Oilers offseason

Team: 2022-23 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 11, 2022

Published: Mar. 11, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

The first stipulation is that we will say that Tyson Barrie returns to the form of an elite offensive defenceman for the Oilers on their first pairing. If not for that stipulation in place I would probably try and find a taker for Tyson Barrie because there will always be a market for a RD no matter how expensive or bad, especially one that has a decent history like Barrie. We will say that Mike Smith retires due to injury or age at the end of the season once he see's that the Oilers are not going anywhere. The taxi squad are callups that probably start in the minors and move up to fill injury holes.

- Let me explain my logic for signing Frk, he is a top six scorer, if you put him in the top six he will score and that is a great thing for Edmonton because I don't see Kane resigning with them and their cap problems would make this really tough considering that he will ask for quite a bit, Frk is a cheap solution that is also a veteran and if he does not work you can bury him free of charge and put someone else on the top line, I think that he would be a great shooter for McDavids playmaking.

-Spencer Martin is goaltending depth incase one of the goaltenders get injured, I think that with Vancouver this year that he has proven that he is a capable fill in.


- Jan Rutta is an excellant support defenceman and I would be kinda supprised if he walked from Tampa but if he did he would be a great replacement for Keith on a cheaper cap hit and would be excellant in support of Nurse, Barrie, or Bouchard. He is a great player that is super underated.

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