Oilers Enter Off-Season in Need of Cap Space and Seeking a Cup in 2025
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- They came so very close to winning it, and now face the challenge of getting over the hump next time around.
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Oilers faithful here. The fact that we managed to do this with nearly 15 mil tied up in Nurse and Campbell combined is miraculous. Game 7 was such a devastating coin flip, the real lesson this team needs to take with them is how to play like demons à-la games 4-6, but in games 1-3 next year when they’re back. You can’t go down 3-0 and expect to win. Not the recipe for success. Amazing they pushed it to 7. Such a pendulum swinging series. More trust needs to be put in Holloway and Broberg. Nurse needs to get away this summer and collect himself mentally, and be ready for his best season yet. McDavid and Drai need to heal their wounds and they will obviously come back swinging next season. This experience was invaluable for Skinner. See how Kane fares post surgery and then we can decide to deal him at the deadline if we need. Ship Campbell with a 1st if we need to. We absolutely need that space for a middle six forward or 6th or 7th d man. Bourgault needs to play on the nhl roster. McLeod should be traded. End of rant.
no need to ship campbell out for a first, we can buy him out. It isn't going to cost us much.
@@nathanpoon Yeah, it'd save a decent amount and he isn't playing in the NHL again.
Well said.. I would add and like to see nurse gone… imo he is a second pairing defenseman at best, and obviously way overpaid. Given the oikers continual issue with cap space and looming big guns re-signing, they should seriously look at dealing him.
Broberg looked solid/ quite impressive really and I think actually helped nurses +\- numbers after stepping in the Dallas series in such a huge spot… he looked quite poised out there.
@@robclark9893 nurse isn’t leaving. No one is gonna take that contract. Unless we trade him for a player and eat some salary. If we trade him for let’s say a 6m defenseman and we retain 3m it might be worth it. That way at least we get a 6 mil dman…nurse looks lost half the time. I think Ceci is gonna go as well.
@@nathanpoon yeah, wishful thinking on my part
Edmonton lost when they went down to 2 lines the last 11 minutes have to find a couple of grit guys to get back
agreed
This is why they should have kept Bjugstad over Mcleod, but they opted for Mcleod.
Losing Kane was pretty rough even though his injury was apparent in the first series.
The team has done something like that a lot, and done alright with it. It's common practice to some degree. Drai and McD play long consecutive minutes stretches and they do it because they score a fair bit.
@@VexJinks That would be hindsight. McLeod is a young, Oilers homegrown guy on affordable contracts whose potential wasn't even known yet.
Keep Perry until we win western conference finals next year, and then immediately drop him after.
I wish we did that 😔
My theory is that Perrys curse and the 'No canadian team has won a cup' curses combined together now, and now one of them will win the cup next year. Either the Oilers or Perry is without curse now.
@@rantanen1oh like either a Canadian team or Perry wins it? I’m down but I’d take any Canadian team over the Oilers.
@@rantanen1 dont forget the drake curse, 2 would have cancelled out but 3 is too much
Keep him to not win again next year.
Frank Seravalli reported that he's heard that both Draisaitl and McDavid's camps have approached the Oilers Management/Ownership to tell them they have zero interest in going elsewhere and that they want to sign a long-term extension. If Leon does sign this summer, it's a good omen for McDavid re-signing next summer
Excited to watch Broberg next season. He really emerged as a very reliable defenceman this postseason.
Broberg and Holloway are two young guys who started to emerge this postseason
@@_roko_ yep those are the two to keep 100% of the RFA's
Broberg I thought was a good d-man that was mismanaged badly by Holland and Co.
@@swen1208 I would also love to see Ben Gleason in the lineup opening night. He won his place by stellar play in the preseason then was sent down and forgotten about. I am hopeful because he was practising with the big club for the playoff run.
@@darrenh6169 im a wings fan and I sometimes watch Oilers just to see Ken Holland fail badly.
I fuckin hate him so much for his shit management from 2013-2018. And he brought his shit prospect management to Edmonton.
Its amazing how far they got without getting any production from Drai for pretty much the last 2 rounds. McD can't do it all on his own without his wingman, and a bunch of 3rd/4th liners. Did Kane even play in the finals? And Darnell Nurse, OUCH!!!!
He played the first couple games then missed one because of injury I think. He could've played games 5 and 6 but the line up was crushing without him so he sat for the rest of the series.
Think Kane got hurt in either Game 1 or Game 2, but he wasn't in the lineup for Game 7 where they could have used his grit. Nurse was also injured early in the series, but I guess not as severe as Kane's.
Marner to EDM for Drai 1 for 1
Nurse was just brutal, couldn't get a puck out of the D zone if his life depended on it.
