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Created by: dilldoughs

Team: 2021-22 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 12, 2022

Published: Jan. 12, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Might be a stretch, especially with the team being in Canada and Archibald's vaccine status still unknown, but per Jim Matheson, Josh Archibald "was cleared in late December for exercising with heart monitor until middle of this month. Doctors will see how he gets through that test, and Oilers will go from there." Source: https://twitter.com/jimmathesonnhl/status/1481297612380778502

Similar story for Stalock, although I don't see him in the NHL this year.

Dylan Holloway has also started practicing with the team, and was on a line with Draisaitl prior to being added to the Covid list. Assume that if he has no lingering Covid effects, he'll be back soon and sent to the AHL for some games. If he looks good, he could be with the Oilers in a couple months.

If Koskinen doesn't stabilize ahead of the deadline, I'd imagine he's either traded or sent to the minors. Internal solution is Skinner, with some trade options being Fleury, Georgiev, Allen, etc. A lot rides on Smith staying healthy and returning to last year's form. Based on Holland's press conference, I think this is the team's hope.

With this forward lineup, they're one solid LD away from having a fairly competitive roster. My ideal targets would be Brayden McNabb or Vladislav Gavrikov, neither of which would be overly likely. More realistic options would be de Haan, Leddy, Giordano, Edler, Kulak, etc.

Free Agent Signings

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kane, Evander		1	$1,250,000

Buyouts

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

Retained Salary Transactions

Milan Lucic: $750,000 (12.5%)

Buried

Mikko Koskinen: $3,375,000 ($4,500,000)
Kyle Turris: $525,000 ($1,650,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$80,046,968	$669,339	$1,307,500	$1,453,032

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kane, Evander $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C UFA - 5	Puljujärvi, Jesse $1,175,000$1,175,000 RW UFA - 1
Holloway, Dylan $925,000$925,000 ($400,000$400K) LW, C RFA - 3	Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000$8,500,000 C, LW UFA - 4	Hyman, Zach $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 7
Foegele, Warren $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 8	Yamamoto, Kailer $1,175,000$1,175,000 RW RFA - 1
McLeod, Ryan $834,167$834,167 ($57,500$58K) C RFA - 1		Archibald, Josh $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
	Ryan, Derek $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Nurse, Darnell $5,600,000$5,600,000 LD UFA - 1	Bouchard, Evan $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 2	Smith, Mike $2,200,000$2,200,000 G UFA - 2
Keith, Duncan $5,538,462$5,538,462 LD NMC UFA - 2	Ceci, Cody $3,250,000$3,250,000 RD UFA - 4	Skinner, Stuart $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 2
Russell, Kris $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Barrie, Tyson $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Koekkoek, Slater $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 2		Klefbom, Oscar $4,167,000$4,167,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2
Kassian, Zack $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 3
Benson, Tyler $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Konovalov, Ilya $842,500$842,500 ($0$0$0$0) ($82,500$82K) G UFA - 2

Special Teams

Power Play 1
McDavid, C.		Kane, E.		Draisaitl, L.
	Nugent-Hopkins, R.		Barrie, T.

Power Play 2
Puljujärvi, J.		Hyman, Z.		Holloway, D.
	Foegele, W.		Bouchard, E.

Penalty Kill 1
	Nugent-Hopkins, R.	Hyman, Z.
	Nurse, D.	Bouchard, E.

Penalty Kill 2
	Ryan, D.	Archibald, J.
	Keith, D.	Ceci, C.

Jan. 12, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.

jacobla

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i would love archibald back, his energy, workmanship, is sorely missed

Jan. 12, 2022 at 1:31 p.m.

dilldoughs

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Quoting: jacobla

i would love archibald back, his energy, workmanship, is sorely missed

same, i'm a huge Archi fan. might be a stretch, but i'd love to see him back on the team

Jan. 12, 2022 at 2:13 p.m.

Timmah007

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Congrats this is my favourite post for an oilers team in awhile. Didn’t do anything drastic letting the problems correct themselves internally. You listed a few options on left d could target and leddy to me makes the most sense. Cost should be reasonable has a load of experience and is on a team we have seen multiple dealing between.

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Jan. 12, 2022 at 2:18 p.m.

dilldoughs

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Quoting: Timmah007

Thanks brother. I personally think the team is somewhere between their 16-5 start and their 2-9-2 slide. They should make playoffs this year without needing to make 10 trades. I think a few coaching adjustments, players getting healthy, and smaller tweaks can set them up for a run, and then come playoff time anything can happen.

Jan. 12, 2022 at 2:25 p.m.

Timmah007

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Quoting: dilldoughs

I’ve been saying it for awhile making any big trade right now or at deadline makes zero sense when sooo many of the questions around the team just needs more time to sort itself out and gain experience. Make a big splash now then what watch our downfall be the result of half the team being put back on covid protocol? That’s just too likely to risk accelerating the process.

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