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Head Coach Jay Woodcroft
Assistant Coach Dave Manson
Assistant Coach Glen Gulutzan
Playoff Odds 100%
Projected Cap Hit $90,956,655
Projected Cap Space $-8,456,655
Current Cap Space $0
LTIR Pool $7,116,835
Roster 22/23
Contracts 45/50
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Darnell Nurse | Nurse produced an assist and four hits in Saturday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. Mar 25
Evan Bouchard | Bouchard provided a power-play assist, three shots on goal and three hits in Saturday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. Mar 25
Kailer Yamamoto | Yamamoto produced an assist, two blocked shots and two PIM in Saturday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. Mar 25
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | Nugent-Hopkins notched an assist, two shots on goal and a minus-2 rating in Saturday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. Mar 25
Connor McDavid | McDavid recorded a power-play assist, two shots on goal and two hits in Saturday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. Mar 25

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Injury Report
Ryan McLeod
Expected Return unknown
Ryan McLeod - OUT - Upper Body
Sat Mar 25, 2023
Ryan McLeod | McLeod (upper body) won't play Saturday versus the Vegas Golden Knights, Bob Stauffer of the Edmonton Oilers Radio Network reports.

Wed Mar 22, 2023
Ryan McLeod | McLeod (upper body) should begin practicing with the main group Thursday or Friday, Jason Gregor of OilersNation.com reports.
Mon Mar 20, 2023
Ryan McLeod | McLeod (upper body) isn't expected to play Monday against the San Jose Sharks, Tom Gazzola of TSN 1260 reports.
Thu Mar 16, 2023
Ryan McLeod | McLeod (upper body) won't accompany the Edmonton Oilers to Seattle for Saturday's game, Jason Gregor of OilersNation.com reports.
Thu Mar 16, 2023
Ryan McLeod | McLeod is set to miss Thursday's game versus Dallas, Oilers play-by-by announcer Jack Michaels
Tue Mar 14, 2023
Ryan McLeod | McLeod was taken out of Tuesday's game versus the Ottawa Senators for precautionary reasons, Jason Gregor of OilersNation.com reports.
Ryan Murray
Expected Return Thu Mar 30, 2023
Ryan Murray - IR-LT - Back
Oscar Klefbom
Expected Return Sat Jul 1, 2023
Oscar Klefbom - IR-LT - Shoulder
Surgery
Mike Smith
Expected Return Sat Jul 1, 2023
Mike Smith - IR-LT - Undisclosed

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Performance Bonuses
Movement Clauses
35+ Over 35 Contract
IR - Injured Reserve
Entry Level Contract
Slide Eligible
Has Arbitration Rights
Two-way contract
(13) Forwards $47,948,000 58.1% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Kane, Evander LW 31
$5,125,000
NMC
$5,125,000
NMC
$5,125,000
NMC
M-NTC
$5,125,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2026)
Bjugstad, Nick C 30
$450,000
$0
UFA
Hyman, Zach LW 30
$5,500,000
NMC
$5,500,000
NMC
$5,500,000
NMC
$5,500,000
NMC
$5,500,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2028)
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan C 29
$5,125,000
NMC
$5,125,000
NMC
$5,125,000
NMC
$5,125,000
NMC
$5,125,000
NMC
$0
UFA

(2029)
Shore, Devin LW 28
$850,000
$0
UFA
Janmark, Mattias C 30
$1,250,000
$0
UFA
Draisaitl, Leon C 27
$8,500,000
NMC
M-NTC
$8,500,000
NMC
M-NTC
$8,500,000
NMC
M-NTC
$0
UFA
Foegele, Warren LW 26
$2,750,000
$2,750,000
$0
UFA
Ryan, Derek C 36
$1,250,000
$0
UFA
McDavid, Connor C 26
$12,500,000
NMC
$12,500,000
NMC
$12,500,000
NMC
$12,500,000
NMC
$0
UFA

(2026)
Yamamoto, Kailer RW 24
$3,100,000
$3,100,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Kostin, Klim C 23
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
McLeod, Ryan C 23
$798,000
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$47,948,000
$42,600,000
$36,750,000
$28,250,000
$10,625,000
(7) Defence $28,656,168 34.7% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Ekholm, Mattias D 32
$6,000,000
$6,000,000
$6,000,000
$6,000,000
$0
UFA

(2026)
Klefbom, Oscar
LTIR
D 29
$4,167,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA
Murray, Ryan
LTIR
D 29
$750,000
$0
UFA
Ceci, Cody D 29
$3,250,000
$3,250,000
$3,250,000
$0
UFA
Kulak, Brett D 29
$2,750,000
$2,750,000
$2,750,000
$2,750,000
$0
UFA

(2026)
Nurse, Darnell D 28
$9,250,000
NMC
$9,250,000
NMC
$9,250,000
NMC
$9,250,000
NMC
$9,250,000
NMC
$0
UFA

(2030)
Desharnais, Vincent D 26
$762,500
$762,500
$0
UFA
Bouchard, Evan D 23
$863,334
$0
RFA
Broberg, Philip D 21
$863,334
$863,334
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$28,656,168
$22,875,834
$21,250,000
$18,000,000
$9,250,000
(2) Goalies $7,950,000 9.6% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Smith, Mike
LTIR
G 41
$2,200,000
$0
UFA
Campbell, Jack G 31
$5,000,000
M-NTC
$5,000,000
M-NTC
$5,000,000
M-NTC
$5,000,000
M-NTC
$5,000,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2027)
Skinner, Stuart G 24
$750,000
$2,600,000
$2,600,000
$2,600,000
$0
UFA

(2026)
TOTALS
$7,950,000
$7,600,000
$7,600,000
$7,600,000
$5,000,000
(0) Buried $0 0.0% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
TOTALS
(3) Buyout & Retained Salary $4,166,667 5.1% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Lucic, Milan
Retained Salary
LW 34
$750,000
Sekera, Andrej
Buyout
D 36
$1,500,000
Neal, James
Buyout
LW 35
$1,916,667
$1,916,667
$1,916,667
TOTALS
$4,166,667
$1,916,667
$1,916,667
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2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026
Roster Size

Number of players on the Active Roster. Cannot exceed 23 players. Excludes players on IR and LTIR.

