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Originally Posted by Ashasx
But still allowed teams to reap all the benefits if they were signed before they were banned.
Never mind the recapture penalty folks.
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I hate cap recapture penalities. These contracts were not illegal when signed - if you make them illegal, grandfather the old deals in a la helmets and visors - if you didn't have one before you don't need it now.
The owners wanted a hard cap. They didn't think about contract lengths. Why is that something that can't just be amended and then left alone? There were only a handful of them ever signed anyway.
Kovalchuk, Hossa, Luongo, Richards, DiPietro, Keith, Weber, Suter and Parise. Am I missing anyone? This seems like an anomaly based on the rules that existed at the time, and apply exclusively to a few star players. Da fuq do we need cap recaptures for?