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Originally Posted by GhostCookie
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.
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It's crazy. I don't spend a lot of time (zero actually) listening to Edmonton media, but if this isn't a huge deal up there, they are not paying attention or are intentionally ignoring this. With Koekoek gone, they are still ~227k above the cap with 12 forwards and 7 d-men. If the season started tomorrow as far as I can tell, they'd have to send down Broberg as he's the only guy left who wouldn't have to go through waivers. They would be compliant but have zero players in the stands. Oh, and Holloway is forced to play in the minors as well. Unless they have someone else who can go on LTIR? Either way, it's beautiful.