A Dream Offseason

Created by: jjkhairaELTE99

Team: 2022-23 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 24, 2022

Published: Apr. 24, 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

KETIH NEGATIVE RECAPTURE ADDED ONTO CAP since there is no way to just yeet cap hit. so $3,438,462 added to the salary cap

first the forwards:
- Lazar a solid, cheap, young depth add that can skate and be physical while not being a defensive liability.
- Kuzmenko (as reported) has his sights on going to edmonton so he would cost around 3mil by all accounts and isn't too bad of a gamble at that price.

next the dmen:
- Keith retires giving 8.9mil in space due to recapture rules, allowing for key guys to be resigned and get the oil outta cap hell quickly.
- re-sign kulack, bring up broberg and neemo.
- trade for Chych with (roughly) the asking price of a 1st, A prospect, and young player. plus a 1b goalie in smith as a mini sweetner.
- sign bouchard to a long term deal, similar to the klefbom deal. (proportional to today's cap that'd be about 4.5ish x 7)

next goalies:
- Husso is THE guy to snag. there's some risk cause of his lack of games but he's looked too good and going to command too nice of a price tag to pass him up in FA
- skinner has already shown he is NHL ready so G2 is taken care of internally

Not all of these are entirely realistic but, this is just an example of what can be done if Holland decides to be creative for once. Now you've got key guys signed to term, improved forward depth even further, improved the dcore significantly and got major upgrades in between the pipes while moving out some less than ideal money. This a team that can really contend while leaving a lot of flexibility moving forward to help get the right mix to win a cup.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
McLeod, Ryan	3	$1,150,000
Puljujärvi, Jesse	8	$4,650,000
Yamamoto, Kailer	3	$2,650,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kane, Evander	3	$3,850,000
Marody, Cooper	2	$800,000
Lazar, Curtis	2	$950,000
Husso, Ville	4	$4,200,000
Kulak, Brett	3	$2,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kuzmenko, Andrei		3	$2,800,000

Trades

EDM

2022 6th round pick (ARI)

ARI

Kassian, Zack
2023 3rd round pick (EDM)

EDM

keith retires

ANA

Keith, Duncan

EDM

2022 4th round pick (DAL)
2023 2nd round pick (DAL)

DAL

EDM

Chychrun, Jakob

ARI

Buyouts

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

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

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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$85,938,462	$85,001,833	$896,000	$2,200,000	$936,629

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kane, Evander $3,850,000$3,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Yamamoto, Kailer $2,650,000$2,650,000 RW RFA - 2
Kuzmenko, Andrei $2,800,000$2,800,000	Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000$8,500,000 C, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	Puljujärvi, Jesse $4,650,000$4,650,000 RW UFA - 1
	Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 7	Hyman, Zach $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 6
Holloway, Dylan $925,000$925,000 ($500,000$500K) LW, C RFA - 2	McLeod, Ryan $1,150,000$1,150,000 C RFA - 1	Lazar, Curtis $950,000$950,000 RW, C UFA - 3
Foegele, Warren $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Ryan, Derek $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Marody, Cooper $800,000$800,000 C, RW UFA - 2

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	Husso, Ville $4,200,000$4,200,000 G UFA - 3
Chychrun, Jakob $4,600,000$4,600,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Ceci, Cody $3,250,000$3,250,000 RD UFA - 3	Skinner, Stuart $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
Broberg, Philip $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) LD RFA - 2	Kulak, Brett $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 4
Niemeläinen, Markus $762,500$762,500 LD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Klefbom, Oscar $4,167,000$4,167,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1

Top Comments

Apr. 24, 2022 at 6:07 p.m.

Kyle_Okposo_Lover

Josh Anderson Sucks

Joined: Feb. 2022

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Pulju and Bouchard will not sign 8 years for so cheap. Kane will cost more.

I get it is a dream offseason but it would be impossible to sign 8 years for so cheap

Apr. 24, 2022 at 6:10 p.m.

Ausbear17

Joined: May 2021

Posts: 63

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"Kuzmenko (as reported) has his sights on going to edmonton so he would cost around 3mil by all accounts and isn't too bad of a gamble at that price."

Has there been a reliable source who's reported on what his price tag would be? Not sure the Oilers are in a position to hand out a $3,000,000.00 cap hit to a guy who hasn't played a second of hockey in North America. One year maximum value ELC seems more likely.

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Apr. 24, 2022 at 6:45 p.m.

krakowitz

Emotionally in 2018

Joined: Nov. 2016

Posts: 9,290

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I find it difficult to see a scenario where the Yotes don't demand Holloway in a Chychrun trade. I think they'd be looking for one larger upside prospect with the necessary picks, hence where they'd need Holloway

Apr. 24, 2022 at 7:26 p.m.

Bluetomorrow83

Joined: Feb. 2018

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Quoting: Ausbear17

There was an article saying he would need to sign 1 year ELC. Not sure if the 3M number was just people assuming bonuses would be hit.

"Kuzmenko could have signed in the NHL two years ago, but chose to sign a 2 year extension in the KHL. That allows him to sign a 1-year ELC this season that will expire UFA. That means he will be looking to sign somewhere that maximizes his exposure to other markets for when he hits FA. Kuzmenko’s agent is Dan Milstein, and when Alexander Barabanov was in the same situation he chose to sign in Toronto."

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Apr. 25, 2022 at 2:24 p.m.

jjkhairaELTE99

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Joined: Feb. 2019

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Quoting: oliver_wahlstrom

Pulju and Bouchard will not sign 8 years for so cheap. Kane will cost more.

I get it is a dream offseason but it would be impossible to sign 8 years for so cheap

JP could be signed at that number due to not putting the puck in the next enough cause nhl gm's undervalie defensive forwards. Bouch at a klefbom style deal is more than reasonable. Kane is up in the air just depend on his greivance and if he wants to play in edmonton. But hes at the bottom of my list of possible returns

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