The Kane - LTIR until playoffs maneuver is not surprising, but it could backfire.
He isn't a 27 year old Kucherov (that Tampa withheld for LTIR on their way to the 2021 cup)
Kane was a liability last playoffs and I think he'll been even worse this year. If I was Edmonton, I'd want him getting late season games in to get up to speed. Expecting a 33 year old power forward who had surgery for two torn hip adductor muscles, two hernias, two torn lower abdominal muscles and one knee to be effective in playoffs day 1 is insane.
I actually like Walman a player, but by trading next years 1st + the condition for the following year, the Oilers have lost one of their major assets they could trade for goaltending help.
They are going to burn the last of the wonder twins cheap/most productive years with Skinner.
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