Équipe: 2022-23 Oilers d'Edmonton

Date de création initiale: 13 juin 2022

Publié: 13 juin 2022

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Salary cap reflects the money we would receive in the cap recapture if Keith Retires.

This roster reflects what I think would be the best case scenario if both Keith and Smith retire. Kane resigns at 6 mil in a bit of a discount just so he can play with McDavid again. Kulak is rumored to come back at 2 mil per. Kuzmenko would sign at the maximum possible and be a sniper for Draisaitl to pass too. Puljujarvi would accept a 1 year qualifying offer and get the most opportunity to play with McDavid and inflate his numbers for next year. The going rate for 20 goal scorers seems to be around 3-4 mil, so that's what I gave Yamamoto. McLeod gets a bridge deal. Lybushkin could also be Gudbranson as well, just any RD that plays defense. Perhaps a trade for Hakanpaa using Kassian would work as well, but i was trying to avoid trades as much as possible. Trade would send us Gibson for a 1st, 3rd, and Barrie. I think Anaheim would be interested in Barrie, but if not we can include a prospect instead (Lavoie?).

I feel as though this roster is extremely likely to exist so long as Keith and Smith retire. Only one trade being made, and the contracts all seem relatively reasonable, give or take a couple 100k here or there. Goaltending wise it moves the needle forward massively, and hopefully the defense is an improvement as well. Forward core seems relatively the same.