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Morning, folks!
Hope everyone had a good weekend. I know the Oilers did. Edmonton stayed near the top of the NHL after a nice bounceback win against the St. Louis Blues last night, earning a split on their four game swing through the United States after losses to Detroit and Buffalo and a big win against the Boston Bruins on Colby Cave night. RIP Caver.
Edmonton’s road trip isn’t over just yet, however, as our heroes stop in Winnipeg for the first game of a home and home series with the Jets tomorrow night. Then they’ll stay home for a game against Chicago on Thursday before heading back out on the road for three more games.
Edmonton is currently sporting the league’s two leading scorers in Leon Draisaitl (15-16-31) and Connor McDavid (10-17-27) and four players at or above one point per game. One of those players is Jesse Puljujarvi (6-8-14), who is playing out the last year in his deal and is due for an extension. It would be most prudent of the Oilers to extend him forever but, it must be asked, what’s he worth on a max deal?
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(Images courtesy: Evolving-Hockey.com)
There’s obviously a very good player here. On an eight year term, Evolving Hockey predicts a $5.157MM cap hit. I’m not sure whether he is amenable to a max-term extension, but the Oilers certainly should be, especially around that number.
ah yes, the "soft" evan bouchard. seems a little early in bouchard's time as an oiler for the S word to come out, but it's spec's world and we're just living in it baby pic.twitter.com/6wx8UmV9oC
— Jeff Chapman (@NewWaveOil) November 15, 2021
Pretty amazing to me that Spec names and shames Evan Bouchard — who is essentially still a rookie — without making mention of why he’s playing P1 (because Barrie cannot) or the $9.25MM ‘Olympian’ beside him. Classic Edmonton media.
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The Copper & Blue crew breaks down how the Oilers have been able to get off to such a fantastic start as well as how they could be even better down the stretch.
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