Team: 2020-21 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 9, 2020

Published: Aug. 26, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

It's another disapointment season in Edmonton as the team as not officially made the playoff this season after being eliminated by the 12th seed Chicago in the tournament. For years the problem was the defense and now it's the offense. They have good (not great) elements in defense, but besides McDavid and Draisaitl but club lack depth on forward especially their Bottom 6. That's why the first move I would make would be to trade Larsson to Toronto for Johnsson. With the emergence of Bear, the fact that Bouchard will likely become a regular Larsson becomes expandable. Toronto can sacrifice Johnsson since they also got good player at lw with Mikheley, Hyman, Robertson and I think a one-on-one trade between those two is reasonable for both team and fill a needs. They also need a backup. They Don't have much caphit left so even if they should look for a 1b goaltender it's more likely they get a backup and my choice would be Dell. He's not good enough for a 1a-1b tandem but also not your regular backup. To me he's like between the two and he would be my choice. Finally there's that Puljujarvi situation. I saw a article in june that he was open to a return in Edmonton. I personally don,t think he's gonna comeback. A strong season in Europe add value to him and I think some team could be interested. One of those team is Montréal. After a strong postseason they could use some help especially at rw. Puljujarvi is young, big body he's the type Montréal could need and he could slot in the top 6 already. I think would be willing to move it for immediate help and fill a need.

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