Wings are our #1 priority this offseason.
While
cheap wingers are definitely up there, I'd say a top pair D and (quietly) a goaltender are likely higher on the organizations wish list. There is just no way that a $6 mil winger is the #1 priority for the Oilers this offseason. Not a chance.
Also, money can be moved to fit in 6m quite easily.
Wow. I could not disagree more. Where would you "easily" free up 6 mil from?
Not defense. Klefbom & Nurse: No. Russell and Larsson: I don't care how unpopular they are to some fans; you don't improve an already terrible D corps by putting AHLers in their place. Sekera: At 32 years old and with 56 games combined over the past two seasons, I don't think 5.5x2 is going to be an 'easy' move.
Not goaltending. Koskinen: Not only is he immovable, but there's a good chance the Oilers are going to need to pay an actual starting goaltender. The money spent on goaltending next year could be double what it is now, which obviously means less to go around elsewhere.
So Offense is it, I guess? But who? McDavid, Draisaitl, RNH: No. Lucic: No, at least not without a bad contract coming back and/or huge retention. Gagner: No. Everyone else: Kassian is the only player making over a million, so you're not saving anything by moving em. I suppose you could replace Kassian with a scrub and save around 1.1 mil, but that's a long way away from 6.