3 way kane deal

Équipe: 2022-23 Oilers d'Edmonton

Date de création initiale: 18 août 2022

Publié: 19 août 2022

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

First thing to do is clear up some cap space. Move foegele and throw in a sweetener to anybody needing bottom 6 scoring.
Next is the trade which will involve Chicago, Edmonton and a team attempting to reach the cap floor (Arizona).
Before Chicago fans come in my replies and say "the deals not fair Chicago would never do that" please remember that Kane is 33 years old with 1 year left on his deal and he likely won't resign in Chicago. It's a ticking time bomb and Chicago is the frontrunners in the Bedard bowl, having patrick kane certainly won't help land Bedard.
Breaking down the trade: In order to land Kane Chicago likely wants futures and a roster player to boot. I figure the oilers aren't keeping Puljujarvi so why not throw him into a Patrick Kane deal. Automatically that's insane value for Chicago but Oilers still come up short. Chicago will likely want a first rounder in return and a high rated prospect. Immediately any first round prospect is off the table as the price would come in too high for oilers and Kenny Holland likely wouldn't go for it. To get around this I'll throw in a B level prospect and add a third rounder to boot. I think that's the most that oilers would be willing to give up in exchange for Kane at 50% retained.
Second part of the deal would get Arizona who's trying to hit the cap floor to retain another 50% of Kanes already retained salary. In exchange I would throw in a second rounder and a prospect as it is simply retaining salary which Arizona already needs and its on a one year deal which doesn't impact Arizona long term. Again I believe this to be the the most that the oilers would be willing to pay. In the end oilers would end up with Patrick Kane at 75% retained for one year which I believe would bring them the closest they've ever come to the cup in the previous 15 years.

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