Monday morning on his daily radio show, Oilers Now, Bob Stauffer hinted at not one, but two possible roster moves that the Edmonton Oilers could make depending on what scenarios or circumstances present themselves.
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In a conversation with Drew Remenda, the pair were speaking to Ken Holland’s moves over the summer and if the Oilers might’ve brought in too much skill. This is where Stauffer drops one of two speculation nuggets,
“McDavid, Draisaitl, and Turris are the top-3 centers; if Haas doesn’t come in here and kill it or Khaira, if he doesn’t fit into the mix anymore, maybe they go an acquire themselves a hard-nosed defensively responsible 4th line center.”
I don’t have the foggiest of ideas who Edmonton could go after here but I did have a dear friend ask me if I would sign Riley Sheahan as the Oilers’ 4th line center. I said only if Haas or Khaira weren’t in the picture.
I love how Sheahan helped out the team on the penalty kill but he had a tough go 5v5. What would his season have looked like if he had played on the 4th line all year, not the 3rd?
Would you sign Sheahan if Khaira was moved out?
A texter to the show asked Bob if it would make sense for the Oilers to move a player like Alex Chiasson for a 2nd or 3rd pairing player on defense to which he replied,
“It might be a 3rd pairing defenseman. I don’t think realistically you’re getting a top-4 defenceman for Alex Chiasson, but there might be a team that’s got some funds allocated to a 3rd pairing guy with a $1.5M-$2M range and they might be short a right-winger that can play on the powerplay and is a good character guy.”
Second speculative nugget! Quite specific no less too!
If you’re wondering, here’s the list of defencemen, from CapFriendly, who make between $1.5M and 2M contracted to play next season,
NSH | 30 | LD | Left | UFA | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | ||
2. Justin Holl
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TOR | 28 | RD | Right | M-NTC | UFA | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
3. Jordie Benn
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VAN | 32 | LD | Left | UFA | $2,000,000 | $1,600,000 | |
4. Brett Kulak
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MTL | 26 | LD | Left | UFA | $1,850,000 | $1,400,000 | |
5. Justin Braun
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PHI | 33 | RD | Right | UFA | $1,800,000 | $1,800,000 | |
STL | 33 | LD | Left | M-NTC | UFA | $1,750,000 | $1,750,000 | |
7. Troy Stecher
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DET | 26 | RD | Right | UFA | $1,700,000 | $1,200,000 | |
8. Nick Holden
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VGK | 33 | LD | Left | UFA | $1,700,000 | $2,000,000 | |
TBL | 35 | LD | Left | NTC | UFA | $1,700,000 | $1,600,000 | |
10. Dean Kukan
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CBJ | 26 | RD | Left | UFA | $1,650,000 | $1,300,000 | |
11. Scott Harrington
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CBJ | 27 | LD | Left | UFA | $1,633,333 | $1,600,000 | |
12. Robert Hägg
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PHI | 25 | LD | Left | UFA | $1,600,000 | $1,500,000 | |
13. Adam Pelech
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NYI | 25 | LD | Left | RFA | $1,600,000 | $2,500,000 | |
14. Andrej Sekera
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DAL | 34 | LD | Left | UFA | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | |
15. Connor Carrick
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NJD | 26 | RD | Right | UFA | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | |
16. Mike Reilly
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OTT | 26 | LD | Left | UFA | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 |
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