SJS should accept.
Tor would decline.

San Jose takes on 8.28 mil in retention the cap dump in Campbell give up a 100 point defenseman to get Bouchard who is a nice piece and 3 meh picks come on now Greer gets fired over that

SJj should REALLY??? They get a cap dump a late 2nd this year most likely a late first next and a 3rd 3 drafts away. Bouchard is the only good piece and
San Jose retains 8.28 million top this off. This is a garbage return

i think san jose is atleast 5 years away from being good so the money doesnt really matter

Doesn't mean they do it for a BS return. That cap space is an extremely valuable commodity to Edmonton and San Jose doesn't help Edmonton out with it without proper compensation

im saying for me, if the money doesnt matter than id take 3 picks and bouchard for karlsson cause by the time san jose builds around mitchkov karlsson will be old af

Good luck that's a terrible return for a defenseman coming of a 100 point season in the last 30 years only Brian Leech accomplished that. Horrendous asset management.

every chart that measures how age effects athletes shows mad decline starting in your earliier 30s, karlsson is turning 33 in 2 weeks. Hes a diminishing asset they have to get rid of him

Good luck they should but they should get much better return

Obviously Karlsson is a phenomenal player, but I'm going to go against the grain and say I'd rather keep Bouchard. Bouchard will be a good piece for the long term. Karlsson obviously is a phenomenal player, but there's risk that comes with him in the form of injury history, huge contract, age (potential decline), and still defensive game. Bouchard's game improved when Ekholm came to Edmonton, and it took another step forward in the playoffs. This is the guy you want on your blueline.. a player that already works in your system just fine. You don't have to go full NY Rangers and swing for the fences on upgrading players you don't really need to upgrade. Karlsson will bring a big jump in offensive numbers, and likely improve the PP, and McD/Draisaitl's offensive numbers, but we all know that isn't the problem here. Fix the real problem.

Keep Bouchard, and move Ceci for a piece much, much smaller in significance than Karlsson. Nurse needs a more stable pair. Preferably someone that can defend somewhat reliable, but more importantly, someone who can move the puck better than just pushing it up the boards. That isn't the Oilers style, outside of Ceci and Desharnais. That said, Ceci had some sort of core injury, which might have made his game really drop off this year. Last year he was definitely more effective. This year, I saw him a bigger problem on the ice than Nurse. Maybe the break will help him back to 2021-22 level.

Also, I'd have to think Yamamoto's days are numbered due to salary and poor offensive performance. Trade him, if possible, but a buyout is quite reasonable ($433k this, $533k next). The Oilers will need all the cap space they can get in order to re-sign Bouchard (has to be a bridge), Kostin, Bjugstad, D Ryan, R McLeod, as they probably should. Also, pray for a bigger jump in cap ceiling than the projected $1M!