Oilers put two on waivers
Elliotte Friedman: The Edmonton Oilers put forwards Ty Rattie and Ryan Spooner on waivers.
Cap Friendly: “#Oilers have placed Spooner & Rattie on waivers. If both clear, & are assigned to the AHL, Oilers would still be $1.395M in full cap value above the ceiling. By our calculation, that’s the equivalent of 2 additional assignments, or a trade, in order to activate Sekera off LTIR.”
Kurt Leavins: “On the waiving of Spooner & Rattie: Spooner gave them little choice to make a bad trade look even worse. As for Rattie, I wonder what we “don’t” see about the player, because ON the ice…I think the #Oilers could do worse.”
Media notes on the Koskinen contract
Chris Johnston: The Edmonton Oilers have signed goaltender Mikko Koskinen to the three-year contract extension.
2019-2020: $5.2M
2020-2021: $3.3M+$500,000 SB
2021-2022: $4.5M
Darren Dreger: From understanding the Oilers had spoken to Cam Talbot a couple of days ago about Koskinen’s extension. They didn’t want to have Talbot blindside by the news. Would guess that Talbot would be open to a trade to just about any team right now.
Jim Matheson: “With Koskinen signing, obviously looks like they’ve turned the page on Talbot, also UFA July 1. They have nobody on the farm ready to back-up. They should be trying to trade for Pittsburgh’s Tristan Jarry in the summer. But what do they do with Talbot at trade deadline?”
Ryan Rishaug: A couple points on Koskinen contract.
“- A Talbot extension seemed highly unlikely.
– What were their options going to be this summer? Realistic targets in net? Weigh those against todays deal.
– They like Koskinens work ethic, room presence, and have seen his high end game.”
– Signing him now has it’s risks considering the small sample size.
– Waiting has its risks because he has shown how good he can be. If he regains that form, term and $ go up as do potential suitors. Scrutiny on this deal is fair,But the goalie market they face come summer matters”
Dustin Nielson: “I don’t even care about the number. I’m just mystified by the timing of this Koskinen deal….and I don’t ever throw the term mystified out there.”
Jim Matheson: “Three years is what I felt Oilers would give the UFA Koskinen but if it’s 4.5 million a year, almost double what he’s making now…after 27 NHL games? Would it hurt to make that fiscal call after he’s been through the league a bit more?”
With the Edmonton #Oilers extending goaltender Mikko Koskinen for 3 years with an AAV of $4.5M, the #Oilers 2019-20 season projection is currently:
Cap hit: $73.7M
Roster size: 16https://t.co/l4YrhaFXaK pic.twitter.com/dYbee81Axd— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) January 21, 2019