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Created by: OilFan93

Team: 2020-21 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 4, 2020

Published: Sep. 4, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

* Obviously the Oilers won't be as busy as portrayed through this ACGM, but I think there are a few intriguing options noted along the way.

OTT - Taking Russell's cost-efficient salary for 1 year while gaining a 3rd pairing defender shouldn't warrant too big of a cost for the Oilers. Doesn't have to be OTT, I think there are a few teams that would consider this deal.

LAK - Athanasiou is a player I'd like to see more of for EDM but I don't see it happening if they bring back Puljujarvi. His value dropped a bit since the deadline so I could see a late 2nd and a 4th getting it done to a rebuilding team.

MTL - If Ken Holland is open to trading down, I think it's a deep enough draft to get value out of it. Throw in Chiasson who still has value and get a mid-late first and mid 2nd.

TOR - I found it hard to evaluate Johnsson. Let me know your thoughts on the trade? Might not work salary-wise for the Leafs. Johnsson has thrived before playing with top players and with decent speed and shooting ability, I'd love to see him get an opportunity with McDavid.

NSH - Nashville takes on a familiar face in Neal who has 1 less year than Turris with less salary, the Oilers get a 3rd from it? Not sure if NSH would consider but Turris has history with Tippett, and I think he would slot in alright in the 3C position while McLeod develops.

NYR - Unless they get rid of Hank, Georgiev is most likely gone. I can see him getting a little less than Anderson when he left ANA.

Barrie signing for 1 year to spike his value works for EDM to allow Bouchard 1 more season to develop his defensive game.

Kassian with Nygard and Haas worked well last year, and if Haas can improve his faceoffs, I can see him being an effective PKer.

I'm guessing many won't be high on Benson at 3LW but IMO he's outgrown the AHL and his high IQ has made him earn a chance to play with the big boys.

Anyways, just my 2cents. Sorry for the long review, I'm open to suggestions and opinions!

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Puljujärvi, Jesse		1	$1,000,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Bear, Ethan	2	$3,400,000
Benning, Matthew	2	$2,000,000
Lagesson, William	2	$900,000
Georgiev, Alexandar	2	$2,500,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Barrie, Tyson		1	$5,000,000

Trades

EDM

2020 6th round pick (SJS)

OTT

Russell, Kris
2020 5th round pick (EDM)

EDM

2020 2nd round pick (VGK)
2020 4th round pick (LAK)

LAK

Athanasiou, Andreas [RFA Rights]

EDM

2020 1st round pick (MTL)
2020 2nd round pick (STL)

MTL

Chiasson, Alex
2020 1st round pick (EDM)

EDM

Johnsson, Andreas
2020 6th round pick (CAR)

TOR

Khaira, Jujhar
Larsson, Adam
2021 6th round pick (PIT)

EDM

Turris, Kyle
2020 3rd round pick (MIN)

NSH

Neal, James

EDM

Georgiev, Alexandar [RFA Rights]

NYR

Gambardella, Joseph
2020 2nd round pick (STL)
2020 3rd round pick (MIN)

EDM

2020 3rd round pick (EDM)

CGY

2021 3rd round pick (EDM)

Buyouts

Andrej Sekera: $2,500,000
Benoit Pouliot: $1,333,333

Retained Salary Transactions

Milan Lucic: $750,000 (12.5%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$76,647,699	$341,534	$730,000	$4,852,301

