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My preference for playoffs

Created by: BeterChiarelli
Team: 2020-21 Edmonton Oilers
Initial Creation Date: Apr. 12, 2021
Published: Apr. 12, 2021
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
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Waivers ExemptMcDavid, Connor
$12,500,000 (Performance Bonus$250,000)
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NMC
UFA - 5
Description
Spare parts / Taxi Squad ranked on how readily I'd use them:

Ennis - Haas - Neal
Nygard - Turris - Kassian

Lagesson - Barrie
Russell - Koekkoek

Stalock

Tippett will never take this approach: I don't think the information available to him (or his own methodologies) allows him to actually optimize the roster for when it matters. Kassian, Neal, Turris, and Russell haven't done much this season to justify their continued usage in the NHL, let alone this roster and thus I will not be deferring to the veterans for the playoffs. Strictly a personal preference, but I'd play Bouchard over Barrie whenever possible in the playoffs. Barrie quite honestly cannot play defence. Bouchard isn't great at it yet either, but he's still very much an upgrade without sacrificing offensive ability.

Koekkoek is supposedly back for May. Hopefully he becomes a worst-case-scenario name. Benson and McLeod should join this roster as late into the season as possible in order to maximize their playing time.

Benson's worth a trial as McDavid's LW in order to see if we actually have 2 competent scoring lines, but Kahun can be used here if the belief is the two AHL grads are better suited for my sheltered-minutes 4th line. The third line exists solely as a shutdown unit and admittedly, I'd try to play them as little as possible during 5v5 play assuming that other teams look to linematch their best forwards against the Oilers' top two lines.

I think this setup matches up phenomenally against the Jets, with the edge to the Oilers for forwards and blueline but a significant edge to the Jets in net. No matter how you configure the roster, they're in deep against the Leafs.
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2021
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2022
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2023
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
31$81,500,000$86,291,532$341,534$1,312,500-$4,791,532

Roster

Left WingCentreRight Wing
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$6,000,000$6,000,000
LW, C
UFA - 1
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$8,500,000$8,500,000
C, LW
UFA - 5
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$894,166$894,166 (Performance Bonus$230,000$230K)
RW
RFA - 1
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$808,333$808,333
LW, RW
UFA - 1
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$12,500,000$12,500,000
C
UFA - 6
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$1,175,000$1,175,000
RW
UFA - 2
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$700,000$700,000
LW, C, RW
UFA - 1
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$1,200,000$1,200,000
LW, C
UFA - 1
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$1,500,000$1,500,000
RW, LW
UFA - 2
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$834,167$834,167 (Performance Bonus$82,500$82K)
C
RFA - 2
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$2,150,000$2,150,000
RW
UFA - 1
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$975,000$975,000
LW, RW, C
UFA - 1
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
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$5,600,000$5,600,000
LD
UFA - 2
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$2,000,000$2,000,000
RD
UFA - 2
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$1,500,000$1,500,000 (Performance Bonus$500,000$500K)
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NTC
UFA - 1
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$850,000$850,000
LD/RD
UFA - 2
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$4,166,666$4,166,666
RD
UFA - 1
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$4,500,000$4,500,000
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M-NTC
UFA - 2
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$1,150,000$1,150,000
LD/RD
UFA - 1
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$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$500,000$500K)
RD
RFA - 3
ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
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$5,750,000$5,750,000
RW, LW
UFA - 3
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$4,167,000$4,167,000
LD
UFA - 3
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$4,000,000$4,000,000
LD/RD
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 1
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$3,750,000$3,750,000
RD
UFA - 1
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$3,200,000$3,200,000
RW
UFA - 4
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$1,650,000$1,650,000
C, RW
UFA - 2
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$1,000,000$1,000,000
LW, RW
UFA - 1
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$915,000$915,000
C
UFA - 1
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$875,000$875,000
LW
UFA - 1
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$850,000$850,000
LD/RD
UFA - 1
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$785,000$785,000
G
UFA - 2
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$725,000$725,000
LD/RD
UFA - 2

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Apr. 12, 2021 at 4:32 p.m.
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Barrie is THAT bad defensively lol can’t be worse than Gustafsson tho 😂
Apr. 12, 2021 at 4:37 p.m.
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Pistol Pete
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Bear has been worse. Every time a team forechecked bear and Jones they got the puck coughed up to them because they panicked.

From what I gather from April 13th on teams get their 23 Man Roster then pick 4 players to be on the Taxi squad there is no room for Benson on the roster or taxi squad.
Apr. 12, 2021 at 4:37 p.m.
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LIVIN ON A PRAYER
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Quoting: GMs
Barrie is THAT bad defensively lol can’t be worse than Gustafsson tho 😂


Same player, different stick.
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Apr. 12, 2021 at 4:39 p.m.
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LIVIN ON A PRAYER
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Bear has been worse. Every time a team forechecked bear and Jones they got the puck coughed up to them because they panicked.

From what I gather teams get their 23 Man Roster then pick 4 players to be on the Taxi squad there is no room for Benson on the roster or taxi squad.


How much more obvious do you want to make it that you don't actively watch the games, and instead just regurgitate media bytes from the Sun and the depths of Twitter? Bear and Jones are two of our better puck-moving defenders. Bear's simply been our best defender over the past 10 games.

The four recall thing only applies for the rest of the season. Roster and cap limits evaporate for the playoffs.
Apr. 12, 2021 at 4:44 p.m.
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Daddy
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LOL Barrie out of the lineup? I agree he's not great defensively but him and Nurse have been decent together. If you think "optimizing the lineup" means scratching Barrie you are insane. Bouchard is a significant downgrade offensively him and Barrie are not comparable in that respect. Defensively Bouchard isn't great either so I really don't understand that at all. Bear playing top line minutes is a death wish as well.
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