@@maxentiusdecimus9341 😂😂😂
I do think Edmonton has the capability to be champions. Their depth really did show up in the finals. Maybe with some small trades they could find themselves with another opportunity. They truly gave it their all in these playoffs
They really did, just unfortunate that they were gassed by game 7. Coming back from that 3-0 was stunning but most definitely exhausting. They’ll need to avoid that in any future playoffs they enter.
@@vinokai That's a great point that nobody is talking about. Not a lot of people are stating how hard it really is to comeback even harder in the final.
@@bigleaguesnipes probably because people are quick to dismiss the Oilers since they didn’t pull off the Reverse Sweep, instead of acknowledging the fact that they even came back from a 3-0 loss in a Stanley Cup Finals.
Edmonton is in the toughest place you can be for a team. Being close. They have lost to the last 3 cup winners, with two of those being in the conference finals and cup finals.
And yet Oilers were actually the more skill team in all these matchups. I now believe in bad luck as to why Oilers were not champions for the past 3 seasons.
@@archimedes2261 I mean. The Avs swept them. That's not luck
Edmonton will come back better. Another goalie would have helped. Skinner taking till Game 4 to get going every series makes for a tough path to the Cup. Extra games increases fatigue and injuries
@@archimedes2261 Bruh!!! They got pasted by the Avs. And in these finals, had their teeth punched early, and had to dig out. That is not luck.
This is the closest this core is going to get to the cup. Going to get harder from here on out
Nurse makes 9 mil? 😳. That contract will be an anchor.
Easily the most overpaid player in the NHL.
Nah that’s Seth Jones. Nurse is a close second though
See if Arizona Coyotes will take the contract.
It is. It is something Oilers fans have been talking about for a long time now. Unfortunately it was horrible timing when he was signed. Our number 1 Defenseman at the time (Klefbom) stopped playing for good cause of injury/sickness. Other defensemen in the league just signed for big numbers and Oilers were desperate to keep Nurse. But they overpaid him horribly
WILL be an anchor? That contract was an anchor the second they signed it. He was considered overpaid the moment it was signed, and it is so true. He is a 6m player at best and that's because he's got the size and toughness, but yeah at 9.2m he is defs an anchor for the Oilers.
There’s a saying that you have to lose to learn how to win. Is there anybody out there who remembers what happened to the Oilers the first time they made the finals in 1983? They lost four straight to the Islanders. They then went on to win 4 cups in the next 5 years. I have faith in this team that they will come back next season stronger mentally and finish the deal.
I do remember that. Gretzky made the comment that when he walked into the Islanders locker room to congratulate them for winning the cup they were looking exhausted because they played as hard as they could every game night in and night out. That's what it takes to win the cup. You can't rely on talent alone.
Exactamundo!! Bravo!!
Oilers got nothing to be ashamed of they gave us a great effort Gg Edmonton
It was one hell of a run that we had
Agreed. I’m a flames fan and I loved watching a Canadian team with so many Canadian players really giving us some hope for a cup by a city in this country.
@@mcthunderstick2374 met some flames fans that couldnt wait to make us feel worse lol
@@mcthunderstick2374 sorry I'm a Flames fan and I just can't. I found myself cheering for them in 2006 as underdogs but with all these number 1 picks I just can't.
@@mcthunderstick2374 Same here. From an Habs fan. I am even buying an Oilers jersey. That was a great run and I was impressed by the team. A couple of goals away from bringing the cup back to Canada.
Its only going to get harder to make it out of the west even, Vancouver probably isnt going anywhere and we know Vegas isnt and if you make the finals you have either Dallas or Colorado waiting for you, the West is just a meat grinder at this point.
Needs to give Nurse to the Leafs
And soup back.
Let's get as delusional as Leafs fans are: Nurse and Campbell for Marner!
@@streetdog75 Marner would fold like a lawn chair playing on a competitive western team, LoL.
Nurse's AAV getting inflated and the way Campbell fell apart sucks for Edmonton, that's a lot of cap they could've really weaponized to make the most of this window. Very interested to see how Holland or his successor create the next iteration of this team.
I thought about this for the entire series. Those contracts are boat anchors.
having only 14 guys NHL guys signed and only having 10 mil in cap space is such an awful spot to be in. Even getting 7 league min guys, that eats up almost all the cap space. In comparison, Florida has 20 mil in space.
@@Wayf4rer Nurse having $24 million in signing bonuses out of $51 million remaining is a huge reason for the cap crunch. He is ridiculously bad.
@@opeth1429 campbell is being bought out.
But then again they are saving a lot of money with Drai and Hyman
Really excited to see what the team does this off season, even thought they lost the cup in game 7 I still consider this season a massive success as a fan but going forward I think the expectation next season is to win that game 7 and bring the up home.
As a Cats fan, nothing but respect for Edmonton. Hell of a team, so impressive in the O zone it’s silly. Some of the fans however, were very obnoxious keyboard warriors the past two weeks. McDavid deserves a cup. GG Edmonton.