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Johnsson, Andreas $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C UFA - 6	Puljujärvi, Jesse $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW UFA - 2
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000$8,500,000 C, LW UFA - 5	Yamamoto, Kailer $894,166$894,166 ($230,000$230K) RW RFA - 1
Benson, Tyler $808,333$808,333 LW, RW UFA - 1	Turris, Kyle $1,650,000$1,650,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Archibald, Josh $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Nygård, Joakim $875,000$875,000 LW UFA - 1		Kassian, Zack $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 4
	Haas, Gaëtan $915,000$915,000 C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Klefbom, Oscar $4,167,000$4,167,000 LD UFA - 3	Barrie, Tyson $5,000,000$5,000,000 RD UFA - 1	Koskinen, Mikko $4,500,000$4,500,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Nurse, Darnell $5,600,000$5,600,000 LD UFA - 2	Bear, Ethan $3,400,000$3,400,000 RD UFA - 2
Jones, Caleb $850,000$850,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Benning, Matthew $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD UFA - 2	Georgiev, Alexandar $2,500,000$2,500,000 G UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Russell, Patrick $700,000$700,000 RW UFA - 1
Bouchard, Evan $863,333$863,333 ($500,000$500K) RD RFA - 3
Lagesson, William $900,000$900,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Kassian, Z.		McDavid, C.		Draisaitl, L.
	Nugent-Hopkins, R.		Barrie, T.

Power Play 2
Johnsson, A.		Turris, K.		Yamamoto, K.
	Puljujärvi, J.		Bear, E.

Penalty Kill 1
	Haas, G.	Archibald, J.
	Klefbom, O.	Benning, M.

Penalty Kill 2
	Nugent-Hopkins, R.	Nygård, J.
	Nurse, D.	Bear, E.

Sep. 4, 2020 at 1:56 p.m.

EnvironmentalTwister

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I'd rather just do the Johnsson for Larsson deal straight up.

Sep. 4, 2020 at 1:57 p.m.

LeafsFan4Ever34

I heff to be mad...

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Leafs accept

Sep. 4, 2020 at 1:59 p.m.

Copenhagen

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Bouchard should be either playing on the Oilers or AHL with 1st line minutes, benching him is a terrible idea

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Sep. 4, 2020 at 2:04 p.m.

BadTradePolice

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add a third to the russell deal and its probably good

Sep. 4, 2020 at 2:07 p.m.

OilFan93

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Quoting: Copenhagen

Bouchard should be either playing on the Oilers or AHL with 1st line minutes, benching him is a terrible idea

My mistake, I meant to have him in the AHL. Hoping to see him start with the Oilers tho!

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Sep. 4, 2020 at 2:16 p.m.

Subbanator7667

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MTL isnt giving up a 2nd to move up 2 spots and take on chaisson

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Sep. 4, 2020 at 2:23 p.m.

PLDGEY

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OTT doesnt want Russell for a one round upgrade.

If any other teams would accept this, they can feel free to let OP know

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Sep. 4, 2020 at 2:31 p.m.

tkecanuck341

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AA isn't going to be qualified in Edmonton, meaning he'll become a UFA. If the Kings want him (they don't), they'll just offer him a contract on the free market without having to give up draft picks.

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Sep. 4, 2020 at 3:07 p.m.

ken_holland

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A 3.4M bridge deal for Bear? I prefer more of a 4M deal for 7 years. Kind of like Klefbom

Otherwise, good moves

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Sep. 4, 2020 at 3:08 p.m.

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ken_holland

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Quoting: tkecanuck341

AA isn't going to be qualified in Edmonton, meaning he'll become a UFA. If the Kings want him (they don't), they'll just offer him a contract on the free market without having to give up draft picks.

They're not going to just let AA go after trading 2 2nds for him. Probably trade him for at least a 3rd.

Sep. 4, 2020 at 3:33 p.m.

#11

OilFan93

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Quoting: ken_holland

A 3.4M bridge deal for Bear? I prefer more of a 4M deal for 7 years. Kind of like Klefbom

Otherwise, good moves

I'd love to lock Bear up long term, just not entirely convinced Bear would take it after only playing 1 full season. Either way excited we have a top 4 RD who skates well and can move the puck!

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Sep. 4, 2020 at 3:35 p.m.

#12

tkecanuck341

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Quoting: ken_holland

They're not going to just let AA go after trading 2 2nds for him. Probably trade him for at least a 3rd.

Great. I'd be interested to see which team would go for that, knowing full well that Edmonton can't afford to qualify him. There's not much demand for a pending UFA coming off a bad season.

Sep. 4, 2020 at 3:36 p.m.

