I do not think Carolina wants russell, they have defense, their offense is the problem

Yeah, I didn't really look hard for a team for Russell. My main thought there was bury a corpse somewhere in the league... I'm not sure who will take on Russell's 4M, but the Oilers are going to have to move two of their 4M+ D men.

It doesn’t show 2018 picks because you changed it to 2018-2019 season

Hmm, yeah, thanks. I guess the problem is I want it to reflect this coming year's roster, but with a trade that technically happens during the 2017-18 season.

are you offer sheeting hartman or how did you acquire him?

Oops, I will have to edit that with someone UFA. That was not my intent.. thought I had only UFA's selected. Will find someone else to fill in for cheap. Offersheets are not something I would want to consider, no, so nix Hartman. I should have noticed that.

edit: swapped in Chiasson for him... not sold on a specific player, but the idea would be it would have to be filled by a cheap, serviceable 3rd liner somehow.

You're over cap - JP is gonna cash some of those bonuses playing with Neal and Draisaitl. If you hadn't overpaid Neal you might've got away with it... Neal's boxcars 71, 25-19-44 (-11) aren't as good as Vanek's 80, 24-32-56 (-3), Vanek is just 3 years older, more likely to accept a 1-year deal and is worth like $2.5 - 3.0M.

I'm not sure what JP's bonuses are exactly and what he'll hit this year, of course, but they can go over cap from bonuses, although it isn't ideal (for 2019-20 season). Really, if Vanek can be subbed in for a lot cheaper (the Oilers don't really get players at bargain value), then that's even more ideal, as maybe they can add Vanek + Grabner for practically the same cash and be better across the board. Of course all these guys will have competition throughout the league to be signed, so this is just one idea. I would definitely be happy with Vanek at a cheaper price point though.. even if it's more than $3M.