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Originally Posted by Stampede2TheCup
People are snarky because of how GMs are complaining about the loophole being closed after being warned. The fact GMs had plans before the rule change in September is ridiculous and shows how blatantly the system was abused.
Yes, we like trades. Yes we want buyers for Kadri. But people also disliked the blatant abuse of the cap system in the playoffs. It’s possible to hold both points of view. It’s even possible to be snarky about GMs and wish this had happened one year later.
Having this change is much better for the parity of the league going forward. The cap rising so much is potentially starting to create more of a gap between richer teams and the rest.
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But it’s still not ideal for parity. All the Oilers have to do is put Nurse and Bouchard on LTIR during the regular season, replace them with real defencemen and some depth forwards with the cap relief, then continue to sit them during the playoffs.