Jim Matheson: When Adam Larsson returns to the Oilers lineup they’ll have eight defensemen. thinks that they will keep eight up and send a forward to the AHL. Drake Caggiula could be the leading candidate at the moment. If the Oilers tried sending forward Nathan Walker to the AHL, the Capitals could reclaim him.
Jason Gregor: Caggiula would require waivers if they sent him to the AHL, and can’t see the Oilers wanting to lose him for nothing. Forward Anton Slepyshev doesn’t require waivers.