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Originally Posted by nik-
Well I don't really lend a lot of credibility to any source that's entwined with covering the Oilers. They're mostly shills. I wouldn't put it past them to push a huge contract story out there so Chiarelli looks like a genius when he signs him to "only" a 11 mil cap hit.
Who are the other truly credible sources that aren't just putting out what Rishaug said?
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I don't know who reported it first, but I did see Sportsnet discussing it, led by Elliott Friedman. He was saying that they were just working out details such as lockout proofing it, etc.
The way they were talking, it sounded pretty close to being done.
I agree with the sentiment that the number may have been a bit of under-selling, but I can't imagine that the actual number is going to come in something like $16M less, as a couple of you are suggesting. A couple million less? Sure, maybe. But not $16M.