Barrie is not the solution

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Initial Creation Date: Jul. 21, 2021

Published: Jul. 21, 2021

Team: 2021-22 Edmonton Oilers

Team Explanation

Losing Larsson sucks, because he was the best shutdown defenseman the Oilers had. You need big, strong shutdown defensemen to win in the playoffs. But signing Barrie wouldn't solve that issue. That's why I rather overpay for a guy like Savard and sign Hakanpää (a big, strong yet mostly unproven guy). That leaves Bear as the odd man out, which at least can help to get another pice (3C, Top6 Winger, Goalie) at a moderate cap hit (in this case Kessel).
Obviously, you can also sign Barrie and trade Bear, but then you spending a lot of money on your Blueline.

The guys on the Taxi Squad could all see some playing time in the NHL next season (Yeah even Konovalov).

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Yamamoto, Kailer	2	$2,000,000
Benson, Tyler	1	$850,000
Marody, Cooper	1	$850,000
Khaira, Jujhar	1	$1,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Smith, Mike	2	$2,000,000
Savard, David	3	$5,000,000
Hakanpää, Jani	4	$2,000,000
Koekkoek, Slater	2	$1,000,000
Bonino, Nick	2	$3,000,000
Mrázek, Petr	3	$3,000,000
Tatar, Tomas	1	$3,000,000

Trades

EDM

2021 4th round pick (OTT)

It's rumored that there is a deal in place. I have no clue with which team, so I just chose the Rangers, because they want to add some grit. But could be anywhere.

NYR

Kassian, Zack

EDM

Palat, Ondrej

TBL

Stalock, Alex
2023 2nd round pick (EDM)

EDM

Kessel, Phil ($3,400,000 retained)

ARI

Bear, Ethan
Koskinen, Mikko

Buyouts

Andrej Sekera: $1,500,000
James Neal: $1,916,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Milan Lucic: $750,000 (13%)

DRAFT YEAR	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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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$80,646,968	$669,339	$907,500	$853,032

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Palat, Ondrej $5,300,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 1	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000 C UFA - 5	Puljujärvi, Jesse $1,175,000 RW RFA - 1
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan $5,125,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 8	Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000 C, LW UFA - 4	Kessel, Phil $3,400,000 RW NMC NTC UFA - 1
Tatar, Tomas $3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Bonino, Nick $3,000,000 C NTC UFA - 2	Yamamoto, Kailer $2,000,000 RW, C RFA - 1
Benson, Tyler $850,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	McLeod, Ryan $834,167 C RFA - 1	Archibald, Josh $1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Nurse, Darnell $5,600,000 LD UFA - 1	Savard, David $5,000,000 RD UFA - 4	Mrázek, Petr $3,000,000 G NTC UFA - 3
Keith, Duncan $5,538,462 LD NMC UFA - 2	Hakanpää, Jani $2,000,000 RD UFA - 3	Smith, Mike $2,000,000 G UFA - 2
Koekkoek, Slater $1,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Bouchard, Evan $863,333 RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Shore, Devin $850,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 2		Klefbom, Oscar $4,167,000 LD NTC UFA - 2
Russell, Kris $1,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Khaira, Jujhar $1,000,000 C, LW UFA - 2

Taxi Squad
Turris, Kyle $1,650,000 ($525,000) C, RW UFA - 1
Lagesson, William $725,000 ($0) LD UFA - 1
Marody, Cooper $850,000 ($0) C, RW UFA - 1
Holloway, Dylan $925,000 ($0) C, LW, RW RFA - 3
Samorukov, Dmitri $825,000 ($0) LD RFA - 1
Konovalov, Ilya $842,500 ($0) G RFA - 2

Jul. 21, 2021 at 4:44 p.m.

Zmach

Pistol Pete

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Im quite adamate that if they sign Barrie Bear is gone.

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Jul. 21, 2021 at 4:47 p.m.

GermanGretzky

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Oilers Fan

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Quoting: Zmach

Im quite adamate that if they sign Barrie Bear is gone.

That would be the best asset managing, but then they still need a shutdown Dman. I don't know a lot about Hakanpää, but I think he could be one.

Jul. 21, 2021 at 4:56 p.m.

CD282

Joined: Mar. 2017

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"You need big, strong shutdown defensemen to win in the playoffs."

While I don't completely disagree, Larsson was one of the worst defensemen on the team in the playoffs:
http://naturalstattrick.com/playerteams.php?fromseason=20202021&thruseason=20202021&stype=3&sit=5v5&score=all&stdoi=oi&rate=y&team=EDM&pos=D&loc=B&toi=0&gpfilt=none&fd=&td=&tgp=410&lines=single&draftteam=ALL

Jul. 21, 2021 at 4:59 p.m.

CD282

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That Savard contract is a fireable offense. Absolutely terrible for a guy that has already fallen off the cliff: 26.79 GF% in Columbus this year and a horrid 16.67 GF% in Tampa Bay. He's worth about $1.5M on a 1-year deal, and that's only if you have a MASSIVE appetite for risk.

http://naturalstattrick.com/playerreport.php?fromseason=20202021&thruseason=20202021&stype=2&sit=5v5&stdoi=oi&rate=y&v=p&playerid=8475233

Jul. 21, 2021 at 4:59 p.m.

CD282

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"Barrie is not the solution"

This, we agree on.

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Jul. 21, 2021 at 5:11 p.m.

GermanGretzky

Thread Starter

Oilers Fan

Joined: May 2021

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Quoting: CD282

Wow, didn't know that Savard was THIS bad. While I still don't completely agree with you, I can see your point and you're probably right that 5Mio is way to much for Savard.
But I think that the qualities of a shutdown defensemen are hard to quantify in numbers and sad but true I can see Holland overpay for a guy like Savard.

Jul. 21, 2021 at 5:27 p.m.

Zmach

Pistol Pete

Joined: Aug. 2020

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Quoting: CD282

I swear you were arguing for David savard 6 months ago saying lasson is garbage.

Savard apparently has been slowing down?

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