It’s been too long since What Would You Do Wednesday was a regular feature at Oilersnation. It’s time to change that.

We’re officially three hours away from free agency opening, and while Canadians across the nation will be heading out for Canada Day celebrations, getting their faces painted and hitting up the petting zoo, we’re here to grind away on another free agent frenzy.

The Oilers enter free agency with $7.415 million in cap space, according to our friends at PuckPedia. It’s likely less than the team wants, as attempts to abide by Darnell Nurse’s trade request have seemingly stalled, and that’s become a problem. By all accounts, the Oilers are looking to move as much of his $9.25 million contract as possible, and while there are options out there, including the Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Boston Bruins, the three teams he’s reportedly said he’d accept a trade to, none seem to be in a rush.

The two Pennsylvania clubs have more than enough cap space to bring Nurse into their mix, but both seem to want the Oilers to take back a bad contract. That just doesn’t work for where the Oilers are at right now. And when it comes to Boston, they are in a similar cap situation, with $7.7 million in cap space. There’s word they want to clear out cap space, or get the Oilers to take a bad contract back.

Until a Nurse move happens, the Oilers are in........

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