Habs will take the full cap hit if you swap Broberg for Bourgault and won't send anything back.

if you want Armia or Allen we can add them for free if you want us to add Barron you can add Holloway

Curious for fun Reilly Smith?

Sorry I’m confused. Swap Bourgault for Broberg? Both are included in the offer already.

Interesting player for the Oilers. I like the playoff experience he brings and maturity. Can he play RW though or is mostly playing on the Left?

The only thing that would make this tough is Smiths cap hit. He isn’t worth his 5M any more, his pace is behind last years pace. But some small retention or cap balancing could make this work.

Sharks offer Kahkonen

Lol, my apologies I didn't see Bourgault. Swap Broberg for the Oilers 2025 1st then, we just don't need any more LHD or LHD prospects

Interesting goalie option. Cap hit a bit high for what the Oilers are trying to do but it’s not bad.

Blackwood is slightly lower cap but signed for another year, what are your thoughts on Blackwood instead of Kahkonnen?

Are you talking about a no retention Campbell trade then? We kinda need that 2025 1st to shop for an upgrade once Campbell cap is freed up. So would rather keep Broberg in the deal.

They have both been good for the Sharks this year. Lately Kahkonen has been better. I offered Kahkonen instead of Blackwood because Kahkonen is a UFA and might not re-sign with the Sharks. He'd be more likely to re-sign with Edmonton. I'd take your offer for either Blackwood or Kahkonen, though.

Thanks for the scouting report. I would consider both goalies too. Bit of a 50/50 call here, will come down to who is currently better and would be a better bet if Skinner starts to falter. Probably Kahkonenn then if you say he’s been the better of the two lately. Blackwood does have the lower cap hit though…

Another move the Oilers will be wanting to make is Ceci++ for an upgrade at RD. So maybe Blackwoods lower cap is needed at that point.

If Calgary sells all their UFAs, I'd take that deal.

Yes no retention, for future considerations

Kahkonen only $400k more.

How much would you give SJ to take Ceci off your hands.

Doesn’t sound like a recipe to keep McJesus. Already one of the worst prospect pools and you’re trading away 2 of your best + this year’s 1st. Quite a gamble

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Winning is what will keep McJesus here. It’s a tough pill to swallow, but prospects, even first rounders will need to go for the cap flexibility needed to give McJesus and the Oilers the best chance to win within the next 2 years.

Oilers future is being is sacrificed here, so I see where you are coming from. But atleast most of the core is locked up.

It’d make sense if Flames are selling. Got anything useful to send back? Kahkkonen is on offer as a 1B/backup to take the deal from a sharks perspective.

Actually, we can even do this instead

2024 1st + Bourgault + Holloway + McLeod + Campbell for Evans + Kovacevic

Bourgault, Holloway and a 1st for Campbell, McLeod for Evans and Kovacevic. Benefits for Edmonton, gets rid of the Campbell deal, adds a depth forward who can play all 3 forward positions and a big, solid smart middle pairing RHD. Allows the Oilers to keep their 2025 and 2026 1st for goalie upgrade

I don’t mind Evans or Kovacevic. But Mcleod untouchable. He’s too important to ship off at this point, he’s about to pop if he hasn’t already, he can play top 6 wing and 3C. I honestly value Mcleod higher than a 1st, cause if offered a 1st for Mcleod I would say no.

Holloway looked like he was trending in the right direction right before injury. Oilers would like to see it through with this player this year and have him in the plans as a depth forward come playoff time.

I figured as much on both lol, the thing is though I just don't see a scenario where Montreal would be willing to take Broberg since we are already too overloaded with LHD. So if we dropped one of Evans or Kovacevic, which of another 1st, Holloway or McLeod would you rather include in the deal? I think we have to be getting back at least 3 interesting peices for a deal to work.

Neither Broberg nor Bourgault are worth firsts. Just because they were drafted in the 1st round, doesn’t mean they stay at 1st round pick value. A 1st and a pair of excess prospects isn’t that much value in order to take on Campbell, who is struggling in the AHL last I saw. At least one of those prospects needs to be changed to another 1st for any team to consider taking on Campbell.

I see where you are coming from if your LHD pipeline is filled up. But the Oilers really don’t want to mess with what they have right now, the team is playing too well to mess with the active roster. Mcleod would be active roster. Holloway is in the plans for active roster as well, and should be getting back from injury within a week. At that point only the 25 1st or a prospect like Lavoie would be in the cards, but as mentioned to someone else earlier we’d like an significant upgrade on Ceci, so those assets might need to go with him. So I don’t think there’s a deal here for Oilers unless they can move the assets in my OP, as they are all non active roster prospects.

Valuate them however you want and either make an offer or don’t. You don’t like the prospects that’s fine you can walk away, maybe other teams with different cap constraints will. For some teams 2.9M buried in the minors is worth a 1st plus some high pedigree prospects.


You are off on your evaluation of what it would take to move Campbell though. The closest comparable deal to Campbell is Peterson cap dump and that cost the kings some retention and only a 2nd++. This Oilers deal includes a retention as well and is offering a 1st++. Serravelli is also on record saying it would cost about 1 first to move Campbell considering LA’s deal.

If you would like to include Ceci + the 2026 1st we can send back Barron instead of Kovacevic and you can keep Holloway and McLeod.

Edit*** so to lay it all out Bourgault + 2024 1st + 2025 1st for taking Campbell and Ceci + 2026 1st for Barron + Evans

Hawks offer Zaitsev and a microwave oven