Still not very good depth and goaltending

You don´t need to buyout Sekera, he is good in his own right, would fetch something. Buffalo fans still like him.
If you buy out Sekera, you could buyout Russel as well is you got him as a 7th defencemen for 4m$. I like that you adressed the LW. BUt they need a 3C BADLY. Good try tough. Edmontons own organisations depthchart for right wing is really suspect. Puljujärvi is the strangest player, Yamamoto is prbably not gonna be what everyone thought, and don´t play good with Draisaitl, Kassian is not a firstline talent, and thatis waht you have.

Is the cap really go up tp 85m$?

This is not my post, but I thought I'd address your questions / comments just for fun.

Agree with all of the above.


Agree, but it's possible Marody could be that guy. He's 52, 19-39-58 +30 in the AHL this year as a 22-year-old, he could easily translate to an NHL 3C in 2 years. I think the consensus opinion is that his skating needs to improve over the summer and he'll be an NHL regular next fall, so since this mock is two years out I don't think it's an unrealistic expectation.


The NHL depth chart isn't great today, but the pipeline is pretty full at RW.
- Puljujarvi has been playing injured, so we'll see what happens next fall, but he's a supremely talented young man and just 20 years old still.
- Yamamoto is also just 20, and while injuries and NHL time have cut into his development this year, he's still scoring above the level of most of his peer group. With a full year of development next year he will be ready to make an impact at the NHL level by 2020-21 for sure.
- Maksimov, a 19-year-old currently in the OHL, scored 63, 40-39-79 +38 this year even though he took on a more defensive role this year. He volunteered to play on the PK this year and did very well, he plays a complete 200-foot game and still scores 40 goals. NHLE: 82, 17-16-33. By 2020-21 he'll be a keeper.
- Kassian may not be a 1st line talent, but his skillset fits well there, just like Maroon's did and Tom Wilson in Washington. The great thing about Kass is he can play up and down the lineup and compliment the talent. The mock above has him on the 4th line so I'm not sure why you're making this comment?
- Draisaitl is at RW above, and he's a top-10 player in the league right now.

That's potentially a pretty solid set of wingers.


There's talk about it going up to $83 - 83.5M next year, so $85M is a conservative estimate for 2020-21.

Who do you think the Oilers will pick in the 2019 draft? They should be in the top-10 (currently 8th, tough schedule ahead) - that player could be on this roster too.

Well, if Marody is all that, that´s great! But the problem is, you can´t have a just "waiting year", becuase the talents need to taste NHL quality of the rooster, and compete.
They need a 3C and a LW winger on two years, and a RW on one year NOW.

But if the cap goes up to 85m$, that solves a lot of problems...
BUt probably should buy out Russel, or trade Sekera in one year, when Caleb Jones, Lagesson. Bear and Bouchard is in competing for spots for real.

That LW today,... horrible.