[Music] welcome to potato hockey news the Edmonton Oilers have signed Leon dry cidal to an 8-year 14 million per season contract as expected with the flat salary cap ending we'll see a rapid increase in NHL players salaries though they still look like Walmart Bargain Bin fines compared to the big money leagues like the MLB NBA and NFL this is the first Big Move by newly appointed Oilers general manager Stan Bowman a man known for winning three Stanley Cups in Chicago with the team that former GM Dale Talon had put together only to later tear it apart to keep a few high-profile players once again Bowman's been handed the keys to a Ferrari with the engine running we'll have to wait and see if he can keep it fueled or if it'll stall out at the first turn other Potato experts are already drawing parallels to their Canadian counterparts the forever choking Masters known as the Toronto Leafs who pioneered the art of tying up all their cap space in a handful of forwards following the Leaf's road map to failure the Oilers will likely be forced to fill their roster with lead minimum plays maybe adding more Misfits no one else wants just like they did with Evander Kan and Cory Perry as redeeming projects let us know in the comments what your first impressions of this signing are click like if you think this video is dumb or click click dislike for the same reason share if you think investing in a decent goal tender would have been a better bet and finally subscribe if your wife rolled her eyes and Shrugged after you told her the news during quas thanks for watching