It would definitely seem like circumvention if the following happened: Iginla signs this year for 1 year only, with the Bruins structuring the contract so that the Cap hit largely falls to next year in the form of a penalty. Then Iginla signs a second 1-year deal for a lower amount of money. That way the Bruins could say sign him for 1 for 6M then 1 for 1M and have the majority fall under one season's cap hit. They would essentially be getting Iginla on a 2-year, 7M dollar deal, but without having to have the AAV of 3.5.
This of course would require some kind of handshake agreement that could fall apart if Iginla had a great year and decided not to sign the second 1-year for so cheap.
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