As if the Panthers fans weren't?
@@Slipings I think that's what he means.
Absolutely. I love Edmonton, the team, but oftentimes find myself despising Edmonton, the fans.
We come by it honestly. The oilers fans deal with constant trolling on every post from fans of other teams(mostly toronto and calgary but not limited to), and so many have turned into trolls themselves. They are a product of thier environment.
Florida is a great team and Bob came through in the end for you.
The Nurse contract is hurting this team. I have no idea how he is worth 9m
Cale Makar isn’t even paid that much and he was considered one of the best Defensemen of the 2023-24 year.
Everybody knows Nurse is overpaid. Probably Holland's biggest mistakeas G|M.
Sure, the Nurse contract is bad, but edmonton has amazing value contracts as well, Hyman, Drai, Nuge..
This felt like Edmonton's best chance and I think it's going to be a rough go now. They only have one more season of the McDrai core realistically and it will be really hard for them to make up for that.
Imagine if they had Markstrom last 3 yrs?
Draitsaitl is propably signing in Edmonton. They get 2 mil of the books in 2025-26 season when his contract kicks in. Cap also rises 3-4 mil so that covers Draisaitl raise more than easy.
Gotta keep Janmark, Brown, and Foegle. The rest of the UFA can go. Buyout Campbell, and try to trade Nurse and/or Kane's contracts away. Doubtful anyone will take Nurse.
rather they try keep Henrique over Foegele. That 3rd line was great
Trade cambell with retained salary. Nurse has no move until 27 so he only goes if he wants to which is going to make it all but impossible to find a reasonable trade arrangement. Kane should go for surgery and LTIR him until the playoffs and see where he's at.
@@bradleyhenry2411 Really they need both of them.
@@darrenh6169 if they can keep both sure. But Foegele has to be at the right price. Henrique is more valuable to the team with his versatility.
@@bradleyhenry2411 I don't understand why Foegele doesn't get more love with Oilers fans. McDavid himself went to management and asked for them to keep Foegele. Foegel was moved all over the lineup from 3rd line to first line to 2nd line and was effective everywhere. He has speed and grit.
Keeping Brown should be top of the list, aside from Holloway and Broberg. Oilers need dogs that will win puck battles, and Brown is that. It would be decent if they could get Janmark, Carrick, and Henrique on good contracts. The rest are expendable (except for maaaaaaaybe Foegele)
they either get another direct shot at the cup next season or end up much farther away from it than we can image or expect right now lol (NO INBETWEENS) it feels like
I really think it depends on how the West falls. Can't really see Edmonton getting past Vegas, Colorado, and Dallas unless they get lucky again and only have to face one of them. Two out of three would be tough.
@@Wayf4rer Dallas doesn't seem to match well against Oilers at all.
@@Wayf4rer add in a healthy vancouver with more continuity next year
25 games, 63 days. Shame it ended in a game 7 SC by 1 goal. But what a wild & wonderful ride it was! They’ll be back!
Starting to price themselves out of contention!
Their top defenseman in nurse will be their weakest link. His stats and performance during the playoffs as a $9 million man is unacceptable. Someway somehow get rid of nurse and the team greatly improves
He's not their top defenceman. He's their 3rd best dman, he's just their highest paid defenceman
@@michaelkeller5927 that's my point. He's paid as a top dman and he's outperformed by the rookie
I think Knoblock showed he is an insanely good coach. Made a ton of very good adjustments throughout the playoffs and almost out coached the panthers into a reverse sweep. You give this guy a team with a little more depth and loose a few bad contracts and I think he can have them right back into contention. Honestly the window is open now, they need to bite the bullet on moving some bad contracts even if it costs some assets and even some salary retention slots. You need more support in the bottom six because constantly putting mcdavid and Drai on the ice for 30 min a game isn’t sustainable and it really showed in that last five min of game seven where both of them could barely even skate.
Seravalli and Bob Stauffer sound confident negotiations have already begun and McDavid, Draisaitl, and Bouchard will sign extensions totaling $40m.
Our top line is set. Holloway will re-sign and play with Draisaitl. Kane may need to be traded for a winger who can score goals to play with Drai and Holloway. Hopefully we can re-sign Brown and Janmark, Henrique probably costs too much to keep. Maybe Nuge can centre that 3rd line but we'd need another winger for McDavid.
Nurse has a NMC so we're stuck with that contract. Campbell will be bought out for $3m more cap space. We'll probably re-sign Pickard and roll with Skinner+Pickard.
I'm confident we can get the roster sorted and make another push in 24/25.
Calling it right now my Bruins will NOT win the stanley cup next season 😫
Nope, maybe make the playoffs.
Regressions, regressions, regressions. First rounded by florida.
@@rabeechowdhury will Florida have Reinhart, and Montour ? Which Bobrovsky shows up ? Will the drive to win be there ?
