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Created by: anduril

Team: 2020-21 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 20, 2020

Published: Sep. 21, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Disclaimer: This is not necessarily what I'd advocate the Oilers should do. I'm a bit on the fence about the possibility of acquiring OEL and I feel like this ties their hands a bit upfront. I'm not a fan of the 4th line in this scenario. I've made edits since my original so some of the comments in the forum are no longer applicable.

I'd prefer to sign Mikko Koivu as a 3C but I'm not sure what it would take to convince him. He'll probably just retire.

I'd like to see Evan Bouchard displace Benning quickly and force Holland to make a trade. I'd like to see Benning traded for Kulak. Kulak would make an excellent veteran 7th defenseman and he's a local product. MTL has a logjam at 3LHD so swapping out Kulak for Benning gives them some balance.

I believe Edmonton has the option to split its overages across two seasons, which I'd probably do in order to provide a little big more wiggle room.

I've signed some former Red Wings as depth players (and placed them in the minors) on the assumption that Holland would go to players he knows. I really don't know if they'd accept such contracts or assignments.

I personally think Edmonton should move on from Nurse rather than Klefbom but I don't believe Oilers mgmt agrees. Nurse is a strong 5v5 contributor and maybe with OEL firmly in the 1st pairing and being a more durable player than Klefbom, Nurse comes more fully into his own as a defender.

By the trade deadline, I'd like to see JP and Kassian swap positions. Good competition too on LW between Bjork and Athanasiou for 2LW, or even 1LW as RNH-Draisaitl-Yamamoto is a line I'd like to see together again.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Puljujärvi, Jesse		2	$1,200,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Bear, Ethan	2	$2,875,000
Day, Logan	2	$825,000
Kuffner, Ryan	2	$750,000
Benning, Matthew	2	$1,850,000
Athanasiou, Andreas	1	$2,550,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Howard, Jimmy	1	$1,000,000
Daley, Trevor	1	$700,000
Larsson, Johan	3	$2,125,000

Trades

EDM

2020 3rd round pick (EDM)

Additional Details:

Oilers decide to send CGY their 2021 rather than 2020-3rd round pick to complete the Lucic deal. CGY must, therefore, give their 3rd round pick in 2020 to CHI to complete the Gustafsson deal, which means CGY will no longer have a 3rd round pick in 2020, definitely an added bonus to this decision.

CGY

2021 3rd round pick (EDM)

EDM

2020 4th round pick (VGK)

Additional Details:

Oilers acquire one of TOR's two 4th round picks.

TOR

Khaira, Jujhar

Additional Details:

TOR acquires a big body who is excellent on the PK. Dubas reportedly has had an interest in this player as an extra in rumoured deals.

EDM

Bjork, Anders
2020 2nd round pick (BOS)
2021 2nd round pick (BOS)

Additional Details:

Oilers recoup 2nd round picks to replace the ones they gave up in the AA trade at the deadline as well as young, talented player who is buried in the Bruins lineup. Honestly believe a 1st would be fairer value than 2-2nds but BOS doesn't have a 2020-1st.

BOS

Additional Details:

BOS acquires LHD to replace Krug and solid depth player. Klefbom provides a solid two-way dimension that Krug lacks but can still run a power-play.

EDM

2020 1st round pick (NYI)
2020 2nd round pick (DAL)
2020 2nd round pick (CBJ)

OTT

2020 1st round pick (EDM)

EDM

Ekman-Larsson, Oliver ($1,485,000 retained)
Raanta, Antti ($2,125,000 retained)

Additional Details:

ARI saves $44.28m total owing to OEL (retains $9.72m total) with young players ready to step up. Chychrun, Goligoski, and Oesterle on the left and Hjalmarsson, Demers, and Soderstrom on the right. ARI only retains $1m in actual salary on Raanta (saves $1m). I suspect ARI trades Kuemper to CAR for Reimer plus picks, to TOR for Anderson plus a pick, or to CGY for their 1st.

ARI

Lagesson, William [RFA Rights]
Neal, James
2020 1st round pick (NYI)
2020 3rd round pick (EDM)

Additional Details:

Karlsson OTT-SJS, Hall NJD-ARI, and Kessel TOR-PIT provide good examples of reasonable returns. ARI acquires a solid prospect in Lagesson as well as a 1st and 3rd round pick to replace picks they gave up for Hall and Soderberg respectively. ARI also acquires James Neal, who they can keep and who will contribute about 20 goals, or they can buy him out under reasonably favourable terms. OEL's NTC limits ARI's potential return somewhat. I'm also playing it conservatively because OEL is an aging defenseman, whose recent numbers show some decline, and ARI is reportedly desperate to cut costs.

