Oilers Playoff Roster

Team: 2021-22 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 17, 2022

Published: Mar. 17, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

You can only do so much with a generally flawed roster but it seems like a waste to not at least make a push with prime McDavid/Draisaitl in what is an open Pacific division.

The offense once healthy is fairly deep and a good distribution of size and skill. I wouldn't make much change there with the exception of moving out Archibald for cap space since he's only available for home games anyways.

In net, with Fleury and Varlamov declining to go to Edmonton, there's no real upgrade out there. Wedgewood is on an expiring contract and has put up respectable numbers on a lottery team. Arizona flips him and takes the extra year of Smith.... most of it will likely be on LTIR anyways and will help Arizona hit the cap floor. Good place for him to retire and Arizona brings back a veteran mentor for Vejmelka.

With goaltending not having real options to upgrade, focus was on defense. Next best way to keep the puck out is to add a the best rental Dman available. This is likely a higher price than I'd actually think the Oilers would pay given their non-contender status but close to what it sounds like Anaheim would be asking for.

I had read an article somewhere about Barrie for Subban. Both have the same faults but would prefer the size of Subban. I could see New Jersey not necessarily wanting another puck mover though.

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