Official 2023/24 NHL Season Thread

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Bit of a different time though. '06 team came together really only a result of the lockout / salary cap era happening. We also had Pronger's alleged relationship issues for leaving Edmonton be a catalyst for things falling apart.

Most of Edmonton's current core are drafted players and building up from within. And we have no real significant contracts to worry about this off season. Our top 6 and top two D lines are all still signed for at least another year and the cap raising by ~5 mill will be plenty to deal with. Buyout Campbell and we're in great shape.

No. Draisaitl leaving tomorrow for a contender like Dallas or Rangers because Oilers not good team. McD def going Toronto also. Because contenders.

[vengie]

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Bit of a different time though. '06 team came together really only a result of the lockout / salary cap era happening. We also had Pronger's alleged relationship issues for leaving Edmonton be a catalyst for things falling apart.

Most of Edmonton's current core are drafted players and building up from within. And we have no real significant contracts to worry about this off season. Our top 6 and top two D lines are all still signed for at least another year and the cap raising by ~5 mill will be plenty to deal with. Buyout Campbell and we're in great shape.

The $4mil owed to Connor brown essentially nullifies the cap increase.
You still have another year of paying James Neal, and are about to have another $2mil of dead cap space with a jack Campbell buyout for the next ~7 years (assumed).

You have 14 players signed, and only ~$10mil of cap space to sign 8 players to fill out the roster.

Broberg, Holloway and Foegele all need new contracts as well.
Oilers are in tough for the last year of Draisaitl's deal.

[heavyD]

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I didn't realize how many parallels we had with 2006. Revisitng the 2006 thread was interesting to say the least. Start here:

https://forums.beyond.ca/threads/964...43#post1575043

Game 6 win, huge momentum, unbeatable, then had nothing for game 7. Good to see the same haters including myself in this thread was also around hating in 2006 lol.

My favorite post from 06 is this one:

@heavyD jokingly predicting a playoff miss, but in fact it became the decade of darkness.

Ha ha ha. That said it's impressive the Oilers and doubled down on their Cinderella run with a decade of non-playoff seasons.