I don't really see why Edmonton makes this trade. If you're looking for a RHD, Washington would be happy to trade you Niskanen for a 2nd.

Come on! Are you serious? That is not even close to a good deal for the Oilers.

Out of curiosity would you move Niskanen in exchange to Janmark+Honka+3rd?

Haha, I just did a trade on an ACGM of Niskanen and a 4th for Honka and a 3rd. I think Janmark would make sense too, if we couldn't keep Hagelin.

gards and zucc are closer to $6MM - $6.5 MM

Even if they sign for equivalent cap hit % to their last contracts Gards is at bare minimum $4.87 MM, and Zucc at $5.41 MM. Neither will happen, as they are better players now.

Hold on...is nobody going to mention the fact that he gave Janmark 5 years?! I’d be shopping him this season, and I’m not 100% sure if I’d give him a qualifying offer this offseason. I’m definitely not giving him 5 years.

Other than that, you are underpaying literally everyone that you’ve signed.

Lindell: $5.5M+
Dickinson: $1.85M+
Zuccarello: $5.5M+
Gardner: 5.25M+

And there’s no chance Edmonton makes that trade. Their blue line, specifically the right side, is absolutely atrocious. They aren’t trading a top-10 pick from last year for 1 year of Khudobin, especially not after throwing the money they did at Koskinen.