The Oilers were already overpaying Koskinen at $2.5 million for this year, and he wasn't going down, so the DeSmith and Saros examples were never going to fly. But I just can't see how you couldn't get Koskinen on a 2-year, $6-7 million deal if you're Edmonton. Still a modest raise, still gives him the #1 job, and manages your cap space better.
Just Chia/Lowe/MacTavish/K. Gretzky things.
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