Speculation: Oilers preparing to offer sheet an RFA Defenseman?

[Yatzhee]

Buffalo has more cap space than Edmonton. They wouldn't even consider it.

 

[DJJones]

And if Edmonton goes for Lucic, how could they offer sheet someone with 5 million?

 

[SirPaste]

I hope they do offersheet somebody and then get screwed when Drai and McD are offer sheeted

 

[GirardSpinorama]

They dont even have the picks to do it

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

And if Edmonton goes for Lucic, how could they offer sheet someone with 5 million?

Subtract Reinhart, Nurse and Oesterle from their cap, and they have $16M in space. Lucic takes up ~$6M and the offersheet is $5M. $5M left over.

 

[Sojourn]

Offer sheet Trouba between 7.250 million (1 st, 2nd, 3rd round pick) or say
F**k it and offer him like 8 million.

If you're making that a 7 year contract, that 7.250 million would cost you four 1st round picks.

 

[Soundwave]

The only player that I could see them doing this for is Lindholm. I doubt it generally speaking.

 

[Sojourn]

No. You OS Lindholm. Buffalo will match. Anaheim might match.

No, Anaheim will match, and any offer sheet that makes Anaheim hesitate will cost you four 1st round picks.

As an internal budget team? I don't know. $7M could do it.

7x7 puts you in the four 1st round pick category.

Exactly. OS Lindholm. Contend for the cup for many years. And then OS the Ducks #1D again in 4 years

That might be the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Dumba might be the easiest and not even a long term contract. 4-5 million for 3 years would hit Minnesota hard.

 

[BeastMode97]

The only player that I could see them doing this for is Lindholm. I doubt it generally speaking.

IMO thats the least likely. Chia has clearly stated they want an offensive RHD. Like he's really stressing the Right shot, like a lot.

Trouba and Barrie are more intriguing to me personally.

 

[Pi]

People are really damn stupid if they are counting Nurse out by the age of 21

No one is counting him out, just being realistic about projection. He's going to be a top 4 defensive D. Good player to have in the mold of a Willie Mitchell type player.

 

[aemoreira1981]

Probably Trouba to mess with Minnesota's cap situation.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Probably Trouba to mess with Minnesota's cap situation.

That would be quite the magic trick.

 

[McPhatty00]

Oilers would take Ristolainen over Lindholm 10\10 times ..

too bad they have 0% chance on either. With Hall+ they couldve had a shot at Risto..

It would've been comparable to a trade for Subban. Murray wouldn't be giving away Risto like Chiarelli did with Hall.

 

[DJJones]

Subtract Reinhart, Nurse and Oesterle from their cap, and they have $16M in space. Lucic takes up ~$6M and the offersheet is $5M. $5M left over.

They're all on two-ways?

 

[Rebuilt]

And if Edmonton goes for Lucic, how could they offer sheet someone with 5 million?

you mean 1 mil after they offer Lucic 14mil per year right?

 

[gretskidoo]

They keep saying "the toughest minutes in the nhl" but they got blasted while doing so. Advanced stats are terrible, he had the 3rd highest save percentage in the league(>60 games)

Sub .500 corsi in all situations, 13th highest pdo in the league over 60 games.

This just tells me Schneider is a top 3 goalie haha. Jury is still out on Larsson

The Devils were 8th in shots against. Much blasting.

 

[DJJones]

The Devils were 8th in shots against. Much blasting.

Top pairing had a 43% corsi.

I'll consider that blasted

 

[CherryToke]

Why? offer sheets don't work.

 

[aemoreira1981]

That would be quite the magic trick.

Meant to say Matt Dumba

 

[Joey Moss]

They dont even have the picks to do it

Not sure if true or not but I read somewhere that with these compensation picks for GM's they can be pushed back a year if it's an offer sheet. So the 2nd going to Boston would be in 2018.

 

[ChargersRookie]

That would be quite the magic trick.