Whats the best UFA LW for mcdavid next season

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Created by: OBC_Drinking_Buddy

Team: 2021-22 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: May 5, 2021

Published: May 5, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Think it is a forgone conclusion that Edmonton goes UFA shopping for a LW next season. Or two if you count resigning nuge.

So.... I’m Curious - What’s the best UFA LW for McDavid next season? Or is it nuge, and the new UFA LW plays w Dri and yamo?

The oil are only one piece away from a scary top 6. Only a handful of teams could ice a better top 6 once they find there second LW.

Here’s IMO the most reasonable/best fit UFA’s for this summer. All with pros and cons.

What say you? Comment away.

Don’t roast me too hard on the contracts lengths or AAV - just guesses done quickly - more interested on what folks think is the best fit, or what you think will actually happen...

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Yamamoto, Kailer		3	$3,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan	5	$6,250,000
Tatar, Tomas	3	$4,500,000
Schwartz, Jaden	3	$4,500,000
Foligno, Nick	3	$4,500,000
Hyman, Zach	5	$6,250,000
Janmark, Mattias	3	$3,500,000
Saad, Brandon	5	$5,000,000
Hoffman, Mike	1	$4,000,000

Buyouts

Andrej Sekera: $1,500,000

Retained Salary Transactions

Milan Lucic: $750,000 (12.5%)

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	$87,151,839	$669,339	$907,500	-$5,651,839

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan $6,250,000$6,250,000 LW, C UFA - 8	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C UFA - 5
Hyman, Zach $6,250,000$6,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 7	Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000$8,500,000 C, LW UFA - 4	Puljujärvi, Jesse $1,175,000$1,175,000 RW UFA - 1
Hoffman, Mike $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW UFA - 3
Saad, Brandon $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 5
Tatar, Tomas $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 2		Yamamoto, Kailer $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW RFA - 1
Foligno, Nick $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 2
Schwartz, Jaden $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW UFA - 5
Janmark, Mattias $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Archibald, Josh $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1		Klefbom, Oscar $4,167,000$4,167,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2
Turris, Kyle $1,650,000$1,650,000 C, RW UFA - 1		Kassian, Zack $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 3
McLeod, Ryan $834,167$834,167 ($57,500$58K) C RFA - 1
Bear, Ethan $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD UFA - 1
Koskinen, Mikko $4,500,000$4,500,000 G M-NTC UFA - 1
Stalock, Alex $785,000$785,000 G UFA - 1
Bouchard, Evan $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 2
Nurse, Darnell $5,600,000$5,600,000 LD UFA - 1
Russell, Kris $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Lagesson, William $725,000$725,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Jones, Caleb $850,000$850,000 LD/RD UFA - 1