Gotta Keep Kaner

Created by: Miguelicious

Team: 2022-23 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: May 25, 2022

Published: May 25, 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

This is a weird year.
The following contracts are off the books (total 15.4M):

Keith 5.5M
Klef 4.2 (LTIR anyway)
Lucic 750k
Sekera 1.5M
Ryan 1.25M
Smith 2.2M

notable FAs:
Bouchard
Skinner

Additional needs:
Tandem Goalie
Bottom 6 C (veteran faceoff specialist preferably)
Bottom 4 LD (Niemo, Broberg promotion?)

All I'm saying, is that no matter what, just try to keep our heads above water for one more year with what I hope is a true 1A/1B with Smith/Skinner to get us to a somewhat better cap situation.

We've overachieved (if we manage a 3rd round berth, fingers crossed, jobs not done yet), on the back of a well-rested, in-midseason form 40yr old Smith. If he can get the same situation next year while giving Skinner a good mentor to learn from, we should be in good shape going forward.

At least in this situation, we keep everyone of importance: KANE, JP, Yamo. Only losing Kassian in the process. If either goaltender falters, dangle JP + Pick for a retain salaried, more-proven goalie.

Go Oilers Go!

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
McLeod, Ryan	2	$1,250,000
Yamamoto, Kailer	2	$1,750,000
Benson, Tyler	2	$850,000
Puljujärvi, Jesse	2	$1,750,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kane, Evander	3	$5,000,000
Kulak, Brett	2	$1,250,000
Archibald, Josh	2	$850,000

Trades

EDM

2022 5th round pick (ARI)

Additional Details:

Or to whoever, really

ARI

Kassian, Zack
2023 3rd round pick (EDM)

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	$82,500,000	$82,377,795	$896,000	$2,200,000	$122,205

Roster

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

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Nurse, Darnell $9,250,000$9,250,000 LD NMC UFA - 8	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	Bouchard, Evan $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 1	Smith, Mike $2,200,000$2,200,000 G UFA - 1
Kulak, Brett $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	Barrie, Tyson $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Broberg, Philip $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) LD RFA - 2		Klefbom, Oscar $4,167,000$4,167,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1
Shore, Devin $850,000$850,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1
Benson, Tyler $850,000$850,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
McDavid, C.		Hyman, Z.		Draisaitl, L.
	Nugent-Hopkins, R.		Barrie, T.

Power Play 2
McLeod, R.		Kane, E.		Yamamoto, K.
	Keith, D.		Bouchard, E.

Penalty Kill 1
	Nugent-Hopkins, R.	Hyman, Z.
	Nurse, D.	Ceci, C.

Penalty Kill 2
	Draisaitl, L.	McLeod, R.
	Keith, D.	Kulak, B.

Top Comments

May 25, 2022 at 2:37 p.m.

bagelbob

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 3,623

Likes: 2,253

some team should offersheet JP, he’s a perfect candidate. they won’t because the league is boring but they should

May 25, 2022 at 2:40 p.m.

LloydminsterLarry

NoMoreJustin

Joined: May 2022

Posts: 287

Likes: 103

Our RFAs will be more costly than that and I think 4 years at around 5 million is what Kane will get

May 25, 2022 at 2:44 p.m.

Skyraider112

Sabres are elite

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 7,995

Likes: 3,305

If you want the Oilers to have success next season, and make a deep playoff run, then Duncan Keith needs to be either scratched, traded, or retired. Also there needs to be a true starting goaltender, Smith or Skinner would be fine as a backup. While Kane has done well in Edmonton, I think that money is better spent on the D-core and goaltending, especially since any number of Holloway, Savoie, and Bourgault could step in and produce some great depth offense. Broberg cannot be scratched. Either another year in Bakersfield or play him 2nd/3rd pairing

May 25, 2022 at 2:48 p.m.

Miguelicious

Oil Country Rising

Joined: Jul. 2018

Posts: 585

Likes: 235

Quoting: bagelbob

some team should offersheet JP, he’s a perfect candidate. they won’t because the league is boring but they should

ugh I hope not.
What sucks is that he's almost guaranteed to be in the '2nd rd pick' category.
Not much to give up at all considering what he could become..

In those 7 days, could the Oilers sign-and-trade him somewhere else?
Or does the offer sheet have to resolve before anything can happen to him..

May 25, 2022 at 3:01 p.m.

bagelbob

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 3,623

Likes: 2,253

Quoting: Miguelicious

i think that no party involved can trade him for a year following the signing of an offersheet but not 100% sure. but yeah, throwing 4 mil at JP seems like a no brainer, it’ll be hard for the oilers to match and it’s worth the gamble

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