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Originally Posted by Parallex
Based on this and the subsequant assignment to Adirondack I'm guessing they did offer him $125.00 waivers and he elected AHL assignment.
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You can’t just offer someone unconditional waivers. That can only be done, under the CBA, if you have grounds to terminate their contract. Apart from buyouts (which can only be done in the off season), the Standard Player Contract only allows termination under specific conditions:
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14. The Club may also terminate this SPC upon written notice to the Player (but only after obtaining Waivers from all other Clubs) if the Player shall at any time:
(a) fail, refuse, or neglect to obey the Club's rules governing training and conduct of Players, if such failure, refusal or neglect should constitute a material breach of this SPC.
(b) fail, refuse or neglect to render his services hereunder or in any other manner materially breach this SPC.
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Basically, since Setoguchi hasn’t broken any rules in an obvious or egregious way, he would have to refuse to report to Adirondack. If he refused to report, he would lose his entire salary for the rest of the year unless someone chose to pick him up on unconditional waivers. Whatever else the man is, he’s not half a million dollars’ worth of stupid.
So no $125 waivers for Devin.