: Feb. 2018

Posts: 2,924

Likes: 1,501

Yikes 15M for some old as **** defenders.. all to end up with Kuffner a guy struggling in the AHL to end up on the roster.. there's much better options then Buff and Burns especially with Burns being paid 8M til he is 40!

Aug. 19, 2020 at 12:02 a.m.

Drw4209

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 1,739

Likes: 971

Wings need more if they're retaining on Helm, taking Neal with 3 more years left at 5.75M per, and have to wait until 2022 to reap any benefit when Oilers will probably be a top tier team

Aug. 19, 2020 at 12:08 a.m.

Copenhagen

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 6,653

Likes: 2,517

LOL that Neal trade........By 2022 Neal will be off the books and we have to give a first rounder. Brutal

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