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Originally Posted by stang
Duncan Keith’s salary was 1 million. He had made 74 million over his career. If the league was interested in helping the Oilers they would have allowed his cap credit to be applied.
If Keith and Smith waited till playoffs and then came back then I could see your point. Imagine thinking a couple of 40 year olds retiring is cap circumvention 
Pretty sure SJS had to pay out Kane. Not sure why they didn’t get hit with a cap penalty. He was a free agent though. Not sure how the oilers are circumventing the cap there.
Oilers are icing a cap compliant team. The Knights are not |
Bull####….. Smith real reason for being on LTIR never disclosed, being old is not a reason. Keith being hired as a development coach, I’m guessing for a min of $1MM and assuming he won’t be back next year, was clear cap circumvention.
The league directed Kane to the Oilers, that just happened. The Oilers are a complete scam.