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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
Luckily for the Oilers there might be some attractive d-men available for signing this summer. They have a decent amount of cap space so they should be able to fill some defensive voids.
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The money is nice and everything, but these players all talk, they phone players in Edmonton to find out if its worth it to go there, they talk to ex oilers to see how they were treated.
I think unless they clean house from top to bottom, they can have all the money in Scrooge McDucks vault and they'll still be a bottom choice for any decent free agent defensemen.
The ones that are on their last legs in the NHL, or the never will be's will sign and push for a bribe contract to go there, but I think that free agency like coaching replacement is going to be a difficult road for a dying franchise like Edmonton.