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Originally Posted by Jason14h
They are obeying the new rule. 100%
And in non CBA world you can't change the rules to change an existing contract. But you are right the Hawks agreed and would have payed recapture IF Hossa retired, which he didn't.
Your argument comes down to "I don't believe in Hossa's injury"
However the NHL doctors do. And no team has come out either speaking against their ruling. And there is no evidence he is faking this.
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From what was said a lot of teams complained which means a lot of teams smelled something fishy. We don't know what teams complained so why would we know if any teams have spoken up about the ruling seeing it's all done behind closed doors? I don't doubt he has a skin condition but it's probably so grey area that the NHL can conveniently look the other way because it's a golden goose franchise for the league. We gave seen the NHL suspend a 1st round pick from the Devils only to give one back so the league has shown that they can't be trusted to police themselves accordingly.
The reality is that if Hossa was set to make $4 million this season he's probably in the Hawks lineup this week with or without this skin condition.