Very easy no from the Oilers. Edmonton doesn't have any cap space.

McDonagh is pretty much a cap dump at this point in his career. you will have to add pick/prospects to move.

gonna come back to this when he is moved for positive value

TyJo vibes

not close this time around, even some of the ACGM on here are giving up some decent pieces to get McDonagh

Apparently, everyone these days with a contract north of $5M is considered a cap dump.

arab05: is correct. The Oilers have the same problem and the Rangers. McDavid's contract doesn't leave for to pay the supporting cast that's required to win a cup. He's a great player, but 1/7 of the salary cap for one guy? There are currently 16 guys with CAPs hit of $10M or more. Total cups: goose egg. Only Toews and Kane currently have cups and salaries at $10.5M. However, they won there three cups when the cap hits were $7.5M. At the current CAP ceiling you can pay three guy in the neighborhood of $10M. I'll just use the Rangers as a example. Top 5 cap hits. Breadman $11.65M Fox $9.5M Mika $8.5M - that's $29.65 so far Trouba $8M and Kreids at $6.5M for a total of $44.15M - roughly 50% of the payroll for 5 guys You'll be able to bring a few more guys at say $5M and that's it. Many of the guys on the NYR playoff roster this year won't be coming back because the Rangers are cash strapped with too many expensive contracts. What if the 5 Top Rangers were paid. $9.5M - $8.5 - $8M - $6M and $6M for total of $38M. That's over $6.15M to keep the band together. Crosby $8.7M and Evgeny $9.5M - 3 cups Toews and Kane $7.5 at the time say $9.5 now - 3 cups, Ovey $9.5M - 1 cup - Stamkos $8.5M and Kucherov $9.5M - 2 cups. All of these guys are great players. So the question is, are you in for the $s or the cups. Just sayin.

What?

I stand by my previous post. No Cup for Connor or Leon. Reason: Insufficient supporting cast. Ditto for Breadman and Trouba. CAP cash constraints are a killer.

This is one of the reason they moving him now. If they wait 1-2 more years, he would be a cap dump.