| Artemi Panarin [message #849970] |
Mon, 02 February 2026 16:48  |
 |
 Adam
Messages: 7690
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
|
|
Some rumours out there that Panarin is open to a deal to the Oilers...word has it that we're on his preferred list.
If this were the case, would make for a ridiculous top-6 or top-9 no matter how the Oilers sliced it. PP would be interesting - he'd be a first line PP guy - but replacing Hyman or Nuge?
And then there's how to make it work. His cap hit is $11.643MM. At 50% retention, that's $5.822. If we send Mangiapane as part of the package, that is $3.6MM - so need to clear a little over $2.2MM more. Pickard gone helps there - but maybe you toss in Henrique too?
Now some will point out that Henrique isn't going to be attractive to the Rangers. True, but he's just a salary piece, and they may be able to flip him again before the deadline. He'd remove $3MM more off the cap.
Only other real option would be Frederic if they were willing to take that problem contract off our hands, but that's not really likely.
It would be a tremendous coup if the Oilers could find a way to pull it off.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireBobbyNicks
|
|
|
|
