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This is a well time article ... just tweeted by the Edmonton Journal

https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/h...box=1626875679

Mark Spector of Sportsnet lines up on the other side of the puck. In an extended discussion with host Bob Stauffer on Oilers Now on Wednesday, Spector held forth: “The latest that I’ve heard is that the Oilers and Larsson camp have basically agreed on the numbers on several contracts. If it’s a three-year contract, it’s worth this; if it’s a four-year contract, it’s probably right around $3.9, $4 million bucks; if it’s a five-year contract, maybe it’s worth a little bit less. My understanding is they pounded that out. My understanding also is that Adam Larsson hasn’t signed any of those, nor has he completely agreed to them. Do we have a player that is actively looking elsewhere to see what other teams are going to pay him? Tanev makes $4.5 in Calgary, I don’t know if Larsson is going to get to that point. I’ll bet you he comes in at $4.3, $4.25, so the Oilers are very close in money. It’s my belief that Adam Larsson is going to sign in Edmonton, that he’s been happy to wait until the whole [Duncan] Keith scenario is over and the expansion draft is over, and he will play on a defensive pairing with Keith. I could be wrong, nobody knows for sure, but I think Larsson will be signing here in the next week.”

It’s not so much Plan B as Plan B-B-B. Whichever veteran returns will join Ethan Bear and Evan Bouchard on the right side. If it’s Barrie, there are two right shot rearguards below 6’0, and all three under 200 pounds. None of them comes anywhere close to Larsson’s defensive, uhh, chops.