There has been plenty of turnover for the Edmonton Oilers this off-season, seeing many familiar faces leave in free agency or get traded away. In large part due to an impending cap crunch and the normal cap finagling that must be done to keep a contender competitive year-over-year.
Oilers general manager Stan Bowman was facing a tough situation having to navigate with Leon Draisaitl’s extension kicking in this season and with multiple stars like defenceman Evan Bouchard and captain Connor McDavid needing new deals. As well as a few recent acquisitions-- like Jake Walman-- also needing extensions this summer and next.