The Unthinkable

Created by: dilldoughs

Team: 2022-23 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 4, 2022

Published: Jan. 4, 2022

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

These trades are all made prior to the 2022 draft, and happen after Edmonton misses this year's playoffs, or exits early if they do make playoffs. Tippett's contract isn't renewed, and potential HC replacement includes Jay Woodcroft. Darryl Katz moves in a new direction, and a more analytical front office is assembled.

Alternative to the ANA trade is to remove Gibson (to be replaced by comparable value in roster player/prospect/picks), and sign Jack Campbell to a contract that TOR couldn't afford to match, like a $6x5. This would also be ANA's plan to replace the loss of Gibson were the trade to happen as written. Biggest issue would be Gibson's and Draisaitl's NTCs.

The Nichushkin contract might be high, but A) EDM needs to overpay players to sign here, and B) it would be very difficult for Colorado to match.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Bourgault, Xavier		3	$925,000
Savoie, Carter		3	$850,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Lundeström, Isac	3	$2,750,000
McLeod, Ryan	2	$950,000
Niemeläinen, Markus	2	$850,000
Puljujärvi, Jesse	6	$5,125,000
Samorukov, Dmitri	2	$850,000
Yamamoto, Kailer	2	$2,000,000
Benson, Tyler	1	$850,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Nichushkin, Valeri		5	$5,000,000

Trades

EDM

Gibson, John
Lundeström, Isac [RFA Rights]
McTavish, Mason
2022 1st round pick (ANA)

ANA

Draisaitl, Leon

EDM

2022 6th round pick (ARI)

Buyouts

James Neal: $1,916,667
Andrej Sekera: $1,500,000
Zack Kassian: $666,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Milan Lucic: $750,000 (12.5%)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$81,538,629	$896,000	$4,700,000	$961,371

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Nichushkin, Valeri $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 8	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Puljujärvi, Jesse $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW UFA - 1
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 7	McTavish, Mason $894,167$894,167 ($2,500,000$2M) C, LW RFA - 3	Hyman, Zach $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 6
Foegele, Warren $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Lundeström, Isac $2,750,000$2,750,000 C, LW RFA - 2	Yamamoto, Kailer $2,000,000$2,000,000 RW RFA - 2
Holloway, Dylan $925,000$925,000 ($500,000$500K) LW, C RFA - 2	McLeod, Ryan $950,000$950,000 C RFA - 1	Ryan, Derek $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Nurse, Darnell $9,250,000$9,250,000 LD NMC UFA - 8	Bouchard, Evan $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 1	Gibson, John $6,400,000$6,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 5
Broberg, Philip $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) LD RFA - 2	Ceci, Cody $3,250,000$3,250,000 RD UFA - 3	Skinner, Stuart $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
Keith, Duncan $5,538,462$5,538,462 LD NMC UFA - 1	Hakanpää, Jani $1,500,000$1,500,000 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Benson, Tyler $850,000$850,000 LW, RW UFA - 1		Klefbom, Oscar $4,167,000$4,167,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1
Shore, Devin $850,000$850,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1
Koekkoek, Slater $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
McDavid, C.		Puljujärvi, J.		Nichushkin, V.
	Nugent-Hopkins, R.		Bouchard, E.

Power Play 2
Holloway, D.		McLeod, R.		McTavish, M.
	Nurse, D.		Foegele, W.

Penalty Kill 1
	Nugent-Hopkins, R.	Hyman, Z.
	Nurse, D.	Hakanpää, J.

Penalty Kill 2
	Nichushkin, V.	Ryan, D.
	Broberg, P.	Ceci, C.

Top Comments

Jan. 4, 2022 at 3:05 p.m.

Garak

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 11,805

Likes: 12,035

McDavid is unthinkable. It would be hard to stomach for Oiler fans, but a Draisaitl trade is probably inevitable at some point unless the prospect pipeline can pump out more affordable replacements for some of their wingers and defensemen. Which is pretty realistic. Yall have some fairly promising prospects.

Jan. 4, 2022 at 3:18 p.m.

mm1010

Mac1010

Joined: Mar. 2018

Posts: 1,691

Likes: 731

Quoting: Garak

i dont see why a DRI trade is inevitable at 8.5 mill he is probably one of the better value contracts for a star player.

if they were to trade him you would not be trading him to a team in your division either.

Jan. 4, 2022 at 3:24 p.m.

GoodGuyGudas

Formerly Los Patos

Joined: Dec. 2019

Posts: 3,521

Likes: 2,042

This is very interesting to me tbh especially with Dostal in the upcoming and having Eriksson-Ek and Alexander in the system too. McTavish seems to be a great prospect and could really be good for Anaheim but I wouldn’t be totally against moving him.

This is a very tricky one tbh. Good idea tho

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Jan. 4, 2022 at 3:31 p.m.

Garak

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 11,805

Likes: 12,035

Quoting: mm1010

He only has 3 more seasons after this one on that 8.5, at which point he will be looking for a pretty substantial raise. Not only that but he will be a UFA. So, they will probably want to try and get something substantial for him before he becomes a UFA and they either have to give him a HUGE contract or lose him for nothing.

Jan. 4, 2022 at 3:38 p.m.

mm1010

Mac1010

Joined: Mar. 2018

Posts: 1,691

Likes: 731

Quoting: Garak

they will go with the big contract

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