The Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs have talked commerce
David Staples of The Edmonton Journal: The Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs have held commerce talks, in accordance with David Pagnotta, when requested by Jeff Marek on his The Sheet podcast.
“Yeah, there was some phrase out of Edmonton that, main as much as this freeze that they’ve been having discussions with the Toronto Maple Leafs. I don’t know the specifics of the place they’re going. I’m going to take a position a little bit bit. And it wasn’t (Toronto winger) Bobby McMann. I do know there was plenty of consideration and plenty of hypothesis surrounding Bobby McMann going into the week.
I do know they hadn’t spoken about McMann, however it feels like possibly it’s a (Toronto centre) Nic Roy. Perhaps it’s an (Prime 4 d-man) Oliver Ekman-Larsson. These are two that I’d not be shocked in the event that they’ve poked on. However I used to be informed by a few those that the Oilers and Leafs had conversations main as much as the deadline, the freeze, Deadline Jr. And that may be one thing to regulate, going out of the break and nearer to precise D-Day.”
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Bob Stauffer and Elliotte Friedman have famous that the Oilers are doubtless in search of a third-line winger, with Stauffer saying somebody with measurement and velocity. McMann is from Alberta, is huge, quick, and carries a $1.35 million cap hit.
The Oilers have cap points and are attempting to maneuver Andrew Mangiapane‘s $3.6 million cap hit that runs by means of subsequent season. It can doubtless take a sweetener to maneuver his contract.
Adam Henrique and his $3 million cap hit shall be returning quickly, so that may complicate the Oilers cap state of affairs even additional.
The 34-year-old Ekman-Larsson has two years left at $3.5 million, and will make sense for the Oilers within the short-term. Must transfer Mangiapane’s contract someplace for the Oilers to even think about it. The price to accumulate McMann may very well be excessive given the variety of groups in search of depth and somebody with a cap hit of $1.35 million.
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