The Case For Buying Out Andrei Sekera

[shoop]

I don’t think spending to the cap will be much of a problem going forward LOL.

The Oilers are closer to a cap floor team than hitting the cap this season. You have to think that with the $11.7M in unused cap space they could have gotten three vital pieces. 1. A better LW $2.5M ~$3M, 2. A better backup g0alie $2.5M ~ $3M and 3. A D to serve as a stop gap until Sek came bck. $2.5M ~$3M.

 

[Mr Positive]

The Oilers are closer to a cap floor team than hitting the cap this season. You have to think that with the $11.7M in unused cap space they could have gotten three vital pieces. 1. A better LW $2.5M ~$3M, 2. A better backup g0alie $2.5M ~ $3M and 3. A D to serve as a stop gap until Sek came bck. $2.5M ~$3M.

To me, it's just the defenseman.

For Brossoit, imo you have to show faith in your young goalies. Hellebuck was bad too, but Winnipeg gave him some leash and he put it together. Hellebuck was unpopular for a while too.

For LW, I don't mind that either because the plan that Chia had there largely succeeded. Khaira got to play extended minutes with Draisaitl, both at center and LW, and he did a good job. Khaira's development was a success story of this season and it would not have happened if we had a logjam of LW ahead of him.

But yes, basically Chia was counting on Nurse replacing Sekera, except Klefbom's issues meant that Nurse replaced him instead. We basically were counting on Benning this season, and our insurance for all issues was Auvitu. Maybe if you want your young goalie prospect to succeed, don't start your season with your D's depth barely hanging on by a thread.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

The Oilers are closer to a cap floor team than hitting the cap this season. You have to think that with the $11.7M in unused cap space they could have gotten three vital pieces. 1. A better LW $2.5M ~$3M, 2. A better backup g0alie $2.5M ~ $3M and 3. A D to serve as a stop gap until Sek came bck. $2.5M ~$3M.

That was this year, as the strategy was to use the cap space from Eberle on mid season / trade deadline acquisitions and as we all know that did not turn out exceptionally well for us...and its time to turn the page on this year after about 11 PM tonight as the team transitions to next year and the Fire Chia thread grows to several thousand pages by the time the 2018/19 season starts.

That said, we did not have 11.7 in unused cap space. After this years bonus overages, we would have had just around $5 M in cap space. Thats it. And for just one year.

Starting next year I figure we will be within 50 cents of the cap ceiling and will be for the foreseeable future. So spending to the cap wont be a problem going forward.

 

[shoop]

That said, we did not have 11.7 in unused cap space. After this years bonus overages, we would have had just around $5 M in cap space. Thats it. And for just one year.

Nope. That $11.7M is after $5.6M in bonus overages.

$7.5M to $9M for those three one year deals and still almost $3M in cap room.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Nope. That $11.7M is after $5.6M in bonus overages.

$7.5M to $9M for those three one year deals and still almost $3M in cap room.

Nope. NHL numbers is not a good site. You want Cap Friendly. Paints a far more accurate picture.

Edmonton Oilers - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

PROJECTED CAP HIT

: $66,387,323

PROJECTED LTIR USED

: $0

PROJECTED CAP SPACE

: $8,612,677 <-- Does NOT include potential bonus overages which are $7,870,000 of which we will be in around $3.5 M

This leaves about $5M in cap space.

Carryover Bonus Overages this year are $825k.