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"Russell is saying to himself it probably makes sense to maybe do a one-year deal and then go back at the free agent trough next summer, and with Las Vegas coming in there will be teams that lose defencemen in the expansion draft and will be looking for a defenceman next year and suddenly the market would heat up for him.”
The Oilers have a hole in the their Top 4, McKenzie said, with Oscar Klefbom, Adam Larsson and Andrej Sekera there, and all the others more bottom-pairing guys. It’s not ideal to go with a player like Brandon Davidson, Mark Fayne, Darnell Nurse or Jordan Oesterle there, McKenzie said.
But Russell doesn’t sound like any kind of sure thing to sign here.
“He’s still talking to as many as eight teams,” McKenzie said. “The Calgary Flames are still interested in having him back because they have got the same problem on their blueline. They have a hole in their Top 4.”
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Bob Stauffer@Bob_Stauffer
Kris Russell legit NHL D-Man but I would be very surprised if the Oilers signed him. Klefbom, Sekera, Nurse, Davidson, Reinhart all lefties