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NHL Investigating Oilers’ LTIR Use Of Evander Kane
NHL Investigating Oilers’ LTIR Use Of Evander Kane
We already exposed that Stan Bowman has bad forward thinking skills. That same error just might cost him big time even after the season has concluded. The NHL is investigating the LTIR situation with the Oilers and Evander Kane.
And, yes, there is a legit case here.
Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff was the first to report the news:
“Despite the final chapter of the Edmonton Oilers‘ season being written at the Stanley Cup Final, sources say the NHL plans to continue to examine Edmonton’s use of long-term injury (LTIR) salary cap relief with forward Evander Kane in the days and weeks ahead.”
“The NHL may require more information to satisfy itself that Oilers complied with the Collective Bargaining Agreement when Kane returned for the second game of Round 1 against the Los Angeles Kings after not appearing in a single game during the regular season.”
“The NHL is still deliberating on next steps. There is the potential for retroactive punishment if the league finds the spirit of the CBA was violated. No team in the salary cap era has been punished for LTIR usage, despite the hot button issue and no shortage of complaints in recent years.”
“So far, sources said the Oilers have complied with all the NHL’s requests for information and medical opinions, as is typical with any LTIR return scenario for the playoffs, which are scrutinized by the league. It remains unclear what exactly the NHL may have found issue with as they continue to examine the circumstances.”
Seravalli’s post details the injury list that Kane was dealing with, but that’s not the real story here. Edmonton declined to match the offer sheets on Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway and essentially cited that Kane would be back, and they couldn’t put him on LTIR for the entire regular season.
Then the Oilers changed their mind. Kane stayed on LTIR the entire year, which then gave them the flexibility to trade for Jake Walman and Trent Frederic.
So yeah… something isn’t exactly adding up. All because Stan Bowman apparently doesn’t have any forward thinking ability.
I wouldn’t be surprised one bit if the Oilers got penalized here. They put their foot in their mouth, and the evidence is pretty undeniable.
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