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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Sorry I was wrong, Stromes' cap hit is 2.4 million not 1, so its a 4.6 million dollar savings for the Oilers

So far it looks like the Oilers with 12 forwards 5 defensemen and 2 bluelines have a $58 million dollar cap hit.

With Sekeras out long term the Oilers have 4 defensemen who can play.

In terms of resignings, Drasiatl probably at 7.5 Kassian will probably bump to 2.5. A Russell or Russell light at 4 to 4.5

So lets say they add $14.5 so that would take them to about 72 to 73. They would probably still need to add a blueliner. So this deal gets them slightly below the cap.

The year after that, Its the apocalypse for the Oilers with Strome, McDavid, Letestu, Slepyshev, Maroon, Nurse, Benning, Broissoit all needing new deals. So they could potentially be adding about 16 million to their payroll by the time things are said and done, and I doubt the cap is going to go up that much.

First of all, the Oilers are now in the budget business, second of all, I was wrong, They're going to have to find a way to dump some expensive pieces. for nothing. Suddenly Lucic, Poulliot and RNH are pretty damaging contracts.

I know what you mean ... but it doesn't quite feel right if as Flames fans we are simply going to hope the Oilers beat themselves with poor contract decisions.