Bold prediction
McDavid is going to need surgery I guess due to an abdominal injury. Drai suffered a broken rib on a Tyler myers hit in round 2 and had a broken finger. Absolute warriors to still play how they did
Not to mention hurt feelings
No
@@barryjames73 lol
How do you know all this, no one else heard of this.
Didn’t Florida get eliminated banged up before winning it this year. I say this give vital experience for the group to win it soon
Oilers were predicted to win the cup in 2018 because they played so well against Anaheim in 2017 before goaltending blew up on them. (3-0 lead blown in game 5) They missed the playoffs for two years primarily due to poor goaltending. They outplayed Vegas last year but Skinner couldn’t stop a beachball.
Talbot
Smith
Kiskinon
Campbell
Skinner
Tragic!
The Oilers are an elite team with a real chance to win the cup. But they have not filled the need for top end goaltending. I feel like we wasted the McDavid and Draisital years. What a shame.
"We mustn't judge too harshly, Will. It was his first time."
Kane is not the same player as he was before his injury (remember it was Pat Maroon whom skated over his wrist). Even a decade ago, that kind of injury would end a players career, he is only still playing because of more modern treatments for that sort of thing.
That's exactly what I thought. When it happened I knew he wouldn't come back the same. His shot was 50 % better then what it is now
Thanks for the video, Shannon. A bright spot in an otherwise bleak and hungover day lol
At least yall didn’t burn down your city like Vancouver would have 🤣
Kane is "ideally a 25 to 30 goal scorer" but you were looking for a little more out of Kane? He scored 24 goals and played the season with a sports hernia.
Omg nurse at $9 million.
I want his agent please
You can’t have his agent because he leads the Montreal Canadiens .
Kane, Mcleod, Ceci, and probably Foegele should be on their way out. If they could drop Nurse's contract for just about any other defenseman, it would be great.
Kane has a NMC. Edmonton is stuck with him until 2026.
Why would they move McLeod?
@@yelling3874 He's not much of use is why he did nothing during the post season except being good on the pk.
@@yelling3874 because he's a 4th liner making 2.1 mil. They can spend that in a better way
Canucks will take him for a sweetener, like McDavid or Drei
Oilers line-up coming into next playoff run
Nuge - McDavid - Hyman
DeBrusk - Draisaitl - Buchnevich
McLeod - Henrique - Holloway
Janmark - Ryan (or other cheap 4C) - Brown
Ekholm - Bouchard
Nurse - Carrier
Broberg - Desharneis (or other cheap 6D if Vinny doesn´t sign with you)
Skinner
Pickard
Bought Campbell out or traded him with 1.5 mil retained and a sweetener (if there is a taker). Moved Kane, Ceci, and Kulak as cap dumps. Let Foegele walk. Signed DeBrusk and Carrier as FAs this summer. Buchnevich TDL rental acquisition with 75% retained. Re-signed Henrique, Holloway, Broberg, Janmark, and Brown.
Brown, Janmark, Henrique need to stay. Broberg will be a regular, and hopefully Holloway progresses.
Henrique is a pure rental, even though he's 34 he just matched his career high in points in a season and got paid 5.825 million to do so. He won't be in much of a mood to take a steep pay cut so that Edmonton can retain him.
@@JakeJ.-yi1du he is 34. No one at that age gets paid for what they did in the past. He is 2.5 at most.
@@rona6063 He's not getting 5.8 again for sure, but even at 2.5 he probably is a luxury the Oilers can't afford
I do think if Kane was at full health, he could have potentially been a difference maker in that final game (though I still would have found it difficult to believe the Cats would lose two consecutive Stanley Cup Finals).
So I'm hoping he can have a bounce back year, and stay healthy for the playoffs. Obviously he's a good goal scorer, but his physicality was also missed in this series, especially in game seven.
I can see the Oilers opting to shed the Stecher and Perry contracts. The young defencemen stepped up in a big way, and I felt like Knoblauch and Coffey even got Nurse playing much better, and Corey Perry will be 40 by next Playoffs.
However, even shedding those two contracts, and maybe one or two more of the UFAs still doesn't open up much cap space for the Oilers.
It all really depends on Leon. If he is convinced to stay and truly believes the team could win, maybe he will be generous and ask for a short term (maybe 2 years) contract with only a moderate pay increase. Or maybe he'll even accept a cut. But otherwise, if he walks, or asks for a large pay increase, I really don't think there will be much hope for the Oilers, unless their young guys can really step up and bolster their scoring depth. Or if Draissaitl adds hard hitting forechecker to his resume.
I really hope they are able to keep the band together for next year. They were just too close to not get it done now.
Was Draisaitl injured - it sure seem like he was.....
I heard he had a broken rib & finger. This explains why his shots weren't good in the final.