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

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$79,214,032	$341,534	$730,000	$2,285,968

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, C UFA - 1	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C UFA - 6	Kassian, Zack $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 4
Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000$8,500,000 C, LW UFA - 5	Yamamoto, Kailer $894,166$894,166 ($230,000$230K) RW RFA - 1
Athanasiou, Andreas $2,550,000$2,550,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Ryan, Derek $3,125,000$3,125,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Puljujärvi, Jesse $1,200,000$1,200,000 RW UFA - 2
	Haas, Gaëtan $915,000$915,000 C UFA - 1
Larsson, Johan $2,125,000$2,125,000 C, LW UFA - 2		Archibald, Josh $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Ekman-Larsson, Oliver $5,775,000$5,775,000 LD NMC UFA - 7	Larsson, Adam $4,166,666$4,166,666 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 $2,875,000$2,875,000 RD UFA - 2
Jones, Caleb $850,000$850,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Benning, Matthew $1,850,000$1,850,000 RD UFA - 2	Raanta, Antti $2,125,000$2,125,000 G UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Nygård, Joakim $875,000$875,000 LW UFA - 1
Russell, Patrick $700,000$700,000 RW UFA - 1
Bouchard, Evan $863,333$863,333 ($500,000$500K) RD RFA - 3

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Yamamoto, K.		McDavid, C.		Draisaitl, L.
	Nugent-Hopkins, R.		Ekman-Larsson, O.

Power Play 2
Puljujärvi, J.		Ryan, D.		Bjork, A.
	Athanasiou, A.		Bear, E.

Penalty Kill 1
	Larsson, J.	Archibald, J.
	Ekman-Larsson, O.	Larsson, A.

Penalty Kill 2
	Haas, G.	Nugent-Hopkins, R.
	Nurse, D.	Bear, E.

Sep. 24, 2020 at 3:13 p.m.

#26

CD282

Joined: Mar. 2017

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Quoting: Fran615

Like I said, Habs would not pick him up on waivers. I'm not joking. Habs have Weber and Petry on RHD and they're not going anywhere.
No need for him AT ALL. Not on waivers, mark my words. Habs would pass on him on waivers.
did you know he makes over $4m? Salary cap not budging? Yeah, no thanks buddy.
And as you confess, Chiasson is a "cap dump". Dump your garbage elsewhere.

Oh, wait, the funniest thing is the Habs are actually supposed to give up assets for this 1-2 garbage gift?
A 1st round pick??? Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Come on man. Come on. Wake up buddy.

Peace my friend

Klefbom is a leftie. Thanks for playing though.

Sep. 24, 2020 at 3:45 p.m.

#27

anduril

Thread Starter

anduril

Joined: Sep. 2020

Posts: 49

Likes: 10

Quoting: CD282

OEL's 5v5 GF% (rel) for the past 4 years:

2016-17: 45.69% (+2.92)
2017-18: 45.76% (-0.47)
2018-19: 43.93% (-2.74)
2019-20: 48.28% (-3.34)

Do you see the decline now? OEL isn't as good as Nurse now and he certainly isn't going to be getting better in his 30's. It doesn't make any sense for the Oilers, even if they do get out of Neal's $5.75 x 3 deal. Neal provides something they need, OEL does not.

I think the savings LT proposed was based on AZ buying Neal out, as that would cost them $11.5M over 6 years vs $54M over the next 7 years. That's HUGE - if they could add the 2020 #14 overall pick to that savings it would be a big win for them. I don't see that it makes any sense for the Oilers, however.

He looks better by some other metrics for those seasons and has a PDO well below 100 in all but last season. Coyotes weren’t exactly burning it up. That being said, it’s a possible issue and, like I said, it’s not the way I’d go. I’d rather hold on to our pick and our current D corp. If I was trading Klefbom or Nurse, I’d like to get someone like Ekholm or a RHD like Parayko but I doubt either is moving.

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Sep. 25, 2020 at 8:37 p.m.

#28

Fran615

Joined: Apr. 2018

Posts: 1,139

Likes: 499

Quoting: anduril

You are just wrong. Thank you for your feedback though.

Peace my friend

Hope I wasn't too harsh... might have been a tiny bit too dry there.
Hope you're doing alright my friend!

Sep. 25, 2020 at 8:40 p.m.

#29

Fran615

Joined: Apr. 2018

Posts: 1,139

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Quoting: CD282

Klefbom is a leftie. Thanks for playing though.

On the Left Hand side, it's even worse actually.

Chiarot has a secured spot for another 2 years; he's perfect there. LD spot no doubt for 2 years.
Edmundson has signed for 4 years. LD spot no doubt.
Romanov will be a solid Top 4 LD.
Kulak has proven he's a top-4 LD.
And then Norlinder, Harris and Struble which are all absolute Grade A prospects on the LD.

I have obviously over reacted, but the Habs do not need another D.

Cheers my friend

Sep. 28, 2020 at 9:41 a.m.

#30

CD282

Joined: Mar. 2017

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Quoting: Fran615

None of those guys are playing ahead of Klefbom.

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Sep. 28, 2020 at 9:42 a.m.

#31

CD282

Joined: Mar. 2017

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Quoting: Fran615

Romanov will be a solid Top 4 LD.

Where is Romanov playing now?

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