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Originally Posted by united
Didn't Kane also "wait" until training camp to get surgery completed on his injury from the previous season? In a World where athletes get surgery within 24-48 hours of injury, nothing suspicious about that.
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Tampa did the same thing with Kucherov. They were trying to figure out how to get under the cap during the offseason and when they couldn't, they announced that Kucherov would be getting surgery. There was no reason to wait that long except to use it as a contingency plan. Not everyone, but I recall quite a few people praising them for being smart. In the end, they won a Cup by doing it and other teams learned. I actually don't blame the Oilers for doing because it seemed like it was the thing to do if you wanted an edge.
I wouldn't be surprised if in Kane's case, they had something on him and used threats of terminating his contract if he didn't comply.