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Created by: Oilyboy
Team: 2019-20 Custom Team
Initial Creation Date: Aug. 23, 2019
Published: Aug. 23, 2019
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Yep...better than the current roster...and fits under the cap

Predicted stats if this was the team:

Hall: 38-50-88 McD: 45-75-120 Drai: 42-48-90

Benson: 10-25-35 Nuge: 23-40-63 Ebs: 20-30-50

Cogs: 9-16-25 Gagner: 11-17-28 Pulju: 10-14-24

Khaira: 7-13-20 Nash: 8-11-19 Paajarvi: 5-10-15

Klef: 7-31-38 Petry: 6-34-40

Nurse: 11-31-42 Gustafsson: 12-40-52

Jones: 2-11-13 Bouchard: 4-20-24

Would be 270 goals from this starting lineup...astronomically higher than any recent Oilers team
ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
23$81,500,000$69,194,499$0$540,000$12,305,501
Left WingCentreRight Wing
Logo of the New Jersey Devils
$3,000,000$3,000,000
LW
UFA - 1
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$12,500,000$12,500,000
C
UFA - 7
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$8,500,000$8,500,000
C, LW
UFA - 6
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$808,333$808,333 (Performance Bonus$32,500$32K)
LW, RW
UFA - 2
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$6,000,000$6,000,000
LW, C
UFA - 2
Logo of the New York Islanders
$5,500,000$5,500,000
RW
NTC
UFA - 5
Logo of the Dallas Stars
$3,250,000$3,250,000
LW
M-NTC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$2,835,000$2,835,000
RW, C
UFA - 1
Puljujarvi, Jesse
$1,000,000$1,000,000
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$1,200,000$1,200,000
LW, C
UFA - 2
Paajarvi, Magnus
$700,000$700,000
Logo of the Columbus Blue Jackets
$2,750,000$2,750,000
C, RW
UFA - 2
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$4,167,000$4,167,000
LD
UFA - 4
Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
$5,500,000$5,500,000
RD
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Minnesota Wild
$2,166,667$2,166,667
G
M-NTC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$3,200,000$3,200,000
LD
UFA - 1
Logo of the Chicago Blackhawks
$1,200,000$1,200,000
LD
UFA - 1
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$784,166$784,166 (Performance Bonus$132,500$132K)
G
UFA - 2
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$720,000$720,000 (Performance Bonus$70,000$70K)
LD/RD
UFA - 1
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$894,167$894,167
RD
RFA - 4
ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$894,166$894,166 (Performance Bonus$230,000$230K)
RW
RFA - 2
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$75,000$75K)
C, RW
UFA - 2
Logo of the Calgary Flames
$700,000$700,000
LD
UFA - 1

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Aug. 23, 2019 at 11:02 a.m.
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I'd take Pitlick in the team. He's still a bottom-6 NHL level player.
Aug. 23, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.
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Quoting: BurgerBoss
I'd take Pitlick in the team. He's still a bottom-6 NHL level player.


Maybe over Paajarvi, but I do like how Paajarvi played last year. Could put him as an extra ahead of Yamamoto at this point I guess.
Aug. 23, 2019 at 11:11 a.m.
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This teams actually good ….. oh what could have been
Aug. 23, 2019 at 11:28 a.m.
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This would be great if was the 1980's....but scoring A LOT of goals in today's NHL isn't that relevant. Only five Stanley Cup winning teams have finished in the top 5 for goals for over the last 10 years.

The key to the list above is that the Oilers haven't drafted a single TOP PAIRING defenseman over the course of the last 15 years. The only way the Oilers will be better is if they significantly improve their defense by bringing in Top 4 talent OR developing some of their more recent draft picks.
Aug. 23, 2019 at 11:53 a.m.
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Quoting: KDK_1983
This would be great if was the 1980's....but scoring A LOT of goals in today's NHL isn't that relevant. Only five Stanley Cup winning teams have finished in the top 5 for goals for over the last 10 years.

The key to the list above is that the Oilers haven't drafted a single TOP PAIRING defenseman over the course of the last 15 years. The only way the Oilers will be better is if they significantly improve their defense by bringing in Top 4 talent OR developing some of their more recent draft picks.


Well, 5 out of 10 being top 5 in scoring shows it does work sometimes, actually.

But I agree, the defensive drafting has never been amazing. The point here was just to show that the drafting overall (although this team would be screwed if Dubnyk went down) has been okay for the Oil in the post-lockout era. Yes, a couple of high ranked busts, but this happens often in drafts, the Oil just happened to suffer the consequences twice for top 5 picks alongside some bad development.

As for the top pairing Dman, sure there is no top 20 Dman in the league here, but the top 4 are definitely an average group, and Jones and Bouchard project as top 4 soon. So overall this team, in a year or two, would be in great shape.

And the good news is (for the actual Oilers team), finally they have arguably a top 5 in the league crop of defensive prospects. So at least they have figured that out. In 2 years we'll find out if they have finally figured out how to develop under Holland if Bouchard, Jones, Lagesson and Bear are deservingly on the team, and Samorukov and Broberg are pushing.

But yes, unlikely to be a cup winner, but definitely playoff worthy and with nearly 7mil in cap space...amazing to see how many bad choices were made.
 
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