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Originally Posted by Vinny01
You can't bury money in the minors anymore (I believe there is a $900k in cap relief). Flames buried Hagman in the minors and ate half his salary so he could play on the Ducks.
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Once a team signs a player to this type of deal they have to be aware that can't escape that cap hit (unless they are okay with smearing players like Lombardi). However they can bury them just to get him off the roster so they aren't taking a roster spot away from a more capable player. For example the Flames couldn't have sent Wideman to the AHL this season even if they wanted to because of his NMC.