This is your TL/DR (too long, didn’t read) summary post where excerpts are taken from the best of the best when it comes to Edmonton Oilers blogs. BLH gives you his two cents on the latest posts being published in the Oilogosphere! Including those from Lowetide.ca, The Athletic, Oilersnation, The Cult of Hockey, Copper N Blue, Oil on Whyte, and more!
The latest NHL news, rumors, and speculation comes from all of the internet’s top sites like Spector’s Hockey, The Fourth Period, NHL Trade Talk, The Hockey Writers, and The Daily Goal Horn just to name a few!
If you’re short on time but want to keep up with the day’s Oilers news, you’ve come to the right place!
Give us a follow on the socials!
- Youtube: Beer League Heroes Channel
- Twitter: @beerleagueheroe
- Instagram: @beerleagueheroes
- Facebook: Beer League Heroes
Oilersnation
Seravalli: “My sense is the Oilers have someone that’ll take Kailer Yamamoto for free”
- “On Monday’s edition of the DFO Rundown, Frank Seravalli and Jason Gregor discussed whether any of the other Canadian teams will use a buyout this summer. Some names that were mentioned as candidates to be bought out are Matt Murray of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Joel Armia and Mike Hoffman of the Montreal Canadiens, and Kailer Yamamoto of the Edmonton Oilers.”
- “When it comes to Yamamoto, Seravalli said that “My sense is the Oilers have in their pocket someone that’ll take Yamamoto for free,” so a buyout ultimately won’t be necessary.
BLH’s Thoughts: Lots of smoke coming out of Chicago with regards to who this team might be that’ll take Yamamoto. They’ve got lots of cap room and the Tyler Johnson connection is painfully obvious. If you don’t know, Johnson’s mom was Yamo’s power skating coach when he was just learning to skate and both players hail from Spokane, Washington.
Actually, I’m told the Oilers and Hawks had discussions regarding Yamamoto last summer that carried over into the 22/23 season. If you remember, Edmonton was looking to free up cap space and they were shopping Foegele, Puljujarvi, and Yamo. So this. and possibly some other future moves, has been in the works for a while (as most trades are).
Just on Montreal for a second, I recently pondered upon if they might use Juraj Slafovsky to move up in the draft to get Fantilli and Bob Stauffer stopped himself just short of suggesting the same thing with George Laraque on Oilers Now yesterday. Not to pat myself on the back or anything, but I haven’t seen anybody suggest that online so far. Wouldn’t it be interesting if that rumor started to pick up steam as we approach the draft.
Personally, if I was the Habs GM and I knew that the Capitals were hell-bent on drafting Michkov and he was hell-bent on going to the Caps, I would bend them over a barrel and get a huge overpayment from them. Could they get Connor McMichael, Ivan Miroshnichenko, and a swap of first rounders this year (8th for 5th)? Doubt Miroshnichenko is a consideration here though. The Caps surely have their eyes on the next big Russian 1-2 punch if they’re busting their asses trying to draft Michkov.
Oilersnation
NHL Notebook: Sens likely to trade Alex DeBrincat, possible landing spots for Oliver Ekman-Larsson, and more
- “Over at Daily Faceoff, Frank Seravalli speculated that Ekman-Larsson will look to rebuild his value on a one-year, show-me deal with a contending team.”
- “He can double-dip, he’s already getting paid basically $2.5 million from the Canucks for the next number of years — you’ve got that in your pocket already. Go sign a one-year deal somewhere with a contender: Boston, Tampa, go down the list. There’s a whole bunch of teams. I would imagine even the Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights. A lot of teams could add a left-shot defenceman. That makes sense.”
BLH’s Thoughts: And I think Edmonton should be on that list too.
Despite already having Kulak and Broberg on the left side, they do have veterans that can play on their off-side like Ekholm and the aforementioned Kulak and Broberg.
Do they want to go into this season depending on Desharnais and Philly B or would it be a more prudent idea to go with an established NHL veteran who’s got some playing rapport with Ekholm and would offer a massive upgrade on the club’s blueline depth?
Nurse-Ceci (ugh!)
Ekholm-Bouchard
OEL-Kulak/Desharnais/BrobergI think the Oilers should be all over OEL. He’s only 31 and if they’re handing out “show me” deals to Connor Brown, what’s the hurt in giving one to Oliver Ekman-Larsson too? They want to go for it this year, don’t they? The cherry on top is that IF he outperforms Ceci or Kulak, they can trade those guys! Or if there’s an injury to somebody or a player is shitting the bed some night in the top-4, he can slide in seamlessly.
C’mon… It makes too much sense. All of it and there’s the Swedish thing too…
Fun Fact: OEL shares an agent with recently acquire forward Jayden Grubbe as well as former Detroit Red Wing Darren Helm and one-time Edmonton Oil King scoring sensation Dylan Guenther.
Trade Rumors
Spector’s Hockey
- James Nichols cited Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman wondering about whether the Devils could put Yegor Sharangovich on the trade block.
- Sheng Peng speculated over 10 possible trade destinations for Erik Karlsson… Four of Peng’s trade destinations – the Edmonton Oilers, Florida Panthers, Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs – have previously shown an interest in Karlsson.
BLH’s Thoughts: Sharangovich is a name I’ve been hammering you guys with since the beginning of the month. He just put up back-to-back 40+ point seasons, so I’ve got no idea why the Devils would want to get rid of him. They’d rather pay Timo Meier $9M/yr I guess…
I think it’s a longshot for Edmonton to trade for Erik Karlsson but I wouldn’t put it out of the realm of possibility. All they need is another team to help facilitate the deal. San Jose eats 50%, Team B eats 50% of that, and the Oilers have a $3M top-pairing Norris Trophy winning dman on their team.
Imagine Edmonton going into the 23/24 season with this on their backend:
Nurse/Karlsson
Ekholm/Bouchard
Ekman-Larsson/KulakI mean, let the Swedish Revolution begin! Why stop at defensemen? What would Boston want in order to swap Ullmark and Campbell? Could Calgary be convinced to send Backlund to Edmonton? Arvidsson is apparently on the block in LA…
A man can dream, can’t he?
