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Kr55 wrote on Wed, 03 February 2021 15:38

mightyreasoner wrote on Wed, 03 February 2021 15:31

Kr55 wrote on Wed, 03 February 2021 15:19

Sounds like surgery for Klef

Jason Gregor @JasonGregor
"Oscar is planning on having surgery and then I we can find out what the odds are of him coming back and what would the timeline be. It isn't just about the NHL giving us direction (exp draft), but also what the doctor says if he can play and how long rehab will be." Holland



Gregor also brought up how Klef will indeed satisfy the games missed requirement for exclusion from needing protecting, but still need the "likely career ending injury" part of it. Somehow would need to argue Klef is likely done if we want to keep him without protecting through the expansion draft. Lou would make it happen of course, but Holland is probably one of those honest to a fault guys.


If there's a cloud of mystery about if he's a permanent LTIR player though, you probably could leave him exposed. That's probably not how Seattle wants to start building their team.

That said - huge hole for the Oilers. They don't have anyone to replace him, and they need to start looking, IMO. There's no guarantee he is the same player after surgery, even if he does come back.


Guess it depends what else we expose if we do just put Klef out there as available. If there is a hint he's going to come back, I think I would take a chance. He's a very good player if healthy, even not, he played last year barely shooting and still was very useful.

LTIR can be valuable too. Teams up against the cap could actually want LTIR players to let them go over the cap. If we're just exposing junk along with Klef, Seattle could turn Klef into more assets with a team looking for some LTIR space like the Laffs needed to extend Marner.


Yeah, it'll be interesting. If they do protect Klefbom, they are exposing (and likely losing) one of Caleb Jones or Jesse Puljujarvi. Both are guys with upside and trending well and contributing on the ice; both are great value players on a team that needs them.

Of course, neither is more important than Klefbom if he is healthy and returns to normal. But both are more valuable if Klefbom is out long-term or done outright. They'll want to have a pretty good idea where he is at and how likely it is he returns to normal.

Probably Kassian or Benson are the most enticing players outside of Jones and Klefbom if they go 7/3 F/D.



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