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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
I don't see a reason to think definitively one way or the other. It could go either way as expiring contracts have always been a part of previous expansion processes.
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However, the salary cap has never been a part of a previous expansion process. As pointed out before, teams that lost UFAs used to receive compensation picks, which meant there was some value in expiring contracts for an expansion team. That doesn't exist anymore. The rules for past expansions are no indication of how things will be done this time around. They can't be; too much has changed.
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