Because they aren't allowed to contact the player until free agency starts. If Washington wanted to sign Campbell but the Oilers talked to him before July 13th 12:00, that would give the Oilers an unfair advantage to sign Campbell. Even if the Leafs weren't trying to sign him, it still gives another team an unfair advantage by breaking the rules. Just because its the Oilers, doesn't mean you gotta be biased and defend it so much💀

It’s ok. Their punishment can be that Campbell becomes a bottom 5 goalie for the remainder of his contract playing behind the abomination that is the Oiler’s defense

how does it give them unfair advantage when any team in the league can call him up just like the Oilers did

remind me again which team was the Pacific division champs and actually made the playoffs

Are you from Edmonton? I have a cousin who lives in the northern suburb Sugondeez

Never heard of that town.

Because its literally AGAINST the RULES. What do you not understand about that? Why can't Mason Geertsen trip Connor McDavid every time he has the puck to prevent him from scoring? Why can't the Blue Jackets put three goalies in the net so no team can score on them? Why can't the Rangers pay $1,000,000 every game so the refs favor them? Because there are rules to the game. If you don't follow the rules, you get penalized. Just because the Oilers break the rules doesn't mean that its allowed and every team should do it. If the Flames tampered and offered a contract to Evander Kane prior to July 13th and Kane accepted it 30 minutes after free agency started, you would be pissed and saying they tampered. Just because the Oilers did it, you're in denial

Right Edmonton did! That means they totally won the cup right?



Right?

Oh yeah I know that place. It’s a 2 hour drive from Candice

I went to vacation in Ligma, Canada. Great views and had a fun experience

Definitely great scenery there. Probably near the top of my list, just behind the Chinese town “Dragon”

I wonder and this is just me speculating

Colorado trades Girard to the NYI to make room for a Kadri extension

Kind of a thank you for giving us Toews kind of thing

Teams don’t thank other teams by giving them elite young players lol. Maybe if it brings back Raty+Beauvillier or something, they could use another young option up the middle. But I think the Isles are just gonna run Romanov at 2LD.

Oh I think a trade is happening but its the thank you is Sakic calling Lou first vs another team and then getting more than 2 2nds

Ahaha, I was being sarcastic...figured that joke should have been retired in 2018.

Deez nuts jokes are like joe Thornton, they will never retire even when they should

and you call yourself an isles fan smh, zdeno chara was literally STILL right there

At least its not as bad as the yo mama jokes those are like Jagr, they can never retire even though they probs want to

The yo mama so fat jokes?

Can I say yo mama so fat, Gudbranson’s agent used her weight as the number he wanted for Gudbranson’s contract

Any of them like stupid, fat, ugly, etc.

And funny enough all can be applied to the Gudbranson deal

Pierre “2023 GM Of The Year” Dorion had a quiet day today… expect the Marino trade to drop tomorrow, as well as the Formenton, Joseph, and Brannstrom (if not traded) RFA extensions to get done so the GOAT can get a few well-deserved weeks of rest

I feel Marcus Petterson is gonna end up back with the Anaheim ducks. They could use another experienced LD, and they got the cap space to take him.

if the oilers were negotiating with campbell during toronto's exclusive window then yea they should be punished. what toronto offered isn't relevant imo. if you want to negotiate with campbell before the ufa window than trade for his rights like detroit did with husso

Edmonton will be punished for poaching Campbell as soon as the Leafs and Lightning fess up to their cap circumventions.

Quit worrying about it.

Yea, honestly we can nit pick at anything we want here, especially with teams who are contending. But let's be honest there probably isn't 1 team in the NHL who hasn't broken a law.