Edmonton Oilers Rumors: Oilers Looking to Bring in a Forward on a PTO According to Gregor

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Oilersnation (Gregor)

Oilers Roster with Salary Cap Considerations

With Oscar Klefbom starting the season on Long-Term Injury Reserve (LTIR), the Oilers will essentially have a salary cap of $85.6m, but because they are starting in LTIR, we could see some interesting roster shuffling to start the season.
…performance bonuses become a factor in how the cap works and could play a factor in who makes the opening day roster.
Philip Broberg ($850K) and Dylan Holloway ($400K) also have performance bonuses, and if the organization expects to recall them during the season, we could see one, or both, on the opening 23-man roster. They might only be there for one day, but having them on the opening day roster would give the Oilers room to recall them later.
- If Broberg is on the opening day roster, then automatically his 850K potential performance bonuses is included… However, if the isn’t on the opening day roster, and because the Oilers will start the season in LTIR, if they recalled him during the season he would be considered a $1.713m cap hit, instead of his $863K cap hit.
- Holloway is in the same boat, although his bonuses are lower. If he is on the opening day roster, then sent down, but recalled later during the season, he’d count at $925K on the cap instead of $1.325m…
Kailer Yamamoto will sign a one or two-year deal.
- If Yamamoto signs a one-year deal I could see it around $1.5m. A two-year deal would be closer to $1.7m-$1.8m.
The Oilers are looking at potential PTOs. And it might not only be a D-man. They are looking at potential forward options.
- Could we see Tyler Ennis on a PTO in Edmonton?
I expect Cooper Marody to sign a two-way deal with the Oilers. Considering he would be a group VI UFA after this season, look for it to be a one-year deal.

BLH’s Thoughts: Well doesn’t that information throw a screw into pre-training camp prognostications?… Those damned paper transactions! Then again, who’s going on waivers or being sent to Bakersfield (on paper?) so that the Oilers can save a few hundred thousand on the cap? Turris? Stalock? Lagesson? Koskinen?

I get that the club has some room under the 50-man cap to bring in some players, but where would they play IF they made the team? Are we expecting some forwards not to actually make the Oilers out of training camp thus opening up a spot? Has somebody been injured during off-season training because all we’ve heard this summer is that the club was looking to add another defenseman. Is it possible the Oilers are putting some pressure on the Yamamoto camp to get a deal signed?

As for Ennis, I don’t mind him in short spurts, but I’m not sure the head coach is a big fan. My feeling is that, fancy stats aside, there are some better options out there like Alex Chiasson, Bobby Ryan, Alex Galchenyuk, Patrick Marleau, or Michael Del Colle.

I don’t know why Marody doesn’t just head over to Europe and start racking up the points and the paychecks for a few seasons and then come back to get his music career started? You never know what might happen, right? Maybe he ends up going the Derek Ryan route and making this hockey thing work as an older player.

Oilersnation (Brownlee)

Relentless

With 574 points in 407 games, he is already eighth in career franchise scoring and will pass Doug Weight, Ryan Smyth and Paul Coffey this season if he stays healthy.
As blessed with talent as he is, McDavid has shown he’s absolutely relentless when it comes to working on his game. I’m guessing that has something to do with the one piece of silverware that’s eluded him through his first six seasons with the Oilers.
McDavid has been back training since July and he’s spending this week at the BioSteel hockey camp in Ontario. McDavid told the Associated Press his focus is working on his defensive play and becoming a better all-around player.

BLH’s Thoughts: Did Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux have to deal with the “two-way” argument throughout the early parts of their careers? I mean, I love the fact that Connor wants to become a better player on the whole, but I don’t get the media attention directed at the other side of his game?

What’s the rush? I’m surprised nobody’s suggested they put him on defense…

My guess is that we’re going to see a more rounded Edmonton Oilers team in 2021-22 and as a result, players like McDavid and Draisaitl, who a lot of people like to think of as one-trick ponies, will see their “against” metrics improve.

The Hockey Writers

Canadiens Shopping the Offer Sheet Picks

Elliotte Friedman suggests in his latest 31 Thoughts podcast that the Canadiens will take the seven days they have to either match or not match the offer sheet from the Hurricanes for Jesperi Kotkaniemi and figure out what options they have if they don’t match. In that time, they’ll shop the first and third round picks that will come as compensation for an unmatched offer.

Eichel and Sabres Met With NHL

Friedman also reports that the Sabres and Eichel’s reps met with the NHL and NHLPA this past week and before Eichel moved to a different agent to see if any sort of resolution could be worked out. Friedman says he didn’t think either party got anywhere. In fact, he believes it was learned that both sides were going to dig in even deeper and their respective positions hadn’t changed.

Rangers Not Overwhelmed by Tom Wilson

“It’s not going to overtake the team,” Gerard Gallant explained. Saying the pieces they added are not a direct response to what Tim Wilson did to their team last season…

Latest on Tarasenko Trade Talk

Jeremy Rutherford provided an update on trade rumors involving forward Vladimir Tarasenko. When asked about who may still be interested he noted the Hurricanes; Rangers, and Islanders as the top teams.