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Joshua Deeds
September 7, 2023  (10:35 PM)
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DailyFaceoff.com is an analytics nerd's dream since it provides line combinations, statistics, and analysis from different NHL personalities.

Nevertheless, DailyFaceoff.com analyzes every aspect of a salary cap, including players and salaries. According to their analysis, the Edmonton Oilers have the worst salary cap efficiency

According to the website, there isn't a team worse off financially than the Edmonton Oilers and you'd think it'd have been the Toronto Maple Leafs right?

For analyzing cap efficiency, the website uses a variety of contract types, such as no movement clauses, dead cap space, bargain contracts, and good versus bad deals.

According to the website, McDavid, Draisaitl and Nugent-Hopkins' contracts are bargains.

The team finds itself with just 21 players on the roster and only $382,499 in cap space. They need to make two more additions, or call ups, to have a legal roster.

Among the bad contracts considered is Darnell Nurse's contract, despite the fact that Nurse is a good defenseman who can eat a lot of minutes, he doesn't, unfortunately, play like a $9.25 Million dollar defenseman. As well as Jack Campbell, Warren Foegele, Brett Kulak, and the team's deal with James Neal, which remains on the books, there are a number of bad contracts listed.

The NHL is currently a flat-cap league, so contracts like Campbell's, Foegele's, and Kulak's could be considered replacement-level players elsewhere.

Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and Evan Bouchard could all be adversely affected by the mishandling of Nurse's Bridge deal.

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