This western conference team is bad at managing their salary cap; how bad is it?
The Edmonton Oilers have arguably the two best forwards in the National Hockey League right now in Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, but beyond those two forwards and the money tied up in them, are they good at managing the cap?
According to the DailyFaceoff's Scott Maxwell, the Oilers are the second worst team in the NHL at managing the salary cap.
For teams, it's about squeezing every penny and getting the best out of your roster year-by-year. The teams that use it the best are usually the ones that are consistent contenders, and the teams who have their rosters littered with albatross contracts usually find themselves at the bottom of the league
Maxwell also goes on the state that when it comes to the Edmonton Oilers, three things ring true
there are three inevitable things in life: death, taxes, and Ken Holland struggling in the salary cap era.
There are a couple things here: 1) Maxwell by his own submission is using a contract rating system he created, it has flaws. 2) most GM's hand out bad contracts every year.
I will agree that Holland has a history of contracts going south faster than most and he overpays those players, but I think Maxwell goes a little too far here.
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SEPTEMBRE 11 | 44 ANSWERS This western conference team is bad at managing their salary cap; how bad is it? Do you agree with Maxwell? | ||
| Yes | 16 | 36.4 % |
| No | 15 | 34.1 % |
| A little, but he goes too far | 13 | 29.5 % |
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