Yeah it just came out that Drai had a broken rib and broken finger. Mcdavid also had an abdominal injury that requires surgery
Getting to the Stanley Cup is hard. . Getting back to the Stanley Cup is even harder.
Nurse's contract is a massive problem. Campbell and Kane are also terrible contracts but only a third or fourth of the Nurse impact. Hard to see how the Oilers improve unless those three play up to their contracts.
Yep. Drai was a risk that they won. Yukopov mistake still hurts em a bit. Imagine.
It's true. 20m in cap space, literally 1/4 of their total. This team is an easy cup winner if that 20m is distributed amongst 5 solid depth guys at ~4m a piece
i don't agree with the Kane part. When he arrived Edmonton from Sharks, he kind of played the Hyman role sometimes and be very successful as well. that skate to wrist injury seemed to drag him behind, though...
@@pallaschiron it’s truly hard to see, injuries like that in the past would’ve been a career ender.
I can't see how Nurse's contract is worse than Campbell's, it's overpaying a guy by a couple million a year versus paying a guy 5 million to play in the minors.
I understand it's fun to make fun of the oilers but in reality they're in the best spot they've been in and should be set to seriously contend for the next handful of years.
Oilers front office under Jeff Jackson is already trending in the right direction. For the first time they now have a full analytics department, and hired a coach who now has proven success in playoffs. Under Knoblauch and Coffey, for the first time, their team defense was a strength not a weakness and they got the most out of their depth players.
McDavid and Draisaitl clearly want to win championships and do it together. They will obviously get significant raises, but doubt they will price the team out of contention as they understand how important team depth is.
Their cap situation while not ideal is not nearly as bad as its made out to be. Cap should continue to rise quite a bit over the next few years. They have significant money coming off the books over the next couple of years, at the same time their big names need to be paid. And now with a more modern progressive front office they should be more active/creative in finding ways to add depth players at value.
All in all, sucks to get that close and not win, but they'll be back. The Western conference is trending in the wrong direction too. Dallas while their young players are great, they will need to replace the likes of Benn/Seguin/Duchene eventually, and their defense corps isnt exactly anything special. Colorado will always be competitive but they've been trending in the wrong direction since their cup win where they were able to add a ridiculous amount of depth for that run. Vancouver is improving, but they won't have the cap flexibility going forward to add guys like Lindholm/Zadorov midseason so easily. Vegas will still be a contender, but their core is also only getting older and have no prospects coming up since they always trade them for immediate help. Winnipeg I think is pretty underrated, but im not sure they're serious contenders. The rest of the west is more or less a joke or trending towards rebuild.
I don’t think you can say anyone was the problem. Skinner was very good in the finals. I think they gotta keep brown and Janmark for sure. Trading Campbell will be super hard but it would solve alot of problems
I wonder what a cap dump looks like for Campbell. Like maybe as a tanking team you'd consider having him up, but most likely he'd just be getting buried. Very expensive way to clear just under 4m.
A team like Calgary would be smart to take bad contracts like Campbells for draft picks and prospects, but they're not smart enough to do that.
Lol. Also, what if campbell turns out to be a good 1B, like he should have been? What was holland thinking? Skinner 1A, soup 1B. Ask to renegotiate contract and extend it for a few yrs, or we dump you to AHL, and eat it, and you are likely done for life?
anyone think he's done?
@@MrGamman3yt I would have liked to have seen Soup under Knoblauch. I'm sorry but I blame Woodcroft for a lot of Jack's mental health issues in Edmonton.
Damn we'll need great cap management and hopefully a new GM who doesn't screw us over
Like last 3?
Current made some very good deals like Hyman and Nuge. decent Kane. Bad Nurse and Campbell
The oils true window was last year and this year. They get a bonus chance next year but it will get harder and harder from there. Bright spots are Holloway and Broberg are now regular NHLers filling big rolls for cheap EL deals. Desharnais is not cashing in. If someone wants to pay him more than 2 mill you have to let him walk. I love him but that don’t work on this team. Fogele is going to get around 4 mill open market but if he takes a team friendly at 3 I’d want to keep him. If LA can trade PLD than someone will take Campbell right? I’m sure oil would happily retain too. As for the big names and the extensions and the core… as long they are together this team is in the conversation the rest of the pieces will work themselves out.
That Nurse contract... I've always found idiotically illogical that this claim that one player's new contract "sets the market for other comparable players" holds sway. One team overpays Jones so now, "that's the market". We have to pay Nurse 50% more than what he's worth. I guess he had had a good year. One. good. year. I'm not ragging on Nurse. His other years aren't bad - but for him, it was one year above his typical level. Can't really blame him for taking the money either.
Janmark was a great deal at 1M, I'd be asking for more now after his playoff performance.
