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Originally Posted by Swayze11
This would have happened in the old CBA as well. Very rare situation.
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Agree its a rare situation, but you go to wonder now that teams have their eyes opened to this it will somehow show up again.
All a GM needs is a 35+ player who is willing to collude with him.
For example, take Jason Arnott and the Dallas Stars as a hypothetical situation. Suppose Arnott tells the Stars that he plans on retiring next year regardless of this season's outcome. Joe Nieuwendyk says great I will sign you to a two year deal and just don't report in the 2nd year. Now the Stars have a contract they can use to reach the floor without paying money like the Isles have with Thomas.