The Nuge
Some say…
How are they losing Pulju? They have no reason to go 4x4 at this point so I'm sure he'll be protected.
I'm not giving Seattle a 1st just so the Oilers can keep Jones or Benson and save $3M+ this offseason when they already have cap flexibility to start with.
Chances are that the Oilers will have to upgrade the roster through trade, because big free agent contracts rarely work out, so if you have no draft pick until the 4th round you significantly hamper your ability to make a meaningful trade.
we don’t yet know. If Barrie/Larsson are extended, and Klefa is coming back, suddenly you have to look at 8 skaters
Did you just say the Oilers {are likely to/might as well/in this scenario will} leave Jesse Puljujarvi exposed for the expansion draft. I hate you very much this morning. My penitential for bloodthirsty hysteria just went up 1000%.
I’m certainly hoping we don’t, but we don’t yet know what our protection list will look like. Just this past offseason we were all assuming we were losing Jones or Pulju. There’s a possibility we can’t protect him, or someone else we don’t want to lose, at which point there’s an additional benefit to paying to have them take Neal