Daniel Nugent-Brown of The Athletic: With a likely 7-3-1 alignment for protection, the Edmonton Oilers may have some trade options at their disposal. Several teams have some significant players they will wind up exposing. Boston has Nick Ritchie and Jeremy Lauzon among others. Anaheim is rumored to be trading Jakob Silfverberg and maybe even Rickard Rakell.
Colorado wants to try and move Erik Johnson. With Cale Makar needing a deal, Joe Sakic may need to make a trade. Could Nazem Kadri be exposed (1 year, $4.