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Originally Posted by Baaarrden
Assuming Edmonton matches, how does the offseason salary cap work in this scenario? Aren't they only allowed to go 10% over the cap?
PuckPedia is showing the Oilers currently at $95.2M in cap hit vs a cap limit of $88.0M (-$7.2M). If both are matched, that's an extra ~$6.9M added which puts them at approximately $102.1M (-$14.1M).
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Puckpedia is including these offer sheets already, so they would be at $95.2M with Holloway and Broberg signed.
Which means even with Kane on LTIR ($5.1m) and another 2 bodies sent down (Derek Ryan: $900k, Stechher: $800k) they'd still be over the cap to start the season ($7.2M vs $6.8M)
In reality they can't really afford to match either, unless they can move out Ceci or Kulak. And I'm sure the asking price for that just went up in terms of teams taking on their contracts.
And Oilers already don't have their 2025 1st or 2nd to facilitate moving out a contract. Really letting Broberg walk and adding a 2nd has to be the decision for them.