Well, we are fully entrenched in the dog days of the NHL off-season, and on top of that, my beloved Toronto Blue Jays are past the point of breaking my heart. They’ve ripped it out and are continually stomping on it on a nightly basis.

Between there being no fun Oilers news to discuss, baseball not fulfilling any of my sports fandom needs, and the historic amounts of rain killing a good chunk of our prime golf season… it hasn’t been a great summer for me so far!

But you’re not here to listen to my own self-pity; you’re here to read about the Edmonton Oilers.

One topic that is still getting people going online is the Oilers’ current amount of cap space.

Some have pointed out that if the Oilers were to simply go into the season with their current $4.7 million in cap space, that cap space could accrue and by the time the trade deadline rolls around, they would have around $21 million in space to work with.

In theory, that’s a good idea, but there are some big flaws with that thinking.

Oilers don’t have the assets to use that much cap space

First off, even if the season were to go........

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