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Dragon_Matt wrote on Fri, 26 May 2023 09:54 | There is no trade where we come out better. The goal is to make the best of a bad situation. Trading Drai, you lose. Drai walking away, you lose MOUNTAINS.
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My feelings as well but some in here think you can't win with McD and Leon. The team is already very good, I think if you tweak the roster a little bit, you have the makings of a great team.
Top 6: They have 5 legit very good to elite top 6 guys.
McD, Drai, Hyman, Kane, Nuge.
They need 1 more guy to be a 6 and with that crew, he doesn't even have to be a high end guy. They already have 2 50+ goal, 100+ pt guys, and 3 other guys capable of being around 30 goals and 60 pts. That's more than enough scoring. All they need is a guy who can score more than Yamo. Yamo had 10 goals, 25 pts. So we aren't talking another 30 goal scorer here. Preferably a right winger and a guy a bit bigger than Yamo so that player is a bit more durable, isn't a disaster defensively and capable of high teens and 40 pts. If you can get more, great. I don't think that's an impossible find. That guy could even been Holloway for all I know.
They already have a guy able to play as your 3rd line center which is the key to the bottom 6 in McLeod. He needs to round a few things out but he should have the tools. Asking Holloway to be in the top 6 is a tall ask so I see him slotted as a 3rd liner this year. I think Kostin will be back. They probably need to make a spot for Lavoie as he needs wavers. So there is 3 of your bottom 6 looked after with good players, 4 if you count Lavoie. You have Foegele if you want to keep him, he's a good bottom 6. Ryan will be back as the extra taking Shore's spot. So then you need to fill in a few others. Maybe that is Bjustad if he isn't too expensive. Janmark was solid and I would take him back at the same price. Or you bring in a few others. There are goign to be guys you can bring in at Janmark money that are decent.
Defense you have the makings of mostly a decent defense.
Nurse, Eklhom and Bouchard are all legit good top 4 dmen. Ceci year 1 showed he can be decent. Year 2 he struggled but according to Stauffer yesterday, he had a groin injury all year. I pulled my groin at the gym a few years back. It was rough and limiting. I had to be careful all the time. I needed to basically do nothing for a month but I didn't and it took forever to heal. Ideally you get an upgrade on Ceci but if you don't, I don't think he will be as bad as this year.
Kulak is a very good #5. You got Broberg needing time. Desharnais I think will continue to get better and at worst is a solid #6.
So you don't need to blow up the defense. Ideally you need a slight tweak to Ceci.
Goaltending. Skinner was good for the most part, wobbled a bit in the playoffs but his numbers weren't crazy good. He was 24th in save percentage. I don't think it's unrealistic to think he can't give you close to that next season. Campbell had a disaster of a season. He is a career .910 goalie and was .888 this year. Unless he's no longer an NHL goalie, he will be a lot better. IF he is able to get close to his career average which is I would say mid range NHL goaltending, the Oilers goaltennding should be just fine.
SO I look at the roster and with a few minor tweaks, I think they are right there.
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