[IanO]

Kapanen x 1 - i'm ok with that, as I like his style of play and he is a good bottom 6.

 

[kcantor]

Kasperi Kapanen for 1 year at $1.3M and Noah Philp for 1 year deal at $775,000.

 

[IanO]

Bouche $10.5 x 4.

 

[Gronk!]

Viktor Arvidsson is being traded to Boston for a future/mid-round draft pick.

 

[The_Cat]

Corey Perry signs with the Kings.

 

[The_Cat]

Arvidsson traded to Boston.

 

[Gronk!]

Connor Brown signs with the NJ Devils

 

[Gronk!]

John Klingberg signs with San Jose for 1 X $4M

 

[Gronk!]

On a related note, the Bobfather is retiring from TSN. Happy trails, Bob McKenzie!

 

[IanO]

TSN saying that a 2 yr x $31 mil makes sense for #97!

 

[MacLac]

Wait what?! Which one said that? Let me guess.....was it Button? I'm thinking he'll do a 4 X $17 re-sign. EDIT** - just saw the video of those clowns - of course MJ is saying 2 yrs for McD - they know the Leaves will suck even more this year and they are deflecting that Marner left.......what team is better than the Oil in the West? None are, Avs - did nothing. Stars - got worse. Peg - did nothing. Vegas - it's a wash. I'm going with Year 3 in the finals again......

On another note, Clouder got quite the raise! Too bad, I was hoping he'd come back for $2M/yr.

Buffalo Sabres sign forward Ryan McLeod to four-year, $20 million extension | TSN

The Buffalo Sabres have re-signed centre Ryan McLeod to a four-year, $20 million contract extension on Tuesday afternoon.

www.tsn.ca

 

[kcantor]

So far it's looking a lot like "addition by subtraction" for the Oilers and I'm not sure they're done yet. I'm also not sure they'll be done until after the trade deadline next March and I think I'm okay with that.

It will certainly make their Development Camp and Rookie Camp and Traiining Camp/Exhibition Season more interesting as players like Savoie and Philp and Kemp and O;Reilly etc. might well have some immediate roster spots up for grabs.

I'd be quite happy to see a youth injection to the forward mix - the defensive core still looks pretty set, at least at the top - and I'd be quite happy to stick with Skinner and Pickard in goal - subject to their getting a new goalie coach that can elevate/build on their games and not stifle them.

Let Knoblach see what gels between the start of the season and the trade deadline and then they can use what's available/left in their cap space to load up for the playoffs where it's needed the most.

Does that put McDavid's extension at a slightly higher risk? Perhaps, but I don't think a "lather rinse repeat" of the last couple of years would be greeted that enthusiastically either and I can't imagine he hasn't been kept aware of what's been going on and been okay with it noting that the core group of McDavid, Draisaitl, Nugent-Hopgins, Hyman, Nurse, Bouchard, Ekholm etc. is still in place.

 

[archited]

I too would like to see some movement up from the farm; psychologically it is the kind of rejuvenation that got the Oilers going in their first 5X Stanley Cup romp.

 

[The_Cat]

Matt Tomkins (G) and Riley Stillman (D) signed by the Oilers.

 

[IanO]

Clearly they are not wanting to overpay for anyone not currently on their team AND not rush things.

Some young gun potential, overall better D from the start of last year and a more mature Skinner...?

High risk right here.