Detroit doesn't want Yamamoto. Keep him.

Is Severson better than Ceci defensively? He got pushed down to 3rd pairing in New Jersey, and I seem to recall that he's prone to defensive gaffes.

Ceci played tougher competition but Severson played more 5v5 min and his shot shares were superior vs all levels of competition. Severson is not a defensive dman but when he is on the ice the puck goes in the right direction.

The Oilers need a defensive D-man though. Paying $5.5M for a guy who is a marginal upgrade at best isn't a good strategy.

Well the idea came from a Detroit paper so there might be something. Also if not Detroit then somewhere, as I mentioned it's just a cap out transaction for the Oil.

Blues are pretty set on wingers for next year so no need for Foegele

Nurse should be the solid defenseman on that pair. Severson defends zone entries very well also as an aside. This would give us balanced pairs though all 3 pairs with Nurse, Ekholm and Desharnais providing the defensive side. One other note is Seversons passing ability, Nurse can skate fine but does not pass well when leaving the zone.

Minnesota isn't the place to dump ceci / contract on and we have faber and other dman / dprospects. MIN declines. If a player is a contract dump, an opposing team isn't giving up a High pick for him

Wings pass not a player for them at all

Ok but he isn't worth a 2nd. He's not going to take a spot from Perron, Raymond or Berggren, so that puts him on the 4th line.

You're gonna need to move Foegele cap elsewhere.