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Originally Posted by keenan87

I dislike the Oilers as much as any other Flames fan... but I will say - why haven't these investigations taken place for Vegas or Tampa?

https://vegashockeynow.com/2023/06/2...circumvention/

The cap circumvention claims against the Vegas Golden Knights have reached an elevated level. Fans, media, and now at least one NHL team feel the Golden Knights circumvented the salary cap, according to Elliotte Friedman on “32 Thoughts: The Podcast.”

Friedman stated, “The NHL went hard at Vegas this time, in terms of investigating them and asking for the medical reports on Vegas.”

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article...s-stars-align/

In April, Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston reported the NHL had warned teams that it was watching for any questionable transactions. BriseBois confirmed Saturday the NHL investigated the Lightning’s handling of Kucherov’s contract and found that no rules were broken.

“When you place a player on long-term injury and get the salary cap exemption and this year, in particular, the NHL investigated I believe all of the LTIR requests. I know they investigated the Nikita Kucherov one,” BriseBois said. “We had to be able to justify the surgery, the rehab time, the return to play clearance to make sure everything was done according to the rules and according to the circumstances. Those were the cards that we were dealt and that’s how we handled it.”