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ken_holland

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Quoting: tkecanuck341

Great. I'd be interested to see which team would go for that, knowing full well that Edmonton can't afford to qualify him. There's not much demand for a pending UFA coming off a bad season.

RFA*

Sep. 4, 2020 at 3:38 p.m.

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OilFan93

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Quoting: PLDGEY

OTT doesnt want Russell for a one round upgrade.

If any other teams would accept this, they can feel free to let OP know

Fair enough! My hope is some old school GM will look at Russell's PK and blocked shot #'s and take the bait haha

Sep. 4, 2020 at 3:38 p.m.

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ColonelX

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Don't see Montreal having any kind of interest in there. As you've said it's a deep draft and last year Montreal declined a trade to trade down two spots for a third rounder, so why would we take -yet another- bottom six winger and give a mid second for it when this year's a deeper draft? It'd make sense if you were at 12 but trading up only to leapfrog Toronto would basically mean Montreal wants Schneider at all cost.

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Sep. 4, 2020 at 3:39 p.m.

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tkecanuck341

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Quoting: ken_holland

RFA*

Not if he's not qualified. Then he's a UFA.

Sep. 4, 2020 at 3:44 p.m.

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OilFan93

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Quoting: ColonelX

You raise a good point. Looking back at the order the trade would probably be better suited for the 18-22 pick. My thought process was that MTL has a ton of picks, and Chiasson is pretty capable on the PP. Either way it'll be interesting to see what MTL does with their plethora of picks

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Sep. 4, 2020 at 3:47 p.m.

#18

ColonelX

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Quoting: OilFan93

Simple, trade all of them for McDavid.

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Sep. 4, 2020 at 3:48 p.m.

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OilFan93

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Quoting: tkecanuck341

Not if he's not qualified. Then he's a UFA.

I don't see Kenny letting AA walk. We could see a sign and trade, or a short term deal to stay with EDM, there are lots of players on the roster to move for cap. There were a few suitors at the trade deadline that wanted him, and it's pretty tough to judge him only based on this year due to injuries, a terrible DET team, and a tough situation with the pause.

Sep. 4, 2020 at 3:51 p.m.

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OilFan93

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Quoting: ColonelX

Simple, trade all of them for McDavid.

Genius. You know what, might as well throw in Draisaitl as well

Sep. 4, 2020 at 5:59 p.m.

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ColonelX

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Quoting: OilFan93

Genius. You know what, might as well throw in Draisaitl as well

Seriously now, I don't see Montreal trading away high value picks in this years draft yet. They may have blue chip prospects at all positions but aren't still contender, the addition of Allen only makes us playoff competent, they should keep the stockpile going for another year and then in next offseason start to unload some high pick in exchange of role players. If they go out now for a player they'd be looking for a bit of everything like a top LD, top RW and possibly top LW if something happens with Domi, next year when prospects start making an impact and become core players at the pro level then they'll be able to pin point which specific player they would like to bring in and make the difference but the team would already have strong foundations where I don't see them being there quite yet.
Loved what I've seen from Zook and KK but it's a learning process and at this point they'll be like wine and age good but thinking that trading for a guy like (Off the top of my head) Meier this offseason by unloading precious picks will completely change the team and make us a contender is totally delusional. There'll still be holes throughout the line up that are about to be filled by prospects from the farm system, Bergevin needs to be just a little more patient and let the apple ripe perfectly before picking it up from the tree. I like where he's heading in the third year of his rebuild, he'll bring people in to at least be somewhat competitive on the short term and that'll help the youth instead of acting like early 2010's Oilers where their young players would never see success for years, that's not good for developing your prospects!

Sep. 4, 2020 at 7:40 p.m.

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OilFan93

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Well said ColonelX. Once you get to the playoffs anything can happen (as we've seen). But if MB wants to get the Habs to that top 5 tier of elite teams, I think being patient would be the best route. I've been following this years draft quite a bit and am really hoping Holland can add a few more picks in the top 100. It seems like there are so many guys ranked in the 30 - 100 area that could be hits down the road. With that said, Montreal should be in good hands.

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