Haha. Keep Nuge. Then you don't have cap space to sign Talbot and Pujujarvi. Values are off. Nurse and Bennington each get more. Stroke gets more. Letestu gets more. Just face it the Oilers have to commit major money to 2 players and because of it they can't afford 6 million wingers. Also managing your cap badly dosent help. Not even 1 Year in the Oilers have to buyout Russell.

I'd love to keep Nugent-Hopkins, but I don't think Chiarelli is headed there. I guess it depends on what the cap is, but you're already over by $2MM when you account for bonuses, with only 22 contracts.

Also, some of your signings are a bit low (especially Benning and Nurse); and what did you do to Slepyshev?

not everyone is going to hit all their bonuses, keeping in mind Benson has some and i doubt Poolparty hits all of them either. i said the same thing with Draisaitl, Nurse and Benning wont have ANY leverage whatsoever, and if they want to stay theyll have to take bridge deals or be traded.

i think buying out Russell is excellent cap managment considering the alternative is having him make 4M. i dont see why you think all these players are going to get more. what basis does Strome get more than 3M? Benning and Nurse have no leverage whatsoever so where does their money come from? ur off base on this critic. i dont need to sign Puljujarvi to big money again because hes an RFA with a maximum of 2 good seasons. im also not projecting him to have 60-70pt seasons so i ownt have to pay him much. talbot can take 5.5 or walk for all i care, goalies are not where you invest ur money.

Where is Slepyshev?