Jake Walman was not on the ice Sunday when the Edmonton Oilers made themselves suitable for a longer training in the community arena in the city center in Edmonton. The defender was trending to be ready for the opening evening, but has had a small setback, probably which means that he will not be good to go if the oilers take the Calgary Flames.
Also not available was Mattias Janmark, who head coach Kris Knoblauch said that a second injury sustained when he did the first MRI. He stays out and his return can be pushed back for another week.
With the news, the oilers can adjust their line -ups to optimize their cap -space and LTIR situations. This can include some demotions that may seem surprising at first sight.
Puckpedia explained a probably scenario for the oilers, given the recent setbacks that Walman and Janmark have suffered.
Their prediction:
David Tomasek and Isaac Howard could fall because both have voluntarily lost. This is a plus for the oilers, which have some flexibility with both players. While Knoblauch said he does not see Janmark after training on injured reserve, the oilers can go this route and then pick up $ 775k man like James Hamblin. This would give the Oilers $ 834K in cap -space that they could submit as their opening schedule. Hyman could be on LTIR and the oilers could exceed the cap by $ 3.8 million. Prior to the competition on Wednesday, Edmonton would remember both Tomasek and Howard, send Hamblin back (or whoever calls them) and enter the season with $ 1.8 million in cap -space that remains in LTIR.
Wallman is expected to play versus the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday evening, while Hyman will start taking pre-game Skates and next week will become a member of the team for exercises. It stays out of the line -up during the road trip through New York, making it ready at the end of October.
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