Trying to be realistic

Created by: Edmontonian

Team: 2021-22 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: May 27, 2021

Published: May 27, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

-Let me know which Free Agents I lowballed, highballed or just wouldn't be able to get because they are sticking with their teams or wouldn't come to Edmonton
-In an attempt to try and improve depth scoring, I have lost pretty much all size and sandpaper, let me know how you would fix that, most likely with the 4th line but I really like that line from the AHL.
-I put extra info the trades, let me know if those don't make sense or how to adjust them
-James Neal bought out
-Koskinen traded at 50% retained instead of bought out, get some value back, and don't have to deal with his dead cap next year
-Smith resigned because Holland said he wanted to do that in his interview yesterday
-No major trades because Holland said he doesn't want to move 1sts
-Don't worry about PK lines, every coach utilizes more than 2 at different times etc, quick question, can Krejci PK?
-PP lines are legit and I like them
-Turris is buried in minors
-Chose Krejci over guys like Wennberg because Oilers need a reliable RH C
-Russell, Ennis, Khaira, Shore and Lagesson all scratches (Shore and Lagesson are in the minors due to roster space)
-Holloway, Lavoie, Broberg, Skinner and Konovalov should all be starting in minors next year
-Signed Tyler Tullio to ELC, Oilers might not do that this year
-Carter Savoie should spend another year in the NCAA in my opinion
-Random players for AHL still needed
-Hopefully G Sebastian Cossa is available for the Oilers to pick in the 2021 First Round
-I don't think Klefbom will play next year, his career could very well be over :/
-Adam Cracknell and Brad Malone are both legends for the Bakersfield Condors of the AHL so they would be signed to play down there
-Not sure about the contract years I gave players (apart from Nuge and Larsson), let me know if they need to be changed, and also let me know of anything you would change or agree/disagree with in the comments :)

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Tullio, Tyler		3	$800,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Yamamoto, Kailer	2	$2,250,000
Marody, Cooper	1	$850,000
Benson, Tyler	1	$850,000
Shore, Devin	1	$750,000
Skinner, Stuart	2	$900,000
Khaira, Jujhar	1	$1,200,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan	5	$5,500,000
Tatar, Tomas	3	$4,500,000
Coleman, Blake	2	$3,200,000
Krejci, David	2	$4,000,000
Martinez, Alec	2	$4,000,000
Larsson, Adam	4	$3,750,000
Kulikov, Dmitry	1	$1,500,000
Driedger, Chris	4	$4,500,000
Ennis, Tyler	1	$800,000
Smith, Mike	1	$2,500,000
Cracknell, Adam	1	$750,000

Trades

EDM

2021 5th round pick (NYR)

NYR

Kassian, Zack

Additional Details:

Elliotte Freidman has mentioned the Rangers would be a good destination for Kassian who needs a change of scenery, honestly the Oilers might need to give Kassian and a 5th for future considerations but this is more of what I've been seeing.

EDM

Expansion Draft

SEA

Jones, Caleb

EDM

2022 5th round pick (TBL)

TBL

Stalock, Alex

Additional Details:

Tampa needs a backup, I don't think they have someone in the system, if they do just send Stalock to another team who needs a cheap and serviceable backup.

EDM

2022 3rd round pick (CHI)

CHI

Koskinen, Mikko ($2,250,000 retained)

Additional Details:

I think at 50% retained he is worth a 3rd, not sure if Chicago is the right destination, I thought he could be a good tandem goalie with Lankinen and also because Koskinen is Finnish he can help and communicate with Lankinen well.

Buyouts

Andrej Sekera: $1,500,000
James Neal: $1,916,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Milan Lucic: $750,000 (12.5%)
Mikko Koskinen: $2,250,000 (50%)

Buried

Kyle Turris: $525,000 ($1,650,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$81,233,506	$669,339	$907,500	$266,494

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Tatar, Tomas $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C UFA - 5	Puljujärvi, Jesse $1,175,000$1,175,000 RW UFA - 1
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, C UFA - 8	Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000$8,500,000 C, LW UFA - 4	Yamamoto, Kailer $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW RFA - 1
Coleman, Blake $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW, LW UFA - 6	Krejci, David $4,000,000$4,000,000 C UFA	Archibald, Josh $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Benson, Tyler $850,000$850,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	McLeod, Ryan $834,167$834,167 ($57,500$58K) C RFA - 1	Marody, Cooper $850,000$850,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Nurse, Darnell $5,600,000$5,600,000 LD UFA - 1	Bear, Ethan $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD UFA - 1	Driedger, Chris $4,500,000$4,500,000 G UFA - 3
Martinez, Alec $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD UFA - 3	Larsson, Adam $3,750,000$3,750,000 RD UFA - 4
Kulikov, Dmitry $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Bouchard, Evan $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 2	Smith, Mike $2,500,000$2,500,000 G UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Russell, Kris $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 1		Klefbom, Oscar $4,167,000$4,167,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2
Khaira, Jujhar $1,200,000$1,200,000 LW, C UFA - 2
Ennis, Tyler $800,000$800,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
McDavid, C.		Draisaitl, L.		Puljujärvi, J.
	Nugent-Hopkins, R.		Bouchard, E.

Power Play 2
Tatar, T.		Krejci, D.		Yamamoto, K.
	Nurse, D.		Bear, E.

Penalty Kill 1
	Nugent-Hopkins, R.	Coleman, B.
	Martinez, A.	Larsson, A.

Penalty Kill 2
	McLeod, R.	Archibald, J.
	Kulikov, D.	Nurse, D.

Top Comments

May 27, 2021 at 3:59 p.m.

Sagecoll

Joined: May 2017

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Rangers decline.

We'll be looking for 1x1 years deals for the 4th line. Not Kassian types cap/term wise.

May 27, 2021 at 4:01 p.m.

Edmontonian

Joined: Oct. 2020

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Quoting: Sagecoll

Rangers decline.

We'll be looking for 1x1 years deals for the 4th line. Not Kassian types cap/term wise.

Fair enough

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May 27, 2021 at 4:04 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

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All of the players you've mentioned seem like excellent targets to me, and as for money figures, who knows? None of your amounts seems foolish.

Personally, I don't see Krejci signing there, but he's certainly a proper target.

My only question is this: if you assume that Klefbom won't return, then won't you be protecting *Ethan Bear in the expansion draft?

*Ooops -- I meant Caleb Jones.

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May 27, 2021 at 4:14 p.m.

Wadejos123

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no one wants koskinen even at 50%. You can pay the hawks to take him, we won't pay you for him

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May 27, 2021 at 4:17 p.m.

Edmontonian

Joined: Oct. 2020

Posts: 26

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Quoting: OldNYIfan

Ah ye your right thats what I should've done with my assumption, but I'm trying to mimic management, Caleb Jones was scratched for most of this year and the entire playoffs, Dave Tippett quite clearly isn't a fan of him for some reason and it already feels like he's gone. Klefbom had successful surgery but he's mentioned in many interviews he is going to put his quality of life above hockey because obviously, it doesn't sound very optimistic though. Difficult situation, hopefully more positive news will be revealed about Klefbom before the Expansion Draft or who knows... maybe more negative news, both would make the choice easier. Would be really tough to let Klef go though, but if we would have to keep Kassian then we can't sign Martinez and Caleb Jones certainly helps that left side, a lot to think about with that one. If Klefbom was available for Seattle to take do you think they even take the risk? Looking at other options from Edmonton I think I would.

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