Simpleton
Joined: Jun. 2017
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Ferland is a UFA as of July 1, and Edmonton is 7 points out of the second wildcard spot in the west with only 20 games left. He can’t be a rental, that would make no sense.
Rattie, Rieder, and Petrovich are probably done after the season, Oilers might try to re-sign Chiasson. With Puljujarvi’s future uncertain, Edmonton will need to sign at least two, and likely three, players over the summer. Expiring contracts open only $6.1-million, but both Khaira and Puljujarvi will get a raise in pay, and Chiasson will too, if re-signed. Even if the new GM can negotiate minimal increases for those three, there would likely be only $4.6-million or so left over. That’s not a lot of cap space for Ferland, and so trading for him becomes a huge gamble, unless he agrees to a cap-friendly contact extension first.