why is foegele being dumped
im sure he still has positive value

Your rationale on the top two lines is spot on, but that leaves a third line that will get absolutely crushed without the puck. Krebs was awful in the nhl last year (esp defensively). That line is much better off with a winger thats defensively strong without sacrificing offense (like asplund) which is what I expect olofsson to get moved for.

Other than that the moves are fine, but you have this team taking on way too much salary. Subban at 4 years is way too much imo. If they get him it'll probably be a 2 year deal thats back-loaded.

He's making 2.75 for 2 years, and his offensive numbers last year were close to Rasmus asplunds, who is a very good defensive player with limited offense, except asplund is making 1/3 the salary. I didn't make the op, I would think teams aren't clamoring for guys like foegele, or at least their contracts. So the oilers move back a dozen spots and get some cap space for 2 years. I actually don't think the Sabres would do it, adams has said he doesn't wanna block the kids, and 5.5m seems like a lot to move up from 41 to 29.

Oilers shouldn’t be trading foegle

Thanks for your comments, all very constructive.

I will put my trust in Granato to find the best line up.
This is just one idea to balance the scoring.
Olofsson and Krebs did not work well last year, not likely to work this year.

Not a chance Edmonton does that. Foegele is pretty much exactly as advertised - big fast forechecker who will chip in 10-15 goals at even strength while being decent defensively. He's not a cap dump.