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 Kr55
Messages: 12883
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| Adam wrote on Wed, 25 September 2024 10:43 |
| Kr55 wrote on Wed, 25 September 2024 10:14 |
| Adam wrote on Wed, 25 September 2024 09:28 |
The important thing here is that he is not healthy until the playoffs start. It would be super foolish of the Oilers to bring him back prior to the trade deadline, and only after the deadline if cap space allows. He's out, so leave him out and re-spend that money.
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Well, we know Kenny would plan the cap for Kane to be back with 2 weeks left in the season. Probably would have put us right up against the cap already to accrue no space for the deadline too.
Let's see what Mr. Bowman does. Accrued cap space with Kane on IR to the deadline, then putting him on LTIR right before would be the gigabrain move I think :) That assumes we can survive with this roster. RHD looking super weak so far in pre-season. Brown already giving people fits.
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Worth noting - Bowman was actually the first to hold a player out for cap space, keeping Patrick Kane sidelined for the remainder of the 2014-15 season, only to make a miraculous recovery for Game 1 versus Nashville that spring. Bowman used his cap space to acquire Kimmo Timonen, Antoine Vermette and Andrew Desjardins all of whom played a role in that summer's Cup win.
Having basically developed the template, it would be surprising if he somehow forgets that we don't need to bring Evander back too early.
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Good to know. Bowman earns his pay this year if he turns Kane into an extra 5M player at the deadline this year :) Assuming our RHD is fixed that way or some other way.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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