Behind Enemy Lines
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The danger of dealing with UFA's and in a market like Edmonton that doesn't have a ready pipeline to attract talent. Holland was poor (aka generous) with his contracts but letting guys (Kassian) walk on a thin roster would also have people losing their marbles. Kane without a bleeding out prospective fatal injury is a reasonable deal. Even with a significant injury this playoff he still provided some key moment help to within 2 goals of a Cup win.Holland bet poorly on a few extensions. Kassian's and Kane's come to mind.
Jackson is starting to reset contract value and term though it's built up the organization's work to finally ice a team that finally broke through to Cup Final level competition.