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Edmonton Oilers: Potential Acquisitions – Central Division

By Devon Hladunewich

EDMONTON, ALBERTA - AUGUST 05: The Edmonton Oilers and Chicago Blackhawks skates in warm-ups prior to Game Three of the Western Conference Qualification Round prior to the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on August 05, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta. Due to concerns of the spread of the coronavirus, NHL games are being played without fans. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)
EDMONTON, ALBERTA - AUGUST 05: The Edmonton Oilers and Chicago Blackhawks skates in warm-ups prior to Game Three of the Western Conference Qualification Round prior to the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on August 05, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta. Due to concerns of the spread of the coronavirus, NHL games are being played without fans. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images) /
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Earlier this week I wrote an article seeing who the Edmonton Oilers could possibly acquire from the Pacific Division. In this article, I have gone through each team in the Central Division.

Arizona Coyotes

Antti Raanta (Current Cap Hit $4,250,00, 12GP-5W-0.905SV%) UFA

I do not think that the Oilers are going to be coming back with the same goaltending tandem as last season. So I think the Oilers will be on the hunt for one. After being replaced by Darcy Kuemper as the starter Raanta has been a solid backup goalie. Before that, he has had very good numbers as a starter, in 33 games in 2019-2020 he had a 0.921SV%. Which would be good numbers as a starter in Edmonton.

Phil Kessel (Current Cap Hit $6,800,000, 56GP-20G-23A) Trade

Phil Kessel would be an asset to the Oilers top 6. He is a pure goal scorer that has the ability to finish from anywhere. Being right-handed, he could be placed on the top powerplay unit and create a scoring threat on the left side. If you could get Arizona to keep some of his salary that would be even better.

Chicago Blackhawks

Brett Connolly (Current Cap Hit $3,500,000, 31GP-3G-3A) Trade

A good depth veteran. If the Oilers could do this trade and get Chicago to eat some of the cap on Connolly, it would be a move I would be okay with. Connolly was on the Washington Capitals team that won the Stanley Cup in 2018. He would be useful on your team as he could help with the playoff inexperience of this team.

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