Player Discussion Evander Kane

[Zerotonine]

The LTIR loophole is gonna get closed so fast when Kane recovers for game 1 of the playoffs now

This 1000 percent ...
this will be the year its fixed and will NOT be allowed. Id bet the house on it. And edmonton will end up being penalized some way or another for even trying it

 

[bucks_oil]

It would make me feel good if a doctor came out and said Kane's projected return was Feb-March so we had some kind of paper trail

It needs to be April… he would have to be out the whole regular season, not just until the deadline.

But we are in pretty good shape. We actually don’t need to put him on LTIR. We simply IR him and accrue the $950K that we have available (which includes Kane being active on the cap).

Then that 950K becomes $4.5 at the deadline… we can add a good player.

If at the deadline it looks likely that Kane won’t be ready until the playoffs, we LTIR him then… let the NHL look over the records, get satisfied and THEN add a 2nd player at the deadline…

And finally, Kane comes back for round two (just so it doesn’t look too obvious)

 

[Mr Positive]

It needs to be April… he would have to be out the whole regular season, not just until the deadline.

But we are in pretty good shape. We actually don’t need to put him on LTIR. We simply IR him and accrue the $950K that we have available (which includes Kane being active on the cap).

Then that 950K becomes $4.5 at the deadline… we can add a good player.

If at the deadline it looks likely that Kane won’t be ready until the playoffs, we LTIR him then… let the NHL look over the records, get satisfied and THEN add a 2nd player at the deadline…

And finally, Kane comes back for round two (just so it doesn’t look too obvious)

I don't see why we should try to make it less obvious

Besides, there will be no pretending. We will just say that he is getting extra rehab and training, and that there is no sense in him playing in meaningless games. As long as Kane says that those regular season games are not worth the health risk to himself, it's legit. He comes back round 1, game 1

Or, we do what Tampa did and have someone go on LTIR to swap with him, to rest a nagging injury.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

It needs to be April… he would have to be out the whole regular season, not just until the deadline.

But we are in pretty good shape. We actually don’t need to put him on LTIR. We simply IR him and accrue the $950K that we have available (which includes Kane being active on the cap).

Then that 950K becomes $4.5 at the deadline… we can add a good player.

If at the deadline it looks likely that Kane won’t be ready until the playoffs, we LTIR him then… let the NHL look over the records, get satisfied and THEN add a 2nd player at the deadline…

And finally, Kane comes back for round two (just so it doesn’t look too obvious)

Id prefer Kane come back for game 1, just to see what the NHL would do.

Make it as obvious as possible.

 

[Broberg Speed]

If Kane goes on LTIR and the team knows he's staying there until the playoffs the Oilers are pulling the trigger on a Ristolainen deal with Philadelphia retaining 1.1M making Risto a 4M cap hit for 3 years. Kulak and a bunch of futures to the Flyers.

And some clearly don't understand if Kane goes on IR the Oilers don't magically accumulate more cap space for the deadline. They accumulate the exact same amount as they would if Kane was healthy for day one of the season.