You forgot to mention each team was 10mill over the cap during playoffs. Joke league needs to fix this

Excuse me? Avs were certainly not. Thanks for trying tho.

13.25 isn't bad tho, it's approximately 15% of cap and will be lower. Ll the top tier stars are in the range. I agree we are still fuckrd with JT and marner but I doubt they will run the same strategy agn.

My point is , you can't let him walk and gotta deal with the cap crunch for the next year or so. And then only can they re allocate. Yes, paying marner whatever nd signing was big mistakes.

Lol. Myb

Shouldn’t it be looked at % of the cap rather that total dollars?

Still don’t know the numbers but I think you’re looking at it the wrong way

Evan Bouchard 23 years old, signed 2 Years / $3,900,000 AAV EDM OILERS and he's still gonna be a RFA after this deal.

I think its a great signing and kinda reminds of me the darnell nurse bridge deal. Bouchard's next big extention is probably gonna hurt, but oilers are in win now mode/cup contender, so this is a big advantage for the team
This also matches draisaitl's 2023 to 2025 window

His last 2 years was really good too 2021-22 81GP 12G 43P and a plus10 in+/-
2022-23 82GP 8G 32A 40P and a plus6 in +/-

I also thought they would trade Cody Ceci away and go with Evan Bouchard for the long haul and hopefully they dont bridge deal Bouchard twice like they did with Nurse.

unless of course he hasn't proven that he's a minute eater(at least 20 mins a night) or good two way dman by 2025

Jake Sanderson.

8 years @ 8.05m cap hit.

Ottawa went all in.

Guy only played 1 full season lol.

Is he that good?

He's very good and already our best defenseman, but yes definately a gamble after only one year. We've got all of our core signed long term now, it's up to them to show what they can do now.

Yeah, and they locked up all their core instead of bridging. Melnyk is RIP which means sens are no longer nhl farm team to trade their good players when they get OP.

Bouchard will nuke his next contract playing 2 more seasons with McDavid/Draisaitl
Whether or not Edmonton tries to bridge him again, he'll get an unreal offer from another club
As for his current contract, I'd be choked tbh when much lesser dmen are making twice his bank