Is there a top 6 forward on a cap strapped team that can be had for cheap

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Created by: DripBayless

Team: 2021-22 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: May 26, 2021

Published: May 26, 2021

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Another solution might be the Oilers getting a free top 6 forward. Is there a cap strapped team that might be letting go of a forward due to expansion or cap reasons for cheap?

Other than Danault, there's not a lot of good forwards out there in FA. Assuming Saad, Hall, Ovechkin, Krejci, Landeskog all stay with their teams.

You're left with Hoffman, Tatar, Granlund, Hyman, etc. Not exactly guys you wanna know throw big money / term at.

We can trade/buyout Neal and get 3M more. So that leaves around 5M in cap space. Is there a player out there?

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Yamamoto, Kailer	3	$2,000,000
Shore, Devin	2	$800,000
Khaira, Jujhar	2	$800,000
Marody, Cooper	2	$800,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Goodrow, Barclay	2	$2,000,000
Coleman, Blake	3	$3,000,000
Ullmark, Linus	3	$3,500,000
Barrie, Tyson	5	$5,000,000
Haas, Gaëtan	1	$800,000
Larsson, Adam	4	$3,750,000
Smith, Mike	1	$1,000,000
Koekkoek, Slater	1	$800,000
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan	6	$5,500,000

Trades

EDM

SEA

Jones, Caleb

Additional Details:

Expansion

EDM

2021 5th round pick (SEA)

SEA

Koskinen, Mikko ($2,000,000 retained)

Additional Details:

Any team that misses out on 1B goalie in FA.

Buyouts

Andrej Sekera: $1,500,000

Retained Salary Transactions

Milan Lucic: $750,000 (12.5%)
Mikko Koskinen: $2,000,000 (44.44%)

Buried

Kris Russell: $125,000 ($1,250,000)
Kyle Turris: $525,000 ($1,650,000)

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	$75,533,839	$669,339	$907,500	$5,966,161

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Neal, James $750,000$750,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C UFA - 5	Puljujärvi, Jesse $1,175,000$1,175,000 RW UFA - 1
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, C UFA - 8	Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000$8,500,000 C, LW UFA - 4	Kassian, Zack $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 3
Coleman, Blake $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 6	Goodrow, Barclay $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, LW UFA - 6	Yamamoto, Kailer $2,000,000$2,000,000 RW RFA - 1
Shore, Devin $800,000$800,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 2	McLeod, Ryan $834,167$834,167 ($57,500$58K) C RFA - 1	Archibald, Josh $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Nurse, Darnell $5,600,000$5,600,000 LD UFA - 1	Barrie, Tyson $5,000,000$5,000,000 RD UFA - 3
Klefbom, Oscar $4,167,000$4,167,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Larsson, Adam $3,750,000$3,750,000 RD UFA - 4
Bear, Ethan $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD UFA - 1		Ullmark, Linus $3,500,000$3,500,000 G UFA - 4
	Bouchard, Evan $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 2	Smith, Mike $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Haas, Gaëtan $800,000$800,000 C UFA
Lagesson, William $725,000$725,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Koekkoek, Slater $800,000$800,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

May 26, 2021 at 11:50 a.m.

hockeyconnor97

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Killorn

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May 26, 2021 at 11:50 a.m.

sensibleguy

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I heard Galchenyuk had a good game recently.

May 26, 2021 at 11:59 a.m.

Nhl_oilers

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Quoting: hockeyconnor97

Killorn

Yup, I agree. Alex Killorn or Ondrej Palat... I always trade a third and Alex Stalock.

May 26, 2021 at 12:00 p.m.

DripBayless

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Quoting: hockeyconnor97

Killorn

What’s the acquisition cost you think? I mean we have a couple second rounders and 1sts, also have Benson and Marody and Lavoie. And obviously lower end picks. I’m hoping we can get some of these guys for like 3rds and stuff like that.

May 26, 2021 at 12:01 p.m.

DripBayless

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Quoting: Nhl_oilers

Yup, I agree. Alex Killorn or Ondrej Palat... I always trade a third and Alex Stalock.

Those guys would be great but I’m sure Tampa would rather get rid of Johnson first before those guys

May 26, 2021 at 12:02 p.m.

Flames123

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pretty sure your going to have to give up a pick with koskinen to get rid of him lol

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May 26, 2021 at 12:08 p.m.

CD282

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Quoting: DripBayless

Look at what Vegas got for Schmidt. A 3rd, IIRC.

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May 26, 2021 at 12:17 p.m.

Chopper02

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Quoting: DripBayless

Those guys would be great but I’m sure Tampa would rather get rid of Johnson first before those guys

I think Killorn is on the table since Stamkos is mostly on the wing now. He adds some grit to Edmonton also and solid two-way play. I agree they'd rather dump Johnson, but Killorn is more palatable. Maybe Benson and a 2nd+4th? Depends on how desperate Tampa is to get rid of salary.

May 26, 2021 at 12:18 p.m.

Chopper02

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One person you forgot on the UFA front is Jaden Schwartz. I think the Blues want to keep him and he is very touch and go in terms of production,but even when not producing he makes a difference.

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May 26, 2021 at 12:34 p.m.

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Quoting: Chopper02

TBL is $5M over the cap and still need to sign 4 more guys. They'll probably have to move both Johnson and Killorn to make the cap work.

May 26, 2021 at 12:38 p.m.

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Quoting: CD282

TBL is $5M over the cap and still need to sign 4 more guys. They'll probably have to move both Johnson and Killorn to make the cap work.

Likely, yes. Killorn fits more with Tippett's style though.

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May 26, 2021 at 1:21 p.m.

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Quoting: DripBayless

Those guys would be great but I’m sure Tampa would rather get rid of Johnson first before those guys

Possibly... it doesn’t hurt to try though.

May 26, 2021 at 2:24 p.m.

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DripBayless

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Quoting: Chopper02

Likely, yes. Killorn fits more with Tippett's style though.

If the cost were a third round pick, or less, I’d much rather trade for Killeen than sign anybody in FA

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