TSN: Frankie Corrado and Jay Onrait on what the Edmonton Oilers' next steps could be as they need to shed some salary.
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Onrait: “And another $300,000 over the cap after that (the Ryan McLeod-Matt Savoie trade). They still have to sign their RFAs Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg, who were a big part of their Frankie cup.
What do you think is the next move Jeff Jackson should make here to try to open another spot?
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Corrado: “So the obvious thing would be, you know, find a way to get rid of Evander Kane. But I wouldn't go that way Jay, not yet at least. And you know, that's $5 million off the cap, but Evander Kane is a unique player and would be great for that team when he's healthy.
So everything you're trying to do when Edmonton probably knows, when you break the season, you want to be 12 runners, six defenders. It's also not an ideal situation, but it does mean that Broberg will have to be signed to his qualifying offer, which is less than $900,000. You'll have to try to stick with Holloway for his qualifying offer, which is less than $900,000.
And then you'll have to spend you know, a forward and maybe a defender two. Like, is it, is it (Connor) Brown? Is it (Troy) Stecher? Is it Derek Ryan? Like, you have to do something to get off $2.1 million on the books.
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So that's why you're not in a rush to do the Evander Kane thing, because if you can find a way to spend $2.1 million, and bring in, you know, Holloway and Broberg in their eligibility offers, you can make it work. And at least you can kind of punt that problem another day. You know, you get injuries and things like that, then you can figure it out and put it together as time goes on.
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