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Originally Posted by JackIsBack
Character aside, Kane, for just over 2.1 million, is a great signing.... he has 22 goals, 39 points in just over a half season, that's comparable to adding a Lindholm for less cap hit - something the Oilers' desperately needed and requiring nothing they didn't have (cap space and assets). The big questions was, could the room and leadership handle it, and since they had neither to start with, it couldn't do any damage, a gamble all other NHL teams were not willing to take, and righteously so. I think the Oilers were the only team that Kane could have made better with little or no risk of making worse, you can't break something more, once it's broken, it's broken, and the Oilers were certainly that halfway through this season.
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No one ever debated that Kane was going to be a good hockey pick up.
But it never will negate the fact that he's a #### guy and no other teams would bite on a contract for the guy because it would be an indictment on their team's integrity and culture.
Not a problem for the spineless Oilers though.
Whoever thinks people bash the acquisition from a hockey standpoint are completely missing the point.
Long rants to defend/justify it are even sadder.