Because the Edmonton Oilers didn't win the Stanley Cup. Rather than compiling post-mortems with more laundry lists of reasons the team can't win as currently constructed, those closest to the group are actually suggesting (gasp!) "A little bit of a younger voice," McDavid said of his head coach to the Canadian Press (h/t TheStar.com). The Oilers have an onerous salary cap situation ($7.1 million) and uncertainty in goal and on defense. The prolific Kane warrants a big boost from the prorated $1.38 million he made with the Oilers through season's end.

Source: thestar June 07, 2022 19:52 UTC