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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
It's all my nightmarish predictions are coming true....again.
"I bet Eichel ends up in Vegas"
"I bet the Flames are in on him and miss"
"I bet we find out after that the Flames were sooooooo close to getting it done"
Next up:
"I bet Eichel comes back in time for the playoffs where he doesn't count against the cap and along with Stone makes a mockery of the 1st round fodder Flames"
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More like making a mockery of the NHL's pathetic enforcement of the salary cap with respect to LTIR.
How much do you want to bet that Draisaitl will have a season-ending hangnail when the Oilers hit their first three game losing streak? Out for the season, replaced by the best two D left in Arizona to stabilize the Oilers' blueline, and miraculously healthy exactly in time for the first playoff game? And Smith, of course, will also coincidentally miss the rest of the regular season, replaced by an actual NHL-calibre goaltender. As long as there is no consequence for cheaters, teams with highly-paid players will use this every year to shore up their weaknesses and make themselves instant Stanley Cup contenders.
The cap was allegedly brought in to promote parity in the league. Where is the parity if not all teams are required to comply with the cap? The decision about when a player is ready to return to play should be made solely by an independent third party, and a team that cannot be in compliance with the cap when a player is ready to return should not be able to dress that player in the playoffs. Furthermore, any time a team plays a playoff game, the total of the cap hits of all of the players dressed for that game should never be allowed to exceed the salary cap.