David Staples from the Edmonton Journal had a number of hot takes for the summer in a recent message on X.com. First of all, he said he believed that Darnell Nurse would turn the script and be the story of the play -offs of 2026 – in a good way this time. Secondly, search for Edmonton to swing a deadline deal to bring Evander Kane back. And finally, keep an eye on Noah Philp, which could appear as the Surprise Breakout Player of the Year, just like Vasily Podkolzin did last season.
The large collection meal of the post was the second hot recording he noticed”The oilers will act for Evander Kane at the deadline.”
Surprisingly, he is not the first person who wonders if Kane would be on the radar of Oilers this year. Early August, According to a message from the 2 Mutts podcastKane – now a member of the Vancouver Canucks – has had conversations about a possible return to the oilers after his current contract has ended.
The Oilers have moved Kane to the Canucks this summer in an attempt to create flexibility of salary cap. He got rid of Vancouver (where he had history), even though he loved his time with the oilers. In a message that we wrote on August 6, we noticed: “Now that the last year of his deal will go into the last year, Kane will hit a free desk next summer. If it stays healthy and productive, and if Edmonton has cap space, anything is possible.”
Kane missed the entire regular season 2024-25 because of the recovery of a sports hernia injury next to a knee injury. He returned for the play-offs, but was not as effective as he was when he was added to the team for the first time during the 2021-22 season. Kane, 34, recorded 12 points in 24 play -Ooff Games This last late season.
How would the Oilers let this Kane trading work?
Staples did not go into detail about what the oilers should give up to acquire Kane at the deadline or how they would make his salary work. When a fan pointed out: “Wait, I thought you couldn’t acquire someone and had salary retention. Does this mean that you think they will trade for Kane with his full cap hit ?? or is that not a rule?”, “Yes, full cap at Deadline.”
In the NHL you have to wait 364 days after trading a player to keep money to bring the player back to the team he was traded. In other words, Vancouver cannot exchange him for Edmonton and retain one of his $ 5.25 million CAP -HIT.
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