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Originally Posted by old-fart
They could have released him because they don't have the cap space to sign him. He might still show up there if they unload PullyourRV
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It's hard to overstate how bad their cap situation is. They have 21 players and even with the LTIR removed and Koekkoek not counting while he is off they are not cap compliant. Which means they have to send down another player and run with 20 or make a trade. And at the same time on HF they talk about how he belongs on their 4th line because he hasn't been good enough, they are thinking Dallas would send Faksa & Kiveranta plus possibly a late round pick to get RV from Edmonton. I highly doubt there was no attempt by Holland to trade any of the contracts away, so I don't know why they think it will be some big lopsided slam-dunk trade that pushes the oilers over the top.