Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane takes part in a ground breaking ceremony for an expansion of the River Cree Resort and Casino, on the Enoch Cree Nation Friday Sept. 6, 2024.PHOTO BY DAVID BLOOM /Postmedia
Said the Oilers in a statement: “Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane underwent successful knee surgery on Thursday in Edmonton. It is expected that he will require four to eight weeks of recovery time. While this procedure is unrelated to his abdominal surgery in September, it will require him to pause his current rehabilitation schedule to recover from Thursday’s operation. His rehabilitation will continue to take place in Edmonton under the supervision of the club’s medical staff.”
At the salary cap website, Puckpedia reported: “If Kane is out for rest of regular season, the Oilers can exceed the cap by $5.1M. Because they already set their LTIR pool at start of year with Kane on LTIR, they won’t be able to effectively add accrued cap space + use LTIR pool, it’s 1 or the other.
