Do they Salvage Season or Sell-Off

Created by: pavelisgoat

Team: 2023-24 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Nov. 24, 2023

Published: Nov. 24, 2023

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

2 very winnable games coming up. Could be imo season deciders as they head into a tougher stretch that takes them to Christmas. If things don’t go well, what do they do? If they get a few wins, do they actually trade for a goaltender? I don’t see how that works well for them, but a trade for both scenarios is below.
Trade 1: Salvage season
Trade 2: Tank for Celebrini

Trades

EDM

Reimer, James
2024 5th round pick (DET)

DET

2024 2nd round pick (EDM)

Additional Details:

I’m betting it would be a prospect rather than pick, with around this value. Just don’t know Oilers prospects well.

EDM

The below trade is in scenario 2 where they decide not to salvage the season.

CAR

EDM

Kochetkov, Pyotr
Morrow, Scott [Reserve List]
Suzuki, Ryan
2024 1st round pick (CAR)
2024 2nd round pick (PHI)
2025 1st round pick (CAR)

CAR

Draisaitl, Leon ($4,250,000 retained)

Buyouts

James Neal: $1,916,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Leon Draisaitl: $4,250,000 (50%)

Buried

Jack Campbell: $3,850,000 ($5,000,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$82,738,333	$850,000	$4,075,000	$761,667

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kane, Evander $5,125,000$5,125,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 3	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Hyman, Zach $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 5
Foegele, Warren $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 6	Gagner, Sam $775,000$775,000 RW, C UFA - 1
Janmark, Mattias $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	McLeod, Ryan $2,100,000$2,100,000 C RFA - 2	Hamblin, James $807,500$807,500 RW, C RFA - 1
Erne, Adam $775,000$775,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Ryan, Derek $900,000$900,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Brown, Connor $775,000$775,000 ($3,225,000$3M) RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Nurse, Darnell $9,250,000$9,250,000 LD NMC UFA - 7	Bouchard, Evan $3,900,000$3,900,000 RD RFA - 2	Kochetkov, Pyotr $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 4
Ekholm, Mattias $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Ceci, Cody $3,250,000$3,250,000 RD UFA - 2	Skinner, Stuart $2,600,000$2,600,000 G UFA - 3
Kulak, Brett $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Desharnais, Vincent $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Reimer, James $1,500,000$1,500,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1		Holloway, Dylan $925,000$925,000 ($650,000$650K) LW, C RFA - 1
Broberg, Philip $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) LD RFA - 1
Suzuki, Ryan $863,333$863,333 C RFA - 1

Top Comments

Nov. 24, 2023 at 2:51 a.m.

GMBL

Joined: May 2022

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There's no guarantee that they get Celebrini and there's always a possibility that they could with a top-10 pick which they are in the position of having one as of now. So, it makes no sense to trade Draisaitl who is likely still a top-7 center in the League in the next 5-years, when it's possible that they could get someone really good with their first without selling off. They should obviously still try to compete and the move that they need to make is get a league average goalie and if they can dump Campbell in the process then that's great.

Nov. 24, 2023 at 2:54 a.m.

NucksnOilers

Save Mcdavid

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IMO you 100% salvage the season.

Would rather have Holland give up every future we have in hopes to make this team better for Drai and Mcd even if it means ruining our future than just lay down and die

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Nov. 24, 2023 at 8:28 a.m.

aedoran

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Reimer = 3rd.

Nov. 25, 2023 at 12:11 a.m.

pavelisgoat

Joined: Apr. 2017

Posts: 1,008

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Quoting: GMBL

I guess trading Drai would be a “our cap is f’d, we aren’t winning this year, we need better defence, goalie, etc. where Drai is at contract wise is max trade value, maybe Drai will resign with us in a year even if we trade him, maybe he won’t even if we keep him (obviously higher chance he resigns if never leaves), trading Drai maximizes our tank, gives us a 2 year reset to ensure a better surrounding team for McDavid to ensure he resigns (even if obviously unhappy by trading Drai at first)”. I suppose maybe it needs to be a bigger offer for him, and I know in Edmontons situation it is so unlikely. But if they come around to the fact that they aren’t winning the current year, the question is can they win next year? And with only 4 mil extra in cap, idk who tf they think they’re fooling to think running it back would make better results. At which point you’ve probably poured more money into the team AND THEN need to resign Drai for there to be any point I. Keeping him in the first place. AND THEN need to resign McDavid for any of it to have a point.

Idk it’s a messy argument, and I definitely DID think Edmonton would win with these 2. Right now I don’t see how they win without a significant change to that defence, and I’m talking over the next 5 years

Nov. 25, 2023 at 12:12 a.m.

pavelisgoat

Joined: Apr. 2017

Posts: 1,008

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Quoting: aedoran

Reimer = 3rd.

Yes. No 2024 third belonging to EDM.

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