Some loved the moves, some hated them; there were many opinions of the transactions this past summer by Ken Holland and the Edmonton Oilers. Most fans were probably somewhere in between, picking and choosing among the signings and trades.
This series of quick posts will attempt to unwind the clock, keeping moves that are (in my opinion) reasonable enough gambles, followed by hypothetical player transactions varying in perceived degree of plausibility.
The first post exists simply to set the stage, stepping back to the time just prior to the Shore and Nugent Hopkins signings.
The cap hit for James Neal is a number used to reconstruct what would have been his cap hit had Edmonton not bought him out this summer.
For ease in the construction of the roster, I have Stalock and Klefbom on the team even though the Oilers were probably thinking there was a decent chance both would be on LTIR. As it turns out, Archibald ended up on LTIR as well, but management wouldn't have had reason to suspect that would be the case in June.
NEXT: Part 2 - Moves to Keep
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