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Edmonton Oilers Kailer Yamamoto (56) celebrates a goal with teammates on San Jose Sharks goaltender James Reimer (47) during second period NHL action at Rogers Place on Thursday, April 28, 2022. Photo by Ian Kucerak / Postmedia
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This comes from the Edmonton Oilers, news that they have signed winger Kailer Yamamoto to a new two-year contract at $3.1 million per season.
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my take
1. One of the last pieces of business for Oilers GM Ken Holland is now complete. Yamamoto has now signed for two years. That means when he’s up for his next contract, he’ll still be a restricted free agent. Notably, the two-year commitment is one year more than Jesse Puljujarvi received, and Yamamoto also received a hundred grand more in salary per year. In other words, the Oilers have shown him more commitment than Puljujarvi received.
2. Yamamoto made $1.175 billion last season, so this represents a significant raise for the player. He earned the boost with a solid game, putting up 1.64 pts per 60 at even strength, the level of scoring you’d expect from a third-line winger. That was just behind Jesse Puljujarvi, 1.82 per 60, and Derek Ryan, 1.75 per 60, but ahead of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, 1.52 per 60.
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3. Some players, like Warren Foegele and Jesse Puljujarvi, wilted during the playoffs in terms of their two-way play. Others, like Zach Hyman, Zack Kassian and Evander Kane, stepped up. Yamamoto stayed about the same in terms of his top contributions to A-grade shots compared to his top mistakes in A-grade shots against. He was the Oil’s third-most effective winger in the playoffs by that metric, compiled through intensive video review at Cult of Hockey.
4. Players like Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl have long been reported to like having Yamamoto on their line. Why is that so? On the one hand, Yamamoto is a smart defensive player who fills in defensively when McDavid or Draisaitl move out of the defensive slot. On the other hand, he has been a member of three of the most successful Oilers lines of the McDavid/Draisaitl era, according to data from Natural Stat Trick.
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He has combined exceptionally well on lines with Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl (13 goals for, five against), Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (44 goals for, 23 against) and also with McDavid and Evander Kane (17 goals in favor, nine against). .
5. On Twitter, Hall of Fame hockey writer Jim Matheson said of the signing: “Very fair contract for Yamamoto, but the Oilers absolutely have to trade someone to get under the roof with McLeod likely to get $1-1.5 million. new deal to come. Still feel Foegele more likely to go. Wouldn’t trade Barrie. Too valuable for PP.”
And Bob Stauffer, the Oilers expert, said: The EdmontonOilers avoid arbitration with Yamamoto, who is a tenacious sparkplug that the best EDM players like to play with! Strong in disk recovery. He continues to develop his offensive game … and is part of the PP2 and PK units.”
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6. Most significant info comes from PuckPedia: “After signing Yamamoto for 2 years, $3.1M hit, #LetsGoOilers go over $6.8M cap with 21 players (12F/7D/2G) on the projected roster. With Klefbom ($4.167M) and Smith ($2.2M) at LTIR, effectively $423K over the cap.”
This news comes as the Oil still need to sign Ryan McLeod. Clearly, a key player has yet to be moved if the Oilers are going to be under the cap. who will it be Jesse Puljujarvi and Warren Foegele appear to be the top two candidates, with Tyson Barrie a distant third.
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