Can Kicked Down the Road

Team: 2022-23 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 26, 2022

Published: Jul. 26, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

McLeod takes his qualifying offer and Yamamoto signs for damn close to Puljujarvi.

Edmonton won't be able to enter the season cap-compliant with its LTIR deals in place: Arizona is going to be asked to take on a bottom-six project in Benson and a project of a prospect in Lavoie to take on the insured deals. Arizona won't be cap compliant come the deadline without taking on exorbitant salary between now and then as I believe retaining on Gostisbehere puts them below the floor. Mid-pick a year out returned, both sides should be fine with this.

Anaheim is still a mile south of the cap floor and shy on NHL talent. I won't pay them a ransom for Foegele (perfectly fine third line forward) but a small compensation on top of an actual NHL body should be something they're after.

Fanti and Petrov to start in the ECHL. Broberg and Holloway start on the NHL roster due to cap considerations regarding their bonuses.

I suspect they lead the Pacific Division come the deadline.

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