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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Just spitballing without knowing the full details but I imagine what the NHL is looking is the 2nd surgery that "extended" how long Kane is out until the playoffs.
Questions like if could the 2nd surgery have done earlier to coincide with the recovery of the 1st surgery? And therefore Kane would have recovered before the playoffs and the Oilers couldn't use the LTIR relief for Frederic and Walman
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I also recall that just before the playoffs, there was some discussion about the league cracking down on teams having a player on LTIR and then being ready for game 1 of the playoffs. The Oilers probably thought they were being sneaky by keeping him out until game 2, but really is just makes it look more obvious that they were trying to pull a fast one.