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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 12, 2022 at 2:09 p.m.
Thread: What would it look like if Bettman didnt love to screw Edmonton
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ecupirate07</b></div><div>the retirement of Keith would have given Edmonton 3 million in cap space the way the math worked out with real dollars versus cap dollars. That wasnt the intention of the rule. The rule was there to prevent teams from front loading deals and penalizing when they do, hence Chicago's cap recapture penalty. Not give a team cap credit. So no cap credit. It is pretty easy to understand unless you believe the league is there to bail you out for terrible cap decisions year after year (*cough edmonton fans*.</div></div>
The effect of the rule change is to shrink the overall money available to the players, which the NHLPA should be concerned about.

It's just one of a long list of things the league has done to make life harder for the Oilers. From changing the draft lottery rules to taking picks away for hiring a GM &amp; coach to prorating Neal's goal total, etc.