3 strong lines

Created by: Bluetomorrow83

Team: 2021-22 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 31, 2021

Published: Aug. 2, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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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

Top line:
Tatar- Great 5v5 possession winger to give McDavid more sustained attacks
McDavid- Yup. Let's see what he does with a real line
Hyman- Intense forechecker and will go to the dirty areas for McDavid

2nd line:
Foegele- Big fast Forechecker lacks a bit of finish but is better 5v5 performer then RNH
Draisaitl- Real 1-2 punch after McDavid gets a true line allows Drai line easier match ups
Yamamoto- Sophmore slump was bad if he doesn't regain some of his finish JP could steal this spot.

3rd line:
Nuge- Had rough year 5v5 sliding him down to 3rd line allows easier match ups for him while still being key player on special teams.
McLeod- Although not producing in short stint last year showed a lot of promise as young #3C
JP- Showed he was a NHL player last year but had a few Hockey IQ lapses. Sliding him down to 3rd line is spreading the wealth.

4th line-
Archibald- Feisty for a small guy aggressive forecheck and hits hopefully get line mate Kassian on the same page.
Ryan- Great defensive and faceoff RH center allows the energy line to get possession and go to work.
Kassian- Needs a bounce back season or Benson/Marody can steal his spot when his fists aren't needed.

Team will be very reliant on its forward group to maintain possession making the games easier for their questionable defensive group.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Foegele, Warren	3	$2,750,000
Benson, Tyler	2	$800,000
Marody, Cooper	2	$800,000
Yamamoto, Kailer	2	$2,000,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Tatar, Tomas		1	$3,000,000

Trades

EDM

BUF

Koskinen, Mikko
2023 3rd round pick (EDM)

EDM

Khudobin, Anton

DAL

2023 2nd round pick (EDM)

Buyouts

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

Retained Salary Transactions

Milan Lucic: $750,000 (12.5%)

Buried

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

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$80,755,301	$669,339	$907,500	$744,699

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Tatar, Tomas $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C UFA - 5	Hyman, Zach $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 7
Foegele, Warren $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000$8,500,000 C, LW UFA - 4	Yamamoto, Kailer $2,000,000$2,000,000 RW RFA - 1
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 8	McLeod, Ryan $834,167$834,167 ($57,500$58K) C RFA - 1	Puljujärvi, Jesse $1,175,000$1,175,000 RW UFA - 1
Archibald, Josh $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Ryan, Derek $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Kassian, Zack $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Nurse, Darnell $5,600,000$5,600,000 LD UFA - 1	Bouchard, Evan $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 2	Khudobin, Anton $3,333,333$3,333,333 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Keith, Duncan $5,538,462$5,538,462 LD NMC UFA - 2	Ceci, Cody $3,250,000$3,250,000 RD UFA - 4	Smith, Mike $2,200,000$2,200,000 G UFA - 2
Russell, Kris $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Barrie, Tyson $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Benson, Tyler $800,000$800,000 LW, RW UFA - 1		Klefbom, Oscar $4,167,000$4,167,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2
Lagesson, William $725,000$725,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Aug. 2, 2021 at 7:31 p.m.

ApparentlyOilFan

Leon and Jesse

Joined: Apr. 2021

Posts: 638

Likes: 171

I think Ryan should be 3C for a while. McLeod can learn from him a lot and carry that to the next season where he will earn the 3C spot.

Aug. 2, 2021 at 7:53 p.m.

mvp13

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 1,916

Likes: 725

EDM will continue to fail until they run the three headed monster lines like this. I've no idea why Mc"Jesus" can't figure out how to play without Drysaddle and other top players on his line. He handcuffs his team not only by his cap hit, but by crippling their depth. They should've been running 3 separate lines for the last few years

Aug. 2, 2021 at 8:11 p.m.

Bluetomorrow83

Joined: Feb. 2018

Posts: 2,922

Likes: 1,492

Quoting: ApparentlyOilFan

I think Ryan should be 3C for a while. McLeod can learn from him a lot and carry that to the next season where he will earn the 3C spot.

Whichever Ryan plays #3C doesn't change that this would be the best top 9 for the Oilers in recent memory

Aug. 2, 2021 at 11:14 p.m.

Zmach

Pistol Pete

Joined: Aug. 2020

Posts: 5,140

Likes: 1,479

Quoting: mvp13

They’ve had AHL players playing on second line last couple years. Nuge couldn’t figure out how to play with mcdavid and there was literally nobody else.

Aug. 3, 2021 at 4:10 a.m.

Cbzblaze

Joined: Feb. 2021

Posts: 159

Likes: 59

I totally agree with you. Even in the past when we haven't had the depth at the forward position, you still need to spread the skill out a bit.
I thought the Oilers could have tried Turris on either McDavids or draisaitls wing last year. He's a righty that still has a very good shot and has a way better one-timer than nuge. For some reason they wanted him to be a shutdown 3rd line center, which he's never been good at. I still think Turris has more offense in him than we've seen.
Nuge and puljujarvi play good together and either McLeod or Ryan would be fine with them.
There is some skill, size and hustle on every line which will lead to better depth scoring.

I also think they need to consider going to 2 pp units as well (Giving the 2nd unit the last 20 seconds doesn't count).They have 4 dmen who can play pp now. It should cut down on the short handed chances against, and keeps more people involved in the scoring.

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