There are only two people in Edmonton happy with Nurse's contract; Nurse himself and Bouchard. Bouchard's agent is going to laugh that one all the way to the bank when he is up for renewal. I don't know how they can afford McDavid, Leon, Nurse (for no good reason), and Bouchard when the time comes. They might have to buy Nurse out when Bouchard is due, because he's untradeable at that salary. I'm not sure what his buyout cap hit will be at the time they need to make it happen, but it might still be worth it.
I'm not sure if depth is the biggest issue for oilers, in the final our bottom guys stepped up and scored in most games, our superstars were the ones who got stood up especially in game 7 where it mattered most. Still proud of them though!
Not even an Oilers fan and I can't bring myself to watch this yet
Getting rid of Kane, Nurse and Campbell are going to have to be top priorities for the Oilers. Can't compete when you have close to $20 million tied up to 3 players who are just not that good.
20m? I thought it was ~20% not 25%. Omg, what a joke.
Agreed
Kane still has some value, and Campbell can be moved in a cap dump move, but Nurse they're stuck with for a while. His contract has a NMC and realistically, despite the fact Nurse is a tough top-4 D man, he's not and never will be a $9 top-2 D man his contract has him signed as, so his value really isn't there. Teams that might be interested won't have the cap space to sign him, and teams that can take his contract aren't gaining anything from it.
Kane had injuries and propably gets back to his level. I think you can trade campbell if you add first to it. Nurse is untradeble.
If they had a fit Kane in game 7 they would be champions now
That nurse contract has to be dealt with, the oilers can not afford wasting 9 million dollars until 2030 for a bottom 6 ahl defenceman
I don’t see them making it to the cup next season like Florida did. I see them more like a Montreal, finals, then basement.
As a sharks fan, I was really hoping the Oilers won this, but they’ll probably be back
Best of luck
I just don’t see how Edmonton will be able to afford Draisaitl next summer if Campbell’s contract and Nurse’s contract are still on the books.
Oilers will still be a good team next season, but I think this past week was their best shot.
Kane played through the entire season with a sports hernia. He needs surgery to get it repaired. Expecting more out of him next season.
i wouldnt .
Sadly thats 2 seasons that they should have LTIR him and taken advantage of the extra 5 million in cap space. I wonder if it's team morals or kanes ego preventing this both times. I like the guy and when he was healthy he was a great fit, but that seems a long time ago now.
@@vincemedak9734 What are you talking about? He was a complete monster last season. So make Kane haters. I don't get it anymore. it's been a long time since he's had a bad PR moment. Is this just racism at this point?
@thaddcorbett2148 what are you talking about?
I was a big supporter of giving kane a second chance as I believe he is not only older and more mature but also, being on a team where he knows he's not the best player may help him curb his ego a little and that has proven to be true. He has turned his personal life around and is a benifit to the community around him in edmonton. You are the one bringing up race and his past PR so maybe you should look in the mirror for the racist before you start slinging those stones.
Having said all that, Kane WAS a monster in the first half season he was with the oilers but has never been the same player that shut tckachuk down in the playoffs, since the wrist Injury. They should have LTIR him the first trade deadline after he came back to soon, when he sat out a few games for an injury and they should have done the same this season when, by his own words he has dealt with a sports hernia since November. It's a business. I'd take a rusty kane at close to 100% health plus and extra 5 million in deadline acquisitions during the playoffs, over a kane at 40%, who ends up sitting out the last 3 games of the Stanley cup finals.
I don't know why he didn't get the surgery and put in LTIR but it was a mistake that probably could have given the oilers the cup had it been handled differently.
He mays well have had surgery in season when the injury occurred. He was useless in the playoffs, and ultimately scratched in the finals.
The Oilers will only having to face some serious cap issue after next season, the upcoming season that they can still manage to get by. Holloway is likely the replacement for Foegele, Kulak is likely to be moved with Broberg as replacement. Holland's dislike of prospects hurts the young players' developments but once he is gone then the Oilers will likely to give younger player a bit more chances.
I suspect McDavid will be willing to sign at somewhat of a discount... Not cheap, mind you, but I'd guess at this point he cares more about winning than about making $16m/yr. Drai and Nurse seem like the bigger question marks to me
It's possible both mcdavid and drai would leave a bit on the table to play for cups together but I can't see them leaving much .It's a harsh reality but perhaps 5-7 % of what they could or should make somewhere else .There comes a point in a hard cap world where the team management,scouting and so on must earn their pay and find players of good value at bargain prices and make some hard decisions on moving or buying out players in order to compete for a cup ,the easiest window to win a cup is wide open this year and next ,after that it's only bound to get harder.
there's actually no other person for conversation as the best player in the league. McDavid is in a league of his own with no one close to it there's really no debate.
I mean Kucherov fairly close to same as McDavid. There are only 4 players in league history to get 100 assists in a season and they are two of them.
Consistency is still his biggest problem, when the Cup was on the line he came up short.
