39 h. ago Have the Canucks created enough cap space to sign free agent Jack Roslovic?

Vancouver's Dakota Joshua trade was clearly to move out money and they've been linked to Roslovic, a 22-goal man last season with Carolina

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2 w. ago Edmonton Oilers can add, then add some more, by subtracting one key contract

Edmonton is going need more oomph from its forwards to keep winning in the playoffs, more speed, more aggression, more size, more tactical cunning. The Oilers lack the cap space to bring in all those necessary ingredients, and team management has got some making up to do that regard, having made two terrible roster moves […]

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2 w. ago 'Disappointing': Oilers GM blasted as a "loser" for free agency work. Maybe that's a good thing

You will not find Stan Bowman’s name on any major list of NHL July 1 free agent frenzy winners. This is no surprise or any injustice. Bowman had limited cap space to work with. He cleared out Viktor Arvidsson and Evander Kane’s contracts and said good-bye to Corey Perry, Connor Brown, Jeff Skinner and John […]

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2 w. ago Edmonton Oilers with last ditch plan to aquire most valuable asset of all, insider says

The Edmonton Oilers have already done much this summer, signing star d-man Evan Bouchard, moving out Viktor Arvidsson and Evander Kane for cap space and signing forwards Andrew Mangianpane and Curtis Lazar. But they’re still in pursuit of that most valuable of all assets in the modern NHL, cap space. At least it’s the most […]

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2 w. ago NHL Free Agency Live: Brock Boeser’s agent on Canucks deal: ‘Did you expect him to sign anywhere else?’

It didn't look like it would happen, but Brock Boeser is back with Vancouver, with a seven-year deal with a $7.25 million cap hit

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2 w. ago NHL Free Agency: Canucks in a frenzy to find a centre, but don’t have ample salary cap space

The Canucks' roster riddle in the middle is likely easier to solve via a trade, but that hasn't worked out. And free agency can be costly

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2 w. ago NHL Free Agency: Canucks in a frenzy to find a centre, but don’t have much salary cap space

The Canucks' roster riddle in the middle is likely easier to solve via a trade, but that hasn't worked out. And free agency can be costly

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3 w. ago 'I'm shocked': Hockey world reacts to Evander Kane traded from Oilers to Canucks

Evander Kane went first, putting out news that he was being traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Vancouver Canucks. The Oilers got a fourth round draft pick from Vancouver, with Oilers GM Stan Bowman also now having Kane’s $5.1 million salary cap space to make other moves. Reaction from the hockey world was as […]

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3 w. ago 'Brutal move': Hockey world reacts to Evander Kane traded from Oilers to Canucks

Evander Kane went first, putting out news that he was being traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Vancouver Canucks. The Oilers got a fourth round draft pick from Vancouver, with Oilers GM Stan Bowman also now having Kane’s $5.1 million salary cap space to make other moves. Reaction from the hockey world was as […]

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4 w. ago Edmonton Oilers working to sign two veteran free agent wingers. Good or bad idea?

This in Editor-in-Chief David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period, news that the Oilers are pursuing new deals with two veteran wingers, Connor Brown and Corey Perry, who are soon to be Unrestricted Free Agents: “Oilers still have some fine-tuning to do on Frederic’s new deal before it gets done. As that continues, the team’s also […]

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