Stan Bowman and <a href='https://www.nhl.com/oilers/' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>the Oilers</a> can breath easy this evening as the NHL has seemingly closed their investigation into the team's potential violation of the salary cap with Evander Kane. Earlier this week, NHL deputy commissioner <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/edmonton-oilers/bill-daly-provides-an-update-on-the-investigation-into-the-edmonton-oilers-for-potential-salary-cap-violation' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Bill Daly revealed that he had come to an internal decision regarding the Oiler's potential cap circumvention with Evander Kane. </a> At the time, Daly was rather coy about the results of the investigation, refusing to reveal any details regarding the matter. In the meantime, the Oilers have since traded Kane to the Canucks, so the organization certainly will not face this same problem again next season. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1937905058605138257'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> Kane did not play at all for the Oilers in the regular season last year, but did appear in all 21 playoff games with the team, scoring six goals and 12 points. Naturally, this is the reason why the league investigated the team in the first place as missing the entire regular season only to play in every playoff game is a bit suspicious. That being said, today we got another update on this investigation. According to NHL insider Frank Seravalli, the league has in fact concluded the investigation, and there will be no consequences coming to the Oilers, suggesting that the team did not do anything wrong. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/zjlaing/status/1938732659519431069'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> <a href='https://www.markerzone.com/hockey/stats/nhl/player/Evander-Kane-13153#salaire' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Kane has one year remaining on his contract with a 5.125 million dollar cap hit</a>. Luckily, teams will not be able to take advantage of the LTIR loophole in the playoffs anymore starting in the 2026-27 season, as the salary cap will be in effect during the playoffs starting that season under the new collective bargaining agreement. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/NHLNetwork/status/1938707660653711557'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> With this change, teams like the Oilers will no longer have an incentive to try any kind of shenanigans regarding injured players.