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Originally Posted by GullFoss
1) Trade a first round pick to off-load campbell. Sign a goalie at $1.5m. $3.5m saved. Now they have $13.5m
2) Sign three fourth liners for $4.5m. So now they have $9m
3) Sign two scrubs for $1.5. Now they have $7.5m
4) Resign Broberg, Holloway for a combined $3m.
5) They have $4.5m left for two third liners.
They can run it back...
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Even if this scenario plays out with a bunch of scrubs coming back for nothing, you still have to win the lottery again with a cushy playoff draw against the weakest playoff team in the league - the Kings, and the Canucks playing an AHL goalie in the first two rounds. This Oiler team wasn't running the gauntlet with their lack of depth if they had to go through Vegas and Colorado out of the gate.
You also need to bank on another healthy regular season from the entire core player group and all of this needs to happen on a drastically shorter offseason that can result in slow starts thanks to lingering injuries and a lack of rest. Running it back like the Panthers did and teams like Pittsburgh have done recently is pretty rare and usually a product of a team with a lot of good young talent down the lineup that hasn't been fully paid yet. Something the Oilers can't really boast. I wouldn't bet on it happening.