What’s it going to cost the Oilers to get a 3rd team to take on some salary for them at the deadline? Is there one team that could help Edmonton get all the pieces on their trade deadline shopping list all at once AND offer a discount? What’s up with the goaltending? Are the Oilers going to shore that up or ride Skinner until he drops dead of exhaustion?
We’re answering all of that and more today!
I should start prefacing these blogs with the fact that I write them a day in advance and because we’re getting so close to the deadline there’s a good chance I might write about a player or a team and it be old news by the time it gets to your beautiful eyes. If that happens, my apologies!
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Chop Shop
“The biggest hurdle for Edmonton is if they add any top-six forward they likely need two other teams involved so Edmonton would only have 25% of the total cap. Dallas had to give New Jersey a fourth rounder to take on 25% of Tanev’s $4.5m salary. Guentzel has a $6m cap hit, while Anthony Mantha has $5.75, Jordan Eberle ($5.5m) and Tyler Toffoli ($4.25m). Toffoli would cost a fourth to chop, but will the others cost a third then? Likely.” – Jason Gregor, Oilersnation
- Man, I thought it was going to be WAY more expensive to get a 3rd team involved.
- Does anybody else think that Buchnevich might be this year’s Ekholm trade? It feels like that, eh?
- I am curious if a new name comes out of nowhere around Tuesday or Wednesday though… Like Lawson Crouse (ARI), Josh Anderson (MTL), or Brendan Gallagher (MTL).
Dead in the Water
“According to a couple of sources and based on the market for netminders, GM Ken Holland has elected to place his focus on other areas. Ryan Rishaug was among those who cover the Oilers who say the goalie trade buzz is all-but dead. He noted, “By the way, the goaltending talk, the Oilers will go as far as Stuart Skinner is going to take them.” He added, “They’re going to stick with what they have in net, keep an eye out for a couple of changes up front.” – The Hockey Writers
- That’s the way it should’ve been all along. Going back to the playoffs last season when Woody started Campbell instead of Skinner.
- Stu’ll have his ups and downs, that’s just how it is as a young goalie in the NHL. What the Oilers could do for a change is put him in a better position to succeed. Meaning, help him by upgrading the guys in front of him.
- Upgrade the defense. Upgrade the bottom-six. Acquire players who are dedicated to the craft of being the best defensive hockey players in the world because they’ve already got ones who are the best offensively.
Ken Holland on whether he and the #LetsGoOilers are exploring the market for another goalie:
“No. I’m not exploring the market at all.”
“We feel really good about our goaltending.”
— Adhi (@OilerAlert) March 2, 2024
A One-Stop Shop for Everything
“You’re going to hear them linked to so many different players and so many different scenarios,” Seravalli told Brenden Escott of Oilers Now. “And the reason for that is they’re probably all true. It’s that right now they don’t have any laser focus on any one topic. There’s a bunch of things they’d like to do and if possible, they would like to try to do them in unison in one fell swoop. That makes it clean from a cap clean from a cap perspective and asset wise. They still want to get a Top 6 impact forward. – Cult of Hockey
- I do wonder if they just do all their shopping in Washington. They’ve got at least three, if not four, players that would be on Edmonton’s shopping list.
- Anthony Mantha: Top-6 RW
- Nic Dowd: Bottom-6 right-shot center with size
- Joel Edmundson: Depth dman
- Chucky Lindgren: Backup goalie
- You could add Beck Malynsteen if they wanted size/speed/toughness on the wings.
- Nick Jensen is a right-shot dman getting top-4 minutes in Washington if you think he’s an upgrade on Ceci. (He’s not really. More of an expensive lateral move.)
- Stack everything in one place and get the discount?…
- The thing is, Washington has to decide that their giving up on the season this week and they’re only six points behind Philadelphia for a playoff spot.
- Trades might still go down but the ask might be different. Meaning they could ask for warm bodies instead of futures. Warren Foegele, Brett Kulak, or possibly (unlikely) Cody Ceci could get sent over.
- On a side note, I think Lane Pederson might get a call-up before the deadline. I don’t know why, though. I mean, how could you even make a judgement on him as an NHL player in only two or three games?
- I also think Philip Broberg might get a run if he’s deemed healthy enough. Not sure on Lavoie, but you’d hope he is playing in the NHL after March.8th somewhere. He’s earned it.
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