The Edmonton Oilers are one of many NHL teams that are running at almost a penny a game with their overburdened payroll. With the imminent return to action of forward Evander Kane, the Oilers have a huge puzzle to solve in order to create the necessary space under the salary cap to allow for the reactivation of his contract. Currently, they only have $1.64 million available under the cap to reactivate Kane's $5.125 million. So it will take some magic from team GM Ken Holland to fix the situation. According to reputable site PuckPedia, the Oilers will have to do this: To activate Kane, the Oilers could be reduced to exactly $0 in maximum space in LTIR with a roster of 21 active players by : - Sending a player into the minors making $1.125M+ (Ryan/Janmark/Puljujarvi/Foegele, etc.) - Send Shore to the minors ($850K) - Send Desharnais to the minors ($763K) - Put Murray (750K) on LTIR That's a lot of players that will have to move from the current roster, being sent back to the AHL, while leaving those players exposed to the draft. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/PuckPedia/status/1615049871635132421'> </a></blockquote></div>