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Originally Posted by T@T
I was told today it's a loophole that slipped threw the CBA cracks, the good thing is the NHL and NHLPA should both hate it and fix it pronto.
ROR is also taking a chance here as well, if his play goes in the tank he could be bought out for 660k per season that's left on his contract.
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Huh?
How can it be a loophole when it explicitly states in the CBA that a percentage of salary + bonuses will be held for the purposes of escrow?
If a team isn't putting a % of a player's signing bonus into escrow, then they are incorrectly handling the escrow procedures as defined by the CBA.
Hell if that is the case Shea Weber made $52 million over the last 4 years without contributing a dime to escrow.
BTW from what I can tell anyone who claimed that it the signing bonus would provide escrow protection has backed off that stance.