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22 15 11 9
Standard Player Contracts

Number of players signed to Standard Player Contracts (SPC's). Cannot exceed 50 players. Some players do not count towards this, such as 18/19 Year-Old players in Junior with less than 10 NHL Games Played in Season.

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45 30 17 12
Upper Limit

The maximum Salary Cap Hit of all players counting towards the active roster. Often referred to as "Salary Cap". This is determined in the summer and is based on the previous season's revenues, per the CBA.

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$82,500,000 $83,500,000 $83,500,000 $83,500,000
Projected Cap Hit

Anticipated Season-End Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap. Assumes current roster is in effect for the remainder of season.

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$90,956,655 $74,992,501 $67,516,667 $53,850,000
Projected Cap Space

Amount of Cap Space projected to be available at end of year. Calculated as Annual Salary Cap minus Projected Cap Hit.

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$-8,456,655 $8,507,499 $15,983,333 $29,650,000
Current Cap Space

Amount of Annual Cap Hit that can be added to the roster without exceeding the Upper Limit (Salary Cap Maximum) based on the current roster. For teams using LTIR, Current Cap Space is the amount of annual cap hit that can be added without exceeding the Salary Cap by more than the team's LTIR Pool.

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$0 $8,507,499 $15,983,333 $29,650,000
Maximum LTIR Pool

The maximum amount of Long Term Injured Reserve space potentially available. This is the Cap Hit of player on LTIR less the Cap Space available for team at time player was on LTIR. A player can go on LTIR when they expect to miss 10 games and 24 days in the season. A player on LTIR does not come off of the salary cap, instead a team is allowed to exceed the cap by the LTIR amount.

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$7,116,835 $0 $0 $0
Current Roster Annual Cap Hit

Anticipated Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap + retained salary + buyouts.

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$89,616,835 $74,992,501 $67,516,667 $53,850,000
Carryover Bonus Overages

Teams can exceed the salary cap due to players receiving performance bonuses. If a team exceeds the salary cap due to performance bonuses, they carryover to the previous season and reduce the cap space a team has.

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$896,000 $0 $0 $0
Potential Bonuses

Performance Bonuses that players on the active roster are eligible to achieve. A team can exceed the salary cap due to performance bonuses, but they carry over to the following season.

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$1,700,000 $850,000 $0 $0
Retained Salary Remaining

Teams can retain salary/cap hit when they trade a player. A team can only have a maximum of 3 players that they retained salary on.

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2 3 3 3
(22) Non-Roster
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Demers, Jason D 34
$750,000
$0
UFA
Pickard, Calvin G 30
$762,500
$762,500
$0
UFA
McKegg, Greg C 30
$762,500
$762,500
$0
UFA
Malone, Brad C 33
$762,500
$762,500
$0
UFA
Koekkoek, Slater D 29
$925,000
$0
UFA
Griffith, Seth C 30
$762,500
$762,500
$0
UFA
Bailey, Justin RW 27
$750,000
$0
UFA
Yakimov, Bogdan C 28
$0
RFA
Slepyshev, Anton LW 28
$0
RFA
Hawkey, Hayden G 28
$0
Benson, Tyler LW 25
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Niemelainen, Markus D 24
$762,500
$762,500
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Dineen, Cam D 24
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Rasanen, Aapeli C 21
$0
Brind'Amour, Skyler C 23
$0
Kemp, Philip D 24
$786,667
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Rodrigue, Olivier G 22
$795,000
$0
RFA
Siikanen, Patrik C 22
$0
Crevier-Morin, Marc-Olivier D 26
$0
$0
UFA
Lavoie, Raphael C 22
$870,000
$0
RFA
Mazura, Tomas C 22
$0
$0
UFA
Denezhkin, Maxim C 22
$0
$0
UFA
Holloway, Dylan C 21
$925,000
$925,000
$0
RFA
Savoie, Carter LW 21
$925,000
$925,000
$0
RFA
Tullio, Tyler C 20
$823,333
$823,333
$823,333
$0
RFA
Berezkin, Maksim LW 21
$0
$0
UFA
Engaras, Filip C 23
$0
$0
UFA
Lindewall, Jeremias LW 21
$0
$0
UFA
Bourgault, Xavier C 20
$925,000
$925,000
$925,000
$0
RFA
Münzenberger, Luca D 20
$0
$0
UFA
Petrov, Matvei LW 20
$823,333
$803,333
$803,333
$803,333
$0
RFA

(2026)
Lachance, Shane LW 19
$0
$0
UFA
Wanner, Max D 20
$846,667
$828,333
$828,333
$828,333
$0
RFA

(2026)
Hamblin, James C 23
$807,500
$807,500
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Fanti, Ryan G 23
$883,750
$883,750
$0
RFA
Philp, Noah C 24
$842,500
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Jonsson, Samuel G 19
$0
$0
UFA
Yevseyev, Nikita D 18
$0
$0
UFA
Määttä, Joel C 20
$0
$0
UFA
Chiasson, Jake C 19
$843,333
$843,333
$843,333
Berglund, Carl C 23
$950,000
$950,000
TOTALS
$17,991,250
$12,527,082
$5,173,332
$2,474,999