The Edmonton Oilers are desperate. They are currently sitting right on the edge of a playoff spot, and in a rapidly improving western conference, nothing is guaranteed. Management is wasting the prime of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl's careers, and they need to make a move soon.
Now, Elliotte Friedman has dropped a bombshell about a leading candidate for an acquisition by the Oilers. Chicago's Jake McCabe has a fantastic contract that pays him only $4-million annually. It wouldn't take much cap work to get a deal done between the two parties.
With Evander Kane coming close to a return from injury, they will have to be careful when they make the move, but the Oilers are all-in this year, and they will pay what it takes to make a move happen.