Quoting: CD282
He's got Soderberg already. Could they do Toffoli + Smith for the same price as Hall? That would result in a better team IMO. Or Hoffman + Vesey or Galchenyuk?
Quoting: Copenhagen
Hoffman and Vessy or Hoffman and Namestnikov I love love love
If it's possible to replace Hall + Ennis on the roster above with Hoffman + Granlund for about the same $10M, that would be pretty much ideal. Granlund is coming off a down year and Hoffman comes with well-known baggage, so it might be possible. That would boost scoring considerably and push this team into the top echelon of contenders.
Hoffman - McDavid - Granlund: 100 goals
Nuge - Draisaitl - Yamamoto: 90 goals
Athanasiou - Soderberg - Kassian: 50 goals
4th line + spares: 25 goals
Defensemen: 30 goals
That's 3.60 GF/GP. With the improvement in net the Oilers should be able to reduce their goals-against from 3.03 GA/GP to something like 2.90, giving them a goal differential of +0.70 per game. That puts them among the best teams in the league:
BOS +0.85
TBL +0.70
COL +0.66
PHI +0.52
STL +0.46
PIT +0.36
WAS +0.35
CAR +0.35
Of course, anything can happen, you could have a number of players take a step back, injuries, etc. But adding this type of skill can only make the team stronger going forward.