@@OneNationUnderGod. yeah, matching up against what will now be the perennial Selke winner had nothing to do with it….
@@whoshotashleybabbitt4924people tend to forget there are two teams out there
That guy with 144 points also has 2 cups and was robbed of a smythe by the media when Vasi got it.
Run it back as close as possible. Bouchard hit the post. It’s a game of inches. Maybe buy out Campbell and try to dump nurse’s contract and then hope that the cap goes up by infinity for 2027.
I think they need to try to make those cap saving trades. Arizona used to take on those bad contracts with the right draft capital added to the trade, so hopefully some other team will do that kind of deal for the Oilers sake
No way the oilers replicate this next year. The cap space situation is bad and they had the most favorable path to the cup. Getting to play the stars who had already beat the two best cup contenders was a gift and probably won't happen again. Plus having to resign draisaitl and bouchard won't be possible. They are cooked
The oilers need to trade kulak and ceci for cap space. Sign someone like Alex carrier in free agency. They prob should trade away Kane too as he isn’t worth 5 million. And bring back some of their depth like janmark and brown. Also figure out what the hell you do with campbell
Kane being injured was a big deal for the Oilers, he can absolutely still make a difference in the playoffs, especially against a team like the Panthers if he's injured. That contract is still value.
And get rid of Kane, CiCi, Campbell, and make Useless Nurse take a pay cut.
@@cindyrussell1581Shame they cant take a paycut e
Draisatl can ask and should get at least the same as Auston Matthews. He might accept less but it’s not unreasonable to get more than a lesser player.
that magnet is awesome
A few adjustments, not major moves. I think the guys have to really work on getting into the game / series right from the start so as not to get behind and end up chasing.
I wouldn't break my neck looking for another goalie. I think Skinner will be just fine. He's not perfect yet; he's still got some work to do, but it's not at all uncommon for newer goalies to take a few years to really hit their stride. He's showing steady improvement and he's a known quantity now so I think there's a lot to be said for stability and continuity.
If the deal of a lifetime falls on their lap then sure, go for it, but I wouldn't be nervous at all about starting next year with Skinner and Pickard, especially with Rodrigue and Fanti in the pipeline.
I thought we got a new franchise called Alberta oil flaming dragon or sth by the look of that magnet. Looks cool though.
If anyone can do it edmonton. Every year they keep improving. Destiny next season
Conner McDavid certainly deserved the Conn Smyth! I think to award him the award seconds of losing a hard fought battle for The Stanley Cup may have be bad timing.Talented man, 😊 Keep you chin up Conner!
Campbell is a pretty sweet deal for a buy out. Then you only need 5 of the 10 ufas.brown,foegele, Janmark,Carrick and pickard. Broberg replaces Deharnais. Then ride it out until trade deadline. Players will take less to be on a top contending team.
Hyman got a lot of goals standing in the crease. He perfected that. Once that matered they shut him DOWN!!!
I have a feeling the price to have someone take Campbell is not going to be exorbitant. Lots of teams with the cap space for those 3 years. Possibly even a smaller bad contract coming back on a potential roster player, like say Goodrow.
The salary cap has really hampered good management. Managers have gone from being judged on their ability to identify talent to being judged on their ability to negotiate contracts
I doubt they will make a final again soon. There are too many other up and coming teams that I think will be much better next year. Dallas, I expect Boston will come back strong, rangers too. Carolina will retool
Nurse, Kane and Campbell's contracts will likely hurt the Oilers long term. As for Skinner it's not someone I think that can keep up. The second goal in game seven was pretty weak.
And van, wpg, avs in west. 20% cap in those 3! Criminal. Imagine if Oil had Marsktrom, or Demko? Know what they both hsve? The same goalie coach. That dude in edmo has to go.
Salaries and cap space is why there is no such thing any more as a perrenial Cup winner or even contender.
Which is why people should have really taken the time to enjoy Edmonton's run...there may not be a Canadian team in the final again for years....if ever.
Financial engineering and shenanigans are now more key to winnng a Cup than the on-ice talent itself.
That is just the sad state of affairs of modern sports.
There will soon be a trophy for the bean counters....mark it down.
And the rental arms race. Teams give up their ability to replace aging players in order to get someone for the playoff run.
@@kurtwpg I'd file that with "shenanigans".
I did take the time to enjoy it knowing a run like this may come only once. Just look at the Sharks
Oilers depth is fine. They just need to use it. Whenever a game is close they play the hell out of the top line and bench the other three lines. The “other” lines played well in the final and got great results but were not utilized enough in close games. You can’t exhaust you top line and then wonder why they are dragging their ass at the end of the game.
The temptation to put the two big guns out there next to each other when you're in need of offense is just too great regardless of whoever is behind the bench. They need to have faith in 4 lines and not just when the going is good.
Tough calls! Especially since all the other teams in the West are not going to sit still. Watch out for the Kings!
