Oilers To Totally Retool a big letdown.
Ok so everyone is so worried about Ryan Smyth being signed and the oilers possibly making the playoffs and the fact they might very well be sellers. I think they will be big sellers, except not with the likes of Ryan Smyth being rid of. At the deadline i see the oilers dealing for young talent so as to retool for the next season, and at the same time dumping salaries for the off season free agent market. Two trades to possibly happen at the deadline:
Shawn Horcoff & Raffi Torres to Florida
for
Nathan Horton & Rotislav Olesz
Petr Sykora & Andrew Cogliano to Anaheim
for
Corey Perry & A draft pick
now into the off season i think the oiler will bulk up their defense. Signing:
Sheldon Souray
Andy Sutton
Eric Brewer
Then they would dump some more salaries by trading:
Jason Smith(the promise Ryan Smyth the “C” when they sign him), Fernando Pisani & Jussi Markannen To Chicago
for
David Bolland & A 2nd rnd pick
with all this done the oilers lineup would look like this:
Ryan Smyth Jerret Stoll Ales Hemsky
Joffrey Lupul Nathan Horton Rotialav Olesz David Bolland Rob Schremp Cory Perry Patrick Thoreson Marc Antoinne Pouliot Ethan Moreau
Sheldon Souray Andy Sutton
Steve Staois Ladislav Smid
Eric Brewer Matt Greene
Dwayne Roloson
Devan Dubnyk
The Oilers would be somewhere in between $36 and $40 million for the cap. They would deffinitley be a much better contender with much better legs. I like this new squad, so K-Lo put-er together.