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Originally Posted by Yoho
What happen's if Louongo retired and then came back?
Would that effect Vancouver owning his rights?
Vancouver would still be on the hook for cap hit?
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Found the answer to my question in NHL bylaws section 8.
A player who files for retirement is removed from the Reserve List of his team and placed on the League's Voluntarily Retired List.
- He cannot be removed from the list for 1 calendar year without the unanimous consent of all teams.
- After 1 year he may be transferred back from the list.
- A player entered on the list:
"may not re-enter organized hockey, professional or amateur, as a player for a period of three years from the date of such entry without the written consent of the Member Club making such entry."
and
"may not re-enter organized hockey, professional or amateur, in any other capacity for a period of one year from the date of such entry without the written consent of the Member Club making such entry."
- Being placed on the list does not relinquish a teams rights to that player
. He cannot return and sign with another team during the remaining term of his contract and the team would still hold his RFA rights if he were not UFA eligible. A player cannot use retirement to circumvent the free agency rules.