If Klefbom plays this year

The Oilers buyout window is closed. Klefbom hasn't played on the 1st pair for several years now (and certainly won't be with a bad shoulder)... and Barrie never has.

They can be the second pair then.

If there isn't another buyout window, then we are in a rough spot if Klefbom decides to play.

Klefbom won't play and also you can count on him to be out 20 games per year on a good year. They would never buy him out either. klefbom was undoubtably the number 1 pairing defence he averaged 26 minutes per game along with larsson. Nurse will probably be what you call 1st pair but he will play about 20-23 min a night because he can't handle any more than that. Jones and probably larsson will be second pair and average about the same number of minutes. Barrie will take the 4 min of powerplay time a game and probably end up close to 20 min himself.

If he was gonna return this season, I think the oilers would have made the moves they did this offseason