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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
It doesn't matter if there was "evasion" or not. It's either against the rules or it isn't.
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As a matter of fact, it does matter whether there was evasion or not. Cap circumvention is clearly forbidden by both the 2005 and 2013 CBAs, and the league commissioner is given pretty much carte blanche to punish offending parties as he sees fit. These back-diving deals were agreed by the NHL and the NHLPA to constitute circumvention, and both parties agreed on a penalty to be imposed for it.