Allan Mitchell and Jonathan Willis: The Edmonton Oilers could use an elite scoring winger. Should they consider pending free agent winger Taylor Hall, and could they afford him?
The flat salary cap won’t help, and they are already top-heavy.
Could the Oilers get Ryan Nugent-Hopkins re-signed four-years at a $6.5 million cap hit?
James Neal could be bought out this offseason to create some extra space, as well as letting some pending UFA walk. For the following season, they may need to move out some money with potential candidates Andreas Athanasiou ($3 million – RFA), Alex Chiasson ($2.