Holloway seems like an at-the-ready replacement for Foegele, who fills a pretty minor role in the team's bottom six with minimal special teams contribution.
Which right handed forward is ready to fill a 16+ minute a night workload?
Yamamoto is the easy keep because he has the chemistry on more vital parts of the roster. He's a player that his teammates and coaches trust.
Foegele's probably the first guy out the door this summer for me. No dislike, but he's too expensive for the role. Kulak is right behind him.
Agree. Foegele was a decent bet when the Oil traded for him at a different stage of their organization development where they were massively deficient of quality forward depth. They bet on perceived latent potential to maybe have a 2W/3W. Unfortunately, he's too expensive on a mature phase organization that needs to scrape some cap savings. Janmark is the example veteran utility player type, salary and short-term you plug into bottom six to chase deep playoffs. Oil have Holloway primed to onboard cheap, quality system depth (with winger/centre versatility).
Yamamoto personally I feel also likely needs to go to to carve out space for a top 6 RW upgrade. But as you point out he's a sought out linemate, has some utility as a PK option. He's a kinda expensive 3W energy guy. But maybe the Oil start the year with Yamamoto and Lavoie (if he makes the team) moving back and forth between 2RW and 3RW until trade deadline.
Bouchard is priority to sign. McLeod a little bump. Kostin. Then you pick your quality veteran options among Janmark, Bjugstad or/and Derek Ryan possibly if he takes a pay cut.
