Edmonton is No Good XI: Mud, Sweatpants and Tiers

[getbak]

Oh man, I hadn't looked at their cap situation in a while. I love this...

• Dead Cap: $3,016,667
• Goalies: $3,600,000

That doesn't seem ideal.

[Rejean31]

Of course all but 1 of the talking heads on the TSN season preview pick the Oilers to win the Stanley Cup this year. Wankers!! No team has ever won more Stanley Cups than the Oilers have in September and early October.

[McG]

Originally Posted by Rejean31

Of course all but 1 of the talking heads on the TSN season preview pick the Oilers to win the Stanley Cup this year. Wankers!! No team has ever won more Stanley Cups than the Oilers have in September and early October.

That’s a banner!

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by Rejean31

Of course all but 1 of the talking heads on the TSN season preview pick the Oilers to win the Stanley Cup this year. Wankers!! No team has ever won more Stanley Cups than the Oilers have in September and early October.

Looking at that lineup how can anyone possibly pick them as the Cup favorite. Outside of Mavi and Raisaitl, that is a horribly thin roster from top to bottom.
Their defense group is significantly worse than last year. Considering that was the main area of concern and poor performance for the team, feels like a massive step back and an already often shaky Skinner will be under further siege.

With a key injury or two, it isn’t hard to see the Oilers missing the playoff dance altogether. Old team, poor depth, poor defence and suspect goaltending, not exactly a recipe to be proclaiming them Cup favorites.

[FanSince'01]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Cap Wages has them with 14 forwards (including Podkolzin and Hamblin), leaving them with $170k in space

Not to be pedantic, but unless I've got a weird version of the CapWages website, I'm looking at the Oilers page right now and they're listing them as having 1,170,833 in cap space with the same 14 forwards you mentioned (though that includes Kane, so really 13).

Regardless, if they decide they want more than 6 d-men or want an extra forward, that space is all but gone

[Party Elephant]

Originally Posted by Sofa GM

Looking at that lineup how can anyone possibly pick them as the Cup favorite. Outside of Mavi and Raisaitl, that is a horribly thin roster from top to bottom.
Their defense group is significantly worse than last year. Considering that was the main area of concern and poor performance for the team, feels like a massive step back and an already often shaky Skinner will be under further siege.

With a key injury or two, it isn’t hard to see the Oilers missing the playoff dance altogether. Old team, poor depth, poor defence and suspect goaltending, not exactly a recipe to be proclaiming them Cup favorites.

And they traded their first (top 12 protected, lol), so they're already all-in!

[topfiverecords]

I see $1,170,833 also.

[Groot]

Originally Posted by Party Elephant

And they traded their first (top 12 protected, lol), so they're already all-in!

They will further gut their future prospect pool by trading the picks they got for Broberg and Holloway, along with their 2026 1st. Nothing else of any value left to trade away.

And they will need to address shortcomings on D and forward depth.

[Party Elephant]

Originally Posted by Groot

They will further gut their future prospect pool by trading the picks they got for Broberg and Holloway, along with their 2026 1st. Nothing else of any value left to trade away.

And they will need to address shortcomings on D and forward depth.

[direwolf]

Originally Posted by Rejean31

Of course all but 1 of the talking heads on the TSN season preview pick the Oilers to win the Stanley Cup this year. Wankers!! No team has ever won more Stanley Cups than the Oilers have in September and early October.

That's fine. It just makes their inevitable failure that much funnier. Watching the SN panel cry whenever the Oilers get spanked has become one of my favourite pastimes.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Rejean31

Of course all but 1 of the talking heads on the TSN season preview pick the Oilers to win the Stanley Cup this year. Wankers!! No team has ever won more Stanley Cups than the Oilers have in September and early October.

If the Oilers were to somehow win the 2025 Stanley Cup, they would become the oldest team in history to do so. They're a very old team, coming off of a short summer, and with a key offensive player already on IR.

Yeah, it's not happening.

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[Robbob]

Yeah the talking heads are thinking that McDavid is going to will his team. At some point you have to be realistic, this isn't basketball, it is still very much a team sport. The Oilers essentially have to try and beat teams in the 25mins he is on the ice. That is always the plan. There is a reason they are 3-19-2 when he doesn't get a point.

Past teams I think had players that were able to tread water a bit better, and that was before they revamped Defense for some questions marks. It could go pretty badily. I figure in the first 10 games we start seeing articles throwing Skinner (goalie) under the bus because the team in front of him doesn't know what they are doing.

[Tkachukwagon]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1843362499296669961

[ForeverFlameFan]

Originally Posted by Tkachukwagon

https://twitter.com/user/status/1843362499296669961

They did extremely well grabbing Savoie in hopes for a productive ELCer down the road, only to lose two of their key young guys that were meant for the future of that team. They are in limbo. If they aren’t able to retain McDavid in 2026 they will have another decade of darkness given the lack of quality in their pipeline.

[Enoch Root]

McLeod for Savoie felt like management was keen to fix our age issue

LOL

McLeod was the youngest 'contributing' forward on their roster last year. But yeah, moving him for Savoie was the ticket to getting younger.

Oldest team in the league, and this is what they did with their 3 youngest forwards and youngest D:

McLeod - traded for a guy that didn't make the team
Holloway - let walk
Lavoie - lost on waivers
Broberg - let walk

[TheIronMaiden]

The Oilers going all in and not giving a #### about next year can't help McDavid want to stay.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan

They did extremely well grabbing Savoie in hopes for a productive ELCer down the road, only to lose two of their key young guys that were meant for the future of that team. They are in limbo. If they aren’t able to retain McDavid in 2026 they will have another decade of darkness given the lack of quality in their pipeline.

One step forward, two steps back.

I'm "DIG IN" it!

[Reggie Dunlop]

The Oilers have $53 in cap space. Enough for two Bobby Nick burgers.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

The Oilers have $53 in cap space. Enough for two Bobby Nick burgers.

If they bank it for the whole year they can add some cokes and an OilersMinus subscription at the deadline.

[Robbob]

Wouldn't they have been better off keeping Savoie and other plug off the roster and try accruing on the 1M+ they had before calling them up and getting to $53? I get they are maximizing LTIR space, but with him coming back in a few months and them not needing it right now..why? I assume they still want to sign McDermont, since they only have 6 Dmen on the roster.