Is the Oilers "targeting" Richards on a PTO really a huge story? McDavid, RNH, and Draisaitl may all miss portions of training camp depending on how they fare in the World Cup so it has been mentioned previously that the Oilers may bring in another center to create competition between him, Letestu, Lander, and any other center trying to break into the NHL.
I think the biggest takeaway from this story is that the Oilers may use Draisaitl at RW in the top-6, which pretty much means Yakupov will not get another shot at a top-6 role and Puljujarvi will either start in the bottom-6 or AHL. That also means that Letestu may be playing above his abilities in the 3rd line center role (unless Lander has a huge comeback year), which will be disappointing to many Oilers fans.