Yikes. I'd want no part of that Kane contract. I love how he's played but if he wants to chase a bag, Oilers should stay clear. Max I would do is 2 or 3 years at $4M. If he has an amazing playoffs, maybe that gets pushed to $4.5M, but anything above is crazy.

Also care to explain dumping Yamo and Barrie for nothing? Yamamoto has been great. Barrie does exactly whats expected and in no way is overpaid. He is an offensive, puck moving dman. Teams love to have. It would be a mistake to move him.

Agree with dumping Kassian, but packaging two good players just to dump Kassian is dumb

I agree with a lot of what you say. Kane without the personal issues is worth the $7M of his previous contract. Not sure how you quantify the personal side, there is some risk there but I think too many people are far too quick to judge and cancel these days. Kane's impact to the Oilers has definitely been in the Nuge Hyman range if not more. There are no major weaknesses in his game and I definitely take him over Yamamoto (who I like). We should hold on if we can, this is probably the max I would go term and cost wise.

Barrie has value, Yamamoto has value, I would love to keep them but we can't fit Kane and Husso without moving someone. Barrie is good but redundant and we have to start bringing up the prospect D. You could make a case for moving Foegele instead of Yamamoto. Either way, try finding a realistic series of trades that moves out Barrie, Yamo, and Kassian and has a better return, it's not as easy as it sounds.

Literally giving away Yamamoto - who’s played very well on the top line with McDavid - is a shortsighted move. Buy out Kassian if need be - which will only cost the Oilers 600K in 22-23.