Edmonton Oilers

[MacLac]

It's reported Rantanen might want up to $14m. Can we even entertain that?

According to the dude writing the article it is. Btw, these newly minted “deferred contracts” like the guy in Carolina just did or Ohtani in Dodger land……small batch up front and then the bulk at the end……

Sell your soul to the Devil now and pay for your sins later…..I’m game

 

[erudyk_29]

Trading Bouchard would be a major, major mistake. He's a top defenseman in the league and still young, and his value is lower than it should be right now as a result of a slow start to the season. He's impossible to replace and you're not going to get the value back that he's worth.

If you want to clear cap to add a player like Rantanen, it has to be several medium salary players leaving. Kane, Henrique, etc.

I don't think it's worth it though, that salary could be better spent elsewhere in my opinion.

 

[erudyk_29]

According to the dude writing the article it is. Btw, these newly minted “deferred contracts” like the guy in Carolina just did or Ohtani in Dodger land……small batch up front and then the bulk at the end……

Sell your soul to the Devil now and pay for your sins later…..I’m game

The MLB uses a totally different system to the NHL and technically doesn't even have a salary cap.

I don't fully understand all the inner workings of how both league's contract structures work, however I think I can pretty confidently say that NHL team's can't get near the same savings as an MLB team.

We have seen deferrals allow teams to have savings on their AAV, like the Seth Jarvis contract (I assume who you mean by the Carolina guy), who gets a large bonus after his contract ends that allows the Canes to save about half a million on the cap every year. Good savings for sure, but not something that's going to make a player like Rantanen easily affordable to the Oilers. Stacking salary in the later part of a contract basically just helps the team afford it in the short term and doesn't really change the cap hit much, which is really what matters in the NHL.

Let's say hypothetically the Oilers were to sign Rantanen for 14 mil, which is what he's rumoured to be asking for. Using the same structure as the Jarvis contract, they could save just over a million dollars a year on the cap. Again, good savings, but not going to make a Rantanen signing easier to make.

 

[erudyk_29]

John Klingberg will draw in tonight for his first game as an Oiler. Stetcher will sit.

 

[Greenspace]

Been impressed with Stecher but happy to see how Klingberg does.

 

[IanO]

Not good... a bit goalied and sloppy as heck.