Team: 2021-22 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 22, 2021

Published: Jun. 22, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

This would be our Dream offseason

1. Sign a top 6 winger
This could also work if we re-sign Nuge, before I go further, if we do sign one, I doubt it would be Landeskog since they're off a playoff run, but Landeskog would make the most sense, he can play an everything role, if we could get him on a raise for around 7 mil, that would be a W. Other players that could also fit the role could be Taylor Hall, Brandon Saad, Jaden Schwartz, Zach Hyman, Blake Coleman or Tomas Tatar

2. Nugent-Hopkins and Larsson re-sign for Cheap
If we could get Landeskog (I doubt it) for around 7 mil, and then give Nuge and Larsson cheaper contracts, that could save A LOT of cap space. If we could sign Larsson to around 3.75 mil for 3 or 4 years, and RNH for under 5.5 mil, that could make some more wiggle room.

3. Koskinen bought out or traded and we get a solid backup/starter
Buying out Mikko wouldn't be a bad idea, or we could just get something out of him and potentially get a better backup or a starter. Either Korpisalo, or maybe Merzlinkins from CBJ would be our best bet, but there is also a bid going for Darcy Kuemper in Arizona, so he could be an option B, but if we were to trade him, it would probably be to CBJ. I do think that if Koskinen isn't coming back next season, that he'd just be boughtout, and we could sign someone younger like Linus Ullmark, or Chris Dreidger, or David Rittich or potentially someone like Freddy Andersen

4. Getting a defenceman who can play top 4 minutes with Larsson
Assuming that Klefbom isn't ready for the start of the season, we'll need a player who can play top 4 on a pair with Larsson, since Lagesson, Jones, Koekkoek, Kulikov, all of those guys don't fit the role, with the exception of Russel, I believe he and Larsson have good chemistry together from the past, but I think he's a better fit on the 3rd pair. If we could sign someone who can play top 4 minutes, get shuffled around the lineup, and can play a shutdown and offensive role, that would be a big piece to be a contender, someone like Martinez, Oleksiak, or maybe even Ryan Murray.

5. The youth steps up
I believe that McLeod and Bouchard are regulars now, and if Dylan Holloway can get into the lineup and contribute, like Makar in Colorado, Kaprizov in Minnesota, or Pettersson a few years ago in Vancouver, and I'm NOT SAYING THEY WILL BE AS GOOD AS THESE GUYS RIGHT AWAY. I wouldn't even be suprised if Ken Holland wants to reunite the Bakersfield 1st line, in Benson, McLeod, and Marody.

6. An actually GOOD 3rd line right-handed center
Yes, Turris was a total failure this season, 2 goals, 5 points, and I'm pretty sure one of the goals was by accident, and couldn't win a face-off to save his life. We need to find ANOTHER right-handed center who can ACTUALLY WIN FACE-OFFS and can SCORE... and there are options via free agency, there's a risky option in Derek Ryan, as he's getting up there in age, there's Tyler Bozak, which would cost a bit, there's a Sam Gagner option, that i doubt will happen, there's Jason Spezza, who I think stays with Toronto, and there's Travis Zajac. Honestly to narrow it down, I'd just make it either Spezza or Bozak.

7. Adding to out bottom 6
One thing that we didn't get much of for the final half of the season last year was depth scoring. I can honestly see Blake Coleman, Barclay Goodrow or Joel Armia on a line with McLeod and Archibald/Holloway and could SERIOUSLY make an impact on the ENTIRE team