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Created by: truculence67

Team: 2020-21 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 22, 2020

Published: Dec. 22, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Bear, Ethan		2	$2,250,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Koekkoek, Slater		1	$1,000,000
Lewis, Trevor		1	$750,000

Buyouts

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

Retained Salary Transactions

Milan Lucic: $750,000 (12.5%)

Buried

James Neal: $4,675,000 ($5,750,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$79,625,699	$341,534	$730,000	$1,874,301

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kahun, Dominik $975,000$975,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C UFA - 6	Puljujärvi, Jesse $1,175,000$1,175,000 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
Ennis, Tyler $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Turris, Kyle $1,650,000$1,650,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Kassian, Zack $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 4
Khaira, Jujhar $1,200,000$1,200,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Haas, Gaëtan $915,000$915,000 C UFA - 1	Chiasson, Alex $2,150,000$2,150,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Nurse, Darnell $5,600,000$5,600,000 LD UFA - 2	Barrie, Tyson $3,750,000$3,750,000 RD UFA - 1	Koskinen, Mikko $4,500,000$4,500,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Jones, Caleb $850,000$850,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Bear, Ethan $2,250,000$2,250,000 RD UFA - 2	Smith, Mike $1,500,000$1,500,000 ($500,000$500K) G NTC UFA - 1
Russell, Kris $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1	Larsson, Adam $4,166,666$4,166,666 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Archibald, Josh $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2		Klefbom, Oscar $4,167,000$4,167,000 LD UFA - 3
Lewis, Trevor $750,000$750,000 RW, C UFA - 1
Koekkoek, Slater $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Dec. 22, 2020 at 8:05 a.m.

Byrr

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Imagine once Larsson's questionable back starts acting up again.

Dec. 22, 2020 at 8:11 a.m.

kscoop

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The goaltending is much worse.

Dec. 22, 2020 at 8:16 a.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

Joined: Jul. 2015

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Best thing about the Oilers defence is that 3 middling to poor Dmen making 12m are UFAs next season. Maybe the Oilers can spend 12m better in 21/22

Dec. 22, 2020 at 8:24 a.m.

CD282

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Quoting: kscoop

The goaltending is much worse.

The goaltending is unchanged.

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Dec. 22, 2020 at 8:24 a.m.

CD282

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Quoting: Byrr

Imagine once Larsson's questionable back starts acting up again.

That's when Bouchard steps in.

Dec. 22, 2020 at 8:27 a.m.

Byrr

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Quoting: CD282

That's when Bouchard steps in.

That's a large downgrade, particularly vs elite competition.

Dec. 22, 2020 at 8:38 a.m.

CD282

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Quoting: Byrr

That's a large downgrade, particularly vs elite competition.

It's a question mark for sure. Bouchard has much more offensive upside than even a healthy Larsson. Defensively? That depends on how questionable Larsson's back is!

In that instance I see Nurse-Bear shouldering a greater load - they played more against elite comp last year than Klefbom-Larsson did anyhow.

Dec. 22, 2020 at 9:18 a.m.

dzad96

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By question mark you mean "a glaring hole", right?

Dec. 22, 2020 at 9:35 a.m.

herzausstein

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Quoting: palhal

Best thing about the Oilers defence is that 3 middling to poor Dmen making 12m are UFAs next season. Maybe the Oilers can spend 12m better in 21/22

I really don't see any UFA dmen worth spending that kind of money on though. The improvement is going to have to come from within or through trade. If Klefbom could actually stay healthy it'd go a long way towards making the defense better.

Dec. 22, 2020 at 9:48 a.m.

#10

Nhl_oilers

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We will be okay. Maybe Jones will play good, or Holland will trade or sign another defence man.

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Dec. 22, 2020 at 10:15 a.m.

#11

CD282

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Quoting: herzausstein

Dougie Hamilton will be available next summer, plus a bunch of veterans who would be available on 1 year deals for fairly cheap. The Oilers have a bunch of good prospects coming, maybe they don't need a headliner but some useful vets to mentor the prospects. Of course, if guys like Seth Jones and Colton Parayko hit the market in 2022 you'd have to take a run at them.

Dec. 22, 2020 at 10:25 a.m.

#12

OilersNation

Trade is one for one

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Quoting: kscoop

The goaltending is much worse.

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