I don't see Edmonton wanting to move Foegele, or having to pay someone to take him of they do.

I read this the other day, seems relevant:

Among 13 Oilers forwards with at least 400 minutes at 5v5 (and 383 forwards league-wide at the same threshold), Foegele ranks

4th with 1.01 G/60 (71st)
7th with 1.81 P/60 (150th)
4th with 8.95 shots/60 (63rd)
2nd with 1.20 xG/60 (7th)
2nd with 6.13 iHDCF/60 (10th)
1st with 4.02 takeaways/60 (2nd)
5th with 8.34 Hits/60 (88th)

And that’s with minimal TOI with McDavid and Draisaitl. He’s proving to be well worth his salary, but fans don’t seem to be noticing.

Why does everyone think Fogele is unusable. He is a good player recently. The fit in the group is maybe odd, I know he has been vocal about playingtime and I think he is part right about some players play to much. Everybody benefits of a teamgame.

If a forward goes, it should be Yamamoto. His play isnt 3 million-ish. He can hustle, but gets injured, plays about 55 -60 games a year. Soon to be LTIRed. Edmonton would benefit. of one more D.
Get a D, get a RW. Trade Yamamoto and one of Ceci/Kulak.

And I dont think A Johnson signs for only 775 000. Thats ridicolous.

Yamamoto doesn't have a history of injuries as you suggest. He played nearly all of the games in each of the past 2 seasons and sustained 2 different injuries this year.

Ceci is extremely important to the Oilers. He's played the 3rd most minutes against top lines of any player in the league, and has a positive goal differential in those minutes. You won't replace him for less than $6M.

With Nurse, Ekholm and Broberg all under contract next season, Kulak is the odd man out on the blue line.