If I counted on my fingers correctly, the Oilers have $78,162,500 counting against the CAP for 2025/2026 season with Bouchard to sign and 4 forwards and 1 defense spot to fill. Under the 2024/2025 cap that leaves $10M to sign Bouchard and replace 5 players. You can be sure the Cap goes up for 2025/2026 so lets say $12M... Unless Bouchard completely derails he is getting paid huge. The Oilers have to make some touch choices to fill out a full roster for the 2025/2026 season. It will get even tougher if they manage to keep McDavid for the season after that. They're in Cap Jail for a few years.
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