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MIAMI -- For now, the prospects of paying a big luxury-tax bill next year is not enough to dissuade Miami from its plan to keep the Heats current championship core intact. Heat President Pat Riley said Friday that the team does not currently plan to use its one-time amnesty option as a way of lightening its looming tax load, with the teams focus instead being on simply finding ways to get better. "Right now, were not using amnesty, no," Riley said. Amnesty would allow the Heat to essentially cut one player and pay whatever is left on his contract, but without that salary counting against the teams cap space or add to future luxury-tax bills. Miami is currently in line to pay more than $30 million in tax for the coming season, though could shave off at least one-quarter of that by parting with someone like Joel Anthony or Mike Miller. In a conference call Friday, Riley made clear that the teams plan is to add and not subtract, especially coming off two straight NBA championships. "We want to win and we want to win again next year and were going to try to do everything we can to do that," Riley said. "What I said at the end of the season is what I meant. I want to try to keep this team intact as long as we can because we have a championship basketball team here and continuity being, I think the most important thing to when it comes to winning championships ... I would hate to break it up." Riley said team officials will meet next week before this summers amnesty window ends, so a change of plans is possible. Still, Miami is expected to be the favourites heading into next season, even though several teams in the Eastern Conference should be better than they were this past season. Brooklyn, most notably, made a huge splash this summer by acquiring Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry from the Boston Celtics -- a move that helped drive the Nets potential luxury-tax bill for this coming season well past the $70 million mark. "We understand the economic-slash-basketball ramifications of where we are in the game today," Riley said. "Were very diligent when it comes to the economic-slash-basketball decisions that you have to make. What one other team does, it doesnt have any bearing on what were thinking about. Were a three-time finalist, weve won back to back championships, weve got our entire core back, signed, opted-in and were tickled to death with that." As of now, all players from Miamis rotation this past season are expected back. Ray Allen exercised his player option to return, and Chris Andersen signed a one-year deal to stay in Miami, a move that Riley said was huge. "Hell be even better for us next year," Riley said. "It was crucial to keep him and were very fortunate that he stayed." Riley also said the team tried to land a perimeter player by offering the taxpayer mid-level during free agency, to no avail. 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DALLAS -- Connor McDavid, among the leagues most electrifying young stars, got his first career hat trick behind a few fortunate breaks Saturday night.McDavid scored once off a defenders stick and put back two other juicy rebounds, and his three goals helped the Edmonton Oilers beat the Dallas Stars 5-2 to end a five-game skid.McDavid, the first overall pick in the 2015 draft, ended a 10-game stretch without a goal.On the first, Dallas defenseman John Klingberg knocked the puck into his own net with his stick. The second came on a rebound from short range with goalie Kari Lehtonen out of the play, and the third was on a rebound with a wide-open net.Three pretty lucky goals, the 19-year-old McDavid said. Its a funny league that way. You get grade-A chances and theyre not going in, then you start putting it there and they are going in. Its weird that way. Definitely happy to get off that slump.McDavid is now tied for the NHL scoring lead at 22 points with Winnipegs Mark Scheifele and Tampa Bays Nikita Kucherov. Dallas coach Lindy Ruff didnt like having him break out against his team.The shot that went in got him going early, Ruff said. Thats not the type of guy that you want to get going.Tyler Pitlick got his sixth goal of the season for Edmonton, and Oscar Klefbom also scored. Cam Talbot made 31 saves.The Oilers led 4-0 early in the second period when Ruff swapped out Lehtonen for Antti Niemi.Patrick Eaves and Jamie Benn scored for Dallas during a 4-minute power play late in the second. Eaves scored in his fifth straight game, the longest streak of his 12-year career.McDavid, named the NHLs youngest ever captain prior to this season, has eight goals after getting one in each period of this one.dddddddddddd Its his second multigoal game this season and fifth in 64 career games.He finished the hat trick midway through the third period by scooping up a rebound in the left circle and flicking it past a sprawled Niemi.Anton Slepyshev and Jesse Puljujarvi each had two assists for Edmonton.Pitlick scored with 8:24 left in the first on a 2-on-1 break, connecting off a pass from Drake Caggiula, who played his first NHL game. Another assist went to Matt Hendricks, playing for the first time since getting a lower-body injury in the preseason.Edmonton got goals 56 seconds apart in the second to make it 4-0. Klefboms drive from the left point went in off defenseman Patrick Nemeths skate at 5:21, and McDavid found himself alone with the puck to the right of the net at 6:17.Eaves scored unassisted with 4:23 left when his wrist shot went in off a goalpost. About a minute later, Benn tipped in Klingbergs drive from the top of the slot.Lehtonen made nine saves, and Niemi had 15.Game notes Dallas LW Patrick Sharp returned after missing 14 games because of concussion-like symptoms. ... Edmonton RW Zack Kassian, who drew the double minor in the second period, was playing in his 250th game. ... Benn has 10 points (five goals, five assists) in his last nine games against the Oilers. Jason Spezza, who assisted on Benns goal, has 22 points (seven goals, fifteen assists) in 20 career games vs. Edmonton.UP NEXTOilers: Return home to play Chicago on Monday night.Stars: Host Minnesota on Monday night to end a four-game homestand. ' ' '