An Avs fan viewpoint

Created by: HockeyScotty

Team: 2022-23 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 24, 2022

Published: Jun. 24, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Original Team

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Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

After squaring off against the Oilers in the WCF and watching the evolution of the team under Woodcroft; here are a few ideas that I would use to get Edmonton over the hump.
Moving Tyson Barrie and signing bridge deals for Puljujarvi/Yamamoto are the only way to make it work. No way to re-sign Evander Kane or any other big name UFA. Kulak and the other UFA I didn't sign just aren't worth much.
There are not enough draft picks or cap space to even think about offer sheets but gaining one back in the Tyson Barrie deal helps with the trade deadline options.
Another $2 million opens up next year from buyouts/dead cap but that needs to be re-invested in Stuart Skinner or other goaltending.
I signed Holtby to a 2 year deal to be 1B to Mike Smith and an injury hedge as well as Cup-winning mentor to Skinner going into next year as well. If Skinner can beat him out then great, but if not then I feel as good about that as I do with Smith in the net.
Duncan Keith's contract expires right when Evan Bouchard hits RFA.
Extending Ryan McLeod to his UFA years was a big priority; he was a very effective forward in our playoff series.
Adding Chychrun, Namestnikov, Larsson, and Hakanpaa (while also pushing Keith to 3rd line duty) improves the overall team defense. With Bouchard's development and the addition of Chychrun the defense will be more skilled at activating the play while remaining defensively sound. Chychrun's arrival also helps Nurse more than anyone else; as he can focus on the shutdown role; ease of all the hard minutes and probably stay healthy for another deep run.
If Marody, Holloway, or Broberg push for roster spots then all the better, but I'm keeping them in the back pocket for now.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Räsänen, Aapeli		2	$750,000
Yakimov, Bogdan		1	$825,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Benson, Tyler	3	$825,000
Safin, Ostap	3	$925,000
Perlini, Brendan	2	$900,000
Berglund, Filip	2	$900,000
Puljujärvi, Jesse	2	$2,410,000
Yamamoto, Kailer	2	$2,175,000
McLeod, Ryan	4	$1,835,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Holtby, Braden	3	$2,000,000
Namestnikov, Vladislav	2	$1,500,000
Larsson, Johan	2	$1,200,000
Marody, Cooper	2	$900,000

Trades

EDM

Chychrun, Jakob

ARI

Additional Details:

This is both a salary dump (Kassian) and blockbuster trade for Chychrun. To eat $3.2 in cap space is expensive; so is acquiring a high end two-way defenseman.

EDM

Hakanpää, Jani
2022 2nd round pick (DAL)

DAL

Barrie, Tyson

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	$82,397,795	$896,000	$2,200,000	$102,205

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hyman, Zach $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 6	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Puljujärvi, Jesse $2,410,000$2,410,000 RW UFA - 1
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 7	Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000$8,500,000 C, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	Yamamoto, Kailer $2,175,000$2,175,000 RW RFA - 2
Foegele, Warren $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2		Namestnikov, Vladislav $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1
Shore, Devin $850,000$850,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1	McLeod, Ryan $1,835,000$1,835,000 C RFA - 1	Ryan, Derek $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, RW UFA - 1
	Larsson, Johan $1,200,000$1,200,000 C, LW UFA

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	Smith, Mike $2,200,000$2,200,000 G UFA - 1
Chychrun, Jakob $4,600,000$4,600,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Bouchard, Evan $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 1
Keith, Duncan $5,538,462$5,538,462 LD NMC UFA - 1	Hakanpää, Jani $1,500,000$1,500,000 RD UFA - 2	Holtby, Braden $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA

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
Holloway, Dylan $925,000$925,000 ($500,000$500K) LW, C RFA - 2
Skinner, Stuart $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Hyman, Z.		McDavid, C.		Nugent-Hopkins, R.
	Bouchard, E.		Draisaitl, L.

Power Play 2
Foegele, W.		McLeod, R.		Puljujärvi, J.
	Nurse, D.		Chychrun, J.

Penalty Kill 1
	Larsson, J.	Ryan, D.
	Nurse, D.	Ceci, C.

Penalty Kill 2
	Namestnikov, V.	Yamamoto, K.
	Chychrun, J.	Hakanpää, J.

Top Comments

Jun. 24, 2022 at 11:40 a.m.

krakowitz

Emotionally in 2018

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These are definitely the type of moves I think the Oilers need to make. I wonder if they'd rather prioritize a goaltending solution over trading for Chychrun, since it's assumed Nurse will be much better if he isn't playing through the injury. They definitely need both but I think Bouchard will take on more minutes and a goalie would be a better investment. But this still moves the needle for them a lot

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Jun. 24, 2022 at 12:14 p.m.

JBrger18

Joined: Jun. 2022

Posts: 141

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Quoting: krakowitz

Personally as an Oilers fan I would not go for the Chychrun trade. I used to want Chycrun a lot, but to give up that many futures is not a great idea. I would rather sign Kulak or someone else in his place.

Jun. 24, 2022 at 12:31 p.m.

ceeque84

Joined: Jun. 2016

Posts: 1,445

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All good stuff, but I really think Smith retires. Holland will go hard after Husso and Skinner will be fulltime backup. They wont do that Chychrun trade and will just resign Kulak. But agreed that Keith should be pushed down to 3rd pairing minutes. Also Woodcroft is big on Malone so he will may be a 4th line regular over Shore.

Jun. 24, 2022 at 12:46 p.m.

vikhodush

Joined: May 2017

Posts: 6,696

Likes: 3,362

Quoting: krakowitz

Agree with this. I’d keep the assets and sign a slightly cheaper option and upgrade on Holtby.

Jun. 24, 2022 at 2:38 p.m.

HockeyScotty

Joined: Jun. 2022

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Quoting: ceeque84

Curious, where do you get the extra $3-4 million per year to land a goalie like Husso?

Kulak is still going to cost close to Chychrun's AAV on a deal; at least according to most sources out there on the internet.

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