Quoting: CD282
Do they need to though? I'm pretty sure their roster is set besides Yamamoto.
You know your team better than I but
https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/oilers
$3,223,968 over the cap with Yamamoto still to sign.
Archibald, Russel and Ryan could be put on waivers saving $3,150,000 still leaving the club $73,968 over the cap with Yamamoto still to sign.
I will yield to your greater knowledge of the Oilers, but from my perspective, it appears they need to shed significant cap.
Some team may want Kassian or even give up something to get him, but with the cap not rising for several years, I think the number of teams who will do that is limited.
The Devils gave the Sabres a fifth to take Butcher.
Butcher as a defenseman played fewer games than Kassian yet double Zack's scoring.
Plus Butcher's contract runs out this year while Zack's runs for 3 years.
Who will want to have Kassian on the team for the next 3 years.
You say Koskinen was mis-used at the start of the season.
Yet from March 1 to the end of the season he was 6-5 with a .906 SV% and 3.46 GAA
Hardly numbers worthy of his one year contract.
Please enlighten me how the Oilers will get under the cap and sign Yamamoto at $2,000,000 per year.
Let me close, I am not trying to convince you of anything, I am just pretending to make a team and put together trades that most likely favor the Sabres.
As I said, I used other player posts to develop this team.
BTW, I am only using this site now for fun as you can see I made other changes to the trades and added a highly fantastical narrative.