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Created by: ceeque84

Team: 2022-23 Edmonton Oilers

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 19, 2022

Published: Aug. 24, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Forget the ridiculous overpaying trades for P Kane. Holland needs to upgrade his defence if this team is going to win a cup in the next 2 or 3 seasons. Im no Barrie hater, but with the emergence of Bouchard, Barrie is obviously not needed so he will be the one to go, either before this season starts(unlikely), Trade deadline(maybe), or next summer(most likely).
If the do manage to move Barrie, should they aim to trade or sign a top 4 guy? Or go with a cheaper 3rd pairing shutdown option with a physical presence??

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
McLeod, Ryan		2	$1,150,000

Trades

EDM

Pionk, Neal

WPG

Pionk would be my top choice. He's a physical player who is capable of playing the PK & PP2. If the Jets have another bad yr he could be available if they try to go full rebuild. What would be the cost Jets fans??

EDM

Severson, Damon

NJD

Will most likely be available as a UFA next summer so not sure its worth trading for him when they could just potentially sign him for free. Im also not convinced he is a big upgrade over Barrie besides being 3 yrs younger & a bigger body. Would the Devils take a 2nd rnd pick for him at deadline?? Would he resign with the Oilers & at what cost??

EDM

Pesce, Brett

CAR

With alot of young cheaper RHD in the system arguably ready for full time NHL minutes & also obtaining Burns for that veteran presence, would the Canes potentially move Pesc?? He would definitely be a defensive upgrade. He wouldnt be cheap, what would you give him up for Canes fans??

EDM

Girard, Samuel

COL

Not a Right shot guy, but capable of playing both sides... with the emergence of Bowen at a much cheaper price would Colorado move him for more cap space wiggle room?? How much Avs fans??

EDM

Dumba, Matt

MIN

Minnesota is up against the cap... Dumba would surely be available at TDL if they arent sitting in a playoff spot?? He would be a welcomed physical presence on the backend for the Oilers, would he sign long term at a decent price??

EDM

Weegar, MacKenzie

CGY

This would strictly be a UFA signing next summer if he decides not to sign long term with the flames, not way are they trading him to the Oilers. Gotta think Ottawa would be heavily in the mix to get him as a UFA tho, & with more cap space to work with.

EDM

Mayfield, Scott

NYI

Another potential TDL pickup if the Isles are out of the playoffs... Big body and shutdown dman, if he would resign with the Oilers he could be a good option for a cheapish 3 pairing guy.

EDM

Gudas, Radko

FLA

This would be strictly another UFA option, with Florida already moving Weegar this summer i doubt they will be trading anymore dmen. Gudas could be an excellent cheaper signing for the the Oilers 3rd pair that could provide a much needed physical presence.

EDM

BUF

Barrie, Tyson

Additional Details:

Yeah yeah Buff fans, i know you dont want Barrie, this is just to move him off the books for this hypothetical roster.

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
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
28	$82,500,000	$111,080,999	$896,000	$2,200,000	-$28,580,999

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hyman, Zach $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 6	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Kane, Evander $5,125,000$5,125,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 4
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 7	Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000$8,500,000 C, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	Puljujärvi, Jesse $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW UFA - 1
Holloway, Dylan $925,000$925,000 ($500,000$500K) LW, C RFA - 2	McLeod, Ryan $1,150,000$1,150,000 C RFA - 1	Yamamoto, Kailer $3,100,000$3,100,000 RW RFA - 2
Janmark, Mattias $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Ryan, Derek $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Foegele, Warren $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Nurse, Darnell $9,250,000$9,250,000 LD NMC UFA - 8	Pionk, Neal $5,875,000$5,875,000 RD UFA - 3	Campbell, Jack $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 5
Kulak, Brett $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	Dumba, Matt $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Skinner, Stuart $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
	Weegar, MacKenzie $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Broberg, Philip $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) LD RFA - 2	Pesce, Brett $4,025,000$4,025,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2
	Girard, Samuel $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 5
	Bouchard, Evan $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 1
	Severson, Damon $4,166,666$4,166,666 RD UFA - 1
	Mayfield, Scott $1,450,000$1,450,000 RD UFA - 1
	Ceci, Cody $3,250,000$3,250,000 RD UFA - 3
	Gudas, Radko $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Shore, Devin $850,000$850,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1		Klefbom, Oscar $4,167,000$4,167,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1
		Smith, Mike $2,200,000$2,200,000 G UFA - 1

Aug. 26, 2022 at 5:55 a.m.

#26

TJTwolf

Joined: Jan. 2017

Posts: 9,601

Likes: 4,581

Quoting: CD282

Yeah, I know how much homerism affects Avs fan, so trusting their opinion just is not happening.

Girard is a small, weak on the boards and non-physical left-shot offensive defenseman who puts up poor on-ice Rels while costing more than Barrie. The chances that Edmonton would give up assets for this guy are less than zero.

LMAO talk about homerism and then say Barrie is better.....remember we watched Barrie for years.

Aug. 26, 2022 at 9:37 a.m.

#27

CD282

Joined: Mar. 2017

Posts: 24,084

Likes: 7,766

Quoting: TJTwolf

LMAO talk about homerism and then say Barrie is better.....remember we watched Barrie for years.

You didn't have Manson coaching him though. Since the coaching change in February, Barrie was on ice for 31 GF and just 19 GA in the regular season - a team best among defensemen. In the playoffs he was on the ice for 12 GF and just 7 GA - also a team best.

In any case, Barrie has posted a positive GF% Rel for 8 of his past 9 years, the lone season in Toronto being the anomaly. So for his final 6 years in Colorado Barrie outscored the opponents at a greater rate than his teammates did. Girard has posted a positive GF% Rel in just 1 of his 5 seasons, in 2018-19.

Results matter, and Colorado is better when Girard is on the bench. Yeah, I'd rather have the guy who actually wins his minutes. So sue me.

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