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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 27, 2022 at 3:57 p.m.
Thread: OEL trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>The_Rocket</b></div><div>Man $1 million retention for 5 years and no top four Dman coming back? Idk about this at all

Don’t think this makes the team better and doesn’t really improve cap flexibility</div></div>

Not this year but the year after Hornqvist comes off and we could also make some moves to free up space like moving Pearson, Dickinson, Poolman. Reinhart is a big upgrade from Garland and he will be our top right wing, Gudas and Schenn is pretty much a wash in terms of value. The main thing is OEL is off the books. I like OEL and keeping him isn't bad because he is a good D-man but we have prospect depth at LD with Rathbone Jurmo Petterson, and OEL will never get a lot of PP time which is what he was originally paid for in AZ. The 1 mill retention is a hit to the cap but it isn't awful, especially if our left D is eventually occupied by Hughes and a couple young guys on cheap deals. With OEL and Hughes here for 5 years, all our young left D will never get a proper chance and their development will be delayed.