Value of: Russell

[Ementy]

A lot of the talk in Edmonton media suggests holland is waiting for July 1st so and Russells modified NTCs are easier to move. he earns his contracts for the most part. and are viewed more as a way to improve at forward then a cap dump as we have enough cap to proceed forward without a trade but it is obviously less ideal and limits us to 2 3-4m wingers when we need 3 of those

Oilers need scoring wingers\3c in return,nt. (40-50pts equal cap) (30-40pts 1-2m cap savings)

The oilers can add in Puljjarvi\Yamamotto\Kharia\ picks and if the player is good enough a D propect Bear\Laggeson\Jones\Mantha\Persson as low cost additions.

Target teams with: Glut of forwards\lack of defense\cap floor basement salaryt.

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[DFF]

Russell is a terrible dman with a bad contract, you have to add a very good pick or prospect to get any value for him

Better making a deal without him

 

[Burnt Biscuits]

Russell is a terrible dman with a bad contract, you have to add a very good pick or prospect to get any value for him

Better making a deal without him

Russell is a good d-man who is marginally overpaid, you have to retain $500-$750K to get a 3rd round pick or higher back for him.

He should be easy to move after a few teams are left high and dry on the few UFA d-men available. Though I'd assume he is staying with a Sekera buy-out.

 

[Ementy]

Russell is a terrible dman with a bad contract, you have to add a very good pick or prospect to get any value for him

Better making a deal without him

People blindly say this but he blocks pucks like a machine, plays steady D and Can slot in either side. with the addition of picks and prospects there is no reason to think he cannot get a winger from a D starved team.

 

[KobeBean143]

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[Legionnaire11]

At least in HF he's an analytics victim. All the advanced stats say he's horrible, but advanced stats so far have proven to be fairly unusable for defensemen. But Russell keeps getting contracts and solid playing time. At the right price, he'd be a great #5 who can play up when needed.

 

[zar]

Problem is not Russell's ability... he's a solid bottom pairing NHL dman... it's the fact he's not getting paid $2-2.5m or less to play on that bottom pairing. In a salary cap league he is a negative asset.

I say he is worth the upper end of what you expect/want to pay a bottom pairing dman because he is experienced, gives his all every single game and is a great team guy. In a salary cap league you just can not afford to overpay bottom pair dmen and bottom 6 forwards.... which is why his value is negative, not positive. Retain $1-1.5 and he becomes a viable trade option... or hang on to him until TDL and a competing team might step up if they are in dire need with no other options.