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Originally Posted by TheoFleury
This was always clearly a LTIR move, I'm not sure what the big deal is/was. They probably had to give him a few games to actually get him to sign the contract in the first place. As well, the NHL probably looks at these things to to ensure teams aren't trying to circumvent the cap. Probably had to play him a little bit so the move wasn't too transparent.
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I could see them having a handshake agreement to get some games in like they did with Backstrom.