its really easy actually. Trade some stuff for Georgiev to backup Koskinen. Trade one of the LHD (nurse or Klefbom 1 for 1 for a LW for McDavid) Bring up Broberg, Bouchard and Benson. Keep the 2nd line together. Sign some cheap guys like Maroon/Brassard for the bottom 6. Re-sign Ennis. Trade for a cheap defensive minded 3C (Faksa, Kerfoot, etc).

“lack of quality assets (prospects and players)”. Well I guess you haven’t seen the oilers players, and the oilers prospects at all. Trade Russell, and Chiasson. That opens about 6M in cap on top of the 8 or so million we have right now would equal 14M to sign guys. Sign Bear, Puljujarvi to cheep 1-2 year deals. Let’s say Bear 2M and Puljujarvi 1M. That’s only 3M gone so we would have 11M left for a 3c, backup goalie, and a replacement for AA (if we don’t sign him). If you need more money then trade Benning, and give Bouchard a try. That minuses 2M against us. 13M if you don’t sign AA. That is a lot to do the signings.

Trading "stuff" for Giorgev isn't an answer, what "Stuff" would NYR like in exchange for Giorgev?

What teams are you trading Russell and Chaisson too?

And what sort of return for them is going to make any noticeable improvement in this team?

I was just formulating a response to this magic-wand-wave response when you beat me to it. Edmonton won't (and shouldn't) trade a first for him; Edmonton doesn't have a second to trade for him; and the entire point of your post is that there isn't much of this roster that isn't nailed down or else of only modest value. The best I can see is some version of Klefbom or Nurse for Andersson and Georgiev, which is fraught with risk.

Sounds like you're hoping for Hall, Hoffman or Dadonov.

Chiasson could go to like Montreal, and Russell to like LA. They would take them.

Not really honestly. Too much money, and we need that for Nuge, and Yamamoto. I’m thinking more on the lines of Bobby Ryan.

I thought you said you had more than $10 million to spend.

I'll bet Ryan costs less than Chiasson.

More than 10M for a 3c, backup goalie and winger.

What's the return the Oil would like? Or are willing to take? We'll see how this goes

7th for Russell, and maybe a 4th or so for Chiasson.

Fair enough , let's spend that 10 million - a back up goalie ( let's be honest it's a 35 - 40 game goalie the oil need) so there we've just spent 3 million, now 7 million left a 3c a 3c there's maybe 2 but really 1 available via FA Johan Larsson ( signed him here) 2.25 or maybe Eakin ( he's at least 2.5 but probably 3) alright now we need some winger depth and we have approximately 4 million left so I'm gonna assume we want an upgrade on AA which doesn't exist via FA for 4 million maybe Namestikov?

Yah Namestikov is a option I was thinking maybe Bobby Ryan. I would like to see him with McDavid. Colorado is probably going to resign Namestikov though.

Alberta teams are a mess. Did virtually nothing and still 3 million over the cap

Oilers dont have the money to qualify Atha nor the will. They lost draft picks for nothing. Just accept it. Doubling down will make it much worse

I suppose if you intend to compete for a cup next season then yes it is difficult to improve the Oilers. They need another couple of seasons to overcome some of the hangover left behind by their previous management. However the mid and long term outlook is quite promising.

Puljujarvi is tearing up SM Liga again, Broberg is excelling with top d-man minutes in the SHL, Konovalov is dominating between the pipes in the KHL, Samorukov has had a very strong start in the KHL as well, Bouchard is NHL ready, Benson looks like he's going to be a solid middle six forward, Rodrigue was extremely strong in the QMJHL after he returned from the last World Junior Tourniment, as was Lavoie, McLeod definitely looks Ike the 3C in a couple of seasons, and there is still time for Maxsimov to come around.

What's more, there are buyouts that are coming off the books, and a number of contracts expiring at the end of this next season. Take Russell out of the mix and Edmonton's d is pretty young, as is the core of forwards. Finally, Koskinen's metrics place him solidly in the top ten in the NHL in most categories. Still the team is not obligated to protect him in the Seattle expansion draft.

Honestly, I think the Oilers are progressing according to Holland's plan, perhaps they even surpassed targets last season... That might be why so many fans want moves now.

Kings will not take Russell and will hang up the phone. They don't need a 6/7 Dman making $4 especially in a flat cap

They will when you see their coach, and if you see that they could use a veteran good defence man. LA also has the money.

Sure LA has cap space (doesn't mean they'll use it on Russell) they would probably prefer Leddy out of NY who they can get who is better who is not all that much more expensive

Leddy would take more to get. Russell is cheep to acquire, good, and is a veteran which is what they need.

broberg isn't ready. I don't know if you watched the exhibition game between the flames and oilers, he clearly looked overwhelmed. He at least needs one more year. Benson and bouchard are probably brought up


For russell, teams that are on an internal payroll. A trade of chaisson for bjork from boston has appeared to be in the works


The return the oilers get for them doesn't really matter given that jones is now going to start on third pairing minutes

That’s why I think they’re about a year away from contention

Islanders need to shed salary to sign their players. Everyone on this board has him going for either a 6th-7th round pick. He has two years on his contract so if he doesn't fit another team will take him at the trade deadline. Russell is a 6/7 defenseman, Leddy is top 4. No comparison in skill set, Leddy is better. Find some other team to take your cap dump

LA doesn't need to waste their time or money on a fringe D. They are looking for a LHD to play with Doughty, not a filler here or there who is counting $4 million against the salary cap in a flat cap year.