HKSR Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Saw an article about Holland hoping to bring Evander Kane back, and I laughed. Talk about a cap hell situation... The way I'm reading it is that they have $7M in cap space, but need to sign another 5 forwards and a starting goalie. Among those 5 forwards needed to be re-signed include Yamamoto, Puulujarvi, and McLeod. Also, sounds like they won't get a cap credit if Keith retires lol They also don't have a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th round pick this year to help in a cap dump situation. Last but not least, Hyman is probably the guy most contenders would want... but he's signed until he's 38 years old at $5.5M AAV. Ugly ugly ugly.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 4 minutes ago, HKSR said: Saw an article about Holland hoping to bring Evander Kane back, and I laughed. Talk about a cap hell situation... The way I'm reading it is that they have $7M in cap space, but need to sign another 5 forwards and a starting goalie. Among those 5 forwards needed to be re-signed include Yamamoto, Puulujarvi, and McLeod. Also, sounds like they won't get a cap credit if Keith retires lol They also don't have a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th round pick this year to help in a cap dump situation. Last but not least, Hyman is probably the guy most contenders would want... but he's signed until he's 38 years old at $5.5M AAV. Ugly ugly ugly.... With the first pick in the draft the Edmonton Oilers select Connor Bedard… 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singing chef Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 We'll help them out with a trade of "pools". Poolman (helps their D) for Puljujarvi (they seem to have soured on him). With what they'll probably have to pay Puljujarvi as a RFA the salary cap is likely a wash. Problem (partially) solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKSR Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 1 minute ago, DrJockitch said: With the first pick in the draft the Edmonton Oilers select Connor Bedard… As long as they have McJesus, they'll never be bad enough to land 1st OA... although stranger things have happened I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenspear Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Step one: Fire everyone Step two: ? Step 3: Profit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Demko is the Oilers' saviour. We like Draisatl. Save the Oilers JR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 3 minutes ago, singing chef said: We'll help them out with a trade of "pools". Poolman (helps their D) for Puljujarvi (they seem to have soured on him). With what they'll probably have to pay Puljujarvi as a RFA the salary cap is likely a wash. Problem (partially) solved. Poolman would be their best right D. There's better options in UFA but how many of them will be willing to play in that hellhole? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKSR Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 6 minutes ago, Alflives said: Demko is the Oilers' saviour. We like Draisatl. Save the Oilers JR! Yeah they might actually need to move Draisatl. If they truly want to ice a competitive team, they've gotta move one of the 3 big contracts... it won't be McJesus, and Nurse is not gonna be movable with that ridiculous cap hit lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 30 minutes ago, DrJockitch said: With the first pick in the draft the Edmonton Oilers select Connor Bedard… Only happens if McDavid and Draisaitl are injured for a significant portion of the season at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baratheon Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Wow great post! It really is a mess isn't it? Without doing something really wild it looks like Kassian is almost the only cap they could move without just creating more holes for themselves. Is Smith the only NHL goalie they have signed?? HAHA!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BPA Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Rumours are that FLA is looking to trade Bobrovsky and willing to retain 50%. So it would be basically $5M for 4 more years. Bob (50%) for Kassian + 2nd 2023 EDM gets a starting goalie. FLA gets depth and slight cap relief next 2 yrs and a draft pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Blight Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Hope that McLeod, Poolparty and Yamamoto all want substantial increases. I would really like to get McLeod on our team. He is big, really fast and kills penalties well. They are going to have a lot of players making league minimum next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Mind Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Mike Smith will play until he's 50 just because they can't afford anyone else. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Easy solution: Sold McDavid, all problems solved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 McDavid falls in to a coma and Draisatl breaks his legs in a climbing accident, oilers have historically awful season draft Bedard at 1st overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 1 hour ago, singing chef said: We'll help them out with a trade of "pools". Poolman (helps their D) for Puljujarvi (they seem to have soured on him). With what they'll probably have to pay Puljujarvi as a RFA the salary cap is likely a wash. Problem (partially) solved. I actually quite like this. Can you imagine how many penalties a line of Garland, Lammiko and Puljujarvi would draw. I am gritting my teeth just thinking about how aggravating that line would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKSR Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 Taking Poolparty, Yamamoto, or McLeod off their hands does nothing for them. They need to unload a Nuge, Hyman, Kassian, or Draisatl lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 48 minutes ago, Baratheon said: Wow great post! It really is a mess isn't it? Without doing something really wild it looks like Kassian is almost the only cap they could move without just creating more holes for themselves. Is Smith the only NHL goalie they have signed?? HAHA!! Smith is not an NHL quality goalie anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 20 minutes ago, BPA said: Rumours are that FLA is looking to trade Bobrovsky and willing to retain 50%. So it would be basically $5M for 4 more years. Bob (50%) for Kassian + 2nd 2023 EDM gets a starting goalie. FLA gets depth and slight cap relief next 2 yrs and a draft pick. That, would probably work for both sides. The big question is, will Klefbom ever play again. If he does, then their free space on cap drops from 7 million down to 3 million, but they do pickup one more warm body on defense. If Smith retires, that doesn't help them either as he's on a 35+ contract, so I believe he would still count against their cap next season, so they would have to cut into that 3 million to find a league minimum backup goalie. They badly need Keith gone, but through trade, not through retirement, for the reasons mentioned earlier in this thread. On Puljujarvi, he still has potential, but I think he badly needs out of Edmonton. An offer of Poolman straight up might work if the understanding from Edmonton's side is, if they don't accept, we offer sheet him for 3 million for 2 years and give up a 2nd round pick. It's not exactly like Bouchard is going to be cheap to resign next summer for them either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 33 minutes ago, Master Mind said: Mike Smith will play until he's 50 just because they can't afford anyone else. Instead of a goalie stick, he'll be out there with a cane screaming, "Slow down, you young whipper snappers..." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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