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Originally Posted by Boreal
Based on Edmonton being in cap jail, & Kostin wanting ~$2M that was too spicey for ol’Kenny. Klim also had arbitration rights and would have seen a result outside the Oiler’s control, so it’s doubtful they would have qualified him, making him a free agent.
Yzerman essentially paid ~$433,000 this year & ~$533,000 next year through the Yamamoto buyout for Kostin’s rights & then signed him. Just add those totals to the Abdelkater buyout for Yzerman to clean up more of Kenny’s messes.
Either way, Steve did the Oilers a solid, so we’ll see how that is reciprocated.
What is evident is that with their cap situation, which toads like Spector completely ignore, will make a similar Klim Kostin waiver wire pickup a lot more difficult, unless they jettison a significant contract on their roster.
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Dude… this isn’t the thread, but this is beyond annoying.
They now have Kostin and their 3rd. Instead of one or the other. They have both. They took advantage of the oilers situation.
We have a thread about our third rounder and people are arguing about how he could have been a 2nd… it was part of our return package for our leading scorer. 3rds have value. The Wings didn’t have to spend any assets, just a super small percentage of their annual salary base.
In closing, the oilers are stupid and lost two assets for nothing. The wings gained one, and spent none.