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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Farabee - ??? - Coronato feels like it would be a fun line.
The only expiring UFA contract the Oilers have over $1M is Skinner at $3M, the rest of their expiries are $1M or less which means you aren't really saving money because a replacement player costs the same amount.
Draisaitl needs a $5.5M raise and then Bouchard likely gets a $6M raise.
There goes all the salary cap expiries and the entire cap increase. Then they have McDavid's raise to worry about the season after.
Oilers can't really fit in even the $3.2M that Gibson would cost longer term if they retained, and that doesn't even consider the extra acquisition cost it would take to get Anaheim to retain a full 50% for 3 seasons.
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That may all be true, today, but there are other moves the Oilers can make, and likely will make, over the next two years. There’s usually a way.