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Re: Holland’s Successor [message #830080 is a reply to message #830079 ]	Thu, 22 February 2024 22:42

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CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 22 February 2024 22:00

Skookum Jim wrote on Thu, 22 February 2024 17:32

RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 22 February 2024 13:04

inverno76 wrote on Thu, 22 February 2024 13:59

Hunter and the Knights are infamous for doing sketchy things to circumvent CHL rules and although heavily speculated, they have never been caught. Sign me up. Tired of playing within the rules while teams like the Lightning and Vegas screw around without consequence.

No kidding. Look at Vegas. Anyone shocked a few players all of a sudden are hurt a couple of weeks prior to the deadline?

I just took a look at Vegas roster on IR..

Eichel ($10M), Lehner ($5M) and Bjornfot ($775K) are all on LTIR .. grand total of $16M in cap relief.. with Jack getting ready just in time for game #1 of playoffs... .. and Lehner never coming back off LTIR after hip surgery last year (they used Lehner's cap relief to sign Aiden Hill this past summer)

They also currently have Stone ($10M), Carrier, and Dorofeyev on regular IR at $12M .. which could all be put on LTIR retrospectively.. creating lots of cap and roster "flexibility" :)

Looks like Vegas is shaping up to have $10M in cap space available for a significant trade at the deadline..

Don't hate the player, hate the game. Actually don't even hate the game, we all signed up for this.

The simple truth is the Oilers are playing the cap circumvention game as much as everyone else (Campbell, Smith, Brown) they're just not as good at it.

At this stage, a lot of these circumventions are really only just playing by the established rules. People complain about Tampa or Vegas doing these things, but the reality is that the NHL has been clear for over a decade that they want trade deadline deals, so they're not going to do something that discourages them from happening. They don't care about it enough to stop it.

One of the most discouraging things with Holland was when he admitted that he didn't even think about doing some of the things his counterparts were doing a few years ago - not even the thought about using a third party team to split up the cap hit further - and said that he needed to keep cap room available in case Slater Koekkoek returned from injury. It really told you all you ever needed to know about Mr. Holland as a GM.

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Re: Holland’s Successor	By: Mike on Thu, 22 February 2024 12:23
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Re: Holland’s Successor	By: CrusaderPi on Thu, 22 February 2024 13:16
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Re: Holland’s Successor	By: CrusaderPi on Thu, 22 February 2024 08:09
Re: Holland’s Successor	By: RDOilerfan on Thu, 22 February 2024 08:41
Re: Holland’s Successor	By: Adam on Thu, 22 February 2024 00:36
Re: Holland’s Successor	By: inverno76 on Thu, 22 February 2024 13:59
Re: Holland’s Successor	By: RDOilerfan on Thu, 22 February 2024 14:04
Re: Holland’s Successor	By: Mike on Thu, 22 February 2024 15:04
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Re: Holland’s Successor	By: Skookum Jim on Thu, 22 February 2024 17:32
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Re: Holland’s Successor	By: Adam on Thu, 22 February 2024 22:42
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Re: Holland’s Successor	By: smyth260 on Fri, 23 February 2024 12:28
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