Imagine if the Oilers obtain the likes of Stolarz in the offseason 😮
I'd love to see the Oilers bringing back the Skinner Pickard tandem. However I do acknowledge that the guys in front of the net would play with even more confidence if they had a Bobrovsky kind of goalie. Bringing in a new goalie is a massive gamble. First you would need to find one who is a clear upgrade over Skinner, there is not many of those and they are extremely pricey (Nashville wanted a kings ransom for Saros even tho he had a little bit of a down year). Oddly enough one candidate that comes to mind is this "other guy" from Nashville.
Trade Nurse whatever the GM can do!!!
Nurse has a No Movement Clause, and considering Edmonton is currently a contender for a cup, he's definitely not moving himself out anytime soon. Oilers are stuck with Nurse for a longgggg time unfortunately, and will probably be in rebuild mode by the time Nurse is on his way out.
Patiently awaiting the annual Canadian Stanley Cup video
Imo floridas depth wasn’t as good as Edmonton’s, all of their wins except game 2 were because of Bob being crazy
It would take a miracle (trading Campbell and/or Nurse) for the Oilers to bring back a team as good as the one they had last season, with that many players to sign with that little salary cap space, and with a lot less time before free agency to get it done because they went to game 7. If they can't move out Campbell or Nurse or both, they're probably taking a step back next season, and focus on signing Draisaitl to make it even harder to have depth after that. Playing Broberg in the playoffs means they might not have enough cash to resign him and are forced to trade him. It doesn't make much sense to bury Campbell in the minors if the not much savings is washed away by now having to pay another backup goalie, but it might take more than just a 1st round draft pick to move that albatross of a contract.
I think a major key will be letting all the players get fully healthy if it means being uncertain about a playoff spot because the injury recovery will take long.
Nurse's Stupid Salary is why the Oilers can't win a cup.
maybe wie can convice him to put him on the LTIR List like the Golden Knights do it every Year 🤣
Where did you get that jersey? I don't remember them having a navy blue with orange home jersey. I like it though, it's like the condor's home colours.
We need to give Olivier Rodrigue a chance next year, let pickard hold up the condors, get campbell moved regardless of the cost, or buy him out. Maybe get a 4th string goalie as back up for pickard in ahl but give the kid his fair shot next year. Hes been very very good in the ahl.
Edmonton rushed enough goalies, and pickard earned his role more then enough this year to be a 25 game backup if he keeps his play up.
Offense isn’t really an issue for them. Let’s be honest they could have had like 3 or 4 goals in game 7 if not for some great desperation saves by floridas defensemen and goalie. I don’t think goaltending was an issue either. Maybe they should look for a nikko mikkola type of defenseman that can shut things down.
I think they need to try Campbell out again next year (then maybe pray there is an expansion draft soon), and see if most of the season in the minors helps his headspace. Also, the confidence in Skinner could take some pressure off. Nurse is a bigger issue with that cap hit. Any trade is a high value contract for high value contract. Maybe Pittsburgh would give up Karlsson. Lol. This next season, they will need to rely more on their farm system and maybe a couple of PTOs. I see Janmark and Deharnais staying. The others are more of a challenge, I would like to see henrique stay too Warren too but I don't think there is the cap space after a couple of signings. Broberg is a big question mark to me. He might have looked good in the final but keep in mind he sat in the Press box for the better part of 3 rounds. The didn't bring him up during the later part of the season because they couldn't give him 20 mins of ice time a game, will it still be an issue?
They will be seeking for a playoff spot first, like every team. It's very unlikely that they will get another sniff at the cup anytime soon. It's downhill from here.
They are going to need to find some way to work around not just this off season, but next year with Bouchard, Drai extensions… idk how they do it.
End of day, when the game was 1-1, Bouchard came half a foot wide of scoring a goal that I think would of meant they won the cup in my opinion, it always felt like a first to 2 game….Game of inches, but idk if the stars will align for them again
where can i get that oilers cat logo??....
As long as McDavid is in you got a great chance.
Sign Patty Kane to play on first line
Shut down Draisaitl and McDavid in games 6 and 7? Really? What did they do in games 1, 2, and 3?
Let the Leon saga begin. I get the bleacher report update and then I see your Edmonton video hahaha
that article they put out last night was awful, ridiculous, and clickbaity
As a Red Wings fan Oilers fans can thank Ken Holland.
Jack Cambell traded with 50% retention? Unload Evander Kane for prospects and/or draft picks? Add some grit? Hiw long will they have Henrique and Perry?
The Oilers could use a bit of youthful exuberance.half of Jack Campbell's contract might create cap space to retain some players.
You'd get a better cap hit if you buyout Campbell vs 50% retention. A healthy Kane is worth his contract, solid physical winger with 20-30 goal potential. I hope that 3rd line returns.