Bridge the RWs keep the band together

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Created by: RWellington

Team: 2022-23 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: May 5, 2022

Published: May 5, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

I know its crazy talk to bridge JP & Yam again but IF Edmonton could keep this group together (a few additions by subtraction) and add to the mix I would contemplate it.

Bridge Contract is based on Jordan Kyrou less a year & 50K

Couple Thoughts:

1. Tyson Barrie will fetch a late 1st round pick or multiple 2nd round picks
2. Holland Signs Kane to a 3yr deal, sees window with 97 & 29, term lines up with 29 contract expiration
3. Zach Kassian is dealt this summer for an actual return (some GM watching last night will think that is the player they are trading for and remember NHL GMs love to bail each other out stupidly enough)
4. Neither Smith or Keith retire, regardless of winning a cup or not. (Good chance they sign Vet goalie as Smith Insurance policy)

Having to resign JP, Bouchard, Yam & Skinner in a single offseason will be 2023 summer To-Do however, based on the moves made in the AGM, the Oilers will have near $25m.
Assuming they use $16m on the 4 key RFAs that leaves roughly $9m to spend on 5-6 NHL contracts. Of the 5 contracts 1 will be a backup's deal (Assuming Skinner takes over starters role), a 7th Dman (Broberg takes over 2LD & Nemo or Samo take over 3LD), a 4TH-LW & 4TH-RW.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
McLeod, Ryan	3	$1,250,000
Puljujärvi, Jesse	1	$2,750,000
Yamamoto, Kailer	1	$2,750,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kane, Evander	3	$4,500,000
Stastny, Paul	1	$3,250,000
Kulak, Brett	4	$2,250,000
Halák, Jaroslav	1	$750,000
Russell, Kris	1	$750,000
Helm, Darren	1	$800,000

Trades

EDM

2023 3rd round pick (MIN)

ANA

Kassian, Zack
2023 6th round pick (EDM)

EDM

2022 2nd round pick (TOR)
2023 2nd round pick (TOR)

SEA

Barrie, Tyson

Buyouts

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

Retained Salary Transactions

Milan Lucic: $750,000 (12.5%)

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	$82,500,000	$83,390,295	$896,000	$2,200,000	-$890,295

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kane, Evander $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Puljujärvi, Jesse $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW UFA - 1
Stastny, Paul $3,250,000$3,250,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000$8,500,000 C, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	Yamamoto, Kailer $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW RFA - 2
Holloway, Dylan $925,000$925,000 ($500,000$500K) LW, C RFA - 2	Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 7	Hyman, Zach $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 6
Foegele, Warren $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	McLeod, Ryan $1,250,000$1,250,000 C RFA - 1	Ryan, Derek $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, RW UFA - 1
	Helm, Darren $800,000$800,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Nurse, Darnell $9,250,000$9,250,000 LD NMC UFA - 8	Ceci, Cody $3,250,000$3,250,000 RD UFA - 3	Skinner, Stuart $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
Keith, Duncan $5,538,462$5,538,462 LD NMC UFA - 1	Bouchard, Evan $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 1	Smith, Mike $2,200,000$2,200,000 G UFA - 1
Broberg, Philip $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) LD RFA - 2	Kulak, Brett $2,250,000$2,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	Halák, Jaroslav $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
Niemeläinen, Markus $762,500$762,500 LD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Klefbom, Oscar $4,167,000$4,167,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1

May 5, 2022 at 2:05 p.m.

Lenny7

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"Ducks send pick to eat two years of Kassian and free up cap space for division rival to upgrade lineup" sounds like a pretty headline.

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May 5, 2022 at 2:11 p.m.

bagelbob

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god help the fans of a team with a GM that trades a third round pick for zack kassian

May 5, 2022 at 2:15 p.m.

PredsWingsFan

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Holland is notorious for making dumb signings like that Kane deal.. Taking up space on your CAP strapped team and risking it on a guy who cant seem to play an entire year without getting in trouble is something Holland would do.. probably didnt give him enough money or length for a Holland deal though. Maybe 8 years at $8M

May 5, 2022 at 2:20 p.m.

GeneralLandro

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Add a 2nd to Kassian and maybe we can try this again

May 5, 2022 at 2:58 p.m.

RWellington

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RW90

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Quoting: Lenny7

"Ducks send pick to eat two years of Kassian and free up cap space for division rival to upgrade lineup" sounds like a pretty headline.

Ducks GM watches Troy Terry get face punched in ... regrets trading away Deslaurier at TDL
Ducks GM watches Kassian run over division rival LA Kings players thinks he could use that player

Quoting: bagelbob

god help the fans of a team with a GM that trades a third round pick for zack kassian

Quoting: GeneralLandro

Add a 2nd to Kassian and maybe we can try this again

Hate the notion of a player getting dealt all you want but remember a GM in this league gave up a 3rd round pick for Travis Hamonic , without salary retention and had cleared waivers prior. Same thing could be said about Ristolinien, OEL and the list goes on. GMs make regrettable deals every year

May 5, 2022 at 2:59 p.m.

RWellington

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RW90

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Quoting: PredsWingsFan

Did you miss the entire breakdown or just come for the comments?

May 5, 2022 at 3:12 p.m.

Lenny7

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Quoting: RWellington

Clearly none of you read the description above

"Zach Kassian is dealt this summer for an actual return (some GM watching last night will think that is the player they are trading for and remember NHL GMs love to bail each other out stupidly enough)"

Ducks GM watches Troy Terry get face punched in ... regrets trading away Deslaurier at TDL
Ducks GM watches Kassian run over division rival LA Kings players thinks he could use that player

Hate the notion of a player getting dealt all you want but remember a GM in this league gave up a 3rd round pick for Travis Hamonic , without salary retention and had cleared waivers prior. Same thing could be said about Ristolinien, OEL and the list goes on. GMs make regrettable deals every year

The hilarious falacy/narrative that Troy Terry doesn't end up getting suckered in that situation if Kassian is on the ice is possibly the funniest thing I've ever read or heard.

It's kind of funny, because I typically see a ton of tweets or stories online about guys like Connor McDavid having to deal with a ton of cheap shots during games...Weird that Kassian doesn't just magically stop this...

As for whether I read the description or not, I can confirm that I 100% did not. I don't recall it being there when this was originally posted, and if it was, I probably would have stopped right around where you said "Tyson Barrie could fetch a late 1st".

May 5, 2022 at 3:28 p.m.

RWellington

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RW90

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Quoting: Lenny7

Hahaha no one is suggesting Kassian = no Sucker, Kassian gives you a response. It makes teams rethink dirty plays and answer the bell when something has occured.

Connor plays through countless infractions not dirty plays (excluding the Gio trip) .... Whatever material your reading is likely biased or uninformed

You didn't read the description cause you just came to comment, but here is a List of RHD traded for a 1st round pick: Ristolainen, Trouba & Montour. I take Barrie over all 3 once salary is taken into account. The fact is Barrie is a solid PP QB on a team, friendly deal and is only 30yrs old I will be shocked if the player isn't dealt for a late 1st or multiple 2nds as I suggested.

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