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Originally Posted by Karl
Shame on the Blackhawks for circumventing the cap and making up an injury on Hossa. I mean really, #### them.
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Disagree...
For me it's SHAME ON THE NHL for trying to "punish" a team that was perfectly legal according to the CBA at the time the contract was executed.
I have said before, that I would like to see the 'Hawks challenge this post ex facto penalty in a US court if the league ever tried to enforce that recapture penalty.
I am not a lawyer, but, in the US, the legal priniciple would be that the conditions AT THE TIME OF THE CONTRACT'S EXECUTION, would prevail, and any changes in the conditions AFTER this execution could NOT be legally applied retroactively.